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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     888.562    949.341    870.178    934.542      7.40   935.454   1001.539   1004.827   1013.705       8.37  100.00

     CHINA P   128.280    154.622    142.139    159.339     12.10   151.674    168.654    169.641    171.822      13.28   16.95

     CANADA     92.319    100.881     93.304    106.529     14.17    99.661    112.899    111.752    114.106      14.49   11.26

     JAPAN      79.580     88.651     80.915    100.466     24.16    86.601    105.786    107.660    108.202      24.94   10.67

     GERMANY    86.445     96.910     89.700     90.704      1.12    96.981     95.673     97.105     97.914       0.96    9.66

     MEXICO     63.120     68.820     63.703     68.807      8.01    68.669     73.593     73.941     73.925       7.65    7.29

     ISRAEL     88.459     63.252     56.879     54.791     -3.67    60.661     60.594     60.434     61.164       0.83    6.03

     FRANCE     41.821     42.423     38.215     44.865     17.40    41.793     49.264     48.482     49.073      17.42    4.84

     ITALY      33.364     43.052     36.647     37.005      0.98    39.666     44.379     43.873     43.409       9.44    4.28

     KOR REP    21.529     31.491     28.186     34.959     24.03    30.355     37.566     37.905     38.264      26.05    3.77

     INDIA      20.514     38.925     35.538     33.292     -6.32    37.962     35.907     35.502     36.680      -3.38    3.62

     U KING     28.905     32.672     30.675     24.906    -18.81    32.310     28.136     27.393     26.903     -16.74    2.65

     LUXMBRG    28.455     25.430     24.461     25.646      4.85    25.798     24.068     24.801     26.615       3.17    2.63

     TURKEY     15.045     19.832     18.698     23.672     26.61    19.572     23.627     24.523     24.806      26.75    2.45

     CHINA T    15.020     18.324     16.559     16.193     -2.21    17.748     17.923     18.550     17.957       1.18    1.77

     THAILND     8.010     11.725     10.695     12.849     20.14    11.487     13.545     14.196     13.879      20.82    1.37

     POLAND      8.441     13.402     12.177     12.293      0.95    13.164     13.837     13.450     13.518       2.69    1.33

     NETHLDS     9.267     11.031     10.104      9.521     -5.77    10.799      9.385      9.665     10.448      -3.26    1.03

     DENMARK     5.792     11.292     10.380      9.412     -9.32    10.815     11.027     10.685     10.325      -4.54    1.02

     SWEDEN      5.694      4.515      4.112      7.809     89.92     4.357      7.465      7.600      8.212      88.49    0.81

     SPAIN       7.230      3.661      3.396      7.666    125.73     4.185      7.810      7.573      7.931      89.52    0.78

     BELGIUM     6.738      5.724      5.665      7.304     28.93     6.240      6.205      7.308      7.363      18.00    0.73

     FINLAND    15.251     13.477     12.558      6.036    -51.94    14.290      8.700      7.827      6.954     -51.33    0.69

     AUSTRAL     8.456     10.677     10.417      5.534    -46.88    11.070      6.463      6.031      5.794     -47.66    0.57

     CZECH       2.012      4.129      3.779      5.418     43.38     3.906      5.520      5.680      5.769      47.70    0.57

     GREECE      4.524      3.506      3.506      4.419     26.04     3.733      4.208      4.419      4.419      18.38    0.44

     IRELAND     5.152      4.315      3.712      3.663     -1.34     4.165      4.835      4.500      4.265       2.42    0.42

     BRAZIL     43.895      7.860      7.669      3.808    -50.35    10.090      3.618      3.487      3.998     -60.37    0.39

     MALAYSA     0.483      3.138      2.334      2.944     26.14     2.356      4.980      4.654      3.748      59.10    0.37

     SLOVENI     0.293      1.622      1.257      3.124    148.59     1.277      3.649      3.743      3.489     173.15    0.34

     INDNSIA     3.191      2.205      1.873      2.206     17.80     2.217      2.340      2.467      2.538      14.49    0.25

     HG KONG     0.789      1.178      1.011      1.289     27.53     1.213      1.397      1.360      1.457      20.11    0.14

     S ARAB      3.486      1.983      1.733      1.204    -30.50     1.839      1.329      1.435      1.454     -20.93    0.14

     DOM REP     1.597      2.620      2.416      1.079    -55.35     2.552      1.480      1.425      1.283     -49.72    0.13

     REP SAF     0.644      1.255      1.142      1.063     -6.93     1.310      1.317      1.163      1.176     -10.17    0.12

     SWITZLD     0.997      0.920      0.913      1.058     15.84     1.043      0.949      0.970      1.065       2.10    0.11

     AUSTRIA     0.177      0.754      0.752      0.551    -26.66     0.767      0.530      0.493      0.553     -27.85    0.05

     VIETNAM     0.259      0.322      0.322      0.393     21.99     0.348      0.341      0.427      0.393      12.94    0.04

     HONDURA     0.306      0.247      0.230      0.348     51.18     0.241      0.351      0.315      0.365      51.59    0.04

     ECUADOR     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.219       *       0.000      0.219      0.219      0.219        *      0.02

     EGYPT       0.021      0.046      0.046      0.165    257.79     0.046      0.116      0.156      0.165     257.79    0.02

     CHILE       0.000      0.096      0.086      0.137     60.38     0.086      0.163      0.158      0.147      72.37    0.01

     RUSSIA      1.135      0.792      0.792      0.000    -99.95     0.792      0.000      0.000      0.000     -99.95    0.00

     SIER LN     0.000      0.484      0.484      0.000   -100.00     0.484      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      888.562    949.318    870.154    934.439      7.39   935.430   1001.450   1004.738   1013.603       8.36   99.99

     _OECD     427.671    480.198    441.462    469.107      6.26   474.775    502.716    502.172    507.842       6.96   50.10

     _EU15     278.816    298.760    273.883    279.509      2.05   295.898    301.686    301.726    304.386       2.87   30.03

     _EC12     257.694    280.015    256.461    265.112      3.37   276.484    284.991    285.805    288.666       4.41   28.48

     _W HEMI   201.754    180.870    167.697    181.323      8.13   181.626    192.725    191.731    194.497       7.09   19.19

     _ASEAN     12.810     17.651     15.480     18.561     19.90    16.714     21.456     21.935     20.732      24.04    2.05

     _CBI        2.052      3.010      2.789      1.548    -44.48     2.935      1.980      1.873      1.770     -39.71    0.17

     _CAFTA      2.030      2.985      2.763      1.461    -47.14     2.909      1.882      1.775      1.682     -42.19    0.17

     _SUB-SAH    0.781      1.740      1.626      1.067    -34.39     1.794      1.319      1.167      1.180     -34.19    0.12

     _ANDEAN     0.150      0.108      0.051      0.452    793.77     0.052      0.427      0.475      0.509     880.75    0.05