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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                             Data in Kg., 14.00 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    205264023 201156739  101940520  107098649      5.06 204818502  202693634  204665058  206314868       0.73  100.00

     CHINA P   44737883  49483577   25417333   28743194     13.09  48135891   52114168   52781020   52809438       9.71   25.60

     CANADA    18617845  20940012   10045624   11741696     16.88  19343490   22056561   22192064   22636084      17.02   10.97

     MEXICO    18645280  16554873    8326464    8624304      3.58  18064012   16523113   16730306   16852713      -6.71    8.17

     ISRAEL    18868100  14017849    6977032    6775993     -2.88  15733427   13055556   13428492   13816810     -12.18    6.70

     GERMANY   14525698  14914280    8188715    6900977    -15.73  15652249   13823021   13527859   13626542     -12.94    6.60

     INDIA      7233192  12809632    6087664    5751342     -5.52  10604404   13196407   12825054   12473310      17.62    6.05

     FRANCE     8703326   8215891    3559626    5214398     46.49   8078858    8817681    9362792    9870663      22.18    4.78

     JAPAN      7461748   7648652    3309474    4328152     30.78   6597489    8358217    8497722    8667330      31.37    4.20

     KOR REP    4640081   6476380    3290003    3406018      3.53   5934081    6619198    6576545    6592395      11.09    3.20

     ITALY      4917734   5496914    2929177    3433289     17.21   5499667    5986863    6152943    6001026       9.12    2.91

     TURKEY     4449826   5301996    2461579    3109804     26.33   4633308    5535395    5836844    5950221      28.42    2.88

     LUXMBRG    5921030   4734687    3350947    2681613    -19.97   6188023    3671689    3768985    4065353     -34.30    1.97

     MALAYSA     182419   1713420     103396    1543371   1392.68    183703    2805038    2933986    3153395    1616.57    1.53

     DENMARK    1258156   2811569    1231197    1438429     16.83   1914911    3045214    3157647    3018801      57.65    1.46

     CHINA T    3803605   3447482    1906818    1438145    -24.58   3641260    3135888    3042354    2978809     -18.19    1.44

     POLAND     2224427   2916836    1413012    1156744    -18.14   2638737    2778104    2742912    2660568       0.83    1.29

     THAILND    2076266   2755666    1324940    1091946    -17.59   2368064    2543936    2534654    2522672       6.53    1.22

     FINLAND    3935251   3008310    1704162    1056598    -38.00   4200221    2661946    2581733    2360746     -43.79    1.14

     U KING     2559507   2327728    1123645    1026455     -8.65   2132121    2221530    2281853    2230538       4.62    1.08

     AUSTRAL    2784368   2863998    1517026     768911    -49.31   2930574    2167239    2080491    2115883     -27.80    1.03

     GREECE     1733520   1148108     801232    1196814     49.37   1465645    1302556    1342582    1543690       5.32    0.75

     CZECH       648574   1166775     687348     945163     37.51    962951    1366331    1405589    1424590      47.94    0.69

     BRAZIL    16062883   2640306    2169808     677039    -68.80   8605401    1204663    1216280    1147537     -86.66    0.56

     SPAIN      1908453    779478     414520     738903     78.26   1749399     970228    1015689    1103861     -36.90    0.54

     NETHLDS    1266050   1347219     694151     416277    -40.03   1468523    1227981    1132365    1069345     -27.18    0.52

     INDNSIA    1317129    827695     607565     444317    -26.87   1250728     754265     658055     664447     -46.88    0.32

     SWEDEN      677479    520874     239881     357830     49.17    516395     604531     600943     638823      23.71    0.31

     BELGIUM     964456    610910     385155     380106     -1.31    960818     535711     542004     605861     -36.94    0.29

     REP SAF     167046    422256     237544     354996     49.44    357398     573081     586190     539708      51.01    0.26

     DOM REP     334434    501058     238321     197854    -16.98    388852     499566     521726     460591      18.45    0.22

     HG KONG     152126    233144      69387     254661    267.02    178244     336905     428162     418418     134.74    0.20

     IRELAND     279178    507021     170216      59834    -64.85    332563     487690     504519     396639      19.27    0.19

     SLOVENI      27117    219684      82873     208905    152.08     88908     248727     281867     345716     288.85    0.17

     CHILE            0    281706     146866     210730     43.48    146866     281910     279290     345570     135.30    0.17

     S ARAB     1302615    559140     377817      81615    -78.40   1135671     224949     214912     262938     -76.85    0.13

     RUSSIA      369960    198070        575          6    -98.96    125479     197509     197501     197501      57.40    0.10

     AUSTRIA      17447    166217      51715      12655    -75.53     58568     162656     130775     127157     117.11    0.06

     VIETNAM      56902    114587      50447      56730     12.45     74670     139582     134925     120870      61.87    0.06

     SWITZLD     112317     90944      42792      54274     26.83    104877     107056     108501     102426      -2.34    0.05

     HONDURA      90802     67426      24630      30725     24.75     69842      68048      70629      73521       5.27    0.04

     SIER LN          0    158771     106545          0   -100.00    106545      87303      52226      52226     -50.98    0.03


     _WTO     204894047 200947874  101929175  107095804      5.07 204682237  202493258  204464693  206114503       0.70   99.90

     _OECD     82147600  86356927   44303867   46100715      4.06  86769796   86160955   87056939   88153775       1.60   42.73

     _EU15     48667285  46589206   24844339   24914191      0.28  50217961   45519310   46102702   46659058      -7.09   22.62

     _EC12     44037108  42893805   22848581   23487108      2.79  45442777   42090177   42789251   43532332      -4.20   21.10

     _W HEMI   53850715  41037747   20974296   21564923      2.82  46694444   40687661   41060121   41628374     -10.85   20.18

     _ASEAN     3695757   5450618    2099424    3137268     49.43   3928972    6270346    6288662    6488462      65.14    3.14

     _SUB-SAHA   170116    581027     344089     355284      3.25    467013     660384     638416     592222      26.81    0.29

     _CBI        449775    591696     267814     241011    -10.01    480384     594515     623136     564893      17.59    0.27

     _CAFTA      446934    586573     267814     231779    -13.46    477722     584040     608781     550538      15.24    0.27

     _ANDEAN      19327     15389       4924      64370   1207.27     13727      16383      16069      74835     445.17    0.04