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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  62:  MAN-MADE FIBER NON-APPAREL
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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   12110.470  13507.285   7763.479   8218.903      5.87 13096.405  13871.849  13907.087  13962.709       6.61  100.00

     CHINA P  6541.604   7298.856   4103.968   4435.168      8.07  7109.530   7555.128   7574.731   7630.056       7.32   54.65

     CANADA    826.820    861.417    512.683    482.271     -5.93   869.396    845.077    836.761    831.006      -4.42    5.95

     MEXICO    699.483    756.273    436.695    447.931      2.57   748.511    772.930    766.076    767.509       2.54    5.50

     KOR REP   426.797    511.380    293.574    323.263     10.11   471.421    532.546    535.466    541.068      14.77    3.88

     VIETNAM   339.491    459.893    271.745    259.283     -4.59   416.147    459.336    455.674    447.431       7.52    3.20

     INDIA     304.775    402.034    222.246    252.964     13.82   356.947    425.562    426.769    432.752      21.24    3.10

     CHINA T   365.290    400.527    219.789    240.708      9.52   382.303    418.276    418.555    421.446      10.24    3.02

     TURKEY    280.771    350.309    216.050    240.094     11.13   325.041    367.555    372.504    374.353      15.17    2.68

     JAPAN     244.286    273.484    152.487    194.050     27.26   251.668    302.819    309.756    315.047      25.18    2.26

     ITALY     248.337    266.065    154.827    157.813      1.93   261.121    268.921    269.804    269.051       3.04    1.93

     GERMANY   196.826    211.176    124.594    126.122      1.23   208.197    212.119    212.644    212.704       2.16    1.52

     INDNSIA   170.163    198.431    128.413    118.929     -7.39   191.979    189.431    189.654    188.947      -1.58    1.35

     EGYPT     121.200    125.472     79.416     80.881      1.84   122.010    129.355    130.593    126.936       4.04    0.91

     THAILND   131.693    134.183     79.390     70.256    -11.51   138.584    128.688    126.927    125.049      -9.77    0.90

     FRANCE    104.053    106.887     58.009     66.173     14.07   102.522    110.594    113.882    115.051      12.22    0.82

     PAKISTN    55.938     93.397     46.448     67.783     45.93    71.455    108.901    114.094    114.733      60.57    0.82

     BELGIUM    99.716    104.794     65.688     67.321      2.49   101.422    108.976    107.619    106.427       4.93    0.76

     ISRAEL    171.022    121.298     79.663     63.759    -19.96   131.823    104.685    108.510    105.394     -20.05    0.75

     U KING     77.476     88.631     52.514     49.648     -5.46    84.217     87.729     86.194     85.766       1.84    0.61

     NETHLDS    64.085     73.873     44.717     40.074    -10.38    70.336     70.369     70.008     69.230      -1.57    0.50

     PHIL R     49.731     53.097     30.440     34.386     12.97    53.681     57.544     56.151     57.044       6.27    0.41

     BNGLDSH    50.266     48.436     42.802     46.032      7.54    51.243     46.463     50.014     51.666       0.82    0.37

     ARAB EM    30.731     40.347     24.721     25.096      1.52    44.133     38.974     39.978     40.722      -7.73    0.29

     S ARAB     31.285     35.252     21.018     25.203     19.91    36.338     37.592     39.156     39.438       8.53    0.28

     SWITZLD    34.196     37.839     22.130     22.343      0.96    36.759     38.958     38.758     38.051       3.52    0.27

     SPAIN      24.897     25.539     15.954     21.039     31.87    27.568     28.855     29.265     30.624      11.08    0.22

     MALAYSA    19.223     26.988     15.758     19.053     20.91    24.756     29.025     29.803     30.283      22.32    0.22

     PORTUGL    23.185     25.069     18.485     21.970     18.85    22.655     27.431     28.180     28.553      26.04    0.20

     HG KONG    29.950     27.220     16.188     17.141      5.89    28.690     28.085     28.665     28.173      -1.80    0.20

     POLAND     19.016     29.280     18.384     14.418    -21.57    27.551     25.460     25.174     25.315      -8.12    0.18

     SALVADR    26.638     30.930     18.399     12.558    -31.75    30.550     27.136     25.773     25.088     -17.88    0.18

     LUXMBRG    30.419     28.025     19.988     16.242    -18.74    32.723     22.789     24.331     24.279     -25.80    0.17

     AUSTRAL    19.327     21.024     13.223     10.229    -22.64    20.763     18.610     18.994     18.031     -13.16    0.13

     DENMARK    12.132     16.660      8.948     10.041     12.22    15.097     18.123     17.903     17.754      17.60    0.13

     CAMBOD      8.524     13.546      7.445      9.884     32.76    12.326     15.729     15.865     15.985      29.69    0.11

     GREECE     16.006     16.716     10.073      9.191     -8.76    13.836     16.370     15.891     15.834      14.44    0.11

     COLOMB     10.865     11.519      5.987      8.987     50.11    10.549     13.553     14.031     14.519      37.64    0.10

