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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 618:  WOVEN ARTIFICIAL FILAMENT FAB.
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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     20499874  15982976    8605397   14235408     65.42  17965673   19739383   20941253   21612987      20.30  100.00

     CHINA P    5358222   3033558    1497783    6870164    358.69   3332658    7612101    8337652    8405939     152.23   38.89

     KOR REP    9316089   7192113    3961223    4306043      8.70   8646857    6335083    6975369    7536933     -12.84   34.87

     CANADA     3243967   2610070    1494866    1561670      4.47   2905102    2676354    2628356    2676874      -7.86   12.39

     JAPAN      1136225   1089616     566891     531197     -6.30   1242106    1111973    1074482    1053922     -15.15    4.88

     ITALY       647734   1043787     497903     453008     -9.02    826924    1074204    1031803     998892      20.80    4.62


     _WTO      20499874  15982362    8604783   14235408     65.44  17965059   19739383   20941253   21612987      20.31  100.00

     _OECD     13413229  11115897    6167783    6440969      4.43  12732663   10233543   10783583   11389083     -10.55   52.70

     _W HEMI    3288627   2694494    1541911    1589785      3.10   2976307    2748201    2697981    2742368      -7.86   12.69

     _EU15       813702   1283569     690732     540303    -21.78   1135649    1188779    1152674    1133140      -0.22    5.24

     _EC12       813572   1283350     690537     540303    -21.76   1135366    1188612    1152507    1133116      -0.20    5.24