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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             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    103508395  96867582   59957191   53673653    -10.48 104042294   91953066   90828320   90584044     -12.94  100.00

     CANADA    53804147  46224685   29640773   18871845    -36.33  52940138   38323448   36645514   35455757     -33.03   39.14

     MEXICO    15939148  15711135    9668774   13336471     37.93  16303468   18336239   18538347   19378832      18.86   21.39

     CHINA P    5229122   5093806    3207815    4519665     40.90   5252588    5863323    5917867    6405656      21.95    7.07

     INDIA      3865551   5845261    3608880    4160973     15.30   5222045    6250464    6283770    6397354      22.51    7.06

     CHINA T    4994346   3914318    1743570    3159616     81.22   3625918    5002892    5319790    5330364      47.01    5.88

     INDNSIA    4050221   5250788    3253612    2538596    -21.98   4882040    4645038    4657333    4535772      -7.09    5.01

     MALAYSA    3799091   3862968    2681443    2592917     -3.30   4665346    3503069    3753565    3774442     -19.10    4.17

     KOR REP     941370   2154947     664457    1250101     88.14   1192299    2531417    2642061    2740591     129.86    3.03

     ITALY      3457781   2927696    1653709     677956    -59.00   3074368    2323228    2125498    1951943     -36.51    2.15

     THAILND    2675930   2753195    1928894     458487    -76.23   3129386    1726893    1533738    1282788     -59.01    1.42

     FRANCE      272518    343842     214891     455618    112.02    310978     624620     586991     584569      87.98    0.65

     TURKEY       80494    166491     116937     372331    218.40    154386     316671     380075     421885     173.27    0.47

     BELGIUM     442505    512359     319646     157514    -50.72    509586     376472     339453     350227     -31.27    0.39

     EGYPT       415382    297060     155430     170480      9.68    353830     395900     340550     312110     -11.79    0.34

     SLOVENI     350399    295071     191696     184332     -3.84    286629     292807     292222     287707       0.38    0.32

     GERMANY     590006    452273     298594     131247    -56.04    481606     343805     328909     284926     -40.84    0.31

     JAPAN       244849    143450      80071     139916     74.74    110567     171094     198503     203295      83.87    0.22

     VIETNAM     367091    300215     185083      57882    -68.73    324187     292590     224888     173014     -46.63    0.19

     SALVADR      54840     64760      26738      94473    253.33     36414     123020     133878     132495     263.86    0.15

     SLOVAK      115971    141814      85897      68113    -20.70    133045     111653     122432     124030      -6.78    0.14

     S ARAB      503943    105716      41672      41850      0.43    456458     105894     105894     105894     -76.80    0.12

     ISRAEL     1020227     57878      36564      34647     -5.24    350323      61642      62934      55961     -84.03    0.06


     _WTO     103508395  96867054   59957191   53673653    -10.48 104042294   91952538   90827792   90583516     -12.94  100.00

     _W HEMI   69809087  62020717   39338465   32356755    -17.75  69282311   56803597   55389498   55039007     -20.56   60.76

     _OECD     59746163  52903290   32982598   22024567    -33.22  58795294   44970478   43203702   41945259     -28.66   46.31

     _ASEAN    10926297  12197055    8066551    5647882    -29.98  13052442   10179960   10181894    9778386     -25.08   10.79

     _EU15      4860747   4310050    2528801    1509163    -40.32   4455163    3763515    3504827    3290412     -26.14    3.63

     _EC12      4859872   4309890    2528641    1509162    -40.32   4454128    3763354    3504666    3290411     -26.13    3.63

     _CBI         56432     67091      27028      95143    252.02     36770     125731     136589     135206     267.71    0.15

     _CAFTA       56432     67091      27028      95143    252.02     36770     125731     136589     135206     267.71    0.15