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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                         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     346.369    372.061    127.839    105.533    -17.45   366.652    359.992    354.921    349.755      -4.61  100.00

     CANADA    212.793    206.067     75.271     48.187    -35.98   219.171    192.194    185.358    178.983     -18.34   51.17

     MEXICO     36.108     46.363     16.092     21.804     35.49    40.480     48.770     50.610     52.074      28.64   14.89

     CHINA P    13.874     16.090      4.955      6.349     28.14    14.814     16.524     16.831     17.484      18.02    5.00

     INDIA       8.368     14.880      4.815      6.069     26.04    10.280     16.495     16.582     16.134      56.95    4.61

     ITALY      16.651     16.852      4.428      2.573    -41.90    16.742     16.164     15.621     14.997     -10.42    4.29

     CHINA T    12.440     13.757      4.095      5.174     26.35    13.208     14.225     14.455     14.836      12.32    4.24

     INDNSIA     7.712     13.169      4.517      3.034    -32.84    10.058     12.235     12.030     11.685      16.18    3.34

     KOR REP     3.991      9.584      1.560      2.311     48.14     5.214      9.821      9.748     10.335      98.23    2.95

     MALAYSA     7.309      9.721      3.755      2.610    -30.49     9.163      9.734      9.368      8.576      -6.40    2.45

     THAILND     6.909      8.462      2.782      1.248    -55.14     7.852      7.250      7.039      6.928     -11.77    1.98

     SLOVENI     2.245      2.694      0.771      1.026     32.99     2.098      2.831      2.747      2.948      40.50    0.84

     FRANCE      2.094      1.989      0.504      1.344    166.75     1.755      1.840      2.461      2.829      61.24    0.81

     GERMANY     3.611      3.192      1.155      0.599    -48.14     3.750      2.911      2.872      2.636     -29.72    0.75

     JAPAN       0.958      1.338      0.506      0.514      1.49     0.986      1.328      1.378      1.345      36.37    0.38

     BELGIUM     1.208      1.493      0.606      0.286    -52.91     1.536      1.393      1.205      1.172     -23.68    0.34

     EGYPT       0.832      0.774      0.089      0.351    293.94     0.702      0.930      1.036      1.036      47.43    0.30

     VIETNAM     0.933      0.946      0.141      0.131     -7.01     0.773      0.954      0.895      0.936      21.12    0.27

     TURKEY      0.364      0.652      0.255      0.441     72.83     0.531      0.754      0.897      0.838      57.66    0.24

     S ARAB      1.299      0.334      0.140      0.120    -14.21     1.386      0.398      0.398      0.314     -77.37    0.09

     ISRAEL      3.729      0.324      0.128      0.085    -33.76     2.740      0.309      0.296      0.281     -89.76    0.08


     _WTO      346.369    372.059    127.839    105.533    -17.45   366.652    359.990    354.919    349.753      -4.61  100.00

     _W HEMI   249.173    252.765     91.419     70.379    -23.01   259.772    241.387    236.527    231.725     -10.80   66.25

     _OECD     242.160    241.547     84.473     56.194    -33.48   250.740    226.370    219.379    213.268     -14.94   60.98

     _ASEAN     22.931     32.366     11.236      7.022    -37.50    27.955     30.201     29.359     28.152       0.71    8.05

     _EU15      24.240     24.586      7.136      5.123    -28.22    24.804     23.055     22.919     22.573      -9.00    6.45

     _EC12      24.234     24.583      7.136      5.122    -28.22    24.798     23.052     22.915     22.569      -8.99    6.45

     _CBI        0.222      0.291      0.048      0.381    685.26     0.109      0.372      0.508      0.623     469.75    0.18

     _CAFTA      0.222      0.291      0.048      0.381    685.26     0.109      0.372      0.508      0.623     469.75    0.18