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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                         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      85.691     72.544     42.307     34.737    -17.89    77.427     64.238     64.264     64.975     -16.08  100.00

     INDNSIA    36.085     34.913     19.945     19.655     -1.45    35.303     32.959     32.996     34.624      -1.93   53.29

     INDIA       9.115      7.209      3.854      4.249     10.25     6.588      6.647      7.599      7.604      15.43   11.70

     CHINA P     9.360      7.115      4.624      2.396    -48.17     7.368      5.752      5.152      4.888     -33.66    7.52

     AUSTRAL     4.170      4.419      2.229      1.684    -24.44     4.234      4.088      3.891      3.875      -8.49    5.96

     THAILND    10.170      5.899      3.508      1.052    -70.00     8.059      3.712      3.628      3.444     -57.27    5.30

     KOR REP     4.256      2.167      1.360      1.558     14.56     3.438      1.967      2.102      2.365     -31.20    3.64

     SPAIN       2.047      1.969      1.053      1.081      2.71     2.057      2.014      2.036      1.998      -2.87    3.07

     VIETNAM     2.816      1.997      1.023      0.665    -35.01     2.061      1.737      1.755      1.639     -20.47    2.52

     TURKEY      1.847      1.310      0.727      0.727      0.11     1.507      1.374      1.450      1.311     -13.02    2.02

     PAKISTN     0.806      0.975      0.426      0.465      9.17     0.860      1.014      1.014      1.014      17.97    1.56

     CHINA T     1.752      2.959      2.876      0.201    -93.01     4.187      1.164      0.802      0.284     -93.21    0.44

     AUSTRIA     0.734      0.150      0.150      0.125    -16.33     0.633      0.162      0.125      0.125     -80.22    0.19


     _WTO       85.691     72.544     42.307     34.737    -17.89    77.427     64.238     64.264     64.975     -16.08  100.00

     _ASEAN     49.956     42.898     24.476     21.615    -11.69    45.423     38.614     38.710     40.037     -11.86   61.62

     _OECD      14.307     11.229      5.930      5.811     -2.01    12.681     10.967     10.911     11.110     -12.39   17.10

     _EU15       3.178      2.571      1.412      1.650     16.83     3.161      2.748      2.741      2.808     -11.16    4.32

     _EC12       2.444      2.421      1.263      1.525     20.76     2.528      2.587      2.616      2.683       6.15    4.13