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                                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  7.60 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  8/2012
   Country      2010       2011       8/2011     8/2012  % Change    8/2011     6/2012     7/2012     8/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     29117694  28353019   19789976   22417045     13.27  27620052   30216630   30396563   30980088      12.17  100.00

     INDNSIA   16352943  15548218   10837875   12259035     13.11  15491612   16371917   16267142   16969378       9.54   54.78

     INDIA      3462305   3667385    2327634    3039346     30.58   3002481    4354566    4468977    4379097      45.85   14.14

     CHINA P    3144678   3124537    2360160    2636249     11.70   2999000    3119548    3282495    3400626      13.39   10.98

     VIETNAM     959695   1355376     804957    1777008    120.76   1146458    2265295    2328631    2327427     103.01    7.51

     CANADA     1623341   1404534    1031082     806549    -21.78   1562788    1254152    1201089    1180001     -24.49    3.81

     TURKEY      395958    811283     618789     465386    -24.79    733559     695298     643187     657880     -10.32    2.12

     PHIL R      426693    573308     388300     378554     -2.51    554564     593317     602674     563562       1.62    1.82

     GERMANY     332547    119213      60087     182508    203.74    117015     203210     232496     241634     106.50    0.78

     THAILND     599748    341707     257911     124902    -51.57    414036     225217     222200     208698     -49.59    0.67

     ROMANIA     535619    233948     212825     171019    -19.64    343181     212732     212701     192142     -44.01    0.62

     MEXICO      266610    214307     154983     105282    -32.07    229781     151178     165612     164606     -28.36    0.53

     KOR REP      76920     63078      41967     119601    184.99     64643     131418     155454     140712     117.68    0.45

     CHINA T     325103    104417      64836      99369     53.26     93294     153221     155365     138950      48.94    0.45

     JAPAN        65891    193559     179246      28319    -84.20    203400      66844      44614      42632     -79.04    0.14

     MALAYSA     160171    245950     204014          0   -100.00    259662      59573      41936      41936     -83.85    0.14


     _WTO      29117694  28350888   19787895   22417045     13.29  27617971   30216580   30396513   30980038      12.17  100.00

     _ASEAN    18562184  18122080   12531799   14539499     16.02  17927906   19554271   19501535   20129780      12.28   64.98

     _OECD      2615926   2595548    1890255    1740080     -7.94   2707971    2502837    2463875    2445373      -9.70    7.89

     _W HEMI    1926198   1658189    1220823     912294    -25.27   1846747    1416686    1373429    1349660     -26.92    4.36

     _EU15       500462    288782     189744     345842     82.27    319063     402683     442245     444880      39.43    1.44

     _EC12       462770    210974     124957     319591    155.76    219042     338709     390992     405608      85.17    1.31