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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC 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      95.040    117.682     75.295     69.412     -7.81   110.769    113.442    112.546    111.798       0.93  100.00

     INDNSIA    39.997     51.833     34.908     28.986    -16.96    49.476     46.766     46.783     45.911      -7.20   41.07

     CANADA     16.519     18.413     11.552      9.886    -14.42    18.398     17.108     17.230     16.747      -8.98   14.98

     INDIA      10.494     13.304      7.829      8.961     14.46    10.692     14.851     14.141     14.436      35.02   12.91

     CHINA P     9.032     10.432      7.180      7.450      3.77    10.069      9.439     10.162     10.702       6.29    9.57

     VIETNAM     2.197      3.673      2.171      3.977     83.13     3.590      5.555      5.321      5.478      52.61    4.90

     TURKEY      1.632      4.339      2.907      2.471    -14.99     3.427      4.537      4.259      3.904      13.93    3.49

     GERMANY     2.265      2.356      0.874      1.444     65.27     1.832      2.689      2.802      2.927      59.78    2.62

     PHIL R      1.814      2.716      1.574      1.578      0.28     2.534      3.060      2.688      2.720       7.33    2.43

     MEXICO      1.485      2.348      1.007      0.763    -24.19     1.478      2.313      2.201      2.104      42.39    1.88

     ROMANIA     2.639      1.313      0.886      0.720    -18.77     2.058      1.185      1.178      1.147     -44.29    1.03

     THAILND     1.611      1.353      0.940      0.532    -43.43     1.599      0.992      0.938      0.945     -40.89    0.85

     JAPAN       0.737      1.118      0.749      0.317    -57.72     1.062      0.812      0.739      0.686     -35.40    0.61

     CHINA T     0.835      0.393      0.143      0.332    132.47     0.229      0.589      0.556      0.582     153.87    0.52

     KOR REP     0.194      0.189      0.086      0.452    422.24     0.135      0.317      0.462      0.554     309.29    0.50

     MALAYSA     0.319      0.686      0.572      0.000   -100.00     0.753      0.165      0.165      0.114     -84.81    0.10


     _WTO       95.040    117.673     75.287     69.412     -7.80   110.761    113.441    112.544    111.797       0.94  100.00

     _ASEAN     46.064     60.413     40.218     35.073    -12.79    58.063     56.636     55.992     55.267      -4.82   49.43

     _OECD      23.075     27.631     16.840     15.511     -7.90    26.391     26.973     26.958     26.301      -0.34   23.53

     _W HEMI    18.370     21.193     12.918     10.652    -17.54    20.443     19.609     19.567     18.927      -7.42   16.93

     _EU15       4.649      4.589      2.268      2.624     15.68     4.324      4.933      4.931      4.944      14.36    4.42

     _EC12       4.358      4.003      1.870      2.428     29.81     3.677      4.551      4.454      4.561      24.03    4.08