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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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   35397.819  41151.000  11318.650  12839.217     13.43 37390.437  41885.951  42263.931  42671.567      14.12  100.00

     CHINA P 16993.686  19509.365   4762.385   5503.488     15.56 17861.926  19752.320  19988.328  20250.468      13.37   47.46

     VIETNAM  2527.543   3251.060    872.376   1086.593     24.56  2729.190   3351.620   3411.251   3465.277      26.97    8.12

     INDNSIA  1733.224   2111.673    681.738    757.488     11.11  1858.364   2162.100   2184.481   2187.424      17.71    5.13

     MEXICO   1688.762   1871.283    612.324    627.449      2.47  1770.179   1888.262   1891.005   1886.409       6.57    4.42

     CANADA   1121.926   1157.232    387.395    369.538     -4.61  1147.098   1151.197   1143.219   1139.374      -0.67    2.67

     INDIA     677.318    931.192    287.085    372.158     29.63   760.926    993.310   1008.729   1016.265      33.56    2.38

     BNGLDSH   783.556    962.651    298.634    297.406     -0.41   862.528    981.051    969.837    961.423      11.47    2.25

     HONDURA   860.278    925.565    261.258    278.417      6.57   888.196    933.647    936.550    942.724       6.14    2.21

     CAMBOD    515.608    776.300    206.780    291.503     40.97   578.847    824.131    838.560    861.022      48.75    2.02

     CHINA T   712.424    722.531    220.807    233.966      5.96   725.874    723.824    731.275    735.690       1.35    1.72

     THAILND   685.950    656.082    213.174    202.379     -5.06   694.754    656.513    647.025    645.288      -7.12    1.51

     KOR REP   547.792    629.324    195.811    205.955      5.18   577.632    636.833    640.187    639.468      10.71    1.50

     PHIL R    500.732    621.510    187.821    203.653      8.43   553.780    631.851    630.135    637.342      15.09    1.49

     SALVADR   520.354    576.911    153.577    199.129     29.66   538.588    595.847    606.835    622.463      15.57    1.46

     JORDAN    432.656    550.871    156.662    188.077     20.05   460.866    575.210    577.581    582.286      26.35    1.36

     SRI LKA   407.193    500.626    155.699    208.890     34.16   429.641    523.664    535.800    553.816      28.90    1.30

     ITALY     444.785    500.184    147.782    166.780     12.86   461.457    508.308    510.425    519.181      12.51    1.22

     TURKEY    354.644    440.951    142.392    169.779     19.23   382.510    455.566    462.878    468.338      22.44    1.10

     GUATMAL   307.820    408.079    113.897    128.266     12.62   344.665    417.003    417.969    422.448      22.57    0.99

     EGYPT     307.126    392.678    119.736    133.654     11.62   334.401    413.554    414.470    406.596      21.59    0.95

     NICARAG   253.306    324.657     92.375    113.161     22.50   292.343    336.483    343.010    345.443      18.16    0.81

     DOM REP   279.551    299.278     83.453     92.335     10.64   281.373    305.775    307.315    308.160       9.52    0.72

     JAPAN     251.100    281.502     89.764    115.025     28.14   254.696    294.912    299.403    306.763      20.44    0.72

     GERMANY   210.615    225.733     70.772     73.957      4.50   216.075    226.374    228.984    228.918       5.94    0.54

     PAKISTN   126.356    198.599     56.251     72.545     28.97   146.395    209.843    213.828    214.893      46.79    0.50

     ISRAEL    261.125    213.115     84.015     63.239    -24.73   238.294    202.728    193.879    192.339     -19.29    0.45

     MALAYSA   153.993    183.658     53.132     53.272      0.26   164.153    187.306    185.751    183.799      11.97    0.43

     FRANCE    147.200    163.661     54.240     52.508     -3.19   155.003    165.914    164.438    161.929       4.47    0.38

     LESOTHO    76.367    110.921     30.280     35.652     17.74    89.765    116.316    113.682    116.294      29.55    0.27

     HAITI      87.289    112.240     33.131     34.642      4.56   100.643    112.088    111.784    113.751      13.02    0.27

