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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC 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      95.040    117.682     64.958     59.821     -7.91   108.952    113.394    113.442    112.546       3.30  100.00

     INDNSIA    39.997     51.833     29.998     24.948    -16.83    47.932     46.511     46.766     46.783      -2.40   41.57

     CANADA     16.519     18.413      9.947      8.764    -11.89    17.889     17.754     17.108     17.230      -3.68   15.31

     INDIA      10.494     13.304      6.527      7.365     12.83    10.308     14.833     14.851     14.141      37.19   12.56

     CHINA P     9.032     10.432      6.551      6.281     -4.13    10.282      8.753      9.439     10.162      -1.18    9.03

     VIETNAM     2.197      3.673      2.024      3.672     81.40     3.583      5.526      5.555      5.321      48.52    4.73

     TURKEY      1.632      4.339      2.443      2.363     -3.29     3.020      4.310      4.537      4.259      41.03    3.78

     GERMANY     2.265      2.356      0.859      1.305     51.94     2.433      3.208      2.689      2.802      15.19    2.49

     PHIL R      1.814      2.716      1.438      1.410     -1.96     2.636      3.124      3.060      2.688       1.97    2.39

     MEXICO      1.485      2.348      0.749      0.602    -19.62     1.331      2.300      2.313      2.201      65.39    1.96

     ROMANIA     2.639      1.313      0.636      0.501    -21.19     2.100      1.246      1.185      1.178     -43.90    1.05

     THAILND     1.611      1.353      0.896      0.480    -46.42     1.741      1.001      0.992      0.938     -46.13    0.83

     JAPAN       0.737      1.118      0.583      0.205    -64.91     0.962      0.805      0.812      0.739     -23.10    0.66

     CHINA T     0.835      0.393      0.143      0.306    114.85     0.401      0.524      0.589      0.556      38.60    0.49

     KOR REP     0.194      0.189      0.082      0.355    331.10     0.137      0.157      0.317      0.462     237.25    0.41

     MALAYSA     0.319      0.686      0.521      0.000   -100.00     0.702      0.235      0.165      0.165     -76.44    0.15


     _WTO       95.040    117.673     64.949     59.821     -7.90   108.944    113.385    113.441    112.544       3.30  100.00

     _ASEAN     46.064     60.413     34.930     30.509    -12.66    56.705     56.494     56.636     55.992      -1.26   49.75

     _OECD      23.075     27.631     14.457     13.784     -4.65    26.137     27.748     26.973     26.958       3.14   23.95

     _W HEMI    18.370     21.193     10.995      9.369    -14.80    19.788     20.281     19.609     19.567      -1.12   17.39

     _EU15       4.649      4.589      1.958      2.301     17.50     4.984      5.450      4.933      4.931      -1.05    4.38

     _EC12       4.358      4.003      1.654      2.105     27.25     4.431      4.978      4.551      4.454       0.51    3.96