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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 629:  OTHER MMF FABRICS OF STAP/FIL
                                             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     43799692  41835908   38621081   41521769      7.51  41235433   42709808   44296301   44736596       8.49  100.00

     CHINA P   16232273  17490263   15865149   18082578     13.98  16909873   18921961   19574196   19707692      16.55   44.05

     CANADA    11029465   9059733    8605075    8446690     -1.84   9450980    8588478    8816146    8901348      -5.82   19.90

     INDNSIA    1399745   2186020    2093910    3831426     82.98   2102265    3096351    3372312    3923536      86.63    8.77

     INDIA      4427658   2574612    2291034    2852574     24.51   2427626    3084608    3457398    3136152      29.19    7.01

     TURKEY     1713193   1768844    1661153    1606601     -3.28   1762346    1679106    1700678    1714292      -2.73    3.83

     CHINA T    1460349   1531131    1471688    1299973    -11.67   1543202    1263067    1364944    1359416     -11.91    3.04

     PAKISTN     148295   1170010    1014561    1167836     15.11   1016546    1400314    1364088    1323285      30.17    2.96

     KOR REP    1320860   1057396     934283    1111673     18.99    990728    1306819    1299089    1234786      24.63    2.76

     ITALY      1146272    981860     862095     792020     -8.13    932142     902498     921867     911785      -2.18    2.04

     THAILND    1450500   1659518    1655424     304387    -81.61   1724429     351131     351457     308481     -82.11    0.69


     _WTO      43799692  41834482   38619655   41521575      7.51  41234007   42709438   44296205   44736402       8.49  100.00

     _OECD     16517820  13959364   13068749   12945416     -0.94  14215217   13534727   13819797   13836031      -2.67   30.93

     _W HEMI   11194487   9610042    9097059    8592705     -5.54   9958851    8955874    9091647    9105688      -8.57   20.35

     _ASEAN     4154892   4047463    3944400    4155846      5.36   4121553    3474316    3750636    4258909       3.33    9.52

     _EU15      2381322   2019605    1818146    1717988     -5.51   1956877    1893704    1937418    1919447      -1.91    4.29

     _EC12      2379404   2017604    1816145    1710218     -5.83   1954729    1889725    1931198    1911677      -2.20    4.27