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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 606:  NON-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     147.058    174.913     95.743    115.507     20.64   157.926    189.134    193.273    194.677      23.27  100.00

     CHINA P    32.525     53.598     27.167     26.448     -2.65    43.001     54.754     54.014     52.879      22.97   27.16

     KOR REP    24.197     23.359     12.612     19.677     56.02    20.994     27.174     28.317     30.424      44.91   15.63

     GERMANY    18.303     19.590     11.605     11.425     -1.55    19.171     20.402     19.869     19.410       1.25    9.97

     NETHLDS    13.141     16.818     10.168     10.662      4.85    14.821     16.897     17.498     17.312      16.80    8.89

     MEXICO      6.491      6.448      2.304      8.834    283.48     6.701     11.143     12.393     12.978      93.66    6.67

     CANADA      8.981     10.303      5.953      7.601     27.68     9.812     11.677     11.863     11.951      21.80    6.14

     TURKEY      5.012      5.959      2.778      4.731     70.33     5.214      7.027      7.431      7.912      51.76    4.06

     LATVIA      6.117      6.910      3.501      4.408     25.91     6.257      7.020      7.345      7.817      24.93    4.02

     JAPAN       8.617      7.663      4.796      4.556     -5.01     8.411      7.571      7.718      7.423     -11.75    3.81

     ISRAEL      1.642      3.844      2.180      2.294      5.24     3.293      4.277      4.583      3.958      20.20    2.03

     U KING      2.404      3.343      2.183      2.399      9.86     2.842      3.118      3.630      3.558      25.20    1.83

     ITALY       2.350      2.212      1.145      2.299    100.87     2.111      3.174      3.418      3.367      59.47    1.73

     CHINA T     2.848      2.075      1.059      2.229    110.38     2.251      2.905      3.050      3.245      44.11    1.67

     INDIA       3.463      2.955      1.965      2.105      7.16     2.979      3.075      3.070      3.095       3.90    1.59

     SLOVAK      2.505      2.891      1.766      0.991    -43.88     2.960      2.276      2.091      2.116     -28.52    1.09

     SWEDEN      0.000      0.378      0.061      0.874   1322.35     0.061      0.803      0.969      1.191    1837.08    0.61

     RUSSIA      0.000      0.592      0.005      0.589  10803.74     0.005      1.110      1.175      1.175   21662.15    0.60

     S ARAB      0.052      0.031      0.031      1.012   3142.58     0.031      0.373      0.601      1.012    3142.58    0.52

     THAILND     1.200      0.495      0.295      0.467     58.53     0.782      0.579      0.660      0.667     -14.67    0.34

     CZECH       0.126      0.208      0.060      0.444    639.20     0.083      0.388      0.517      0.592     615.19    0.30

     MALAYSA     0.248      0.247      0.107      0.378    252.64     0.161      0.284      0.287      0.518     221.68    0.27

     SWITZLD     0.428      0.328      0.128      0.286    123.97     0.310      0.470      0.487      0.487      56.84    0.25

     BELARUS     3.078      3.276      2.921      0.000   -100.00     4.098      1.450      1.019      0.354     -91.35    0.18

     INDNSIA     1.421      0.255      0.174      0.195     12.57     0.193      0.330      0.339      0.277      43.44    0.14

     POLAND      0.204      0.241      0.191      0.134    -29.92     0.232      0.235      0.235      0.183     -20.86    0.09

     HG KONG     0.164      0.195      0.194      0.008    -95.79     0.243      0.036      0.045      0.009     -96.47    0.00


     _WTO      143.980    171.632     92.821    115.507     24.44   153.828    187.679    192.249    194.317      26.32   99.82

     _OECD      75.721     83.105     47.030     60.710     29.09    75.974     91.670     94.600     96.785      27.39   49.72

     _EU15      36.669     42.706     25.307     27.828      9.96    39.231     44.689     45.739     45.227      15.28   23.23

     _EC12      36.608     42.171     25.194     26.890      6.73    39.084     43.776     44.620     43.868      12.24   22.53

     _W HEMI    15.914     16.893      8.385     16.574     97.67    16.800     22.873     24.322     25.082      49.30   12.88

     _ASEAN      3.132      1.046      0.625      1.041     66.51     1.362      1.196      1.287      1.462       7.38    0.75