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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                         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     400.940    501.675    151.638    166.875     10.05   438.457    513.192    515.885    516.912      17.89  100.00

     CHINA P    66.765     99.692     25.060     30.520     21.79    75.716    102.250    103.652    105.152      38.88   20.34

     INDIA      69.963     93.350     28.728     34.290     19.36    77.520     99.014     99.163     98.912      27.60   19.14

     CANADA     60.808     65.261     21.829     20.745     -4.97    62.466     65.060     64.835     64.177       2.74   12.42

     CHINA T    27.669     32.363     10.080     10.489      4.06    29.230     31.969     32.135     32.772      12.12    6.34

     ARAB EM    21.770     27.143      7.704     10.684     38.69    25.065     28.053     29.263     30.123      20.18    5.83

     TURKEY     23.563     29.656      9.575      9.033     -5.67    26.264     30.446     29.346     29.114      10.85    5.63

     S ARAB     18.402     27.124      7.780      8.982     15.44    21.433     28.670     29.229     28.326      32.16    5.48

     KOR REP    16.182     18.951      6.444      5.097    -20.90    18.501     18.875     18.214     17.604      -4.85    3.41

     JAPAN      13.371     12.529      4.487      4.920      9.64    13.528     12.954     13.111     12.962      -4.19    2.51

     MEXICO      9.003     10.369      2.140      3.379     57.87     8.871     10.567     11.398     11.607      30.85    2.25

     GREECE      9.574     10.768      3.091      2.767    -10.49     9.827     11.060     10.757     10.444       6.28    2.02

     U KING      8.850      9.984      3.526      3.983     12.97     9.921      9.928     10.267     10.441       5.24    2.02

     VIETNAM     3.895      7.780      1.971      3.140     59.34     5.089      8.093      8.410      8.949      75.85    1.73

     ITALY       6.613      8.556      2.893      1.910    -33.98     7.660      7.930      7.656      7.573      -1.14    1.47

     BELGIUM     5.973      7.167      2.322      2.664     14.76     6.711      7.187      7.148      7.509      11.90    1.45

     THAILND     4.012      7.028      2.585      2.682      3.74     5.453      7.056      7.032      7.124      30.65    1.38

     GERMANY     8.079      6.243      2.172      2.923     34.56     7.281      6.497      6.739      6.993      -3.95    1.35

     NETHLDS     6.293      6.099      2.478      2.012    -18.84     6.476      6.135      5.832      5.632     -13.03    1.09

     REP SAF     0.303      3.080      0.280      1.399    399.55     0.435      3.737      4.049      4.199     864.50    0.81

     MALAYSA     2.066      3.701      1.366      0.957    -29.96     2.949      3.647      3.557      3.292      11.64    0.64

     HUNGARY     0.000      1.315      0.036      0.052     45.20     0.036      1.368      1.332      1.332    3603.48    0.26

     INDNSIA     0.789      1.059      0.218      0.212     -2.81     0.785      1.097      1.085      1.053      34.14    0.20

     BRAZIL      1.619      1.261      0.530      0.297    -44.02     1.683      1.028      1.091      1.028     -38.95    0.20

     GUATMAL     0.446      0.591      0.239      0.141    -41.17     0.581      0.555      0.550      0.492     -15.22    0.10

     N ZEAL      0.339      0.393      0.361      0.067    -81.40     0.509      0.219      0.182      0.100     -80.44    0.02


     _WTO      400.921    501.487    151.503    166.778     10.08   438.318    513.001    515.735    516.762      17.90   99.97

     _OECD     154.572    171.648     56.805     53.604     -5.64   163.335    172.101    169.881    168.447       3.13   32.59

     _W HEMI    73.300     78.668     25.382     25.064     -1.25    75.319     78.254     78.845     78.350       4.03   15.16

     _EU15      51.514     53.070     17.516     17.522      0.03    52.897     53.045     52.793     53.075       0.34   10.27

     _EC12      51.274     52.839     17.502     17.451     -0.29    52.729     52.801     52.525     52.787       0.11   10.21

     _ASEAN     10.781     19.626      6.193      7.013     13.24    14.348     19.955     20.112     20.446      42.50    3.96

     _SUB-SAH    0.304      3.085      0.282      1.399    395.91     0.439      3.743      4.055      4.203     858.35    0.81

     _CBI        1.241      1.123      0.496      0.293    -41.01     1.401      1.049      0.989      0.919     -34.36    0.18

     _CAFTA      1.209      1.123      0.496      0.293    -41.01     1.401      1.049      0.989      0.919     -34.36    0.18