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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                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   32359.960  33474.055  15856.243  16541.809      4.32 33469.809  33927.966  34029.776  34159.621       2.06  100.00

     CHINA P 17352.434  17898.315   8053.599   8591.696      6.68 17930.183  18302.196  18365.743  18436.412       2.82   53.97

     VIETNAM  1649.498   1973.108    926.029    958.458      3.50  1826.905   2006.743   1996.457   2005.537       9.78    5.87

     MEXICO   1808.039   1801.357    909.890    893.873     -1.76  1860.103   1793.853   1797.569   1785.339      -4.02    5.23

     INDIA    1091.047   1355.362    671.350    722.038      7.55  1238.014   1420.846   1409.628   1406.050      13.57    4.12

     CANADA   1271.699   1199.779    615.637    594.135     -3.49  1267.931   1180.144   1182.686   1178.276      -7.07    3.45

     KOR REP  1110.935   1126.284    574.259    616.978      7.44  1114.384   1138.704   1154.892   1169.002       4.90    3.42

     INDNSIA   938.884    990.678    518.520    518.723      0.04   981.193    991.328    986.392    990.881       0.99    2.90

     CHINA T   772.478    721.061    344.289    376.757      9.43   749.234    755.957    753.183    753.529       0.57    2.21

     CAMBOD    390.548    520.556    216.558    251.289     16.04   453.787    561.871    559.675    555.287      22.37    1.63

     TURKEY    383.257    461.156    218.626    254.457     16.39   408.774    480.769    486.328    496.986      21.58    1.45

     BNGLDSH   533.321    541.180    331.480    280.311    -15.44   572.961    494.319    489.370    490.010     -14.48    1.43

     HONDURA   379.262    395.085    178.954    202.063     12.91   391.298    397.578    408.588    418.194       6.87    1.22

     ISRAEL    455.843    348.443    201.587    157.111    -22.06   388.306    287.814    295.277    303.967     -21.72    0.89

     PAKISTN   187.591    261.910    115.159    156.503     35.90   214.271    286.851    293.321    303.254      41.53    0.89

     GERMANY   304.569    301.635    163.782    146.234    -10.71   319.072    288.029    283.462    284.087     -10.96    0.83

     SALVADR   261.962    268.669    127.547    135.480      6.22   266.153    278.011    277.943    276.602       3.93    0.81

     THAILND   368.624    282.836    146.747    120.418    -17.94   340.531    262.962    260.628    256.508     -24.67    0.75

     PHIL R    215.797    255.284    122.475    116.874     -4.57   248.307    256.416    253.525    249.683       0.55    0.73

     JAPAN     219.842    214.596    101.577    129.809     27.79   204.678    231.294    236.534    242.827      18.64    0.71

     ITALY     160.105    167.476     85.192     86.969      2.09   168.646    171.168    172.266    169.253       0.36    0.50

     FRANCE    171.786    144.628     65.782     87.801     33.47   154.996    151.365    159.386    166.647       7.52    0.49

     NICARAG   129.021    149.238     77.413     84.370      8.99   152.329    151.796    154.571    156.196       2.54    0.46

     GUATMAL   110.093    143.931     70.089     69.997     -0.13   130.526    144.802    145.388    143.839      10.20    0.42

     SRI LKA   124.667    136.844     70.904     72.458      2.19   135.941    142.205    138.457    138.398       1.81    0.41

     MALAYSA    85.039    116.482     48.640     69.449     42.78    92.598    130.009    131.757    137.291      48.26    0.40

     EGYPT     116.338    136.299     70.149     67.279     -4.09   133.480    134.918    135.503    133.430      -0.04    0.39

     S ARAB    114.422    121.605     63.208     67.394      6.62   130.661    115.426    119.937    125.791      -3.73    0.37

     DOM REP   118.074    120.472     55.894     57.118      2.19   121.989    122.859    123.180    121.696      -0.24    0.36

     JORDAN    122.887    127.271     64.043     58.340     -8.91   131.057    122.228    123.886    121.567      -7.24    0.36

     U KING     71.296     70.517     35.667     36.460      2.23    65.982     70.099     71.821     71.311       8.08    0.21