     LATVIA      9.526     12.118      6.318      8.465     33.99    10.371     13.115     13.622     14.266      37.56    0.10

     CZECH       7.555      9.679      5.555      8.874     59.77     7.989     12.406     12.603     12.999      62.70    0.09

     AUSTRIA     5.968     10.603      6.695      7.052      5.33     8.830     11.735     11.493     10.960      24.12    0.08

     SWEDEN      8.925      7.620      3.627      6.654     83.48     7.218      9.116     10.092     10.647      47.51    0.08

     BRAZIL     54.370     16.077     11.407      5.877    -48.48    31.553     11.014     10.719     10.548     -66.57    0.08

     HONDURA     5.892      9.189      4.606      5.764     25.13     7.364      9.461      9.976     10.347      40.51    0.07

     FINLAND    16.263     14.380      9.929      5.610    -43.49    18.677     12.377     11.505     10.062     -46.13    0.07

     DOM REP     8.717     10.379      6.505      4.326    -33.50     9.806      8.713      8.285      8.200     -16.38    0.06

     REP SAF     4.643      7.417      4.920      5.603     13.89     7.879      7.821      8.107      8.100       2.80    0.06

     N ZEAL      5.752      7.830      5.690      5.168     -9.17     7.976      7.251      7.329      7.308      -8.38    0.05

     ARGENT      5.972      8.247      4.003      2.831    -29.28     6.421      7.999      7.698      7.075      10.19    0.05

     SLOVENI     2.543      4.363      2.278      4.638    103.59     3.040      5.715      6.670      6.723     121.17    0.05

     IRELAND     5.943      6.381      3.904      2.908    -25.51     7.055      6.833      6.072      5.385     -23.66    0.04

     GUATMAL     3.116      3.864      2.269      3.740     64.82     3.372      4.893      5.156      5.335      58.20    0.04

     SLOVAK      3.980      5.001      2.862      3.132      9.44     4.662      5.119      5.073      5.271      13.06    0.04

     PERU        3.972      3.994      2.709      3.593     32.63     4.580      4.554      4.408      4.878       6.51    0.03

     MALTA       5.814      5.194      3.218      2.886    -10.32     5.281      5.016      4.915      4.862      -7.94    0.03

     C RICA      5.095      5.251      4.346      3.677    -15.38     5.237      4.822      4.801      4.582     -12.50    0.03

     ROMANIA     4.594      3.477      1.859      2.641     42.09     4.011      3.963      4.204      4.259       6.19    0.03

     SRI LKA     4.622      3.745      2.195      2.298      4.70     3.905      3.685      3.954      3.848      -1.46    0.03

     HUNGARY     0.330      2.059      0.510      1.662    225.77     0.695      2.384      2.716      3.211     361.85    0.02

     SINGAPR     4.196      2.915      1.284      0.772    -39.85     3.048      2.904      2.723      2.403     -21.16    0.02

     RUSSIA      1.146      1.529      0.107      0.616    474.15     0.138      1.963      2.031      2.038    1376.64    0.01

     BAHRAIN     4.821      1.394      1.211      1.482     22.31     3.122      1.716      1.727      1.664     -46.70    0.01

     CHILE       0.937      0.581      0.464      0.660     42.34     0.656      0.922      0.903      0.777      18.56    0.01

     JORDAN      0.202      0.368      0.365      0.710     94.70     0.560      0.353      0.466      0.714      27.34    0.01

     BELARUS     3.432      3.501      3.146      0.000    -99.99     4.496      1.451      1.020      0.356     -92.09    0.00

     SIER LN     0.000      0.485      0.463      0.000   -100.00     0.463      0.154      0.154      0.023     -95.13    0.00


     _WTO    12105.162  13501.984   7759.477   8217.850      5.91 13090.379  13868.249  13904.045  13960.357       6.65   99.98

     _OECD    2556.403   2836.012   1687.513   1717.883      1.80  2751.744   2865.149   2867.753   2866.382       4.17   20.53

     _W HEMI  1653.838   1719.374   1011.029    983.212     -2.75  1729.652   1712.572   1696.267   1691.557      -2.20   12.11

     _EU15     934.232   1002.417    597.949    607.859      1.66   981.475   1012.338   1014.883   1012.327       3.14    7.25

     _EC12     903.075    969.815    577.699    588.543      1.88   946.750    979.110    981.793    980.659       3.58    7.02

     _ASEAN    723.316    889.860    534.822    512.637     -4.15   841.164    883.228    877.330    867.675       3.15    6.21

     _CBI       50.444     60.189     36.487     30.235    -17.14    57.047     55.448     54.400     53.937      -5.45    0.39

     _CAFTA     49.697     59.975     36.364     30.172    -17.03    56.653     55.275     54.237     53.783      -5.07    0.39

     _ANDEAN    14.892     15.566      8.736     12.851     47.11    15.187     18.165     18.697     19.682      29.59    0.14

     _SUB-SAH    5.288      8.356      5.576      5.787      3.78     8.929      8.431      8.724      8.567      -4.06    0.06