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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                         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     400.940    501.675    463.303    485.262      4.74   497.786    525.126    519.434    523.633       5.19  100.00

     INDIA      69.963     93.350     86.207     95.507     10.79    91.845    101.858    100.668    102.651      11.76   19.60

     CHINA P    66.765     99.692     91.553     91.695      0.15    97.868    102.668    100.545     99.833       2.01   19.07

     CANADA     60.808     65.261     61.113     55.483     -9.21    65.931     61.655     61.094     59.631      -9.56   11.39

     ARAB EM    21.770     27.143     24.365     33.838     38.88    26.683     34.819     35.316     36.616      37.23    6.99

     CHINA T    27.669     32.363     29.973     31.993      6.74    32.428     34.056     34.419     34.383       6.03    6.57

     S ARAB     18.402     27.124     25.134     28.950     15.19    26.883     31.137     30.410     30.941      15.10    5.91

     TURKEY     23.563     29.656     27.431     25.355     -7.57    28.624     29.198     27.931     27.580      -3.64    5.27

     KOR REP    16.182     18.951     17.385     18.016      3.63    18.982     18.538     18.887     19.582       3.16    3.74

     JAPAN      13.371     12.529     11.260     13.888     23.35    12.241     14.792     14.590     15.158      23.83    2.89

     U KING      8.850      9.984      9.229     11.554     25.20     9.974     11.622     12.256     12.309      23.41    2.35

     MEXICO      9.003     10.369      9.649      9.908      2.69    10.412     10.179      9.973     10.628       2.07    2.03

     VIETNAM     3.895      7.780      7.044      8.932     26.80     7.112      9.560      9.475      9.668      35.93    1.85

     GERMANY     8.079      6.243      5.859      7.809     33.28     6.326      7.376      7.733      8.192      29.49    1.56

     BELGIUM     5.973      7.167      6.608      7.424     12.35     6.968      7.574      7.322      7.983      14.56    1.52

     GREECE      9.574     10.768      9.908      6.822    -31.15    10.299      8.297      7.835      7.682     -25.41    1.47

     ITALY       6.613      8.556      7.785      6.690    -14.07     8.515      7.495      7.461      7.461     -12.38    1.42

     THAILND     4.012      7.028      6.779      6.469     -4.56     7.159      6.841      6.591      6.718      -6.16    1.28

     NETHLDS     6.293      6.099      5.916      4.625    -21.82     6.147      5.171      4.901      4.809     -21.77    0.92

     REP SAF     0.303      3.080      2.862      4.431     54.82     2.862      4.903      4.726      4.648      62.43    0.89

     MALAYSA     2.066      3.701      3.418      2.910    -14.88     3.619      3.265      3.166      3.192     -11.79    0.61

     HUNGARY     0.000      1.315      1.208      1.899     57.28     1.208      2.495      2.488      2.007      66.20    0.38

     GUATMAL     0.446      0.591      0.579      0.695     20.07     0.598      0.661      0.703      0.707      18.11    0.13

     INDNSIA     0.789      1.059      0.938      0.569    -39.38     1.029      0.669      0.722      0.689     -32.99    0.13

     BRAZIL      1.619      1.261      1.117      0.488    -56.28     1.192      0.710      0.652      0.632     -46.93    0.12

     SRI LKA     0.185      0.036      0.036      0.567   1471.37     0.102      0.482      0.511      0.567     454.37    0.11

     N ZEAL      0.339      0.393      0.393      0.093    -76.34     0.477      0.089      0.089      0.093     -80.51    0.02


     _WTO      400.921    501.570    463.199    485.153      4.74   497.682    524.975    519.318    523.524       5.19   99.98

     _OECD     154.572    171.648    159.527    151.710     -4.90   170.682    165.829    164.291    163.831      -4.01   31.29

     _W HEMI    73.300     78.668     73.623     67.858     -7.83    79.426     74.425     73.722     72.902      -8.21   13.92

     _EU15      51.514     53.070     49.236     48.956     -0.57    52.453     51.568     51.566     52.790       0.64   10.08

     _EC12      51.274     52.839     49.017     48.823     -0.39    52.231     51.310     51.347     52.645       0.79   10.05

     _ASEAN     10.781     19.626     18.234     18.938      3.86    18.991     20.399     20.018     20.330       7.05    3.88

     _SUB-SAH    0.304      3.085      2.867      4.456     55.41     2.867      4.905      4.727      4.674      63.01    0.89

     _CBI        1.241      1.123      1.111      1.240     11.69     1.216      1.225      1.302      1.253       3.06    0.24

     _CAFTA      1.209      1.123      1.111      1.240     11.69     1.216      1.225      1.302      1.253       3.06    0.24