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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 229:  SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
                                             Data in Kg., 13.60 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    167969439 181082526  105204269  106192805      0.94 176598976  181042568  182739911  182071062       3.10  100.00

     VIETNAM   44889699  54761287   30744182   22124491    -28.04  50560306   48792834   48605226   46141596      -8.74   25.34

     CHINA P   23206558  32762402   16955750   26504284     56.31  27897790   40148555   41109055   42310936      51.66   23.24

     CANADA    22782561  20888995   12391008   13655958     10.21  22926000   21971782   22093922   22153945      -3.37   12.17

     KOR REP   21880101  21228196   12637475   12883236      1.94  21335372   20621072   21104545   21473957       0.65   11.79

     CHINA T   12748196  12246291    7167234    7762697      8.31  12655276   12710340   12644616   12841754       1.47    7.05

     MEXICO    12025449  11294728    6724583    6056149     -9.94  12024520   10595806   10599648   10626294     -11.63    5.84

     JAPAN      4332893   4498673    2660604    3653549     37.32   4439240    5231220    5391308    5491618      23.71    3.02

     ISRAEL    10867104   8133469    6822604    3590582    -47.37   9295020    5018136    5283395    4901447     -47.27    2.69

     INDIA      3605150   2803283    1715684    1883772      9.80   3083331    2793438    2872775    2971371      -3.63    1.63

     GERMANY    2304470   1768060    1035351    1191543     15.09   1967675    1907023    1876718    1924252      -2.21    1.06

     TURKEY      591150   1083177     516884     520994      0.80    859445    1191912    1087664    1087287      26.51    0.60

     U KING      584493    633806     326377     635191     94.62    613214     851367     892887     942620      53.72    0.52

     NETHLDS     539566    736625     437547     535957     22.49    710522     839450     889264     835035      17.52    0.46

     PORTUGL    1001073   1056398     863677     626542    -27.46   1111124     856532     852808     819263     -26.27    0.45

     THAILND     522898    657748     324798     423604     30.42    578194     771452     748933     756554      30.85    0.42

     ITALY       812538    877903     533740     410026    -23.18    788540     767349     743353     754189      -4.36    0.41

     SPAIN       618112    657796     431802     473001      9.54    629211     755844     702731     698995      11.09    0.38

     N ZEAL      474357    518817     331482     420583     26.88    534795     590311     612919     607918      13.67    0.33

     ARAB EM     228883     60110      19854     419578   2013.32     92232     294015     399049     459834     398.56    0.25

     SWITZLD     501684    453018     274591     224603    -18.20    509518     422089     415006     403030     -20.90    0.22

     INDNSIA     514585    514474     328969     213678    -35.05    549462     412063     393493     399183     -27.35    0.22

     FRANCE      344900    325705     161602     190508     17.89    298485     351554     357829     354611      18.80    0.19

     CAMBOD      288702    341891     239742     241286      0.64    387558     321352     320118     343435     -11.38    0.19

     PERU        208763    281725     226829     243898      7.53    354883     261942     243338     298794     -15.80    0.16

     BRAZIL      115938    243340      35225      75216    113.53     95078     286253     287782     283331     198.00    0.16

     MALAYSA      76447    198574      84738     100101     18.13    137728     224263     210622     213937      55.33    0.12

     ARGENT         411    343636     155724         29    -99.98    155724     343655     262489     187941      20.69    0.10

     EGYPT         6225      3854       1788     182873  10127.80      3599     155551     184701     184939    5038.62    0.10

     BELGIUM     247724    200231     125198     107600    -14.06    218897     195201     189449     182633     -16.57    0.10

     LUXMBRG     261239    304384     188057      62250    -66.90    316451     180785     161886     178577     -43.57    0.10

     AUSTRAL      89189     64583      22127     110916    401.27     43948     108981     121147     153372     248.99    0.08

     PAKISTN      41509    110980      42389      55454     30.82     76412     136183     136691     124045      62.34    0.07

     CZECH        26373     77947      46035      76635     66.47     70684      97780      97076     108547      53.57    0.06

     PHIL R       38632    108560      52432      48588     -7.33     69647     115084     115078     104716      50.35    0.06

     NORWAY       26280     74366      59068      78188     32.37     74408      83239      85074      93486      25.64    0.05

     SLOVAK       30541     36697      18648      66276    255.41     31604      62526      80533      84325     166.82    0.05

     HG KONG      82176    101012      57152      37796    -33.87     89366      96236      84055      81656      -8.63    0.04

     SALVADR      66546     60949      31216      42818     37.17     77212      74920      70314      72551      -6.04    0.04

     AUSTRIA      62120     56542      38184      53422     39.91     59045      63952      67873      71780      21.57    0.04

     REP SAF     361002    232155     217223      29237    -86.54    548599      39615      44135      44169     -91.95    0.02

     POLAND      154154     43686      36719      24248    -33.96     87354      28959      31389      31215     -64.27    0.02


     _WTO     167941564 181080026  105201967  106191244      0.94 176573560  181038883  182736507  182069303       3.11  100.00

     _OECD     53354938  51104759   30480212   32333600      6.08  53198033   51958037   52460216   52958147      -0.45   29.09

     _ASEAN    46341254  56587469   31777379   23153752    -27.14  52285616   50642101   50398523   47963842      -8.27   26.34

     _W HEMI   35419397  33209582   19617748   20144731      2.69  35770941   33655356   33671915   33736565      -5.69   18.53

     _EU15      6821951   6663281    4164685    4319280      3.71   6751037    6821254    6788962    6817876       0.99    3.74

     _EC12      6731882   6580565    4113347    4251803      3.37   6669436    6729588    6694052    6719021       0.74    3.69

     _ANDEAN     283109    311790     246921     251708      1.94    410895     284504     261802     316577     -22.95    0.17

     _CBI        105904    115935      63142      59008     -6.55    126987     116937     109119     111801     -11.96    0.06

     _CAFTA       89100     99676      50483      58911     16.69    106881     111470     104852     108104       1.14    0.06

     _SUB-SAHA   362188    235367     219569      30849    -85.95    551498      44171      48410      46647     -91.54    0.03