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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                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   32359.960  33474.060  10058.464  10512.374      4.51 33336.190  33478.141  33696.597  33927.969       1.78  100.00

     CHINA P 17352.434  17898.318   4875.808   5279.686      8.28 17909.332  17895.535  18101.140  18302.196       2.19   53.94

     VIETNAM  1649.498   1973.110    583.158    616.793      5.77  1748.398   1965.787   1980.910   2006.744      14.78    5.91

     MEXICO   1808.039   1801.362    588.520    581.015     -1.28  1840.119   1795.002   1797.001   1793.857      -2.51    5.29

     INDIA    1091.047   1355.362    425.585    491.069     15.39  1180.086   1416.016   1424.375   1420.846      20.40    4.19

     CANADA   1271.699   1199.779    414.547    394.913     -4.74  1277.120   1184.345   1178.772   1180.145      -7.59    3.48

     KOR REP  1110.935   1126.284    384.410    396.830      3.23  1121.603   1134.149   1142.509   1138.704       1.52    3.36

     INDNSIA   938.884    990.678    357.367    358.015      0.18   973.535    988.042    991.719    991.327       1.83    2.92

     CHINA T   772.478    721.061    223.085    257.981     15.64   767.393    725.764    742.674    755.957      -1.49    2.23

     CAMBOD    390.548    520.556    144.012    185.328     28.69   426.757    545.224    552.284    561.871      31.66    1.66

     BNGLDSH   533.321    541.180    237.395    190.535    -19.74   572.275    529.198    507.343    494.319     -13.62    1.46

     TURKEY    383.257    461.156    137.469    157.082     14.27   391.370    467.079    468.217    480.769      22.84    1.42

     HONDURA   379.262    395.085    113.889    116.382      2.19   392.222    396.868    397.235    397.578       1.37    1.17

     GERMANY   304.569    301.635    108.493     94.887    -12.54   316.703    291.540    290.506    288.029      -9.05    0.85

     ISRAEL    455.843    348.443    156.573     95.944    -38.72   416.357    312.146    294.161    287.814     -30.87    0.85

     PAKISTN   187.591    261.910     73.502     98.444     33.93   203.166    278.142    284.938    286.851      41.19    0.85

     SALVADR   261.962    268.669     81.547     90.889     11.46   268.120    274.892    278.002    278.011       3.69    0.82

     THAILND   368.624    282.836     99.746     79.877    -19.92   353.264    273.588    268.038    262.967     -25.56    0.78

     PHIL R    215.797    255.284     77.846     78.978      1.45   237.104    255.966    252.370    256.416       8.15    0.76

     JAPAN     219.842    214.596     71.363     88.062     23.40   211.009    223.607    224.664    231.294       9.61    0.68

     ITALY     160.105    167.476     54.090     57.782      6.83   165.880    160.929    161.177    171.168       3.19    0.50

     NICARAG   129.021    149.238     50.396     52.954      5.08   148.954    149.745    153.362    151.796       1.91    0.45

     FRANCE    171.786    144.628     45.637     52.374     14.76   161.766    146.055    146.996    151.365      -6.43    0.45

     GUATMAL   110.093    143.931     46.026     46.897      1.89   127.866    144.000    143.480    144.802      13.25    0.43

     SRI LKA   124.667    136.844     48.443     53.804     11.07   132.579    138.437    139.697    142.205       7.26    0.42

     EGYPT     116.338    136.299     48.263     46.882     -2.86   129.540    140.894    138.739    134.918       4.15    0.40

     MALAYSA    85.039    116.482     32.358     45.885     41.80    92.115    124.312    128.528    130.009      41.14    0.38

     DOM REP   118.074    120.472     34.223     36.610      6.98   119.023    123.679    122.977    122.859       3.22    0.36

     JORDAN    122.887    127.271     45.059     40.017    -11.19   128.959    125.710    122.891    122.228      -5.22    0.36

     S ARAB    114.422    121.605     41.716     35.537    -14.81   127.541    123.491    120.737    115.426      -9.50    0.34

     U KING     71.296     70.512     23.543     23.120     -1.79    67.279     67.965     70.121     70.089       4.18    0.21

