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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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    829287028 1.01026E9  301401028  326785588      8.42 887751876  1.03519E9   1.0376E9  1.03564E9      16.66  100.00

     INDIA    291111379 365330034  116560397  126073102      8.16 307116845  378164789  375835851  374842739      22.05   36.19

     CHINA P   99221446 152846621   38967633   41672325      6.94 119001453  154799985  156297346  155551313      30.71   15.02

     S ARAB    84650933 107652363   34044927   33673580     -1.09  98409192  111936813  111963807  107281016       9.02   10.36

     TURKEY    50578330  97130716   20974412   28601122     36.36  57686848  104150736  102244972  104757426      81.60   10.12

     CHINA T   42660816  44820589   13889193   14860643      6.99  44168266   44457551   44687047   45792039       3.68    4.42

     CANADA    37796391  42250415   13172103   15993994     21.42  33428217   43365188   44443837   45072306      34.83    4.35

     KOR REP   28740581  32090657   11553223    8374541    -27.51  33691891   30775745   30507784   28911975     -14.19    2.79

     VIETNAM   13414764  24496324    6598082   10407699     57.74  17380882   25559488   26679876   28305941      62.86    2.73

     MEXICO    25791373  20251991    3609042    8066493    123.51  23580004   20127710   23779020   24709442       4.79    2.39

     ARAB EM   55215766  21713319    6645349    9057660     36.30  47518524   22400611   23444447   24125630     -49.23    2.33

     GREECE    25243082  20725921    6707889    5150214    -23.22  23757002   20832429   20105154   19168246     -19.32    1.85

     U KING    16366322  17339042    6377343    7308283     14.60  18407562   16838598   17950447   18269982      -0.75    1.76

     BELGIUM   19696102  15896412    5717714    5331050     -6.76  21633932   15339522   15041882   15509748     -28.31    1.50

     THAILND    8297993  13513692    5058658    4843156     -4.26  10922719   13245108   13280049   13298190      21.75    1.28

     HUNGARY          0   6681211     191041     277389     45.20    191041    6958600    6767559    6767559    3442.46    0.65

     MALAYSA    4274402   6741681    2781493    1431130    -48.55   5992091    6243962    6006263    5391318     -10.03    0.52

     NETHLDS    7317635   4495106    2356968    1256355    -46.70   7094934    4326993    3700233    3394493     -52.16    0.33

     JAPAN      4686769   3321581    1562067    1007331    -35.51   3670696    3443809    2801045    2766845     -24.62    0.27

     GERMANY    2035025   2373204     761158     562993    -26.03   2166694    2338930    2130869    2175039       0.39    0.21

     BRAZIL     3511560   2498544    1193226     499999    -58.10   3661720    1861932    1976387    1805317     -50.70    0.17

     INDNSIA    1503312   1537950     280946     254225     -9.51   1305544    1605349    1608505    1511229      15.75    0.15

     ITALY       962006   1440622     233022     145229    -37.68   1034404    1393212    1363042    1352829      30.78    0.13

     REP SAF     532635    943664      29872     437934   1366.04    308144    1152542    1250948    1351726     338.67    0.13

     GUATMAL     673128    922755     338066     246636    -27.05    842500     898448     859735     831325      -1.33    0.08

     N ZEAL      728600    665007     652769     136880    -79.03    966769     307027     257018     149118     -84.58    0.01


     _WTO     829280734 1.01013E9  301357406  326662074      8.40 887707106  1.03495E9   1.0374E9  1.03544E9      16.64   99.98

     _OECD    190924875 242281717   69020766   73406135      6.35 201301735  247785508  245615855  246667086      22.54   23.82

     _W HEMI   68748543  66564357   18713844   24931165     33.22  62584681   66678919   71457229   72781678      16.29    7.03

     _EU15     72977499  63203557   22329607   19945665    -10.68  75110514   61969822   61218332   60819615     -19.03    5.87

     _EC12     72950745  63032001   22328844   19937728    -10.71  75090446   61795989   61040755   60640885     -19.24    5.86

     _ASEAN    27496540  46332967   14761027   16940538     14.77  35649031   46697786   47580493   48512478      36.08    4.68

     _SUB-SAHA   532970    944128      30130     438000   1353.70    308699    1153006    1251412    1351998     337.97    0.13

     _CBI        983916   1054018     394171     272664    -30.83   1039930    1014420     965012     932511     -10.33    0.09

     _CAFTA      882853   1054018     394171     272664    -30.83   1039930    1014420     965012     932511     -10.33    0.09