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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 606:  NON-TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg., 20.10 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     38494150  40974233    8875365   10481897     18.10  37941511   41645710   41811402   42580765      12.23  100.00

     CHINA P   13817237  19733577    3725138    4172535     12.01  15183851   20288923   20278979   20180974      32.91   47.39

     KOR REP    9905634   8315485    2049740    2708555     32.14   8848040    8425420    8724744    8974300       1.43   21.08

     TURKEY     1935122   2057515     459911     452166     -1.68   1875133    1929726    1886569    2049770       9.31    4.81

     GERMANY    2060052   2022755     563896     582050      3.22   2139471    1968769    1956814    2040909      -4.61    4.79

     LATVIA     1731847   1713293     371579     426607     14.81   1714217    1709931    1640475    1768321       3.16    4.15

     CANADA     1697600   1524446     418641     519770     24.16   1746037    1524929    1511683    1625575      -6.90    3.82

     MEXICO      681997    718548      81489     390767    379.53    658565     809225     915190    1027826      56.07    2.41

     INDIA      1424190    775346     163459     262421     60.54   1174941     836909     789444     874308     -25.59    2.05

     CHINA T     834784    461115      51840     398285    668.30    756659     684156     749986     807560       6.73    1.90

     BELARUS    1098115    912907     302062          0   -100.00    981547     799509     705621     610845     -37.77    1.43

     SLOVAK      623322    647254     204461      21085    -89.69    663096     532548     491825     463878     -30.04    1.09

     JAPAN       749075    542975     173944      89837    -48.35    729655     535283     510710     458868     -37.11    1.08

     ISRAEL      219898    422417      88729      79022    -10.94    230611     415614     410944     412710      78.96    0.97

     RUSSIA           0    145841         24      85782  357325.0        24     145841     196301     231599   964895.8    0.54

     U KING      211163    184846      13333      22889     71.67    183734     201657     192112     194402       5.81    0.46

     SWEDEN           0    147307        313       8269   2541.85       313     155576     155263     155263   49504.79    0.36

     ITALY        77851    114137      24283      51053    110.24     85189     127940     144483     140907      65.41    0.33

     CZECH        24711     42015        302      44380  14595.36     20466      52656      81273      86093     320.66    0.20

     THAILND     282600     63827       1830      17400    850.82    162588      67275      71655      79397     -51.17    0.19

     MALAYSA      50673     35607      18119      52028    187.15     53603      35616      35376      69516      29.69    0.16

     POLAND       66038     67392      26833      26850      0.06     79558      67482      54048      67409     -15.27    0.16

     NETHLDS     138531     88072      40893      10706    -73.82    157029      69918      68555      57885     -63.14    0.14

     SWITZLD      70785     39080      10238      21110    106.19     45013      59911      50209      49952      10.97    0.12

     INDNSIA     460134     46059      19550      12663    -35.23    155995      58722      58722      39172     -74.89    0.09

     HG KONG      32373     44418      23558          0   -100.00     55832      44136      32860      20860     -62.64    0.05


     _WTO      37396035  39915410    8573279   10396115     21.26  36959940   40700285   40909405   41738246      12.93   98.02

     _OECD     16290979  14649139    3616929    4452420     23.10  15273157   14630143   14872735   15484630       1.38   36.37

     _W HEMI    2436482   2252840     502969     912208     81.36   2453916    2344133    2435551    2662079       8.48    6.25

     _EU15      2568709   2603205     651264     679589      4.35   2636595    2570018    2564208    2631530      -0.19    6.18

     _EC12      2563076   2439043     649489     670546      3.24   2629972    2397595    2391325    2460100      -6.46    5.78

     _ASEAN      854933    151860      44539      82091     84.31    419792     167980     172120     189412     -54.88    0.44