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                                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category,  8/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 604-A :  --ACRYLIC SPUN YARN ONLY
                                           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     2314110    2202198    1725782    1531773    -11.24   2319047    1948823    1996560    2008189     -13.40  100.00

     TURKEY     201859     666680     499745     445078    -10.94    555369     637732     585860     612013      10.20   30.48

     INDNSIA    692893     678240     549100     317549    -42.17    689534     432030     466816     446689     -35.22   22.24

     INDIA      326839     202766     145144     332446    129.05    236996     260332     328438     390068      64.59   19.42

     ROMANIA    535619     233948     212825     171019    -19.64    343181     212732     212701     192142     -44.01    9.57

     CHINA P    224762     115415      79476     101645     27.89    124162     148185     152935     137584      10.81    6.85

     MEXICO     142487      78200      45925      81097     76.59     88164      91212     103636     113372      28.59    5.65

     CANADA      66807      42263      29659      27951     -5.76     50332      39798      39027      40555     -19.43    2.02

     THAILND     15088      13545       6741      19811    193.89      6741      26639      33356      26615     294.82    1.33

     SPAIN           0          0          0      19305       *           0      19305      19305      19305        *      0.96

     EGYPT           0          0          0      14313       *           0       9709      14313      14313        *      0.71

     PHIL R      58110     134819     125345          0   -100.00    160213      60111      32777       9474     -94.09    0.47

     PERU        31197      33985      29485          0   -100.00     46038      10914       6286       4500     -90.23    0.22

     GERMANY     15758          0          0        449       *       15758          0          0        449     -97.15    0.02


     _WTO      2314110    2202198    1725782    1531773    -11.24   2319047    1948823    1996560    2008189     -13.40  100.00

     _OECD      287030     711280     531741     492907     -7.30    624018     696959     644316     672446       7.76   33.49

     _ASEAN     766091     826604     681186     337360    -50.47    856488     518780     532949     482778     -43.63   24.04

     _W HEMI    240491     154448     105069     109048      3.79    184534     141924     148949     158427     -14.15    7.89

     _EU15       18364       2337       2337      19878    750.58     18317      19429      19429      19878       8.52    0.99

     _EU12       16064         34         34      19754  58000.00     16014      19305      19305      19754      23.35    0.98

     _ANDEAN     31197      33985      29485          0   -100.00     46038      10914       6286       4500     -90.23    0.22