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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 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     346.369    372.061    195.235    161.001    -17.53   375.858    349.755    345.718    337.827     -10.12  100.00

     CANADA    212.793    206.067    112.328     71.652    -36.21   223.269    178.983    173.379    165.391     -25.92   48.96

     MEXICO     36.108     46.363     24.111     31.867     32.17    42.715     52.074     54.033     54.118      26.70   16.02

     CHINA P    13.874     16.090      8.695     10.040     15.47    15.767     17.484     17.467     17.436      10.58    5.16

     CHINA T    12.440     13.757      5.244      8.041     53.34    11.625     14.836     15.621     16.554      42.40    4.90

     INDIA       8.368     14.880      8.127      8.279      1.87    12.478     16.134     15.091     15.032      20.46    4.45

     ITALY      16.651     16.852      8.011      4.157    -48.10    16.879     14.997     14.068     12.999     -22.99    3.85

     KOR REP     3.991      9.584      2.473      4.885     97.52     5.165     10.335     11.643     11.996     132.28    3.55

     INDNSIA     7.712     13.169      7.015      5.483    -21.84    10.901     11.685     11.576     11.636       6.74    3.44

     MALAYSA     7.309      9.721      5.717      5.046    -11.73     9.899      8.576      8.615      9.050      -8.57    2.68

     THAILND     6.909      8.462      4.775      2.305    -51.73     8.410      6.928      6.379      5.992     -28.75    1.77

     SLOVENI     2.245      2.694      1.418      1.685     18.77     2.351      2.948      3.003      2.960      25.89    0.88

     FRANCE      2.094      1.989      0.897      1.755     95.61     1.729      2.829      2.955      2.847      64.67    0.84

     GERMANY     3.611      3.192      1.696      0.934    -44.94     3.307      2.636      2.568      2.430     -26.52    0.72

     JAPAN       0.958      1.338      0.610      0.699     14.58     0.942      1.345      1.369      1.427      51.47    0.42

     TURKEY      0.364      0.652      0.473      1.052    122.60     0.664      0.838      1.025      1.231      85.53    0.36

     BELGIUM     1.208      1.493      0.818      0.366    -55.24     1.594      1.172      1.171      1.041     -34.68    0.31

     EGYPT       0.832      0.774      0.250      0.351     40.60     0.774      1.036      1.035      0.875      13.01    0.26

     VIETNAM     0.933      0.946      0.393      0.137    -65.23     0.764      0.936      0.893      0.689      -9.73    0.20

     SALVADR     0.212      0.283      0.069      0.419    505.66     0.121      0.613      0.596      0.633     424.83    0.19

     ISRAEL      3.729      0.324      0.163      0.186     14.12     2.060      0.281      0.337      0.347     -83.17    0.10

     S ARAB      1.299      0.334      0.140      0.120    -14.21     1.227      0.314      0.314      0.314     -74.43    0.09


     _WTO      346.369    372.059    195.235    161.001    -17.53   375.858    349.753    345.716    337.825     -10.12  100.00

     _W HEMI   249.173    252.765    136.528    104.117    -23.74   266.126    231.725    228.068    220.354     -17.20   65.23

     _OECD     242.160    241.547    127.686     85.554    -33.00   254.541    213.268    208.212    199.415     -21.66   59.03

     _ASEAN     22.931     32.366     17.941     12.970    -27.71    30.084     28.152     27.490     27.395      -8.94    8.11

     _EU15      24.240     24.586     11.994      7.829    -34.73    24.489     22.573     21.721     20.421     -16.61    6.04

     _EC12      24.234     24.583     11.994      7.829    -34.73    24.483     22.569     21.718     20.418     -16.60    6.04

     _CBI        0.222      0.291      0.072      0.424    491.97     0.124      0.623      0.606      0.644     420.22    0.19

     _CAFTA      0.222      0.291      0.072      0.424    491.97     0.124      0.623      0.606      0.644     420.22    0.19