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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  7.60 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     29117694  28353019    7479816    7822570      4.58  29538854   28234602   28339747   28695773      -2.85  100.00

     INDNSIA   16352943  15548218    4101405    4201910      2.45  16582476   15340382   15537448   15648723      -5.63   54.53

     INDIA      3462305   3667385     652863    1194730     83.00   3298560    3865985    4045262    4209252      27.61   14.67

     CHINA P    3144678   3124537    1140356     652495    -42.78   3450288    2906822    2692414    2636676     -23.58    9.19

     VIETNAM     959695   1355376     299286     831926    177.97   1012032    1593645    1571963    1888016      86.56    6.58

     CANADA     1623341   1404534     407451     301798    -25.93   1574784    1349225    1325241    1298881     -17.52    4.53

     TURKEY      395958    811283     217544     186900    -14.09    420538     774985     776837     780639      85.63    2.72

     PHIL R      426693    573308     116689     172907     48.18    478697     609465     671375     629526      31.51    2.19

     THAILND     599748    341707     106113      57480    -45.83    570234     309181     318380     293074     -48.60    1.02

     ROMANIA     535619    233948      64694      21546    -66.70    546573     223125     223125     190800     -65.09    0.66

     MALAYSA     160171    245950      62097          0   -100.00    167147     245950     201997     183853       9.99    0.64

     GERMANY     332547    119213      17440      54108    210.25    259883     128845     144320     155881     -40.02    0.54

     MEXICO      266610    214307     102053      38252    -62.52    302371     214300     179832     150506     -50.22    0.52

     CHINA T     325103    104417      40436      55604     37.51    277776     115934     127993     119585     -56.95    0.42

     JAPAN        65891    193559      86488       9213    -89.35    138860     139374     140495     116284     -16.26    0.41


     _WTO      29117694  28350888    7479816    7822570      4.58  29538854   28232471   28337616   28693642      -2.86   99.99

     _ASEAN    18562184  18122080    4685590    5264223     12.35  18833418   18156144   18358684   18700713      -0.70   65.17

     _OECD      2615926   2595548     687414     573411    -16.58   2539864    2513832    2480737    2481545      -2.30    8.65

     _W HEMI    1926198   1658189     525654     340050    -35.31   1927631    1601334    1535001    1472585     -23.61    5.13

     _EU15       500462    288782      52956      84692     59.93    450787     307729     296820     320518     -28.90    1.12

     _EC12       462770    210974      37819      71755     89.73    400370     229921     234149     244910     -38.83    0.85