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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 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    103508395  96867582   34728956   29758259    -14.31 104978470   93392352   92556204   91896885     -12.46  100.00

     CANADA    53804147  46224685   17599839   10832189    -38.45  53639430   42542309   40985571   39457035     -26.44   42.94

     MEXICO    15939148  15711135    5878933    7424694     26.29  16282270   15892858   16376199   17256896       5.99   18.78

     INDIA      3865551   5845261    1942414    2654980     36.68   4423940    6543625    6624701    6557827      48.23    7.14

     CHINA P    5229122   5093806    1708678    2398435     40.37   5467285    5360683    5548113    5783563       5.78    6.29

     INDNSIA    4050221   5250788    1827479    1220271    -33.23   4666664    4790858    4744114    4643580      -0.49    5.05

     CHINA T    4994346   3914318    1057786    1731455     63.69   4549686    4169173    4378198    4587987       0.84    4.99

     MALAYSA    3799091   3862968    1543896    1113649    -27.87   4310341    3855770    3716447    3432721     -20.36    3.74

     ITALY      3457781   2927696     784172     374689    -52.22   3212212    2736822    2656330    2518213     -21.61    2.74

     KOR REP     941370   2154947     349345     504826     44.51   1192918    2208543    2189660    2310428      93.68    2.51

     THAILND    2675930   2753195    1016343     238638    -76.52   2986715    2170704    2050894    1975490     -33.86    2.15

     FRANCE      272518    343842      61325     328565    435.78    216801     349346     503193     611082     181.86    0.66

     EGYPT       415382    297060      42890     142520    232.29    336772     353990     396690     396690      17.79    0.43

     BELGIUM     442505    512359     235956     102132    -56.72    560593     458339     389423     378535     -32.48    0.41

     GERMANY     590006    452273     173013      76803    -55.61    572657     402563     394649     356063     -37.82    0.39

     VIETNAM     367091    300215      53180      56902      7.00    315445     309270     285696     303937      -3.65    0.33

     SLOVENI     350399    295071      94643      95604      1.02    296589     301659     281118     296032      -0.19    0.32

     TURKEY       80494    166491      68498     140901    105.70    127981     206737     253598     238894      86.66    0.26

     JAPAN       244849    143450      59551      81096     36.18    110158     152839     164429     164995      49.78    0.18

     S ARAB      503943    105716      41672      41850      0.43    523882     126247     126247     105894     -79.79    0.12

     ISRAEL     1020227     57878      22097      10460    -52.66    719784      53910      49828      46241     -93.58    0.05


     _WTO     103508395  96867054   34728956   29758259    -14.31 104978470   93391824   92555676   91896357     -12.46  100.00

     _W HEMI   69809087  62020717   23498033   18338537    -21.96  69952558   58524928   57473499   56861221     -18.71   61.88

     _OECD     59746163  52903290   19318525   12400357    -35.81  59709732   49009766   47476449   45985122     -22.99   50.04

     _ASEAN    10926297  12197055    4458417    2629460    -41.02  12330648   11138972   10809521   10368098     -15.92   11.28

     _EU15      4860747   4310050    1278163     907215    -29.02   4667819    4013469    4013208    3939102     -15.61    4.29

     _EC12      4859872   4309890    1278163     907214    -29.02   4666944    4013308    4013047    3938941     -15.60    4.29

     _CBI         56432     67091      18415      80722    338.35     29486      71023      93008     129398     338.85    0.14

     _CAFTA       56432     67091      18415      80722    338.35     29486      71023      93008     129398     338.85    0.14