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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 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     346.369    372.061    227.792    188.159    -17.40   378.999    345.718    337.827    332.427     -12.29  100.00

     CANADA    212.793    206.067    130.970     84.514    -35.47   224.493    173.379    165.391    159.611     -28.90   48.01

     MEXICO     36.108     46.363     27.370     36.491     33.33    43.532     54.033     54.118     55.484      27.46   16.69

     CHINA P    13.874     16.090     10.065     12.088     20.11    15.731     17.467     17.436     18.114      15.15    5.45

     CHINA T    12.440     13.757      6.515      9.324     43.11    11.482     15.621     16.554     16.566      44.28    4.98

     INDIA       8.368     14.880      9.236      9.551      3.41    12.860     15.091     15.032     15.195      18.16    4.57

     KOR REP     3.991      9.584      3.028      5.879     94.17     5.312     11.643     11.996     12.435     134.10    3.74

     ITALY      16.651     16.852      9.546      4.738    -50.37    16.861     14.068     12.999     12.044     -28.57    3.62

     INDNSIA     7.712     13.169      8.178      6.341    -22.45    11.392     11.576     11.636     11.332      -0.53    3.41

     MALAYSA     7.309      9.721      6.744      6.003    -10.99    10.594      8.615      9.050      8.980     -15.24    2.70

     THAILND     6.909      8.462      5.669      2.541    -55.17     8.606      6.379      5.992      5.334     -38.02    1.60

     SLOVENI     2.245      2.694      1.713      1.997     16.61     2.443      3.003      2.960      2.978      21.93    0.90

     FRANCE      2.094      1.989      1.094      1.971     80.08     1.759      2.955      2.847      2.865      62.90    0.86

     GERMANY     3.611      3.192      2.041      1.037    -49.19     3.268      2.568      2.430      2.188     -33.05    0.66

     JAPAN       0.958      1.338      0.829      0.939     13.19     1.149      1.369      1.427      1.447      25.97    0.44

     TURKEY      0.364      0.652      0.477      1.186    148.96     0.615      1.025      1.231      1.362     121.34    0.41

     BELGIUM     1.208      1.493      0.885      0.454    -48.73     1.371      1.171      1.041      1.062     -22.56    0.32

     EGYPT       0.832      0.774      0.407      0.418      2.88     0.813      1.035      0.875      0.785      -3.35    0.24

     SLOVAK      0.706      0.834      0.495      0.428    -13.50     0.797      0.675      0.750      0.767      -3.71    0.23

     SALVADR     0.212      0.283      0.079      0.421    436.18     0.130      0.596      0.633      0.626     381.42    0.19

     VIETNAM     0.933      0.946      0.541      0.137    -74.76     0.853      0.893      0.689      0.541     -36.60    0.16

     ISRAEL      3.729      0.324      0.209      0.205     -1.95     1.422      0.337      0.347      0.320     -77.52    0.10

     S ARAB      1.299      0.334      0.140      0.120    -14.21     1.227      0.314      0.314      0.314     -74.43    0.09


     _WTO      346.369    372.059    227.792    188.159    -17.40   378.999    345.716    337.825    332.425     -12.29  100.00

     _W HEMI   249.173    252.765    158.439    121.607    -23.25   268.177    228.068    220.354    215.933     -19.48   64.96

     _OECD     242.160    241.547    149.216    100.714    -32.50   255.503    208.212    199.415    193.045     -24.45   58.07

     _ASEAN     22.931     32.366     21.174     15.023    -29.05    31.556     27.490     27.395     26.214     -16.93    7.89

     _EU15      24.240     24.586     14.322      8.915    -37.75    24.268     21.721     20.421     19.179     -20.97    5.77

     _EC12      24.234     24.583     14.318      8.915    -37.74    24.258     21.718     20.418     19.179     -20.94    5.77

     _CBI        0.222      0.291      0.081      0.426    426.11     0.133      0.606      0.644      0.636     378.15    0.19

     _CAFTA      0.222      0.291      0.081      0.426    426.11     0.133      0.606      0.644      0.636     378.15    0.19