     U KING     91.457    106.220     33.352     35.389      6.11    97.100    106.258    107.032    108.257      11.49    0.25

     COLOMB    111.370    105.232     34.521     36.240      4.98   116.719    105.570    106.104    106.952      -8.37    0.25

     BELGIUM   100.894    106.812     34.254     34.361      0.31   100.796    108.637    108.942    106.919       6.07    0.25

     PERU       64.633     84.146     27.337     25.647     -6.18    70.974     85.289     83.948     82.455      16.18    0.19

     KENYA      35.336     71.974     16.432     20.753     26.29    43.772     72.970     73.706     76.295      74.30    0.18

     HG KONG    67.959     72.859     22.048     25.316     14.82    71.489     74.149     74.539     76.127       6.49    0.18

     NETHLDS    64.965     75.032     24.996     23.253     -6.98    69.646     73.819     73.899     73.288       5.23    0.17

     PORTUGL    45.184     52.188     21.205     27.501     29.69    46.796     56.846     58.642     58.484      24.98    0.14

     C RICA     60.970     54.294     19.209     14.529    -24.36    59.124     53.113     50.716     49.614     -16.08    0.12

     ARAB EM    40.312     51.910     18.766     16.223    -13.55    51.498     48.185     48.273     49.366      -4.14    0.12

     MOROC      27.234     43.692     12.271     17.135     39.64    33.296     47.012     47.323     48.556      45.83    0.11

     SPAIN      35.216     41.368     13.229     17.947     35.66    38.394     43.571     44.884     46.086      20.03    0.11

     SWITZLD    40.903     44.080     13.359     14.901     11.55    41.434     45.545     45.941     45.623      10.11    0.11

     BAHRAIN    39.356     35.998     11.353     13.218     16.43    37.863     36.427     37.278     37.863       0.00    0.09

     ROMANIA    27.386     34.225      8.562     11.443     33.65    28.939     36.678     35.962     37.106      28.22    0.09

     S ARAB     31.478     35.418     11.298     12.526     10.87    34.660     36.919     37.559     36.646       5.73    0.09

     POLAND     26.477     38.978     13.323     10.285    -22.81    33.097     38.816     37.058     35.940       8.59    0.08

     SWAZLND    49.168     40.275     13.040      8.065    -38.15    48.950     37.770     36.070     35.300     -27.89    0.08

     SINGAPR    49.715     34.486     10.747      7.834    -27.11    45.593     32.880     32.443     31.572     -30.75    0.07

     BULGAR     19.775     25.209      6.784      8.097     19.36    22.112     26.385     26.269     26.522      19.94    0.06

     AUSTRAL    21.504     24.506      7.886      5.662    -28.20    22.348     23.477     23.805     22.282      -0.29    0.05

     LUXMBRG    30.481     28.027     14.003      8.148    -41.81    34.554     23.200     23.260     22.172     -35.83    0.05

     BRAZIL     63.025     25.502     11.883      7.422    -37.54    51.300     21.315     21.124     21.041     -58.98    0.05

     AUSTRIA    13.681     17.829      5.803      6.400     10.30    15.204     18.532     18.675     18.427      21.20    0.04

     DENMARK    12.972     17.157      4.402      5.537     25.77    14.285     18.084     17.703     18.292      28.05    0.04

     GREECE     16.995     17.255      6.238      5.541    -11.17    17.482     17.552     17.606     16.558      -5.29    0.04

     CZECH       9.341     12.019      4.068      6.520     60.26    10.362     13.099     13.768     14.471      39.65    0.03

     LATVIA     10.661     13.220      4.075      4.962     21.77    11.497     13.093     14.014     14.107      22.70    0.03

     HUNGARY     9.073     12.975      3.304      3.782     14.48    10.406     12.955     12.980     13.453      29.28    0.03

     FINLAND    16.458     14.569      5.648      4.211    -25.43    18.718     14.308     13.369     13.132     -29.84    0.03

     REP SAF     8.808     11.643      3.833      4.310     12.45    10.694     12.157     11.915     12.120      13.34    0.03

     SLOVENI     7.536     10.993      2.907      3.838     32.00     7.494     11.162     11.330     11.924      59.11    0.03

