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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.30 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     23697826  16739932    5193506    5177568     -0.31  22833417   16500072   16246967   16723994     -26.76  100.00

     INDNSIA   10775873   8451859    2778325    3039752      9.41  10516976    8300951    8399330    8713286     -17.15   52.10

     INDIA      2235726   1450020     348469     461295     32.38   2073045    1652659    1609361    1562846     -24.61    9.34

     CHINA P    2429723   1446865     512648     475404     -7.27   2256394    1413816    1289120    1409621     -37.53    8.43

     AUSTRAL     985235   1059380     218788     255516     16.79   1012467    1059642    1041544    1096108       8.26    6.55

     THAILND    2909745   1312085     442056     207173    -53.13   2502555    1253335    1061797    1077202     -56.96    6.44

     SPAIN       856794    845418     205735     237937     15.65    912962     839490     879949     877620      -3.87    5.25

     VIETNAM     874564    499685      98885     114634     15.93    973449     478125     478125     515434     -47.05    3.08

     KOR REP     851251    373297      93414     100844      7.95    644615     336996     347324     380727     -40.94    2.28

     CHINA T     533871    630746     337702      53092    -84.28    834102     479256     434282     346136     -58.50    2.07

     TURKEY      463826    284924      61367      74149     20.83    344954     314555     313821     297706     -13.70    1.78

     PAKISTN     181132    198219      42606      63805     49.76    184127     179619     177118     219418      19.17    1.31

     AUSTRIA     152211     35025      21333      20048     -6.02    162216      26500      20103      33740     -79.20    0.20

     MALAYSA     187608     18932          0          0       *      187608      18932      18932      18932     -89.91    0.11


     _WTO      23697826  16739932    5193506    5177568     -0.31  22833417   16500072   16246967   16723994     -26.76  100.00

     _ASEAN    14757861  10282561    3319266    3395549      2.30  14190659   10051343    9992174   10358844     -27.00   61.94

     _OECD      3509045   2714150     626243     728423     16.32   3257487    2706087    2733102    2816330     -13.54   16.84

     _EU15      1118032    949367     243126     278612     14.60   1188942     945621     974368     984853     -17.17    5.89

     _EC12       965821    914342     221793     258564     16.58   1026726     919121     954265     951113      -7.36    5.69