     HAITI      54.069     65.101     18.973     18.331     -3.38    61.110     63.779     63.374     64.460       5.48    0.19

     PORTUGL    54.877     63.450     39.883     40.511      1.57    61.826     66.351     67.104     64.077       3.64    0.19

     POLAND     49.432     63.839     22.538     16.247    -27.91    59.593     62.581     59.146     57.548      -3.43    0.17

     LUXMBRG    86.478     70.472     39.057     22.214    -43.12    95.670     58.585     60.169     53.630     -43.94    0.16

     DENMARK    20.170     41.606     10.655     13.791     29.44    25.958     44.985     42.634     44.742      72.36    0.13

     ARAB EM    76.523     48.907     20.771     15.194    -26.85    78.687     42.970     42.864     43.330     -44.93    0.13

     GREECE     56.193     43.835     18.963     18.173     -4.17    55.186     44.594     46.010     43.045     -22.00    0.13

     AUSTRAL    50.447     50.232     17.834      8.220    -53.91    49.737     44.301     44.680     40.617     -18.34    0.12

     HG KONG    44.493     40.752     14.460     13.788     -4.65    46.154     39.131     38.277     40.080     -13.16    0.12

     BELGIUM    50.362     41.360     15.260     13.015    -14.71    53.003     40.467     39.284     39.115     -26.20    0.12

     NETHLDS    40.520     40.670     13.784     11.851    -14.02    43.721     38.588     37.960     38.737     -11.40    0.11

     SPAIN      47.778     32.945     10.258     15.686     52.91    47.638     35.011     37.318     38.373     -19.45    0.11

     FINLAND    55.674     42.842     17.385     12.607    -27.49    61.362     40.935     37.732     38.063     -37.97    0.11

     LATVIA     36.912     35.841     11.019     10.801     -1.98    36.234     34.458     37.040     35.623      -1.69    0.10

     LESOTHO    25.832     30.220      8.787      9.891     12.56    28.111     31.602     31.081     31.324      11.43    0.09

     COLOMB     29.639     26.315      8.605     10.358     20.38    29.260     27.225     27.258     28.069      -4.07    0.08

     BRAZIL    237.783     47.150     31.698     11.034    -65.19   171.022     28.814     27.156     26.486     -84.51    0.08

     CZECH      18.492     21.027      9.282     13.752     48.16    21.245     23.092     23.420     25.497      20.02    0.08

     MALTA      34.127     27.674     10.059      7.878    -21.68    29.659     26.565     25.583     25.493     -14.05    0.08

     C RICA     34.051     26.566     13.813     11.679    -15.45    32.686     27.548     25.102     24.432     -25.25    0.07

     KENYA      13.830     23.949      6.376      6.570      3.04    16.930     23.888     23.887     24.143      42.61    0.07

     PERU       14.436     16.717      5.987      5.504     -8.08    15.925     17.300     17.073     16.233       1.93    0.05

     SWEDEN     11.035     11.682      2.625      3.780     44.01    11.067     12.698     12.631     12.837      15.99    0.04

     REP SAF     9.413     11.963      5.599      5.725      2.24    13.628     11.963     11.794     12.089     -11.29    0.04

     SLOVAK     14.877     15.230      6.327      2.045    -67.68    16.237     11.927     11.567     10.947     -32.58    0.03

     N ZEAL     10.649     12.213      6.000      4.716    -21.40    11.690     11.398     12.014     10.929      -6.50    0.03

     BELARUS    22.121     18.378      7.852      0.006    -99.92    19.589     14.207     12.293     10.533     -46.23    0.03

     SWITZLD    12.110      9.817      3.378      3.949     16.91    11.377     10.446     10.484     10.388      -8.70    0.03

     SWAZLND    14.814     11.454      4.407      2.004    -54.53    15.213     10.197      9.373      9.051     -40.51    0.03

     TNZANIA     3.318      7.032      1.202      2.935    144.12     4.501      7.748      8.573      8.765      94.72    0.03

     HUNGARY     1.428      8.033      0.557      0.790     41.82     1.682      8.361      8.156      8.266     391.44    0.02

