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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                         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      85.691     72.544     47.625     39.897    -16.23    73.433     64.264     64.975     64.817     -11.73  100.00

     INDNSIA    36.085     34.913     22.605     22.465     -0.62    34.050     32.996     34.624     34.773       2.12   53.65

     INDIA       9.115      7.209      4.218      5.132     21.68     6.185      7.599      7.604      8.124      31.36   12.53

     CHINA P     9.360      7.115      4.791      2.550    -46.78     6.794      5.152      4.888      4.874     -28.26    7.52

     AUSTRAL     4.170      4.419      2.755      1.873    -31.99     4.215      3.891      3.875      3.538     -16.07    5.46

     THAILND    10.170      5.899      4.194      1.198    -71.43     7.420      3.628      3.444      2.904     -60.87    4.48

     KOR REP     4.256      2.167      1.360      2.005     47.45     3.007      2.102      2.365      2.812      -6.49    4.34

     SPAIN       2.047      1.969      1.302      1.306      0.29     2.275      2.036      1.998      1.973     -13.26    3.04

     VIETNAM     2.816      1.997      1.023      0.797    -22.05     1.530      1.755      1.639      1.772      15.80    2.73

     TURKEY      1.847      1.310      0.802      0.795     -0.88     1.403      1.450      1.311      1.303      -7.15    2.01

     PAKISTN     0.806      0.975      0.558      0.558     -0.01     0.933      1.014      1.014      0.975       4.51    1.50

     CHINA T     1.752      2.959      2.888      0.201    -93.04     3.582      0.802      0.284      0.272     -92.42    0.42


     _WTO       85.691     72.544     47.625     39.897    -16.23    73.433     64.264     64.975     64.817     -11.73  100.00

     _ASEAN     49.956     42.898     27.822     24.704    -11.21    43.000     38.710     40.037     39.779      -7.49   61.37

     _OECD      14.307     11.229      7.226      6.753     -6.55    12.630     10.911     11.110     10.755     -14.84   16.59

     _EU15       3.178      2.571      1.671      1.877     12.33     3.248      2.741      2.808      2.777     -14.51    4.28

     _EC12       2.444      2.421      1.522      1.752     15.15     2.675      2.616      2.683      2.651      -0.90    4.09