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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                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   32359.960  33474.055  18869.736  19746.165      4.64 33449.096  34029.661  34159.566  34350.484       2.69  100.00

     CHINA P 17352.434  17898.315   9746.597  10419.708      6.91 17882.944  18365.742  18436.472  18571.426       3.85   54.06

     VIETNAM  1649.498   1973.108   1097.551   1125.472      2.54  1856.333   1996.457   2005.537   2001.029       7.79    5.83

     MEXICO   1808.039   1801.357   1059.213   1041.924     -1.63  1854.690   1797.569   1785.338   1784.068      -3.81    5.19

     INDIA    1091.047   1355.362    775.953    843.483      8.70  1250.175   1409.628   1406.050   1422.892      13.82    4.14

     KOR REP  1110.935   1126.284    666.831    731.628      9.72  1103.220   1154.892   1169.002   1191.081       7.96    3.47

     CANADA   1271.699   1199.779    715.207    688.644     -3.71  1268.042   1182.572   1178.163   1173.215      -7.48    3.42

     INDNSIA   938.884    990.678    600.203    607.375      1.20   980.384    986.392    990.881    997.851       1.78    2.90

     CHINA T   772.478    721.061    410.759    452.395     10.14   742.809    753.183    753.529    762.697       2.68    2.22

     CAMBOD    390.548    520.556    256.733    289.353     12.71   464.370    559.675    555.286    553.176      19.12    1.61

     TURKEY    383.257    461.156    255.340    296.328     16.05   407.987    486.328    496.986    502.144      23.08    1.46

     BNGLDSH   533.321    541.180    366.336    321.910    -12.13   573.787    489.370    490.010    496.754     -13.43    1.45

     HONDURA   379.262    395.085    216.564    249.033     14.99   392.398    408.588    418.194    427.554       8.96    1.24

     PAKISTN   187.591    261.910    138.108    182.191     31.92   222.711    293.321    303.254    305.993      37.39    0.89

     ISRAEL    455.843    348.443    231.291    180.706    -21.87   383.639    295.277    303.967    297.857     -22.36    0.87

     GERMANY   304.569    301.635    190.230    169.486    -10.90   319.154    283.462    284.087    280.891     -11.99    0.82

     SALVADR   261.962    268.669    153.360    157.544      2.73   264.712    277.943    276.602    272.853       3.08    0.79

     THAILND   368.624    282.836    174.172    143.305    -17.72   333.636    260.628    256.508    251.969     -24.48    0.73

     PHIL R    215.797    255.284    144.863    139.645     -3.60   250.347    253.525    249.683    250.066      -0.11    0.73

     JAPAN     219.842    214.596    119.464    151.241     26.60   202.507    236.534    242.827    246.373      21.66    0.72

     FRANCE    171.786    144.628     79.354    103.898     30.93   154.713    159.386    166.647    169.172       9.35    0.49

     ITALY     160.105    167.476    100.766     99.916     -0.84   169.455    172.266    169.253    166.627      -1.67    0.49

     NICARAG   129.021    149.238     90.121    102.164     13.36   153.286    154.571    156.196    161.282       5.22    0.47

     GUATMAL   110.093    143.931     85.155     84.478     -0.80   133.810    145.388    143.839    143.254       7.06    0.42

     SRI LKA   124.667    136.844     84.362     85.100      0.87   137.452    138.457    138.397    137.582       0.09    0.40

     MALAYSA    85.039    116.482     58.315     79.090     35.63    96.575    131.757    137.291    137.258      42.13    0.40

     EGYPT     116.338    136.299     82.513     78.590     -4.75   134.916    135.503    133.430    132.376      -1.88    0.39

     S ARAB    114.422    121.605     74.745     81.660      9.25   130.117    119.937    125.791    128.521      -1.23    0.37

     DOM REP   118.074    120.472     64.945     67.672      4.20   118.671    123.180    121.696    123.199       3.82    0.36

     JORDAN    122.887    127.271     75.487     71.011     -5.93   132.276    123.886    121.567    122.794      -7.17    0.36

     U KING     71.296     70.517     42.258     44.239      4.69    67.559     71.821     71.311     72.499       7.31    0.21

     HAITI      54.069     65.101     37.027     38.828      4.86    65.707     65.899     66.089     66.902       1.82    0.19

