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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 Million U.S. Dollars. 

                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      11.909     12.452      9.654      8.673    -10.17    13.000     11.418     11.544     11.471     -11.77  100.00

     TURKEY      0.958      3.654      2.662      2.711      1.84     2.931      3.932      3.584      3.703      26.31   32.28

     INDNSIA     2.951      3.389      2.780      1.537    -44.72     3.429      2.087      2.257      2.146     -37.41   18.71

     INDIA       1.541      1.105      0.785      1.738    121.37     1.271      1.409      1.760      2.058      61.91   17.94

     ROMANIA     2.639      1.313      1.196      0.881    -26.33     1.945      1.178      1.147      0.998     -48.68    8.70

     CHINA P     1.444      0.767      0.515      0.667     29.43     0.756      0.997      1.021      0.919      21.54    8.01

     MEXICO      0.996      0.643      0.378      0.631     66.96     0.679      0.729      0.828      0.896      31.87    7.81

     CANADA      0.521      0.367      0.250      0.222    -11.12     0.426      0.348      0.331      0.340     -20.21    2.96

     THAILND     0.075      0.092      0.048      0.140    190.89     0.048      0.184      0.232      0.184     282.73    1.60

     SPAIN       0.000      0.000      0.000      0.083       *       0.000      0.083      0.083      0.083        *      0.72


     _WTO       11.909     12.452      9.654      8.673    -10.17    13.000     11.418     11.544     11.471     -11.77  100.00

     _OECD       1.667      4.052      2.942      3.020      2.64     3.542      4.363      3.998      4.130      16.60   36.00

     _ASEAN      3.278      4.163      3.458      1.677    -51.51     4.264      2.576      2.658      2.382     -44.12   20.77

     _W HEMI     1.860      1.420      1.008      0.852    -15.41     1.649      1.211      1.232      1.265     -23.30   11.02

     _EU15       0.188      0.031      0.031      0.087    183.06     0.185      0.084      0.084      0.087     -52.75    0.76

     _EU12       0.156      0.001      0.001      0.086  12904.37     0.155      0.083      0.083      0.086     -44.24    0.75