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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                         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     888.562    948.469    302.697    323.060      6.73   897.557    956.719    962.560    968.832       7.94  100.00

     CHINA P   128.280    154.622     46.083     53.077     15.18   138.523    159.614    160.646    161.617      16.67   16.68

     CANADA     92.319    100.881     31.511     38.173     21.14    93.122    104.686    105.722    107.543      15.49   11.10

     JAPAN      79.580     88.651     26.614     36.360     36.62    75.531     92.755     95.134     98.396      30.27   10.16

     GERMANY    86.445     96.910     32.356     30.988     -4.23    91.353     96.102     97.038     95.542       4.58    9.86

     MEXICO     63.120     68.820     20.523     23.885     16.39    64.825     69.885     70.948     72.183      11.35    7.45

     ISRAEL     88.459     62.379     21.162     16.307    -22.94    68.112     59.938     58.808     57.524     -15.54    5.94

     ITALY      33.364     43.052     12.579     14.801     17.66    35.094     42.615     42.726     45.273      29.00    4.67

     FRANCE     41.821     42.423     12.587     13.691      8.77    41.039     43.440     43.367     43.527       6.06    4.49

     INDIA      20.514     38.925     11.297     12.690     12.33    27.615     41.247     41.313     40.318      46.00    4.16

     KOR REP    21.529     31.491     10.342     12.760     23.38    26.794     33.599     34.500     33.909      26.56    3.50

     U KING     28.905     32.672     10.974      8.372    -23.71    29.688     30.527     30.230     30.070       1.28    3.10

     TURKEY     15.045     19.832      5.680      7.325     28.96    15.718     20.243     20.444     21.477      36.64    2.22

     LUXMBRG    28.455     25.430     12.654      7.962    -37.08    31.868     21.323     21.676     20.738     -34.92    2.14

     CHINA T    15.020     18.324      5.549      5.336     -3.84    14.860     18.059     17.903     18.111      21.88    1.87

     POLAND      8.441     13.402      3.787      4.252     12.27     9.931     13.822     13.926     13.867      39.63    1.43

     DENMARK     5.792     11.292      2.824      3.899     38.07     7.213     12.130     11.726     12.367      71.46    1.28

     THAILND     8.010     11.725      3.490      4.023     15.27     8.828     12.064     12.146     12.258      38.84    1.27

     FINLAND    15.251     13.477      5.173      3.753    -27.45    17.271     13.231     12.222     12.057     -30.19    1.24

     NETHLDS     9.267     11.031      4.114      2.697    -34.44    10.957      9.579      9.588      9.614     -12.26    0.99

     AUSTRAL     8.456     10.677      3.067      1.539    -49.84     8.518      9.483      9.706      9.148       7.40    0.94

     SWEDEN      5.694      4.515      1.433      2.566     78.99     5.701      5.300      5.276      5.647      -0.94    0.58

     BELGIUM     6.738      5.724      2.352      1.720    -26.86     7.542      6.001      5.603      5.092     -32.49    0.53

     CZECH       2.012      4.129      1.768      2.697     52.56     3.073      4.425      4.504      5.058      64.62    0.52

     SPAIN       7.230      3.661      0.956      2.137    123.64     6.962      4.190      4.710      4.843     -30.44    0.50

     MALAYSA     0.483      3.138      0.171      1.781    938.70     0.502      3.765      4.267      4.747     846.07    0.49

     IRELAND     5.152      4.315      1.193      1.186     -0.58     5.139      4.697      4.496      4.308     -16.17    0.44

     BRAZIL     43.895      7.860      5.744      1.725    -69.97    32.236      4.424      4.099      3.840     -88.09    0.40

     GREECE      4.524      3.506      2.006      2.314     15.36     4.740      3.527      4.087      3.814     -19.52    0.39

     SLOVENI     0.293      1.622      0.126      0.798    535.16     0.228      1.777      1.917      2.294     904.42    0.24

     INDNSIA     3.191      2.205      0.908      0.932      2.66     2.960      2.203      2.198      2.229     -24.70    0.23

     DOM REP     1.597      2.620      0.845      0.311    -63.23     1.992      2.376      2.249      2.086       4.70    0.22

     REP SAF     0.644      1.255      0.460      0.809     75.68     0.937      1.445      1.534      1.604      71.11    0.17

     HG KONG     0.789      1.178      0.113      0.400    252.55     0.802      1.274      1.310      1.465      82.60    0.15

     S ARAB      3.486      1.983      1.077      0.183    -82.99     3.556      1.733      1.275      1.089     -69.38    0.11

     SWITZLD     0.997      0.920      0.364      0.407     11.88     1.006      0.918      0.963      0.964      -4.22    0.10

     AUSTRIA     0.177      0.754      0.102      0.246    141.19     0.211      0.878      0.879      0.897     324.81    0.09

     RUSSIA      1.135      0.792      0.002      0.000    -73.44     0.637      0.792      0.792      0.791      24.20    0.08

     VIETNAM     0.259      0.322      0.072      0.141     96.26     0.272      0.353      0.399      0.391      43.93    0.04

     SIER LN     0.000      0.484      0.214      0.000   -100.00     0.214      0.450      0.413      0.270      26.16    0.03

     HONDURA     0.306      0.247      0.048      0.051      5.71     0.242      0.229      0.231      0.250       3.11    0.03

     CHILE       0.000      0.096      0.033      0.036     11.73     0.033      0.107      0.109      0.100     205.10    0.01


     _WTO      887.427    947.652    302.671    323.032      6.73   896.895    955.876    961.716    968.013       7.93   99.92

     _OECD     427.671    480.198    157.853    163.543      3.61   452.993    480.853    483.523    485.888       7.26   50.15

     _EU15     278.816    298.760    101.303     96.332     -4.91   294.778    293.543    293.625    293.790      -0.34   30.32

     _EC12     257.694    280.015     94.595     89.768     -5.10   271.595    274.133    275.249    275.188       1.32   28.40

     _W HEMI   201.754    180.870     58.828     64.312      9.32   192.892    182.062    183.694    186.354      -3.39   19.23

     _ASEAN     12.810     17.651      4.690      6.899     47.11    13.278     18.624     19.245     19.861      49.58    2.05

     _CBI        2.052      3.010      0.959      0.422    -55.97     2.390      2.765      2.651      2.473       3.48    0.26

     _CAFTA      2.030      2.985      0.959      0.396    -58.75     2.368      2.732      2.608      2.421       2.24    0.25

     _SUB-SAH    0.781      1.740      0.674      0.809     19.91     1.288      1.895      1.947      1.874      45.50    0.19