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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     210.633    243.815    144.656    149.716      3.50   235.723    249.244    250.223    248.875       5.58  100.00

     MEXICO     57.858     54.263     32.869     29.741     -9.52    56.760     52.145     51.831     51.134      -9.91   20.55

     CHINA T    28.620     37.012     18.971     21.716     14.47    33.892     39.921     40.104     39.756      17.30   15.97

     CHINA P    17.098     24.226     12.639     16.693     32.08    21.042     27.260     27.473     28.280      34.40   11.36

     PORTUGL     9.363     14.585     11.686     14.098     20.65    12.984     16.543     16.640     16.998      30.91    6.83

     JAPAN      10.635     13.723      7.276      9.823     35.01    12.200     16.045     16.438     16.271      33.37    6.54

     FRANCE     11.774     14.011      7.248      8.664     19.54    12.550     14.715     15.380     15.427      22.93    6.20

     CANADA      8.931     10.115      5.553      5.584      0.57     9.674      9.996      9.978     10.146       4.88    4.08

     ITALY       7.708      7.387      4.755      6.042     27.07     7.974      8.957      8.916      8.674       8.77    3.49

     COLOMB      6.485      6.785      3.640      4.682     28.63     6.366      8.096      7.991      7.827      22.95    3.14

     INDIA       5.472      5.505      2.908      3.251     11.79     5.372      6.015      5.994      5.848       8.87    2.35

     VIETNAM     5.111      5.134      2.757      3.362     21.94     5.047      5.698      5.524      5.739      13.71    2.31

     KOR REP     4.169      5.491      2.898      3.088      6.58     4.942      5.588      5.430      5.681      14.96    2.28

     TURKEY      6.269      7.244      5.331      3.234    -39.34     7.284      5.965      5.769      5.146     -29.35    2.07

     THAILND     3.679      5.269      2.802      2.489    -11.15     4.410      5.320      5.149      4.957      12.40    1.99

     GERMANY     3.227      4.192      2.290      1.707    -25.50     3.736      4.066      3.875      3.608      -3.44    1.45

     C RICA      4.877      4.474      3.977      2.697    -32.18     4.727      3.520      3.519      3.194     -32.44    1.28

     GUATMAL     0.856      1.163      0.752      2.097    178.69     1.111      2.236      2.465      2.507     125.72    1.01

     ARAB EM     5.918     10.824      8.475      0.104    -98.78    14.391      3.107      3.038      2.453     -82.95    0.99

     PHIL R      0.458      0.405      0.051      1.760   3367.31     0.137      1.568      1.888      2.114    1440.60    0.85

     N ZEAL      1.359      1.703      1.607      1.405    -12.55     1.737      1.409      1.644      1.501     -13.57    0.60

     ROMANIA     0.894      0.786      0.211      0.798    278.48     0.639      1.118      1.372      1.373     114.84    0.55

     CZECH       2.154      0.950      0.572      0.527     -7.85     0.986      0.978      0.925      0.905      -8.28    0.36

     ISRAEL      0.783      0.679      0.679      0.787     15.85     0.844      0.683      0.787      0.787      -6.74    0.32

     INDNSIA     0.369      0.367      0.291      0.701    140.68     0.407      0.415      0.504      0.777      90.99    0.31

     LATVIA      0.517      0.433      0.170      0.292     71.64     0.367      0.528      0.502      0.555      51.45    0.22

     NETHLDS     0.390      1.154      0.955      0.227    -76.18     1.152      0.584      0.437      0.426     -62.99    0.17

     AUSTRAL     1.087      0.508      0.505      0.320    -36.73     0.590      0.310      0.296      0.323     -45.29    0.13


     _WTO      210.633    243.812    144.653    149.716      3.50   235.721    249.244    250.223    248.875       5.58  100.00

     _W HEMI    80.581     78.584     47.826     46.039     -3.74    80.142     78.045     77.886     76.796      -4.18   30.86

     _OECD      58.879     70.433     44.857     47.037      4.86    66.038     72.960     72.962     72.613       9.96   29.18

     _EU15      34.580     43.835     28.158     32.605     15.79    40.459     48.072     48.309     48.282      19.34   19.40

     _EC12      34.249     43.574     28.087     32.048     14.10    40.320     47.561     47.718     47.535      17.90   19.10

     _ASEAN      9.903     11.345      6.009      8.399     39.76    10.197     13.164     13.203     13.735      34.69    5.52

     _ANDEAN     7.016      7.309      3.895      5.095     30.81     6.793      8.793      8.707      8.509      25.26    3.42

     _CBI        5.953      5.876      4.906      4.911      0.09     6.075      6.006      6.232      5.880      -3.21    2.36

     _CAFTA      5.855      5.875      4.906      4.911      0.10     6.073      6.006      6.232      5.880      -3.18    2.36