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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                             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    829287028 1.01026E9  942687278  1.00809E9      6.94 1.00413E9  1.06963E9  1.05483E9  1.07565E9       7.12  100.00

     INDIA    291111379 365330034  342266330  358550832      4.76 362859838  375585747  371870092  381614536       5.17   35.48

     CHINA P   99221446 152846621  141580181  120025986    -15.22 151764496  137854419  132992567  131292426     -13.49   12.21

     S ARAB    84650933 107652363   99735868  114571950     14.88 108567945  120079307  119039897  122488445      12.82   11.39

     TURKEY    50578330  97130716   91565612   84585565     -7.62  93890806  105006143   92319733   90150669      -3.98    8.38

     ARAB EM   55215766  21713319   19344750   61838029    219.66  21358772   52212955   58201577   64206598     200.61    5.97

     CHINA T   42660816  44820589   41703673   45053067      8.03  45424997   48219169   47619040   48169983       6.04    4.48

     CANADA    37796391  42250415   40447695   40599680      0.38  43100805   44286147   44305019   42402400      -1.62    3.94

     KOR REP   28740581  32090657   30031281   33205389     10.57  32817647   30123418   32461046   35264765       7.46    3.28

     VIETNAM   13414764  24496324   22210299   30060339     35.34  22409227   30032925   30330231   32346364      44.34    3.01

     MEXICO    25791373  20251991   18873257   23241895     23.15  20964095   23866180   22545212   24620629      17.44    2.29

     U KING    16366322  17339042   16107508   21650608     34.41  16938086   21007122   22801688   22882142      35.09    2.13

     BELGIUM   19696102  15896412   14567078   15392041      5.66  15520583   15697303   15308867   16721375       7.74    1.55

     GREECE    25243082  20725921   19363866   14737558    -23.89  20382981   16560888   16278573   16099613     -21.01    1.50

     THAILND    8297993  13513692   13185796   11637476    -11.74  13978367   11814023   11664740   11965372     -14.40    1.11

     HUNGARY          0   6681211    6108925    9629649     57.63   6108925   13047466   12747661   10201935      67.00    0.95

     MALAYSA    4274402   6741681    6240448    5091762    -18.41   6664060    5568303    5506468    5592995     -16.07    0.52

     NETHLDS    7317635   4495106    4332024    3300290    -23.82   4865161    3505427    3384631    3463372     -28.81    0.32

     GERMANY    2035025   2373204    2266368    2943090     29.86   2364050    1907455    2517172    3049926      29.01    0.28

     JAPAN      4686769   3321581    3030508    2718996    -10.28   3209633    2997497    2897625    3010069      -6.22    0.28

     ITALY       962006   1440622    1183945    1446692     22.19   1216736    1696313    1663869    1703369      39.99    0.16

     REP SAF     532635    943664     868915    1585435     82.46    868915    1843934    1682133    1660184      91.06    0.15

     INDNSIA    1503312   1537950    1385272    1061268    -23.39   1545521    1090178    1179048    1213946     -21.45    0.11

     BRAZIL     3511560   2498544    2208579     769664    -65.15   2336857    1252743    1078867    1059629     -54.66    0.10

     GUATMAL     673128    922755     908263    1003636     10.50    967765     924443    1016990    1018128       5.20    0.09

     SRI LKA     895630    167235     167235     890097    432.24    497923     886305     887920     890097      78.76    0.08

     N ZEAL      728600    665007     665007     142372    -78.59    840007     141767     141767     142372     -83.05    0.01


     _WTO     829280734 1.01013E9  942565889  1.00795E9      6.94 1.00401E9  1.06943E9  1.05468E9  1.07552E9       7.12   99.99

     _OECD    190924875 242281717  227781036  228553894      0.34 239235986  253975026  244936394  243054575       1.60   22.60

     _W HEMI   68748543  66564357   63070143   66085180      4.78  68071814   70719952   69351805   69579394       2.21    6.47

     _EU15     72977499  63203557   58713420   60279236      2.67  62211687   61231555   62831453   64769373       4.11    6.02

     _EC12     72950745  63032001   58541997   60260528      2.94  62040065   61058623   62665534   64750532       4.37    6.02

     _ASEAN    27496540  46332967   43064110   47865922     11.15  44640564   48521957   48697015   51134779      14.55    4.75

     _SUB-SAHA   532970    944128     869379    1585867     82.41    869379    1844003    1682202    1660616      91.01    0.15

     _CBI        983916   1054018    1039363    1119169      7.68   1118493    1056846    1144837    1133824       1.37    0.11

     _CAFTA      882853   1054018    1039363    1119169      7.68   1118493    1056846    1144837    1133824       1.37    0.11