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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 218:  FABRICS OF YARNS OF DIFF. COLORS
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  3/2012
   Country      2010       2011       3/2011     3/2012  % Change    3/2011     1/2012     2/2012     3/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     50545267  37381792    9806740    8904419     -9.20  49030852   37202004   36533814   36479471     -25.60  100.00

     CHINA P   20612636  13635679    3572405    3250217     -9.02  18349462   13545435   13326225   13313491     -27.44   36.50

     INDIA      4590399   5213006    1305906    1323508      1.35   4808088    5231192    5270164    5230608       8.79   14.34

     ITALY      9739403   4613131    1224057    1066049    -12.91  10061016    4562448    4586092    4455123     -55.72   12.21

     TURKEY     3511893   3648139     922156     529967    -42.53   3241157    3461342    3331810    3255950       0.46    8.93

     CHINA T    1954129   1787402     567329     481881    -15.06   2022448    1764998    1734205    1701954     -15.85    4.67

     PAKISTN    1442133   1151188     190346     340867     79.08   1163201    1098631    1083097    1301709      11.91    3.57

     MEXICO     1680827   1398563     583367     458070    -21.48   1919273    1427591    1258873    1273266     -33.66    3.49

     JAPAN      1124037    972493     217349     451495    107.73   1101094    1105098    1099738    1206639       9.59    3.31

     THAILND     515921   1084039     418012     115819    -72.29    867065    1130905    1051394     781846      -9.83    2.14


     _WTO      50540396  37376609    9806740    8890520     -9.34  49028044   37188495   36514732   36460389     -25.63   99.95

     _OECD     16250090  10576817    2633716    2131449    -19.07  16353617   10341254   10254653   10074550     -38.40   27.62

     _EU15     12298594   6467293    1604834    1494980     -6.85  12670024    6403901    6455022    6357439     -49.82   17.43

     _EC12     12219682   6408411    1594502    1418291    -11.05  12597062    6343721    6374606    6232200     -50.53   17.08

     _W HEMI    2923525   2359995     808460     587736    -27.30   3261115    2344713    2116397    2139271     -34.40    5.86

     _ASEAN      592840   1146291     442537     263362    -40.49    931799    1239241    1145354     967116       3.79    2.65