     IRELAND     4.331      7.510      0.873      1.144     31.16     4.160      7.672      7.928      7.782      87.08    0.02

     AUSTRIA     4.418      7.465      2.014      2.115      5.03     5.210      7.699      7.793      7.566      45.21    0.02

     RUSSIA      5.204      5.807      0.023      1.737   7395.94     2.521      6.826      7.525      7.521     198.30    0.02

     ARGENT      3.495      7.580      0.898      0.661    -26.39     3.120      7.486      7.496      7.343     135.37    0.02

     SINGAPR    10.045      7.354      2.384      1.833    -23.10     9.019      6.801      6.579      6.803     -24.56    0.02

     BAHRAIN    12.561      6.341      2.850      2.988      4.85    10.583      5.961      6.389      6.479     -38.78    0.02

     SLOVENI     2.912      5.285      1.290      1.724     33.62     2.951      5.339      5.144      5.719      93.82    0.02

     ROMANIA     8.202      5.485      1.994      2.131      6.87     8.310      6.048      5.522      5.622     -32.35    0.02

     ETHIOP      2.675      5.430      1.488      1.597      7.30     3.227      5.482      5.262      5.539      71.62    0.02

     MOROC       3.049      4.873      1.567      2.205     40.75     3.828      5.189      5.284      5.511      43.95    0.02

     CHILE       2.687      4.718      1.531      2.214     44.63     3.368      5.830      5.804      5.401      60.34    0.02

     MADAGAS     7.909      4.516      1.095      1.622     48.21     4.704      5.252      5.233      5.043       7.21    0.01

     ECUADOR     5.167      4.833      1.409      1.153    -18.20     4.429      4.608      4.840      4.576       3.32    0.01

     MALAWI      3.932      4.427      1.277      0.883    -30.82     4.059      4.308      4.201      4.033      -0.64    0.01

     BULGAR      3.095      3.338      1.104      1.338     21.23     3.199      3.405      3.564      3.572      11.66    0.01

     MACAU       5.078      3.343      1.039      1.167     12.37     4.235      3.368      3.484      3.472     -18.03    0.01

     BOTSWAN     1.124      1.939      0.195      1.061    444.38     1.004      2.281      2.644      2.805     179.45    0.01

     GUYANA      1.660      2.599      0.728      0.713     -2.00     1.895      2.597      2.644      2.584      36.38    0.01

     LAOS        1.795      2.602      0.893      0.332    -62.77     2.558      2.410      2.234      2.041     -20.19    0.01

     UKRAINE     2.821      0.339      0.150      1.520    911.64     1.474      1.189      1.759      1.709      15.97    0.01

     MONGOLA     3.886      0.036      0.029      0.001    -94.84     3.812      0.008      0.008      0.008     -99.78    0.00


     _WTO    32325.260  33438.647  10047.380  10507.693      4.58 33305.351  33445.689  33665.773  33898.960       1.78   99.91

     _W HEMI  4462.622   4281.464   1413.186   1381.543     -2.24  4497.702   4254.961   4252.784   4249.821      -5.51   12.53

     _ASEAN   3661.042   4149.447   1298.034   1367.208      5.33  3843.543   4162.596   4183.168   4218.621       9.76   12.43

     _OECD    4049.048   4042.479   1399.278   1380.262     -1.36  4123.370   4011.838   4014.935   4023.463      -2.42   11.86

     _CBI     1088.835   1172.486    359.841    374.556      4.09  1152.560   1183.859   1186.899   1187.200       3.01    3.50

     _CAFTA   1032.463   1103.962    339.894    355.411      4.57  1088.871   1116.732   1120.158   1119.479       2.81    3.30

     _EU15    1139.593   1088.087    402.520    383.052     -4.84  1176.430   1064.074   1065.362   1068.619      -9.16    3.15

     _EC12    1068.466   1026.099    380.495    364.550     -4.19  1098.790   1002.742   1007.206   1010.153      -8.07    2.98

     _SUB-SAH   84.657    106.768     31.899     32.725      2.59    94.282    108.405    107.648    107.594      14.12    0.32

     _ANDEAN    49.306     47.927     16.026     17.024      6.23    49.689     49.187     49.227     48.925      -1.54    0.14