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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                             Data in Kg., 14.00 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    205264023 201156739  119118506  124687963      4.68 204169683  204665058  206314868  206726196       1.25  100.00

     CHINA P   44737883  49483577   29674234   33614726     13.28  48127596   52781020   52809438   53424069      11.01   25.84

     CANADA    18617845  20940012   11902964   13804476     15.98  19629175   22192064   22636084   22841524      16.37   11.05

     MEXICO    18645280  16554873    9606180   10009091      4.19  17513333   16730306   16852713   16957784      -3.17    8.20

     ISRAEL    18868100  14017849    8108323    7928049     -2.22  15294690   13428492   13816810   13837575      -9.53    6.69

     GERMANY   14525698  14914280    9473074    8050420    -15.02  15954676   13527859   13626542   13491626     -15.44    6.53

     INDIA      7233192  12809632    7167128    6610934     -7.76  10907412   12825054   12473310   12253438      12.34    5.93

     FRANCE     8703326   8215891    4355509    6207435     42.52   8279346    9362792    9870663   10067817      21.60    4.87

     JAPAN      7461748   7648652    3930735    5167169     31.46   6508559    8497722    8667330    8885086      36.51    4.30

     KOR REP    4640081   6476380    3715867    3954571      6.42   5891570    6576545    6592395    6715084      13.98    3.25

     ITALY      4917734   5496914    3403879    3808812     11.90   5570345    6152943    6001026    5901847       5.95    2.85

     TURKEY     4449826   5301996    2895429    3474473     20.00   4553279    5836844    5950221    5881040      29.16    2.84

     LUXMBRG    5921030   4734687    3747445    3001324    -19.91   6192085    3768985    4065353    3988566     -35.59    1.93

     MALAYSA     182419   1713420     124613    1595873   1180.66    188094    2933986    3153395    3184680    1593.13    1.54

     CHINA T    3803605   3447482    2103195    1678965    -20.17   3615057    3042354    2978809    3023252     -16.37    1.46

     DENMARK    1258156   2811569    1564404    1655536      5.83   2175270    3157647    3018801    2902701      33.44    1.40

     POLAND     2224427   2916836    1649792    1384294    -16.09   2619165    2742912    2660568    2651338       1.23    1.28

     THAILND    2076266   2755666    1585051    1315938    -16.98   2424333    2534654    2522672    2486553       2.57    1.20

     U KING     2559507   2327728    1354242    1292479     -4.56   2203748    2281853    2230538    2265965       2.82    1.10

     FINLAND    3935251   3008310    2132424    1130168    -47.00   4175237    2581733    2360746    2006054     -51.95    0.97

     AUSTRAL    2784368   2863998    1984854     971131    -51.07   3157211    2080491    2115883    1850275     -41.40    0.90

     GREECE     1733520   1148108     863788    1322912     53.15   1370931    1342582    1543690    1607232      17.24    0.78

     CZECH       648574   1166775     758778    1011328     33.28    970629    1405589    1424590    1419325      46.23    0.69

     SPAIN      1908453    779478     416217    1043636    150.74   1631054    1015689    1103861    1406897     -13.74    0.68

     BRAZIL    16062883   2640306    2238028     730322    -67.37   7787309    1216280    1147537    1132600     -85.46    0.55

     NETHLDS    1266050   1347219     861162     488615    -43.26   1550044    1132365    1069345     974672     -37.12    0.47

     INDNSIA    1317129    827695     631868     548215    -13.24   1197767     658055     664447     744042     -37.88    0.36

     BELGIUM     964456    610910     412919     458221     10.97    819410     542004     605861     656212     -19.92    0.32

     SWEDEN      677479    520874     298213     414713     39.07    520159     600943     638823     637374      22.53    0.31

     DOM REP     334434    501058     270023     243701     -9.75    403185     521726     460591     474736      17.75    0.23

     REP SAF     167046    422256     308642     359811     16.58    417035     586190     539708     473425      13.52    0.23

     HG KONG     152126    233144     112140     261179    132.90    183794     428162     418418     382183     107.94    0.18

     CHILE            0    281706     146866     243990     66.13    146866     279290     345570     378830     157.94    0.18

     SLOVENI      27117    219684     115502     236325    104.61    121098     281867     345716     340507     181.18    0.16

     S ARAB     1302615    559140     399572     152885    -61.74    924867     214912     262938     312453     -66.22    0.15

     IRELAND     279178    507021     316176      68152    -78.44    463747     504519     396639     258997     -44.15    0.13

     RUSSIA      369960    198070        575          6    -98.96      2555     197501     197501     197501    7629.98    0.10

     SWITZLD     112317     90944      49055      80128     63.34     92740     108501     102426     122017      31.57    0.06

     VIETNAM      56902    114587      65329      69785      6.82     87812     134925     120870     119043      35.57    0.06

     AUSTRIA      17447    166217     102900      36425    -64.60    109545     130775     127157      99742      -8.95    0.05

     HONDURA      90802     67426      32304      41527     28.55     69293      70629      73521      76649      10.62    0.04

     EGYPT         6613      1263          0      69484       *        3917      57010      57010      70747    1706.15    0.03

     ECUADOR          0         0          0      64006       *           0          0      57644      64006        *      0.03

     SIER LN          0    158771     152936          0   -100.00    152936      52226      52226       5835     -96.18    0.00


     _WTO     205264023 201146011  119107778  124684242      4.68 204158955  204662219  206312029  206722475       1.26  100.00

     _OECD     82147600  86356927   52261265   53663176      2.68  87933213   87056939   88153775   87758838      -0.20   42.45

     _EU15     48667285  46589206   29302352   28978861     -1.10  51015597   46102702   46659058   46265715      -9.31   22.38

     _EC12     44037108  42893805   26768815   27397555      2.35  46210656   42789251   43532332   43522545      -5.82   21.05

     _W HEMI   53850715  41037747   24229579   25167793      3.87  45606099   41060121   41628374   41975961      -7.96   20.31

     _ASEAN     3695757   5450618    2420086    3531003     45.90   3939646    6288662    6488462    6561535      66.55    3.17

     _CBI        449775    591696     314466     297660     -5.34    484817     623136     564893     574890      18.58    0.28

     _CAFTA      446934    586573     314466     288428     -8.28    484817     608781     550538     560535      15.62    0.27

     _SUB-SAHA   170116    581027     461578     360099    -21.99    573041     638416     592222     479548     -16.32    0.23

     _ANDEAN      19327     15389       8279      76481    823.80     15476      16069      74835      83591     440.13    0.04