     PORTUGL    54.877     63.450     49.988     53.297      6.62    58.907     65.670     66.267     66.760      13.33    0.19

     LUXMBRG    86.478     70.472     55.066     42.901    -22.09    91.038     55.289     59.167     58.308     -35.95    0.17

     ARAB EM    76.523     48.907     30.439     38.739     27.27    70.759     44.716     50.935     57.206     -19.15    0.17

     POLAND     49.432     63.839     38.562     30.736    -20.30    61.006     56.318     55.740     56.013      -8.19    0.16

     GREECE     56.193     43.835     28.827     30.364      5.33    42.418     43.845     44.539     45.371       6.96    0.13

     HG KONG    44.493     40.752     23.607     27.311     15.69    45.858     43.455     45.225     44.456      -3.06    0.13

     SPAIN      47.778     32.945     19.719     30.448     54.41    45.147     38.761     39.518     43.674      -3.26    0.13

     DENMARK    20.170     41.606     23.170     24.478      5.64    33.121     46.423     44.477     42.913      29.56    0.12

     BELGIUM    50.362     41.360     26.720     26.826      0.40    48.661     39.422     40.724     41.466     -14.79    0.12

     LATVIA     36.912     35.841     18.991     23.261     22.48    35.167     35.764     37.620     40.111      14.06    0.12

     AUSTRAL    50.447     50.232     33.851     20.293    -40.05    53.752     39.412     40.275     36.674     -31.77    0.11

     NETHLDS    40.520     40.670     26.263     20.727    -21.08    44.784     37.135     36.943     35.134     -21.55    0.10

     COLOMB     29.639     26.315     15.231     18.987     24.66    27.672     27.710     28.842     30.071       8.67    0.09

     LESOTHO    25.832     30.220     15.937     15.662     -1.73    31.108     31.802     31.498     29.945      -3.74    0.09

     FINLAND    55.674     42.842     30.313     16.392    -45.92    59.199     36.976     33.867     28.920     -51.15    0.08

     CZECH      18.492     21.027     13.179     19.662     49.19    18.064     26.270     27.088     27.510      52.29    0.08

     KENYA      13.830     23.949     11.752     12.606      7.27    19.881     24.088     24.485     24.803      24.76    0.07

     BRAZIL    237.783     47.150     36.708     14.316    -61.00   119.952     26.377     25.158     24.757     -79.36    0.07

     MALTA      34.127     27.674     17.351     14.143    -18.49    29.778     25.306     25.034     24.466     -17.84    0.07

     C RICA     34.051     26.566     19.414     15.499    -20.16    30.732     23.803     23.372     22.652     -26.29    0.07

     PERU       14.436     16.717     11.137     10.343     -7.13    16.995     15.983     15.502     15.923      -6.31    0.05

     SWEDEN     11.035     11.682      5.166      6.925     34.04     8.880     13.002     13.265     13.440      51.36    0.04

     HUNGARY     1.428      8.033      1.832      6.097    232.85     2.758      8.768     10.582     12.298     345.95    0.04

     SLOVAK     14.877     15.230      9.649      6.173    -36.02    16.386     11.876     11.426     11.754     -28.27    0.03

     REP SAF     9.413     11.963      8.910      7.989    -10.34    15.869     12.262     11.956     11.042     -30.42    0.03

     N ZEAL     10.649     12.213      9.570      8.224    -14.06    13.109     10.894     11.391     10.867     -17.10    0.03

     SWITZLD    12.110      9.817      5.596      5.987      6.98    10.863     10.215     10.090     10.207      -6.03    0.03

     TNZANIA     3.318      7.032      3.109      5.644     81.52     5.266      9.397      8.871      9.566      81.66    0.03

     RUSSIA      5.204      5.807      0.027      3.102  11415.33     0.062      8.537      8.875      8.881   14244.77    0.03

     SWAZLND    14.814     11.454      7.260      3.475    -52.14    14.582      8.688      7.953      7.669     -47.41    0.02

     SLOVENI     2.912      5.285      3.016      4.699     55.83     3.824      6.163      7.065      6.969      82.24    0.02

     BAHRAIN    12.561      6.341      4.202      4.714     12.20     9.284      6.650      6.834      6.853     -26.19    0.02

