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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                         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     400.940    501.675    247.243    268.220      8.48   459.216    516.912    519.410    522.652      13.81  100.00

     CHINA P    66.765     99.692     45.491     51.460     13.12    83.245    105.152    103.969    105.661      26.93   20.22

     INDIA      69.963     93.350     46.203     52.664     13.98    81.428     98.912     98.514     99.812      22.58   19.10

     CANADA     60.808     65.261     33.750     32.137     -4.78    64.250     64.177     64.581     63.648      -0.94   12.18

     CHINA T    27.669     32.363     15.280     16.582      8.52    30.330     32.772     33.264     33.665      10.99    6.44

     ARAB EM    21.770     27.143     12.829     18.274     42.45    26.765     30.123     32.218     32.589      21.76    6.24

     S ARAB     18.402     27.124     12.939     16.181     25.05    23.643     28.326     29.249     30.366      28.44    5.81

     TURKEY     23.563     29.656     14.339     13.768     -3.98    26.315     29.114     28.964     29.086      10.53    5.57

     KOR REP    16.182     18.951      9.981      8.696    -12.87    19.056     17.604     17.874     17.666      -7.29    3.38

     JAPAN      13.371     12.529      6.635      7.635     15.06    13.534     12.962     13.167     13.528      -0.04    2.59

     MEXICO      9.003     10.369      4.882      5.378     10.17    10.110     11.607     11.194     10.865       7.47    2.08

     U KING      8.850      9.984      5.521      6.147     11.34    10.205     10.441     10.683     10.610       3.98    2.03

     GREECE      9.574     10.768      5.085      4.091    -19.54     7.507     10.444     10.603      9.775      30.21    1.87

     VIETNAM     3.895      7.780      3.562      5.407     51.82     5.817      8.949      9.533      9.626      65.48    1.84

     BELGIUM     5.973      7.167      3.867      4.243      9.71     6.957      7.509      7.598      7.542       8.42    1.44

     ITALY       6.613      8.556      4.458      3.421    -23.26     8.325      7.573      7.430      7.519      -9.68    1.44

     GERMANY     8.079      6.243      3.482      4.200     20.62     7.044      6.993      6.986      6.961      -1.18    1.33

     THAILND     4.012      7.028      4.158      3.686    -11.33     6.187      7.124      6.832      6.556       5.97    1.25

     NETHLDS     6.293      6.099      3.872      3.202    -17.30     6.929      5.632      5.663      5.429     -21.64    1.04

     REP SAF     0.303      3.080      1.111      2.340    110.56     1.238      4.199      3.898      4.308     247.99    0.82

     MALAYSA     2.066      3.701      1.935      1.675    -13.43     3.133      3.292      3.430      3.441       9.83    0.66

     HUNGARY     0.000      1.315      0.197      0.635    223.06     0.197      1.332      1.435      1.754     792.25    0.34

     BRAZIL      1.619      1.261      0.822      0.397    -51.74     1.790      1.028      0.962      0.836     -53.30    0.16

     INDNSIA     0.789      1.059      0.631      0.339    -46.35     1.083      1.053      0.824      0.766     -29.29    0.15

     GUATMAL     0.446      0.591      0.385      0.371     -3.66     0.597      0.492      0.567      0.576      -3.50    0.11

     N ZEAL      0.339      0.393      0.384      0.086    -77.71     0.499      0.100      0.079      0.095     -81.04    0.02


     _WTO      400.921    501.487    247.108    268.122      8.50   459.080    516.762    519.259    522.501      13.81   99.97

     _OECD     154.572    171.648     88.434     83.956     -5.06   163.885    168.447    169.118    167.170       2.00   31.98

     _W HEMI    73.300     78.668     40.597     38.978     -3.99    78.408     78.350     78.340     77.049      -1.73   14.74

     _EU15      51.514     53.070     28.225     27.317     -3.22    50.716     53.075     53.344     52.161       2.85    9.98

     _EC12      51.274     52.839     28.195     27.236     -3.40    50.577     52.787     53.065     51.879       2.57    9.93

     _ASEAN     10.781     19.626     10.339     11.143      7.78    16.293     20.446     20.647     20.430      25.39    3.91

     _SUB-SAH    0.304      3.085      1.117      2.340    109.60     1.244      4.203      3.901      4.309     246.29    0.82

     _CBI        1.241      1.123      0.700      0.615    -12.27     1.435      0.919      0.982      1.037     -27.74    0.20

     _CAFTA      1.209      1.123      0.700      0.615    -12.27     1.435      0.919      0.982      1.037     -27.74    0.20