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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 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      28.581     29.392     14.900     18.675     25.34    28.985     31.893     32.558     33.167      14.43  100.00

     KOR REP     7.819      6.756      3.676      4.202     14.31     7.739      6.170      6.816      7.282      -5.91   21.95

     ITALY       3.704      5.956      2.565      3.027     18.01     4.562      6.459      6.469      6.418      40.70   19.35

     CHINA P     3.810      3.417      1.619      4.454    175.07     3.258      5.808      6.128      6.252      91.91   18.85

     CANADA      7.090      5.523      3.221      3.003     -6.80     6.252      5.510      5.388      5.304     -15.15   15.99

     JAPAN       3.659      4.770      2.128      2.536     19.18     4.253      5.245      5.103      5.178      21.75   15.61


     _WTO       28.581     29.390     14.898     18.675     25.35    28.984     31.893     32.558     33.167      14.43  100.00

     _OECD      20.005     19.588     10.341     10.942      5.81    20.114     19.232     19.773     20.188       0.37   60.87

     _EU15       4.839      7.111      3.321      3.569      7.48     5.877      7.360      7.376      7.359      25.22   22.19

     _EC12       4.836      7.104      3.316      3.569      7.63     5.872      7.355      7.371      7.357      25.29   22.18

     _W HEMI     7.207      5.663      3.315      3.082     -7.01     6.410      5.650      5.523      5.430     -15.29   16.37