     AUSTRIA     4.418      7.465      4.487      3.677    -18.05     6.390      7.215      7.268      6.655       4.13    0.02

     CHILE       2.687      4.718      2.667      4.328     62.29     3.223      5.326      6.120      6.379      97.94    0.02

     ROMANIA     8.202      5.485      3.239      3.786     16.89     6.988      5.638      5.884      6.032     -13.68    0.02

     MOROC       3.049      4.873      2.840      3.795     33.62     4.515      5.553      5.790      5.827      29.06    0.02

     SINGAPR    10.045      7.354      4.157      2.622    -36.93     8.355      6.607      6.326      5.819     -30.35    0.02

     ETHIOP      2.675      5.430      2.836      2.607     -8.06     3.968      5.475      5.424      5.201      31.07    0.02

     ARGENT      3.495      7.580      3.681      1.238    -66.38     5.190      7.275      6.239      5.137      -1.03    0.01

     ECUADOR     5.167      4.833      3.053      3.063      0.31     5.031      4.540      5.311      4.842      -3.76    0.01

     IRELAND     4.331      7.510      4.676      1.717    -63.28     6.905      8.031      6.485      4.551     -34.10    0.01

     MADAGAS     7.909      4.516      2.328      1.906    -18.12     3.847      4.651      4.400      4.094       6.41    0.01

     MALAWI      3.932      4.427      2.027      1.445    -28.73     4.209      4.076      4.033      3.844      -8.66    0.01

     BULGAR      3.095      3.338      1.879      2.279     21.28     2.785      3.683      3.638      3.738      34.20    0.01

     MACAU       5.078      3.343      1.878      1.955      4.10     3.741      3.423      3.391      3.420      -8.57    0.01

     BOTSWAN     1.124      1.939      0.566      1.570    177.35     1.120      3.201      3.012      2.943     162.73    0.01

     GUYANA      1.660      2.599      1.376      1.313     -4.60     2.176      2.614      2.698      2.536      16.51    0.01

     LAOS        1.795      2.602      1.371      0.862    -37.13     2.608      2.071      2.055      2.093     -19.76    0.01

     BELARUS    22.121     18.378     16.505      0.015    -99.91    24.355      7.510      5.291      1.888     -92.25    0.01

     UKRAINE     2.821      0.339      0.209      1.614    672.63     0.934      1.754      1.742      1.745      86.70    0.01

     TUNISIA     1.263      1.257      0.739      1.192     61.23     1.255      1.612      1.634      1.710      36.22    0.00

     SIER LN     0.001      2.227      2.145      0.003    -99.88     2.145      0.734      0.733      0.085     -96.05    0.00

     MONGOLA     3.886      0.036      0.029      0.002    -92.85     1.984      0.009      0.009      0.009     -99.55    0.00


     _WTO    32330.651  33444.473  18847.216  19740.946      4.74 33414.983  34011.088  34143.760  34338.203       2.76   99.96

     _W HEMI  4462.622   4281.458   2515.716   2499.773     -0.63  4463.595   4270.525   4260.252   4265.515      -4.44   12.42

     _ASEAN   3661.042   4149.445   2337.730   2387.986      2.15  3993.352   4197.550   4203.958   4199.701       5.17   12.23

     _OECD    4049.048   4042.485   2428.253   2484.198      2.30  4096.932   4056.327   4085.038   4098.430       0.04   11.93

     _CBI     1088.835   1172.486    668.595    716.696      7.19  1162.307   1202.659   1209.053   1220.587       5.01    3.55

     _CAFTA   1032.463   1103.962    629.559    676.392      7.44  1093.609   1133.473   1139.901   1150.795       5.23    3.35

     _EU15    1139.593   1088.093    687.004    675.291     -1.70  1156.331   1078.704   1083.818   1076.380      -6.91    3.13

     _EC12    1068.466   1026.105    647.037    648.297      0.19  1081.862   1021.511   1029.417   1027.365      -5.04    2.99

     _SUB-SAH   84.657    106.768     58.154     53.890     -7.33   104.277    107.848    105.772    102.504      -1.70    0.30

     _ANDEAN    49.306     47.927     29.460     32.416     10.03    49.771     48.281     49.702     50.883       2.24    0.15