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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                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    103508395  96867582   26150977   21839599    -16.49 104566059   95263452   93392352   92556204     -11.49  100.00

     CANADA    53804147  46224685   13589403    8350289    -38.55  53590193   44568257   42542309   40985571     -23.52   44.28

     MEXICO    15939148  15711135    4543869    5208933     14.64  16401689   15950707   15892858   16376199      -0.16   17.69

     INDIA      3865551   5845261    1334841    2114281     58.39   4097931    6233971    6543625    6624701      61.66    7.16

     CHINA P    5229122   5093806    1093169    1547476     41.56   5329931    5291206    5360683    5548113       4.09    5.99

     INDNSIA    4050221   5250788    1346316     839642    -37.63   4492671    4882697    4790858    4744114       5.60    5.13

     CHINA T    4994346   3914318     848197    1312077     54.69   4758033    3966170    4169173    4378198      -7.98    4.73

     MALAYSA    3799091   3862968     952782     806261    -15.38   3954487    3904887    3855770    3716447      -6.02    4.02

     ITALY      3457781   2927696     522022     250656    -51.98   3346761    2860881    2736822    2656330     -20.63    2.87

     KOR REP     941370   2154947     263911     298624     13.15   1129864    2150307    2208543    2189660      93.80    2.37

     THAILND    2675930   2753195     842989     140688    -83.31   3034593    2419969    2170704    2050894     -32.42    2.22

     FRANCE      272518    343842      53512     212863    297.79    265178     302614     349346     503193      89.76    0.54

     EGYPT       415382    297060      42890     142520    232.29    336772     297910     353990     396690      17.79    0.43

     GERMANY     590006    452273     132459      74835    -43.50    556360     427126     402563     394649     -29.07    0.43

     BELGIUM     442505    512359     210528      87592    -58.39    549779     525104     458339     389423     -29.17    0.42

     VIETNAM     367091    300215      52494      37975    -27.66    334994     295239     309270     285696     -14.72    0.31

     SLOVENI     350399    295071      78776      64823    -17.71    333812     309824     301659     281118     -15.79    0.30

     TURKEY       80494    166491      20688     107795    421.05     84844     146511     206737     253598     198.90    0.27

     JAPAN       244849    143450      43508      64487     48.22    159650     164407     152839     164429       2.99    0.18

     SLOVAK      115971    141814      31942      24798    -22.37    105270     131676     131702     134670      27.93    0.15

     S ARAB      503943    105716      21319      41850     96.30    525262     105716     126247     126247     -75.96    0.14

     ISRAEL     1020227     57878      17644       9594    -45.62    796094      56529      53910      49828     -93.74    0.05


     _WTO     103508395  96867054   26150977   21839599    -16.49 104566059   95262924   93391824   92555676     -11.49  100.00

     _W HEMI   69809087  62020717   18148804   13601586    -25.06  70033734   60597656   58524928   57473499     -17.93   62.10

     _OECD     59746163  52903290   14837372    9410531    -36.58  59718948   51094315   49009766   47476449     -20.50   51.29

     _ASEAN    10926297  12197055    3212100    1824566    -43.20  11868228   11515162   11138972   10809521      -8.92   11.68

     _EU15      4860747   4310050     940799     643957    -31.55   4832370    4185093    4013469    4013208     -16.95    4.34

     _EC12      4859872   4309890     940799     643956    -31.55   4831495    4184932    4013308    4013047     -16.94    4.34