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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                         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     400.940    501.675    294.531    317.217      7.70   470.524    519.410    522.652    524.361      11.44  100.00

     CHINA P    66.765     99.692     56.127     61.491      9.56    87.703    103.969    105.661    105.057      19.79   20.04

     INDIA      69.963     93.350     53.853     61.859     14.87    82.774     98.514     99.812    101.356      22.45   19.33

     CANADA     60.808     65.261     39.861     36.927     -7.36    66.040     64.581     63.648     62.327      -5.62   11.89

     CHINA T    27.669     32.363     17.991     19.916     10.70    30.522     33.264     33.665     34.288      12.34    6.54

     ARAB EM    21.770     27.143     15.142     21.222     40.16    27.131     32.218     32.589     33.223      22.46    6.34

     S ARAB     18.402     27.124     16.121     18.875     17.09    25.079     29.249     30.366     29.879      19.14    5.70

     TURKEY     23.563     29.656     16.956     16.409     -3.23    26.214     28.964     29.086     29.108      11.04    5.55

     KOR REP    16.182     18.951     11.406     10.629     -6.81    19.000     17.874     17.666     18.174      -4.35    3.47

     JAPAN      13.371     12.529      7.622      9.067     18.95    13.149     13.167     13.528     13.974       6.28    2.66

     U KING      8.850      9.984      6.345      7.190     13.31    10.348     10.683     10.610     10.829       4.64    2.07

     MEXICO      9.003     10.369      6.020      6.027      0.11    10.284     11.194     10.865     10.375       0.89    1.98

     VIETNAM     3.895      7.780      4.318      6.311     46.16     6.065      9.533      9.626      9.773      61.13    1.86

     GREECE      9.574     10.768      5.819      4.588    -21.16     7.675     10.603      9.775      9.537      24.27    1.82

     BELGIUM     5.973      7.167      4.754      5.304     11.58     7.099      7.598      7.542      7.717       8.71    1.47

     ITALY       6.613      8.556      5.321      4.311    -18.99     8.686      7.430      7.519      7.546     -13.12    1.44

     GERMANY     8.079      6.243      4.197      5.080     21.03     6.911      6.986      6.961      7.125       3.10    1.36

     THAILND     4.012      7.028      5.219      4.593    -11.98     6.866      6.832      6.556      6.402      -6.75    1.22

     NETHLDS     6.293      6.099      4.263      3.629    -14.86     6.671      5.663      5.429      5.466     -18.06    1.04

     REP SAF     0.303      3.080      1.712      3.092     80.58     1.797      3.898      4.308      4.459     148.17    0.85

     MALAYSA     2.066      3.701      2.386      2.078    -12.91     3.417      3.430      3.441      3.393      -0.69    0.65

     HUNGARY     0.000      1.315      0.197      0.954    385.59     0.197      1.435      1.754      2.073     954.78    0.40

     INDNSIA     0.789      1.059      0.651      0.439    -32.56     0.961      0.824      0.766      0.847     -11.89    0.16

     BRAZIL      1.619      1.261      0.921      0.418    -54.61     1.677      0.962      0.836      0.758     -54.81    0.14

     GUATMAL     0.446      0.591      0.490      0.583     19.00     0.597      0.567      0.576      0.684      14.52    0.13

     N ZEAL      0.339      0.393      0.384      0.086    -77.71     0.499      0.079      0.095      0.095     -81.04    0.02


     _WTO      400.921    501.570    294.479    317.125      7.69   470.472    519.265    522.507    524.215      11.42   99.97

     _OECD     154.572    171.648    103.776     99.059     -4.55   166.056    169.118    167.170    166.931       0.53   31.84

     _W HEMI    73.300     78.668     48.132     44.766     -6.99    80.245     78.340     77.049     75.301      -6.16   14.36

     _EU15      51.514     53.070     33.111     32.609     -1.51    51.233     53.344     52.161     52.568       2.61   10.03

     _EC12      51.274     52.839     33.056     32.510     -1.65    51.085     53.065     51.879     52.292       2.36    9.97

     _ASEAN     10.781     19.626     12.627     13.480      6.75    17.380     20.647     20.430     20.479      17.83    3.91

     _SUB-SAH    0.304      3.085      1.718      3.092     80.00     1.804      3.901      4.309      4.460     147.26    0.85

     _CBI        1.241      1.123      0.853      0.881      3.33     1.441      0.982      1.037      1.151     -20.13    0.22

     _CAFTA      1.209      1.123      0.853      0.881      3.33     1.441      0.982      1.037      1.151     -20.13    0.22