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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 606:  NON-TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg., 20.10 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     38494150  40974233   37517088   39941801      6.46  40822391   45227315   43878316   43398946       6.31  100.00

     CHINA P   13817237  19733577   18004772   15545786    -13.66  19503294   18973953   17687979   17274591     -11.43   39.80

     KOR REP    9905634   8315485    7614315   10031084     31.74   8275914   10523223   10530800   10732254      29.68   24.73

     TURKEY     1935122   2057515    1864246    2359775     26.58   2052986    2929685    2741427    2553044      24.36    5.88

     LATVIA     1731847   1713293    1602842    1954506     21.94   1742997    2138150    2137751    2064957      18.47    4.76

     GERMANY    2060052   2022755    1928273    1949812      1.12   2037239    2078250    2108435    2044294       0.35    4.71

     CANADA     1697600   1524446    1448500    1877523     29.62   1653886    1899767    1923139    1953469      18.11    4.50

     MEXICO      681997    718548     643114    1398301    117.43    688233    1414848    1464353    1473735     114.13    3.40

     CHINA T     834784    461115     415836    1085323    161.00    528044    1162620    1146436    1130602     114.11    2.61

     INDIA      1424190    775346     649660     896993     38.07    728546     936423     922354    1022679      40.37    2.36

     JAPAN       749075    542975     509836     456247    -10.51    542539     468882     491634     489386      -9.80    1.13

     S ARAB       21926     12969      12969     452343   3387.88     12969     401754     452343     452343    3387.88    1.04

     SLOVAK      623322    647254     609393     412949    -32.24    657437     467831     488769     450810     -31.43    1.04

     ISRAEL      219898    422417     382890     316863    -17.24    390073     397724     361107     356390      -8.64    0.82

     RUSSIA           0    145841      35913     171695    378.09     35913     317512     317512     281623     684.18    0.65

     ITALY        77851    114137      99157     192397     94.03    104364     204681     200218     207377      98.71    0.48

     COLOMB         540         3          3     180197   6006467         3      60992     118840     180197    6006467    0.42

     CZECH        24711     42015      42015     120423    186.62     49371     127214     121978     120423     143.91    0.28

     INDNSIA     460134     46059      46059     109227    137.15     46080      95873      95479     109227     137.04    0.25

     MALAYSA      50673     35607      35069      69365     97.80     35069      84660      84660      69903      99.33    0.16

     POLAND       66038     67392      66907      66059     -1.27     67011      66969      66544      66544      -0.70    0.15

     THAILND     282600     63827      57564      57530     -0.06     57564      61347      62112      63793      10.82    0.15

     U KING      211163    184846     156610      30698    -80.40    159212      91914      59085      58934     -62.98    0.14

     SWEDEN           0    147307     147307      53520    -63.67    147307     103395      84297      53520     -63.67    0.12

     NETHLDS     138531     88072      79713      42875    -46.21     82022      67078      53923      51234     -37.54    0.12

     SWITZLD      70785     39080      35520      39734     11.86     45174      46247      51106      43294      -4.16    0.10

     HG KONG      32373     44418      44381        310    -99.30     52988        347        347        347     -99.35    0.00

     BELARUS    1098115    912907     912907          0   -100.00   1027488          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      37396035  40061251   36604106   39941801      9.12  39794828   45227315   43878316   43398946       9.06  100.00

     _OECD     16290979  14649139   13505475   16785248     24.28  14701872   18188818   17991250   17928912      21.95   41.31

     _W HEMI    2436482   2252840    2101460    3461656     64.73   2354817    3380965    3511517    3613036      53.43    8.33

     _EU15      2568709   2603205    2433972    2290380     -5.90   2557530    2595442    2555985    2459613      -3.83    5.67

     _EC12      2563076   2439043    2275851    2229712     -2.03   2394989    2469835    2449482    2392904      -0.09    5.51

     _ASEAN      854933    151860     145059     236122     62.78    165100     241880     242251     242923      47.14    0.56

     _ANDEAN        550         3          3     180627   6020800         3      61422     119270     180627    6020800    0.42