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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 218:  FABRICS OF YARNS OF DIFF. COLORS
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 11/2012
   Country      2010       2011      11/2011    11/2012  % Change   11/2011     9/2012    10/2012    11/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     50545267  37381792   34694322   34014710     -1.96  42958001   36043396   36587244   36702180     -14.56  100.00

     CHINA P   20612636  13635679   12415961   13358687      7.59  13569880   14476958   14881295   14578405       7.43   39.72

     INDIA      4590399   5213006    5000745    4471288    -10.59   5292951    4483682    4663942    4683549     -11.51   12.76

     ITALY      9739403   4613131    4392551    3925645    -10.63  10157691    4288769    4212870    4146225     -59.18   11.30

     TURKEY     3511893   3648139    3440300    2085016    -39.39   3669114    2267276    2249764    2292855     -37.51    6.25

     MEXICO     1680827   1398563    1206085    1530456     26.89   1401580    1751155    1795240    1722934      22.93    4.69

     JAPAN      1124037    972493     894533    1573105     75.86    970288    1520655    1588851    1651065      70.16    4.50

     PAKISTN    1442133   1151188     956307    1295297     35.45    971532    1488738    1469379    1490178      53.38    4.06

     CHINA T    1954129   1787402    1659008    1217875    -26.59   1755042    1351512    1318001    1346269     -23.29    3.67

     SPAIN       648385    771029     760297     849180     11.69    856454     835946     867505     859912       0.40    2.34

     THAILND     515921   1084039    1041530     467185    -55.14   1112578     619239     517037     509694     -54.19    1.39


     _WTO      50540396  37376609   34690663   33975595     -2.06  42954342   36014497   36549381   36661541     -14.65   99.89

     _OECD     16250090  10576817   10027730    8413200    -16.10  16233535    8911489    8917303    8962287     -44.79   24.42

     _EU15     12298594   6467293    6159927    5908605     -4.08  12100291    6202885    6224264    6215971     -48.63   16.94

     _EC12     12219682   6408411    6102831    5720994     -6.26  12028977    6008848    6032813    6026574     -49.90   16.42

     _W HEMI    2923525   2359995    2081699    2222566      6.77   2336764    2510611    2550367    2500862       7.02    6.81

     _ASEAN      592840   1146291    1100031     658165    -40.17   1171079     806543     704439     704425     -39.85    1.92