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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  7/2012
   Country      2010       2011       7/2011     7/2012  % Change    7/2011     5/2012     6/2012     7/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     62274033  68046550   41786981   42382493      1.43  67856509   68756907   69145859   68642062       1.16  100.00

     CHINA T   13828723  17857439    9335081   10870731     16.45  16606134   19459073   19585756   19393089      16.78   28.25

     MEXICO    20818352  19022518   11701145   10740125     -8.21  20439023   18345957   18359353   18061498     -11.63   26.31

     PORTUGL    4315059   6513739    5306812    6124931     15.42   5796343    7109806    7163840    7331858      26.49   10.68

     CHINA P    4004426   5225193    2698275    3370579     24.92   4601833    5876750    5812961    5897497      28.16    8.59

     CANADA     1990252   2233685    1229178    1107617     -9.89   2180251    2070896    2064017    2112124      -3.12    3.08

     INDIA      2099200   1866344    1039165    1216063     17.02   1976960    2046614    2055388    2043242       3.35    2.98

     VIETNAM    1954400   1739119    1007717    1162361     15.35   1794776    1896012    1849717    1893763       5.52    2.76

     C RICA     2309897   1915502    1713410    1203286    -29.77   2060150    1533666    1534667    1405378     -31.78    2.05

     KOR REP    1315669   1440255     807330     720180    -10.79   1411210    1338230    1311505    1353105      -4.12    1.97

     THAILND    1012982   1268025     689171     631679     -8.34   1149364    1253790    1233081    1210533       5.32    1.76

     GUATMAL     384955    471989     320767     864379    169.47    478267     918709    1004496    1015601     112.35    1.48

     JAPAN       667840    804067     399201     571395     43.13    695719     957148    1024655     976261      40.32    1.42

     ARAB EM    1314429   2490808    1874936      28847    -98.46   3188392     810435     792625     644719     -79.78    0.94

     PHIL R      129426    117003      13396     527486   3837.64     33770     461084     558365     631093    1768.80    0.92

     FRANCE      670334    546924     301134     362518     20.38    640647     527702     580022     608308      -5.05    0.89

     ITALY       553508    594715     419339     420605      0.30    649092     657906     627783     595981      -8.18    0.87

     N ZEAL      639278    711063     682411     539607    -20.93    741307     558333     641954     568259     -23.34    0.83

     TURKEY      875416    890472     699445     310789    -55.57   1007320     670303     624421     501816     -50.18    0.73

     COLOMB      375857    323778     181092     215823     19.18    334730     373143     369531     358509       7.10    0.52

     CZECH      1104984    323900     197154     183466     -6.94    369350     332780     318893     310212     -16.01    0.45

     ISRAEL      216862    223362     223362     255366     14.33    238684     218952     255366     255366       6.99    0.37

     GERMANY     151865    196051     124811     130258      4.36    178350     202972     196589     201498      12.98    0.29

     ROMANIA     140248    108500      29098     104897    260.50     99207     146579     184267     184299      85.77    0.27

     INDNSIA     211593    215524     178439     145866    -18.25    244846      99584     129418     182951     -25.28    0.27

     LATVIA      212813    142843      57133      80718     41.28    127735     159228     149605     166428      30.29    0.24

     AUSTRAL     346016    151376     151360     121033    -20.04    158817     102380     102220     121049     -23.78    0.18

     NETHLDS      64382    178763     153909      41439    -73.08    185894      84315      64844      66293     -64.34    0.10


     _WTO      62274033  68045732   41786163   42382493      1.43  67855691   68756907   69145859   68642062       1.16  100.00

     _W HEMI   26102362  24189794   15280533   14264193     -6.65  25695058   23496553   23590881   23173454      -9.81   33.76

     _OECD     12286212  13975655   10155980   10197638      0.41  13522372   13882232   13929918   14017313       3.66   20.42

     _EU15      5986160   8180196    6369443    7193222     12.93   7623404    8759241    8822126    9003975      18.11   13.12

     _EC12      5950000   8147189    6362069    7164300     12.61   7603576    8718334    8778422    8949420      17.70   13.04

     _ASEAN     3354049   3367071    1905940    2482508     30.25   3253916    3738584    3793922    3943639      21.20    5.75

     _CBI       2765702   2479749    2100992    2105645      0.22   2633110    2544304    2630989    2484402      -5.65    3.62

     _CAFTA     2753252   2479503    2100746    2105645      0.23   2632764    2544304    2630989    2484402      -5.64    3.62

     _ANDEAN     459296    395504     216119     267622     23.83    393859     469900     468092     447007      13.49    0.65