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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  6/2012
   Country      2010       2011       6/2011     6/2012  % Change    6/2011     4/2012     5/2012     6/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     62274033  68046550   36227792   37327101      3.03  67229938   69242173   68756907   69145859       2.85  100.00

     CHINA T   13828723  17857439    7690132    9418449     22.47  15774622   20045003   19459073   19585756      24.16   28.33

     MEXICO    20818352  19022518    9967934    9304769     -6.65  20654506   18511870   18345957   18359353     -11.11   26.55

     PORTUGL    4315059   6513739    5129535    5779636     12.67   5973833    6879766    7109806    7163840      19.92   10.36

     CHINA P    4004426   5225193    2164639    2752407     27.15   4420504    5708373    5876750    5812961      31.50    8.41

     CANADA     1990252   2233685    1156837     987169    -14.67   2239331    2172787    2070896    2064017      -7.83    2.99

     INDIA      2099200   1866344     871634    1060678     21.69   1963951    1922357    2046614    2055388       4.66    2.97

     VIETNAM    1954400   1739119     905149    1015747     12.22   1782808    1869225    1896012    1849717       3.75    2.68

     C RICA     2309897   1915502    1584121    1203286    -24.04   2049703    1630051    1533666    1534667     -25.13    2.22

     KOR REP    1315669   1440255     681730     552980    -18.89   1434409    1431985    1338230    1311505      -8.57    1.90

     THAILND    1012982   1268025     610171     575227     -5.73   1135439    1259228    1253790    1233081       8.60    1.78

     JAPAN       667840    804067     328652     549240     67.12    690531     887318     957148    1024655      48.39    1.48

     GUATMAL     384955    471989     265097     797604    200.87    427657     834522     918709    1004496     134.88    1.45

     ARAB EM    1314429   2490808    1726620      28437    -98.35   3040076     979892     810435     792625     -73.93    1.15

     N ZEAL      639278    711063     608696     539587    -11.35    686284     465491     558333     641954      -6.46    0.93

     ITALY       553508    594715     336717     369785      9.82    622465     611864     657906     627783       0.85    0.91

     TURKEY      875416    890472     539713     273662    -49.29    905936     708569     670303     624421     -31.07    0.90

     FRANCE      670334    546924     254683     287781     13.00    654441     519386     527702     580022     -11.37    0.84

     PHIL R      129426    117003      13396     454758   3294.73     59265     402121     461084     558365     842.15    0.81

     COLOMB      375857    323778     149637     195390     30.58    353711     361858     373143     369531       4.47    0.53

     CZECH      1104984    323900     154118     149111     -3.25    598350     346097     332780     318893     -46.70    0.46

     ISRAEL      216862    223362     223362     255366     14.33    238684     258852     218952     255366       6.99    0.37

     GERMANY     151865    196051     112997     113535      0.48    179724     198765     202972     196589       9.38    0.28

     ROMANIA     140248    108500      29098     104865    260.39    113085     145676     146579     184267      62.95    0.27

     LATVIA      212813    142843      56607      63369     11.95    152585     159228     159228     149605      -1.95    0.22

     INDNSIA     211593    215524     178439      92333    -48.26    261420     122974      99584     129418     -50.49    0.19

     AUSTRAL     346016    151376     151112     101956    -32.53    160119     122388     102380     102220     -36.16    0.15

     NETHLDS      64382    178763     150020      36101    -75.94    186990     173141      84315      64844     -65.32    0.09


     _WTO      62273121  68045732   36226974   37327101      3.04  67229120   69241355   68756907   69145859       2.85  100.00

     _W HEMI   26102362  24189794   13204971   12606058     -4.54  25932414   23753946   23496553   23590881      -9.03   34.12

     _OECD     12286212  13975655    9348519    9302782     -0.49  13843261   13843156   13882232   13929918       0.63   20.15

     _EU15      5986160   8180196    6037710    6679640     10.63   7785590    8546861    8759241    8822126      13.31   12.76

     _EC12      5950000   8147189    6030828    6662061     10.47   7766231    8513017    8718334    8778422      13.03   12.70

     _ASEAN     3354049   3367071    1723269    2150120     24.77   3268989    3680783    3738584    3793922      16.06    5.49

     _CBI       2765702   2479749    1884678    2035918      8.02   2553170    2559277    2544304    2630989       3.05    3.80

     _CAFTA     2753252   2479503    1884432    2035918      8.04   2540474    2559031    2544304    2630989       3.56    3.80

     _ANDEAN     459296    395504     169176     241764     42.91    436398     434691     469900     468092       7.26    0.68