     PORTUGL    54.877     63.450     47.241     50.059      5.96    59.609     64.077     65.670     66.267      11.17    0.19

     HAITI      54.069     65.101     31.340     32.328      3.15    65.306     64.460     65.899     66.089       1.20    0.19

     LUXMBRG    86.478     70.472     49.489     38.184    -22.84    91.220     53.630     55.289     59.167     -35.14    0.17

     POLAND     49.432     63.839     33.667     25.569    -24.06    61.101     57.548     56.318     55.740      -8.77    0.16

     ARAB EM    76.523     48.907     27.000     29.029      7.51    73.973     43.330     44.716     50.935     -31.14    0.15

     HG KONG    44.493     40.752     19.558     24.031     22.87    45.393     40.080     43.455     45.225      -0.37    0.13

     GREECE     56.193     43.835     25.960     26.664      2.71    44.176     43.045     43.845     44.539       0.82    0.13

     DENMARK    20.170     41.606     18.328     21.199     15.67    29.586     44.742     46.423     44.477      50.33    0.13

     BELGIUM    50.362     41.360     22.896     22.259     -2.78    51.336     39.115     39.422     40.724     -20.67    0.12

     AUSTRAL    50.447     50.232     26.276     16.319    -37.89    50.674     40.617     39.412     40.275     -20.52    0.12

     SPAIN      47.778     32.945     17.578     24.151     37.39    45.641     38.373     38.761     39.518     -13.42    0.12

     LATVIA     36.912     35.841     16.148     17.927     11.01    35.751     35.623     35.764     37.620       5.23    0.11

     NETHLDS    40.520     40.670     21.218     17.491    -17.57    44.008     38.737     37.135     36.943     -16.05    0.11

     FINLAND    55.674     42.842     24.235     15.261    -37.03    59.533     38.063     36.976     33.867     -43.11    0.10

     LESOTHO    25.832     30.220     11.571     12.849     11.04    29.560     31.324     31.802     31.498       6.55    0.09

     COLOMB     29.639     26.315     13.293     15.821     19.01    28.612     28.069     27.710     28.842       0.81    0.08

     CZECH      18.492     21.027     11.720     17.780     51.71    19.660     25.497     26.270     27.088      37.78    0.08

     BRAZIL    237.783     47.150     35.280     13.289    -62.33   132.088     26.486     26.377     25.158     -80.95    0.07

     MALTA      34.127     27.674     14.848     12.209    -17.78    28.825     25.493     25.306     25.034     -13.15    0.07

     KENYA      13.830     23.949      9.943     10.479      5.40    18.776     24.143     24.088     24.485      30.41    0.07

     C RICA     34.051     26.566     17.737     14.544    -18.00    30.736     24.432     23.803     23.372     -23.96    0.07

     PERU       14.436     16.717      9.620      8.405    -12.63    16.921     16.233     15.983     15.502      -8.39    0.05

     SWEDEN     11.035     11.682      4.296      5.880     36.86     8.957     12.837     13.002     13.265      48.11    0.04

     REP SAF     9.413     11.963      7.453      7.445     -0.10    14.748     12.089     12.262     11.956     -18.93    0.03

     SLOVAK     14.877     15.230      8.173      4.369    -46.54    16.247     10.947     11.876     11.426     -29.67    0.03

     N ZEAL     10.649     12.213      8.596      7.773     -9.57    12.523     10.929     10.894     11.391      -9.04    0.03

     HUNGARY     1.428      8.033      1.749      4.298    145.74     2.729      8.266      8.768     10.582     287.81    0.03

     SWITZLD    12.110      9.817      4.869      5.142      5.61    11.137     10.388     10.215     10.090      -9.41    0.03

     RUSSIA      5.204      5.807      0.027      3.094  11536.36     1.784      7.521      8.537      8.875     397.34    0.03

     TNZANIA     3.318      7.032      2.479      4.318     74.16     5.039      8.765      9.397      8.871      76.06    0.03

     SWAZLND    14.814     11.454      6.221      2.720    -56.27    15.920      9.051      8.688      7.953     -50.04    0.02

