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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     210.633    243.815    123.508    129.915      5.19   232.283    250.295    249.244    250.223       7.72  100.00

     MEXICO     57.858     54.263     28.069     25.637     -8.67    57.457     52.558     52.145     51.831      -9.79   20.71

     CHINA T    28.620     37.012     15.610     18.702     19.81    32.425     40.989     39.921     40.104      23.68   16.03

     CHINA P    17.098     24.226     10.179     13.426     31.90    20.076     26.780     27.260     27.473      36.85   10.98

     PORTUGL     9.363     14.585     11.213     13.268     18.32    13.343     16.044     16.543     16.640      24.71    6.65

     JAPAN      10.635     13.723      5.882      8.597     46.16    11.753     15.943     16.045     16.438      39.86    6.57

     FRANCE     11.774     14.011      5.873      7.242     23.31    12.273     14.771     14.715     15.380      25.32    6.15

     CANADA      8.931     10.115      5.004      4.867     -2.73     9.779     10.142      9.996      9.978       2.03    3.99

     ITALY       7.708      7.387      3.761      5.290     40.66     7.700      8.521      8.957      8.916      15.79    3.56

     COLOMB      6.485      6.785      2.982      4.188     40.43     6.524      7.814      8.096      7.991      22.48    3.19

     INDIA       5.472      5.505      2.357      2.845     20.73     5.234      5.752      6.015      5.994      14.52    2.40

     TURKEY      6.269      7.244      4.276      2.801    -34.49     6.743      6.213      5.965      5.769     -14.44    2.31

     VIETNAM     5.111      5.134      2.496      2.887     15.62     4.992      5.623      5.698      5.524      10.65    2.21

     KOR REP     4.169      5.491      2.403      2.342     -2.54     4.884      5.830      5.588      5.430      11.18    2.17

     THAILND     3.679      5.269      2.412      2.292     -4.98     4.312      5.288      5.320      5.149      19.41    2.06

     GERMANY     3.227      4.192      1.904      1.587    -16.65     3.589      4.217      4.066      3.875       7.96    1.55

     C RICA      4.877      4.474      3.652      2.697    -26.13     4.662      3.749      3.520      3.519     -24.52    1.41

     ARAB EM     5.918     10.824      7.889      0.102    -98.70    13.804      3.752      3.107      3.038     -77.99    1.21

     GUATMAL     0.856      1.163      0.605      1.907    215.12     0.975      2.031      2.236      2.465     152.78    0.98

     PHIL R      0.458      0.405      0.051      1.535   2922.53     0.222      1.373      1.568      1.888     750.98    0.75

     N ZEAL      1.359      1.703      1.464      1.405     -4.03     1.634      1.232      1.409      1.644       0.61    0.66

     ROMANIA     0.894      0.786      0.211      0.796    277.88     0.732      1.096      1.118      1.372      87.54    0.55

     CZECH       2.154      0.950      0.456      0.432     -5.42     1.368      1.030      0.978      0.925     -32.41    0.37

     ISRAEL      0.783      0.679      0.679      0.787     15.85     0.844      0.807      0.683      0.787      -6.74    0.31

     INDNSIA     0.369      0.367      0.291      0.428     47.09     0.437      0.409      0.415      0.504      15.40    0.20

     LATVIA      0.517      0.433      0.165      0.233     41.25     0.422      0.528      0.528      0.502      18.72    0.20

     NETHLDS     0.390      1.154      0.917      0.200    -78.17     1.145      1.084      0.584      0.437     -61.80    0.17

     AUSTRAL     1.087      0.508      0.481      0.269    -44.13     0.599      0.369      0.310      0.296     -50.55    0.12


     _WTO      210.623    243.812    123.505    129.915      5.19   232.280    250.292    249.244    250.223       7.72  100.00

     _W HEMI    80.581     78.584     41.079     40.381     -1.70    81.041     78.370     78.045     77.886      -3.89   31.13

     _OECD      58.879     70.433     38.943     41.473      6.49    65.319     73.210     72.960     72.962      11.70   29.16

     _EU15      34.580     43.835     24.646     29.120     18.15    39.932     47.733     48.072     48.309      20.98   19.31

     _EC12      34.249     43.574     24.582     28.726     16.86    39.799     47.346     47.561     47.718      19.90   19.07

     _ASEAN      9.903     11.345      5.344      7.203     34.77    10.145     12.856     13.164     13.203      30.15    5.28

     _ANDEAN     7.016      7.309      3.160      4.558     44.25     7.079      8.359      8.793      8.707      23.00    3.48

     _CBI        5.953      5.876      4.355      4.712      8.19     5.894      6.027      6.006      6.232       5.74    2.49

     _CAFTA      5.855      5.875      4.354      4.712      8.21     5.795      6.027      6.006      6.232       7.55    2.49