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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.30 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     23697826  16739932    6892373    6812222     -1.16  21620013   16246967   16723994   16659781     -22.94  100.00

     INDNSIA   10775873   8451859    3462729    4022549     16.17   9923945    8399330    8713286    9011679      -9.19   54.09

     INDIA      2235726   1450020     559762     625163     11.68   1846113    1609361    1562846    1515421     -17.91    9.10

     CHINA P    2429723   1446865     592337     554422     -6.40   1939328    1289120    1409621    1408950     -27.35    8.46

     AUSTRAL     985235   1059380     330320     329175     -0.35   1015964    1041544    1096108    1058235       4.16    6.35

     THAILND    2909745   1312085     609975     207173    -66.04   2455647    1061797    1077202     909283     -62.97    5.46

     SPAIN       856794    845418     304483     329782      8.31    927943     879949     877620     870717      -6.17    5.23

     VIETNAM     874564    499685     177743     193498      8.86    823966     478125     515434     515440     -37.44    3.09

     KOR REP     851251    373297     182682     153847    -15.78    662669     347324     380727     344462     -48.02    2.07

     TURKEY      463826    284924      93925     103725     10.43    375237     313821     297706     294724     -21.46    1.77

     CHINA T     533871    630746     416901      53707    -87.12    904002     434282     346136     267552     -70.40    1.61

     PAKISTN     181132    198219      89871      97670      8.68    191702     177118     219418     206018       7.47    1.24

     AUSTRIA     152211     35025      21333      20048     -6.02    155885      20103      33740      33740     -78.36    0.20

     MALAYSA     187608     18932          0          0       *      187608      18932      18932      18932     -89.91    0.11


     _WTO      23697826  16739932    6892373    6812222     -1.16  21620013   16246967   16723994   16659781     -22.94  100.00

     _ASEAN    14757861  10282561    4250447    4457210      4.86  13391166    9992174   10358844   10489324     -21.67   62.96

     _OECD      3509045   2714150     974732    1024050      5.06   3311118    2733102    2816330    2763468     -16.54   16.59

     _EU15      1118032    949367     356385     416629     16.90   1198087     974368     984853    1009611     -15.73    6.06

     _EC12       965821    914342     335052     396581     18.36   1042202     954265     951113     975871      -6.36    5.86