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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                         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     888.562    949.341    547.280    593.604      8.46   911.251    979.968    990.544    995.666       9.26  100.00

     CHINA P   128.280    154.622     91.258    102.799     12.65   146.562    163.352    163.453    166.163      13.37   16.69

     CANADA     92.319    100.881     58.267     69.566     19.39    94.873    109.054    110.077    112.180      18.24   11.27

     JAPAN      79.580     88.651     46.840     64.072     36.79    75.426     99.626    103.331    105.883      40.38   10.63

     GERMANY    86.445     96.910     58.703     57.035     -2.84    95.462     94.970     95.250     95.242      -0.23    9.57

     MEXICO     63.120     68.820     38.407     44.382     15.56    66.603     73.161     73.825     74.795      12.30    7.51

     ISRAEL     88.459     63.252     35.510     32.501     -8.48    62.328     59.452     60.993     60.242      -3.35    6.05

     FRANCE     41.821     42.423     22.588     27.781     22.99    41.557     44.981     47.120     47.615      14.58    4.78

     ITALY      33.364     43.052     23.554     24.392      3.56    38.100     45.760     44.850     43.890      15.20    4.41

     INDIA      20.514     38.925     20.827     20.317     -2.45    31.480     39.613     38.741     38.415      22.03    3.86

     KOR REP    21.529     31.491     16.982     22.577     32.95    26.841     35.372     36.146     37.087      38.17    3.72

     U KING     28.905     32.672     19.899     14.664    -26.31    31.107     29.702     28.471     27.437     -11.80    2.76

     LUXMBRG    28.455     25.430     18.405     15.759    -14.37    30.181     21.202     22.932     22.785     -24.51    2.29

     TURKEY     15.045     19.832     10.847     13.397     23.52    16.741     22.420     22.956     22.383      33.70    2.25

     CHINA T    15.020     18.324     10.462     10.234     -2.18    16.499     18.001     17.667     18.095       9.67    1.82

     POLAND      8.441     13.402      7.268      7.847      7.97    11.076     14.028     13.825     13.981      26.23    1.40

     THAILND     8.010     11.725      6.197      7.543     21.70     9.533     12.699     13.056     13.070      37.10    1.31

     DENMARK     5.792     11.292      6.142      6.807     10.84     9.164     12.740     12.374     11.958      30.49    1.20

     FINLAND    15.251     13.477      9.408      5.009    -46.76    17.674     11.426     10.545      9.078     -48.64    0.91

     NETHLDS     9.267     11.031      7.132      4.559    -36.07    11.549      8.945      8.586      8.458     -26.76    0.85

     AUSTRAL     8.456     10.677      7.014      4.443    -36.65    10.658      8.993      9.244      8.106     -23.94    0.81

     SPAIN       7.230      3.661      1.988      5.065    154.79     6.195      4.969      5.441      6.738       8.77    0.68

     SWEDEN      5.694      4.515      2.320      4.507     94.31     4.387      5.684      6.448      6.703      52.77    0.67

     BELGIUM     6.738      5.724      3.778      4.055      7.34     6.775      5.082      5.471      6.001     -11.43    0.60

     CZECH       2.012      4.129      2.575      3.575     38.79     3.193      5.169      5.224      5.128      60.63    0.52

     MALAYSA     0.483      3.138      0.648      2.504    286.17     0.774      4.781      5.107      4.994     545.56    0.50

     GREECE      4.524      3.506      2.599      3.753     44.40     3.920      3.926      4.515      4.660      18.88    0.47

     IRELAND     5.152      4.315      2.450      2.136    -12.81     5.262      4.892      4.393      4.001     -23.96    0.40

     SLOVENI     0.293      1.622      0.530      2.613    392.56     0.561      2.676      3.670      3.704     559.80    0.37

     BRAZIL     43.895      7.860      6.468      2.238    -65.40    22.550      3.902      3.670      3.629     -83.90    0.36

     INDNSIA     3.191      2.205      1.579      1.625      2.88     2.933      1.962      1.997      2.250     -23.26    0.23

     DOM REP     1.597      2.620      1.530      0.697    -54.47     2.282      2.045      1.814      1.787     -21.69    0.18

     HG KONG     0.789      1.178      0.540      0.823     52.40     0.911      1.679      1.566      1.461      60.34    0.15

     S ARAB      3.486      1.983      1.195      0.572    -52.13     2.645      1.039      1.170      1.360     -48.60    0.14

     REP SAF     0.644      1.255      0.892      0.969      8.62     1.263      1.628      1.500      1.332       5.47    0.13

     SWITZLD     0.997      0.920      0.559      0.659     17.88     0.948      0.988      0.930      1.020       7.59    0.10

     RUSSIA      1.135      0.792      0.002      0.000    -82.94     0.033      0.790      0.790      0.790    2304.39    0.08

     AUSTRIA     0.177      0.754      0.505      0.342    -32.25     0.560      0.797      0.670      0.591       5.59    0.06

     VIETNAM     0.259      0.322      0.207      0.267     29.09     0.357      0.412      0.367      0.382       6.94    0.04

     HONDURA     0.306      0.247      0.098      0.103      5.23     0.195      0.254      0.265      0.252      29.45    0.03

     ECUADOR     0.000      0.000      0.000      0.219       *       0.000      0.000      0.198      0.219        *      0.02

     EGYPT       0.021      0.046      0.000      0.095       *       0.013      0.121      0.121      0.141    1025.95    0.01

     CHILE       0.000      0.096      0.049      0.093     92.57     0.049      0.099      0.127      0.141     190.04    0.01

     SIER LN     0.000      0.484      0.463      0.000   -100.00     0.463      0.153      0.153      0.021     -95.40    0.00


     _WTO      888.562    949.318    547.256    593.551      8.46   911.227    979.941    990.516    995.612       9.26   99.99

     _OECD     427.671    480.198    283.026    298.009      5.29   466.290    491.229    495.607    495.181       6.20   49.73

     _EU15     278.816    298.760    179.470    175.867     -2.01   301.893    295.077    297.065    295.157      -2.23   29.64

     _EC12     257.694    280.015    167.237    166.008     -0.74   279.272    277.170    279.401    278.786      -0.17   28.00

     _W HEMI   201.754    180.870    105.060    117.531     11.87   186.944    188.827    190.332    193.341       3.42   19.42

     _ASEAN     12.810     17.651      8.709     11.981     37.57    14.212     20.074     20.749     20.923      47.23    2.10

     _CBI        2.052      3.010      1.727      0.880    -49.07     2.578      2.457      2.235      2.163     -16.12    0.22

     _CAFTA      2.030      2.985      1.727      0.833    -51.76     2.578      2.385      2.163      2.090     -18.93    0.21

     _SUB-SAH    0.781      1.740      1.355      0.971    -28.37     1.863      1.781      1.655      1.355     -27.25    0.14

     _ANDEAN     0.150      0.108      0.051      0.331    555.63     0.112      0.136      0.354      0.388     247.74    0.04