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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             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    103508395  96867582   51858376   45819114    -11.65 104513363   91896885   91953066   90828320     -13.09  100.00

     CANADA    53804147  46224685   25638462   16059291    -37.36  53265109   39457035   38323448   36645514     -31.20   40.35

     MEXICO    15939148  15711135    8655070   11482282     32.67  16429956   17256896   18336239   18538347      12.83   20.41

     INDIA      3865551   5845261    3149641    3588150     13.92   5081873    6557827    6250464    6283770      23.65    6.92

     CHINA P    5229122   5093806    2838523    3662584     29.03   5422594    5783563    5863323    5917867       9.13    6.52

     CHINA T    4994346   3914318    1355269    2760741    103.70   3797009    4587987    5002892    5319790      40.10    5.86

     INDNSIA    4050221   5250788    2777098    2183643    -21.37   4765390    4643580    4645038    4657333      -2.27    5.13

     MALAYSA    3799091   3862968    2280815    2171412     -4.80   4418465    3432721    3503069    3753565     -15.05    4.13

     KOR REP     941370   2154947     544137    1031251     89.52   1165259    2310428    2531417    2642061     126.74    2.91

     ITALY      3457781   2927696    1400095     597897    -57.30   3143813    2518213    2323228    2125498     -32.39    2.34

     THAILND    2675930   2753195    1639936     420479    -74.36   3097540    1975490    1726893    1533738     -50.49    1.69

     FRANCE      272518    343842     158541     401690    153.37    276591     611082     624620     586991     112.22    0.65

     TURKEY       80494    166491     116574     330158    183.22    157300     238894     316671     380075     141.62    0.42

     EGYPT       415382    297060      99030     142520     43.92    352412     396690     395900     340550      -3.37    0.37

     BELGIUM     442505    512359     299722     126816    -57.69    570684     378535     376472     339453     -40.52    0.37

     GERMANY     590006    452273     240824     117460    -51.23    483647     356063     343805     328909     -31.99    0.36

     SLOVENI     350399    295071     161490     158641     -1.76    283860     296032     292807     292222       2.95    0.32

     VIETNAM     367091    300215     133209      57882    -56.55    292321     303937     292590     224888     -23.07    0.25

     JAPAN       244849    143450      64705     119758     85.08     96747     164995     171094     198503     105.18    0.22

     SALVADR      54840     64760      23538      92656    293.64     33214     126705     123020     133878     303.08    0.15

     S ARAB      503943    105716      41672      41850      0.43    456458     105894     105894     105894     -76.80    0.12

     ISRAEL     1020227     57878      27615      32671     18.31    537326      46241      61642      62934     -88.29    0.07


     _WTO     103508395  96867054   51858376   45819114    -11.65 104513363   91896357   91952538   90827792     -13.09  100.00

     _W HEMI   69809087  62020717   34319110   27687891    -19.32  69730454   56861221   56803597   55389498     -20.57   60.98

     _OECD     59746163  52903290   28456457   18756869    -34.09  59194648   45985122   44970478   43203702     -27.01   47.57

     _ASEAN    10926297  12197055    6848577    4833416    -29.42  12625199   10368098   10179960   10181894     -19.35   11.21

     _EU15      4860747   4310050    2125834    1320611    -37.88   4546127    3939102    3763515    3504827     -22.91    3.86

     _EC12      4859872   4309890    2125834    1320610    -37.88   4545252    3938941    3763354    3504666     -22.89    3.86

     _CBI         56432     67091      23828      93326    291.67     33570     129398     125731     136589     306.88    0.15

     _CAFTA       56432     67091      23828      93326    291.67     33570     129398     125731     136589     306.88    0.15