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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                             Data in Kg., 14.00 M2 per Kg.. 

                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    205264023 201156739  185557075  193357212      4.20 200866003  207347107  207276540  208956876       4.03  100.00

     CHINA P   44737883  49483577   45601459   51141252     12.15  48669080   54178964   54582993   55023370      13.06   26.33

     CANADA    18617845  20940012   19402787   20678195      6.57  20791230   22585067   22050433   22215420       6.85   10.63

     MEXICO    18645280  16554873   15409282   15550716      0.92  16796479   16597988   16567098   16696307      -0.60    7.99

     ISRAEL    18868100  14017849   12583878   13193430      4.84  13782705   14056678   14096676   14627401       6.13    7.00

     GERMANY   14525698  14914280   13915381   12861564     -7.57  15289024   13583707   13799846   13860463      -9.34    6.63

     INDIA      7233192  12809632   11747910   10705488     -8.87  12558509   11618060   11470852   11767210      -6.30    5.63

     FRANCE     8703326   8215891    7482898    9707516     29.73   8245441   10606602   10469782   10440509      26.62    5.00

     JAPAN      7461748   7648652    6924986    7983942     15.29   7384270    8763681    8743859    8707608      17.92    4.17

     KOR REP    4640081   6476380    5829880    6237656      6.99   6301758    6744491    6779728    6884156       9.24    3.29

     TURKEY     4449826   5301996    4984013    6407822     28.57   5238554    6348918    6614412    6725805      28.39    3.22

     ITALY      4917734   5496914    5158757    5809257     12.61   5705015    5973552    5914801    6147414       7.75    2.94

     LUXMBRG    5921030   4734687    4567638    4646732      1.73   4823178    4293191    4441430    4813781      -0.19    2.30

     CHINA T    3803605   3447482    3148244    2615471    -16.92   3437181    2935219    3000673    2914709     -15.20    1.39

     THAILND    2076266   2755666    2565754    2339167     -8.83   2761510    2459719    2578912    2529079      -8.42    1.21

     U KING     2559507   2327728    2102245    2245288      6.80   2221009    2514985    2460030    2470771      11.25    1.18

     DENMARK    1258156   2811569    2621282    2255052    -13.97   2678158    2627287    2540389    2445339      -8.69    1.17

     POLAND     2224427   2916836    2665320    2091684    -21.52   2914995    2480287    2371665    2343200     -19.62    1.12

     MALAYSA     182419   1713420    1197454    1821250     52.09   1208914    3184822    2941212    2337216      93.33    1.12

     SPAIN      1908453    779478     736420    1554817    111.13    950513    1558982    1522789    1597875      68.11    0.76

     GREECE     1733520   1148108    1148108    1565439     36.35   1228886    1483227    1565439    1565439      27.39    0.75

     CZECH       648574   1166775    1074624    1442709     34.25   1108199    1511268    1528398    1534860      38.50    0.73

     NETHLDS    1266050   1347219    1230381    1379430     12.11   1343929    1337534    1432660    1496268      11.34    0.72

     FINLAND    3935251   3008310    2797338    1274233    -54.45   3242464    1909412    1699335    1485205     -54.20    0.71

     BRAZIL    16062883   2640306    2575952    1282001    -50.23   3425389    1130679    1139325    1346355     -60.69    0.64

     AUSTRAL    2784368   2863998    2810710    1202458    -57.22   3011784    1424565    1333484    1255746     -58.31    0.60

     INDNSIA    1317129    827695     730618     726634     -0.55    877235     770432     800926     823711      -6.10    0.39

     BELGIUM     964456    610910     606493     814948     34.37    684729     689213     809427     819365      19.66    0.39

     SWEDEN      677479    520874     477992     700360     46.52    502984     691812     691119     743242      47.77    0.36

     S ARAB     1302615    559140     515018     387913    -24.68    558690     335696     400223     432035     -22.67    0.21

     HG KONG     152126    233144     216768     413648     90.83    245677     385718     393489     430024      75.04    0.21

     REP SAF     167046    422256     388816     374470     -3.69    447738     463654     406680     407910      -8.90    0.20

     DOM REP     334434    501058     475190     381221    -19.78    501149     433819     440084     407089     -18.77    0.19

     CHILE            0    281706     252126     348900     38.38    252126     424080     408660     378480      50.12    0.18

     SLOVENI      27117    219684     187582     285354     52.12    189694     328021     339426     317456      67.35    0.15

     IRELAND     279178    507021     486094     153554    -68.41    504365     178339     170149     174481     -65.41    0.08

     EGYPT         6613      1263       1263     118509   9283.14      1263      84017     111440     118509    9283.14    0.06

     SWITZLD     112317     90944      90721     113904     25.55    109361     116441     120581     114127       4.36    0.05

     AUSTRIA      17447    166217     166162     106757    -35.75    168083      88744      85254     106812     -36.45    0.05

     HONDURA      90802     67426      63396      98486     55.35     67515      96192      88106     102516      51.84    0.05

     VIETNAM      56902    114587     114587      86133    -24.83    118979     104176     102404      86133     -27.61    0.04

     ECUADOR          0         0          0      64006       *           0      64006      64006      64006        *      0.03

     RUSSIA      369960    198070     198070          6   -100.00    198070          6          6          6    -100.00    0.00

     SIER LN          0    158771     158771          0   -100.00    158771          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     205264023 201146011  185546347  193347904      4.20 200855275  207338065  207267498  208947568       4.03  100.00

     _OECD     82147600  86356927   80366024   83256051      3.60  87075129   88762208   88407701   89246954       2.49   42.71

     _EU15     48667285  46589206   43497189   45074984      3.63  47587778   47536600   47602473   48167001       1.22   23.05

     _EC12     44037108  42893805   40055697   42993634      7.33  43674247   44846632   45126765   45831742       4.94   21.93

     _W HEMI   53850715  41037747   38223989   38461888      0.62  41885757   41388618   40819668   41275646      -1.46   19.75

     _ASEAN     3695757   5450618    4647590    4995488      7.49   5007914    6550501    6451777    5798516      15.79    2.77

     _CBI        449775    591696     561798     500069    -10.99    591876     558310     550539     529967     -10.46    0.25

     _CAFTA      446934    586573     556675     482907    -13.25    586753     539161     531390     512805     -12.60    0.25

     _SUB-SAHA   170116    581027     547587     374851    -31.54    606509     463942     407061     408291     -32.68    0.20

     _ANDEAN      19327     15389       8279      95874   1058.04      8562      85576      96511     102984    1102.80    0.05