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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 618:  WOVEN ARTIFICIAL FILAMENT FAB.
                                         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      28.581     29.392      9.449     11.951     26.47    28.422     29.634     30.624     31.893      12.21  100.00

     ITALY       3.704      5.956      1.387      1.890     36.27     4.241      6.270      6.320      6.459      52.30   20.25

     KOR REP     7.819      6.756      2.761      2.176    -21.20     7.651      5.951      5.862      6.170     -19.36   19.35

     CHINA P     3.810      3.417      0.904      3.294    264.34     3.390      4.227      5.105      5.808      71.30   18.21

     CANADA      7.090      5.523      1.886      1.872     -0.72     6.408      5.441      5.493      5.510     -14.01   17.28

     JAPAN       3.659      4.770      1.342      1.818     35.42     3.923      4.822      4.946      5.245      33.70   16.45


     _WTO       28.581     29.390      9.447     11.951     26.50    28.421     29.634     30.624     31.893      12.22  100.00

     _OECD      20.005     19.588      6.687      6.331     -5.32    19.794     19.017     18.985     19.232      -2.84   60.30

     _EU15       4.839      7.111      1.980      2.229     12.59     5.495      7.398      7.425      7.360      33.93   23.08

     _EC12       4.836      7.104      1.979      2.229     12.66     5.493      7.393      7.420      7.355      33.89   23.06

     _W HEMI     7.207      5.663      1.938      1.925     -0.64     6.545      5.593      5.647      5.650     -13.67   17.72