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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                             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    829287028 1.01026E9  580426109  634481793      9.31 934869823  1.03374E9  1.05053E9  1.06431E9      13.85  100.00

     INDIA    291111379 365330034  211933034  229271197      8.18 329502231  372906062  376630530  382668197      16.14   35.95

     CHINA P   99221446 152846621   89292405   82258849     -7.88 138763025  148945923  149283056  145813065       5.08   13.70

     S ARAB    84650933 107652363   65853306   72374553      9.90 108473048  110812263  114704050  114173610       5.26   10.73

     TURKEY    50578330  97130716   39290135   51489401     31.05  59392980  104668645  107239168  109329982      84.08   10.27

     CHINA T   42660816  44820589   24775267   28606839     15.47  43903463   45774711   46411659   48652161      10.82    4.57

     CANADA    37796391  42250415   26834104   28100992      4.72  39344331   45118624   44761584   43517303      10.61    4.09

     ARAB EM   55215766  21713319   12362428   27592313    123.19  37815546   25666457   30685319   36943204      -2.31    3.47

     KOR REP   28740581  32090657   20241703   18513593     -8.54  33480296   29933674   30108734   30362547      -9.31    2.85

     VIETNAM   13414764  24496324   14079301   19495914     38.47  19788613   29246709   29345475   29912937      51.16    2.81

     MEXICO    25791373  20251991   10265352   14787381     44.05  23437989   23743969   24375920   24774020       5.70    2.33

     GREECE    25243082  20725921   11897953    9149905    -23.10  16180881   19570173   18357544   17977873      11.11    1.69

     U KING    16366322  17339042   12374824   12983877      4.92  19064948   17678636   17431924   17948095      -5.86    1.69

     BELGIUM   19696102  15896412   10608609   10596225     -0.12  20487834   15395573   15493625   15884028     -22.47    1.49

     THAILND    8297993  13513692   10476305    8365105    -20.15  14122577   12989553   12411279   11402492     -19.26    1.07

     HUNGARY          0   6681211    1044373    5029451    381.58   1044373    7317792    9009952   10666289     921.31    1.00

     MALAYSA    4274402   6741681    4649334    3606830    -22.42   6795583    5801502    5896821    5699177     -16.13    0.54

     NETHLDS    7317635   4495106    3501584    2627654    -24.96   5490183    3596707    3644931    3621176     -34.04    0.34

     JAPAN      4686769   3321581    2216584    1827640    -17.55   3456669    2820187    2887988    2932637     -15.16    0.28

     GERMANY    2035025   2373204    1737896    1250773    -28.03   2351045    2008774    1980327    1886081     -19.78    0.18

     REP SAF     532635    943664     372173    1109964    198.24    539665    1359414    1632225    1681455     211.57    0.16

     ITALY       962006   1440622     595614     813908     36.65   1054760    1559177    1576228    1658916      57.28    0.16

     INDNSIA    1503312   1537950     941516     783652    -16.77   1635937    1157750    1137969    1380086     -15.64    0.13

     BRAZIL     3511560   2498544    1860756     712597    -61.70   3565418    1719027    1466204    1350385     -62.13    0.13

     GUATMAL     673128    922755     773528     823267      6.43    970999     927192     881901     972494       0.15    0.09

     N ZEAL      728600    665007     663780     141002    -78.76    902780     138181     142229     142229     -84.25    0.01


     _WTO     829280734 1.01013E9  580384007  634356601      9.30 934826921  1.03353E9  1.05032E9  1.06411E9      13.83   99.98

     _OECD    190924875 242281717  129552938  141206275      9.00 199855752  248132684  250783012  253935054      27.06   23.86

     _W HEMI   68748543  66564357   40226511   44677950     11.07  68177966   71841096   71854028   71015796       4.16    6.67

     _EU15     72977499  63203557   41289474   37836628     -8.36  65448829   60776231   59344684   59750711      -8.71    5.61

     _EC12     72950745  63032001   41287787   37826230     -8.38  65437893   60598092   59166711   59570444      -8.97    5.60

     _ASEAN    27496540  46332967   30188310   32266572      6.88  42390170   49201325   48797529   48411229      14.20    4.55

     _SUB-SAHA   532970    944128     372637    1110030    197.89    540426    1359574    1632382    1681521     211.15    0.16

     _CBI        983916   1054018     857938     883862      3.02   1176302    1016951     984409    1079942      -8.19    0.10

     _CAFTA      882853   1054018     857938     883862      3.02   1176302    1016951     984409    1079942      -8.19    0.10