     MALAWI      9.477     12.368      3.326      2.571    -22.69    10.257     12.314     12.074     11.613      13.22    0.03

     BOTSWAN     5.573      7.952      1.066      3.688    245.85     5.153      9.531     10.094     10.573     105.20    0.02

     MACAU      17.611      9.799      3.407      3.431      0.70    15.437     10.107      9.999      9.823     -36.37    0.02

     SWEDEN      9.676      8.395      2.438      3.565     46.25     9.753      9.229      9.148      9.523      -2.36    0.02

     ARGENT      6.645      8.688      1.942      1.690    -12.99     6.206      8.750      8.755      8.436      35.92    0.02

     N ZEAL      5.917      8.306      3.500      2.934    -16.19     7.135      7.696      8.016      7.740       8.48    0.02

     ETHIOP      5.312      7.175      2.116      2.532     19.63     5.734      7.416      7.130      7.591      32.38    0.02

     MADAGAS    16.623      7.061      1.494      1.873     25.43     9.508      7.470      7.404      7.441     -21.74    0.02

     SLOVAK      5.784      7.436      2.907      2.617     -9.97     6.940      6.860      7.083      7.147       2.98    0.02

     IRELAND     6.115      6.508      1.732      1.858      7.29     6.370      7.100      6.907      6.634       4.15    0.02

     TNZANIA     1.682      5.168      0.957      2.378    148.37     2.637      5.849      6.472      6.588     149.87    0.02

     MALTA       6.003      5.615      1.816      1.905      4.94     5.160      5.758      5.738      5.705      10.56    0.01

     ECUADOR     5.900      6.328      2.232      1.112    -50.19     6.309      5.885      5.712      5.207     -17.45    0.01

     UKRAINE     4.862      2.196      0.685      2.777    305.35     3.570      3.449      4.238      4.288      20.13    0.01

     GUYANA      3.145      4.310      1.224      1.151     -5.93     3.488      4.271      4.344      4.238      21.50    0.01

     LAOS        3.204      4.022      1.483      0.818    -44.84     4.376      3.742      3.618      3.357     -23.29    0.01

     BELARUS     3.530      3.783      1.741      0.017    -99.03     3.748      2.855      2.388      2.059     -45.07    0.00

     RUSSIA      1.258      1.624      0.114      0.408    257.99     0.820      1.796      1.912      1.918     134.00    0.00

     CHILE       1.427      0.952      0.247      0.596    140.70     1.226      1.338      1.323      1.300       6.03    0.00

     MONGOLA     1.741      0.043      0.034      0.023    -33.64     1.632      0.031      0.031      0.031     -98.08    0.00


     _WTO    35379.233  41128.935  11311.681  12833.360     13.45 37370.995  41864.457  42243.244  42650.614      14.13   99.95

     _ASEAN   6171.880   7639.949   2227.727   2603.954     16.89  6630.937   7851.176   7934.478   8016.176      20.89   18.79

     _W HEMI  5438.773   5967.221   1836.826   1931.943      5.18  5681.104   6028.243   6042.092   6062.339       6.71   14.21

     _OECD    3386.077   3752.175   1212.158   1257.185      3.71  3536.063   3785.636   3794.647   3797.202       7.39    8.90

     _CBI     2373.533   2706.409    758.427    861.716     13.62  2509.416   2759.221   2779.483   2809.699      11.97    6.58

     _CAFTA   2282.279   2588.784    723.769    825.837     14.10  2404.289   2641.868   2662.394   2690.852      11.92    6.31

     _EU15    1246.692   1380.938    440.094    466.955      6.10  1301.631   1397.734   1403.914   1407.799       8.16    3.30

     _EC12    1206.877   1340.144    426.206    452.779      6.23  1257.956   1355.665   1362.722   1366.717       8.65    3.20

     _SUB-SAH  213.195    282.821     74.230     84.283     13.54   231.806    290.728    287.808    292.874      26.34    0.69

     _ANDEAN   182.030    195.820     64.128     63.040     -1.70   194.132    196.845    195.879    194.732       0.31    0.46