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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                             Data in Kg., 14.00 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  4/2012
   Country      2010       2011       4/2011     4/2012  % Change    4/2011     2/2012     3/2012     4/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    205264023 201156739   67002377   68539272      2.29 205441223  200980755  201306215  202693634      -1.34  100.00

     CHINA P   44737883  49483577   14948064   17578655     17.60  46803038   51097175   51479073   52114168      11.35   25.71

     CANADA    18617845  20940012    6382804    7499353     17.49  19015995   21433837   21626278   22056561      15.99   10.88

     MEXICO    18645280  16554873    5492661    5460901     -0.58  17993026   16320316   16408719   16523113      -8.17    8.15

     GERMANY   14525698  14914280    5552156    4460897    -19.65  15516124   14327071   14109888   13823021     -10.91    6.82

     INDIA      7233192  12809632    3845053    4231828     10.06   9490229   13492271   13454717   13196407      39.05    6.51

     ISRAEL    18868100  14017849    4996811    4034518    -19.26  16345785   13365495   13162493   13055556     -20.13    6.44

     FRANCE     8703326   8215891    2424055    3025845     24.83   8399017    8476169    8509666    8817681       4.98    4.35

     JAPAN      7461748   7648652    2309445    3019010     30.72   6814823    8070255    8117261    8358217      22.65    4.12

     KOR REP    4640081   6476380    2263352    2406170      6.31   5760652    6745582    6815012    6619198      14.90    3.27

     ITALY      4917734   5496914    1932102    2422051     25.36   5269796    5166218    5319818    5986863      13.61    2.95

     TURKEY     4449826   5301996    1610176    1843575     14.50   4500876    5292817    5269745    5535395      22.98    2.73

     LUXMBRG    5921030   4734687    2625725    1562727    -40.48   6499578    3973193    4122014    3671689     -43.51    1.81

     CHINA T    3803605   3447482    1247680     936086    -24.97   3591877    3247368    3182901    3135888     -12.70    1.55

     DENMARK    1258156   2811569     717345     950990     32.57   1660158    3054169    2888877    3045214      83.43    1.50

     MALAYSA     182419   1713420      62116    1153734   1757.39    183944    2152144    2488114    2805038    1424.94    1.38

     POLAND     2224427   2916836     885327     746595    -15.67   2493639    2913537    2845166    2778104      11.41    1.37

     FINLAND    3935251   3008310    1217629     871265    -28.45   4326185    2876736    2634232    2661946     -38.47    1.31

     THAILND    2076266   2755666     907507     695777    -23.33   2255471    2709814    2632863    2543936      12.79    1.26

     U KING     2559507   2327728     767847     661649    -13.83   2182304    2150064    2206263    2221530       1.80    1.10

     AUSTRAL    2784368   2863998    1014081     317322    -68.71   2771525    2427788    2418867    2167239     -21.80    1.07

     CZECH       648574   1166775     560515     760071     35.60    994673    1217280    1221459    1366331      37.36    0.67

     GREECE     1733520   1148108     684646     839094     22.56   1738463    1169188    1377394    1302556     -25.07    0.64

     NETHLDS    1266050   1347219     457931     338693    -26.04   1436840    1201634    1194599    1227981     -14.54    0.61

     BRAZIL    16062883   2640306    2019756     584113    -71.08  11343598    1411898    1287534    1204663     -89.38    0.59

     SPAIN      1908453    779478     201434     392184     94.70   1890204     876023     941648     970228     -48.67    0.48

     INDNSIA    1317129    827695     377357     303927    -19.46   1222246     782124     755774     754265     -38.29    0.37

     SWEDEN      677479    520874     158388     242045     52.82    682899     588257     586771     604531     -11.48    0.30

     REP SAF     167046    422256     150573     301398    100.17    280552     509939     551878     573081     104.27    0.28

     BELGIUM     964456    610910     257858     182659    -29.16   1031975     624832     584206     535711     -48.09    0.26

     DOM REP     334434    501058     132529     131037     -1.13    345560     538671     512373     499566      44.57    0.25

     IRELAND     279178    507021      50336      31005    -38.40    266226     513585     498222     487690      83.19    0.24

     HG KONG     152126    233144      21491     125252    482.81    151480     282521     292540     336905     122.41    0.17

     CHILE            0    281706     101556     101760      0.20    101556     310996     310270     281910     177.59    0.14

     SLOVENI      27117    219684      42080      71123     69.02     53025     219585     214508     248727     369.07    0.12

     S ARAB     1302615    559140     367780      33589    -90.87   1293607     439318     268400     224949     -82.61    0.11

     RUSSIA      369960    198070        567          6    -98.94    178316     197798     197798     197509      10.76    0.10

     AUSTRIA      17447    166217      15365      11804    -23.18     26610     169728     169451     162656     511.26    0.08

     VIETNAM      56902    114587      17506      42501    142.78     48775     134809     149462     139582     186.18    0.07

     SWITZLD     112317     90944      32017      48129     50.32    105222     100980     107898     107056       1.74    0.05

     SIER LN          0    158771      71468          0   -100.00     71468     146534     134475      87303      22.16    0.04

     HONDURA      90802     67426      20510      21132      3.03     86005      62943      65339      68048     -20.88    0.03


     _WTO     204894047 200947874   66991043   68536427      2.31 205252124  200769563  201094783  202493258      -1.34   99.90

     _OECD     82147600  86356927   29812417   29616445     -0.66  86571977   85310112   85459248   86160955      -0.47   42.51

     _EU15     48667285  46589206   17062817   15992921     -6.27  50926379   45166867   45143062   45519310     -10.62   22.46

     _EC12     44037108  42893805   15671435   14867807     -5.13  45890685   41532146   41752608   42090177      -8.28   20.77

     _W HEMI   53850715  41037747   14164545   13814459     -2.47  48966685   40133007   40261786   40687661     -16.91   20.07

     _ASEAN     3695757   5450618    1376564    2196292     59.55   3765984    5806585    6053831    6270346      66.50    3.09

     _SUB-SAHA   170116    581027     222041     301398     35.74    355090     656473     686353     660384      85.98    0.33

     _CBI        449775    591696     157902     160721      1.79    459725     628703     606665     594515      29.32    0.29

     _CAFTA      446934    586573     157902     155369     -1.60    456884     622040     598138     584040      27.83    0.29