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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     210.633    243.815     84.448     90.928      7.67   229.654    246.506    248.764    250.295       8.99  100.00

     MEXICO     57.858     54.263     18.951     17.245     -9.00    59.038     53.720     53.234     52.558     -10.98   21.00

     CHINA T    28.620     37.012     10.423     14.401     38.16    31.677     38.577     40.273     40.989      29.40   16.38

     CHINA P    17.098     24.226      5.534      8.088     46.16    18.279     26.135     26.439     26.780      46.51   10.70

     PORTUGL     9.363     14.585      9.723     11.181     15.00    13.989     16.452     16.835     16.044      14.69    6.41

     JAPAN      10.635     13.723      3.611      5.831     61.48    10.927     14.979     15.489     15.943      45.91    6.37

     FRANCE     11.774     14.011      3.672      4.432     20.70    11.754     14.069     14.322     14.771      25.66    5.90

     CANADA      8.931     10.115      3.340      3.367      0.81     9.501     10.288     10.140     10.142       6.74    4.05

     ITALY       7.708      7.387      1.956      3.091     58.01     7.333      7.698      8.049      8.521      16.20    3.40

     COLOMB      6.485      6.785      1.878      2.907     54.79     6.581      7.188      7.520      7.814      18.72    3.12

     TURKEY      6.269      7.244      2.889      1.858    -35.66     6.848      7.053      6.463      6.213      -9.27    2.48

     KOR REP     4.169      5.491      1.358      1.697     24.98     4.711      5.705      5.788      5.830      23.76    2.33

     INDIA       5.472      5.505      1.656      1.903     14.93     5.562      5.494      5.624      5.752       3.42    2.30

     VIETNAM     5.111      5.134      1.730      2.220     28.28     4.935      5.338      5.380      5.623      13.93    2.25

     THAILND     3.679      5.269      1.420      1.439      1.35     4.216      5.179      5.354      5.288      25.44    2.11

     GERMANY     3.227      4.192      1.173      1.198      2.17     3.360      4.090      4.271      4.217      25.52    1.68

     ARAB EM     5.918     10.824      7.172      0.100    -98.60    13.090      4.819      3.893      3.752     -71.33    1.50

     C RICA      4.877      4.474      3.113      2.389    -23.27     5.233      4.809      4.076      3.749     -28.36    1.50

     GUATMAL     0.856      1.163      0.481      1.349    180.53     1.126      1.610      1.827      2.031      80.39    0.81

     PHIL R      0.458      0.405      0.023      0.992   4161.84     0.333      0.790      1.060      1.373     311.70    0.55

     N ZEAL      1.359      1.703      1.208      0.737    -38.95     1.644      1.283      1.395      1.232     -25.05    0.49

     ROMANIA     0.894      0.786      0.130      0.439    238.44     0.855      1.024      1.011      1.096      28.17    0.44

     NETHLDS     0.390      1.154      0.205      0.135    -33.99     0.488      1.120      1.066      1.084     122.32    0.43

     CZECH       2.154      0.950      0.249      0.329     32.32     1.577      1.071      1.026      1.030     -34.70    0.41

     ISRAEL      0.783      0.679      0.487      0.614     26.21     0.716      0.803      0.801      0.807      12.64    0.32

     LATVIA      0.517      0.433      0.139      0.233     68.47     0.442      0.511      0.511      0.528      19.43    0.21

     INDNSIA     0.369      0.367      0.232      0.274     18.13     0.434      0.281      0.305      0.409      -5.76    0.16

     AUSTRAL     1.087      0.508      0.408      0.269    -34.21     0.854      0.538      0.456      0.369     -56.86    0.15


     _WTO      210.623    243.812     84.448     90.928      7.67   229.654    246.503    248.761    250.292       8.99  100.00

     _W HEMI    80.581     78.584     28.221     28.007     -0.76    83.016     79.650     78.860     78.370      -5.60   31.31

     _OECD      58.879     70.433     26.810     29.588     10.36    64.205     72.723     73.405     73.210      14.03   29.25

     _EU15      34.580     43.835     17.250     21.148     22.60    38.767     46.199     47.576     47.733      23.13   19.07

     _EC12      34.249     43.574     17.192     20.964     21.94    38.639     45.855     47.186     47.346      22.54   18.92

     _ASEAN      9.903     11.345      3.460      4.971     43.66    10.092     11.749     12.254     12.856      27.39    5.14

     _ANDEAN     7.016      7.309      2.025      3.075     51.85     7.149      7.745      8.070      8.359      16.93    3.34

     _CBI        5.953      5.876      3.647      3.798      4.15     6.594      6.649      6.140      6.027      -8.60    2.41

     _CAFTA      5.855      5.875      3.647      3.798      4.15     6.496      6.648      6.140      6.027      -7.22    2.41