     AUSTRIA     4.418      7.465      3.248      3.051     -6.06     5.656      7.566      7.215      7.268      28.50    0.02

     SLOVENI     2.912      5.285      2.334      4.114     76.26     3.353      5.719      6.163      7.065     110.70    0.02

     BAHRAIN    12.561      6.341      3.720      4.213     13.28     9.912      6.479      6.650      6.834     -31.05    0.02

     IRELAND     4.331      7.510      2.619      1.593    -39.16     5.121      7.782      8.031      6.485      26.63    0.02

     SINGAPR    10.045      7.354      3.367      2.338    -30.55     8.419      6.803      6.607      6.326     -24.87    0.02

     ARGENT      3.495      7.580      2.398      1.056    -55.94     4.080      7.343      7.275      6.239      52.93    0.02

     CHILE       2.687      4.718      2.360      3.762     59.43     3.100      5.401      5.326      6.120      97.43    0.02

     ROMANIA     8.202      5.485      2.599      2.999     15.37     7.255      5.622      5.638      5.884     -18.89    0.02

     MOROC       3.049      4.873      2.345      3.262     39.10     4.270      5.511      5.553      5.790      35.60    0.02

     ETHIOP      2.675      5.430      2.304      2.298     -0.26     3.634      5.539      5.475      5.424      49.28    0.02

     ECUADOR     5.167      4.833      2.312      2.791     20.70     4.793      4.576      4.540      5.311      10.82    0.02

     BELARUS    22.121     18.378     13.102      0.014    -99.89    21.723     10.533      7.510      5.291     -75.64    0.02

     MADAGAS     7.909      4.516      2.013      1.897     -5.74     3.755      5.043      4.651      4.400      17.19    0.01

     MALAWI      3.932      4.427      1.537      1.143    -25.61     4.129      4.033      4.076      4.033      -2.32    0.01

     BULGAR      3.095      3.338      1.689      1.989     17.78     3.126      3.572      3.683      3.638      16.37    0.01

     MACAU       5.078      3.343      1.610      1.658      2.98     3.982      3.472      3.423      3.391     -14.84    0.01

     BOTSWAN     1.124      1.939      0.412      1.484    260.48     1.221      2.805      3.201      3.012     146.73    0.01

     GUYANA      1.660      2.599      1.060      1.159      9.38     2.042      2.584      2.614      2.698      32.11    0.01

     LAOS        1.795      2.602      1.210      0.663    -45.22     2.675      2.041      2.071      2.055     -23.19    0.01

     UKRAINE     2.821      0.339      0.186      1.588    755.48     0.938      1.709      1.754      1.742      85.73    0.01

     MONGOLA     3.886      0.036      0.029      0.002    -92.85     3.663      0.008      0.009      0.009     -99.75    0.00


     _WTO    32325.260  33438.643  15837.937  16534.212      4.40 33436.607  33898.957  34002.643  34134.917       2.09   99.93

     _W HEMI  4462.622   4281.458   2151.653   2130.561     -0.98  4479.594   4249.815   4270.638   4260.366      -4.89   12.47

     _ASEAN   3661.042   4149.445   1983.907   2038.421      2.75  3955.196   4218.614   4197.550   4203.959       6.29   12.31

     _OECD    4049.048   4042.485   2084.194   2126.860      2.05  4104.258   4023.472   4056.441   4085.152      -0.47   11.96

     _CBI     1088.835   1172.486    560.654    597.222      6.52  1161.315   1187.200   1202.659   1209.053       4.11    3.54

     _CAFTA   1032.463   1103.962    527.634    563.572      6.81  1093.031   1119.479   1133.473   1139.901       4.29    3.34

     _EU15    1139.593   1088.093    587.532    583.257     -0.73  1153.540   1068.628   1078.704   1083.818      -6.04    3.17

     _EC12    1068.466   1026.105    555.752    559.065      0.60  1079.394   1010.163   1021.511   1029.417      -4.63    3.01

     _SUB-SAH   84.657    106.768     46.423     45.428     -2.14   100.534    107.594    107.848    105.772       5.21    0.31

     _ANDEAN    49.306     47.927     25.264     27.038      7.02    50.404     48.925     48.281     49.702      -1.39    0.15