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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 618:  WOVEN ARTIFICIAL FILAMENT FAB.
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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     20499874  15982976    9616427   15784478     64.14  17391921   20941253   21612987   22151027      27.36  100.00

     CHINA P    5358222   3033558    1573659    7043247    347.57   3036223    8337652    8405939    8503146     180.06   38.39

     KOR REP    9316089   7192113    4409400    5171243     17.28   8362888    6975369    7536933    7953956      -4.89   35.91

     CANADA     3243967   2610070    1759565    1745548     -0.80   2917097    2628356    2676874    2596053     -11.01   11.72

     JAPAN      1136225   1089616     647224     613278     -5.24   1191635    1074482    1053922    1055670     -11.41    4.77

     ITALY       647734   1043787     581986     587833      1.00    866692    1031803     998892    1049634      21.11    4.74


     _WTO      20499874  15982362    9615813   15784478     64.15  17391307   20941253   21612987   22151027      27.37  100.00

     _OECD     13413229  11115897    6974510    7668872      9.96  12496373   10783583   11389083   11810259      -5.49   53.32

     _W HEMI    3288627   2694494    1806610    1779128     -1.52   2983341    2697981    2742368    2667012     -10.60   12.04

     _EU15       813702   1283569     780438     696080    -10.81   1172333    1152674    1133140    1199211       2.29    5.41

     _EC12       813572   1283350     780243     696080    -10.79   1172120    1152507    1133116    1199187       2.31    5.41