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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                             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    829287028 1.01026E9  214849191  242197374     12.73 870323679  1.02712E9  1.03519E9   1.0376E9      19.22  100.00

     INDIA    291111379 365330034   81444437   91950254     12.90 302850914  372007017  378164789  375835851      24.10   36.22

     CHINA P   99221446 152846621   26572158   30022883     12.99 112316370  154761632  154799985  156297346      39.16   15.06

     S ARAB    84650933 107652363   24749901   29061345     17.42  94283873  111803236  111936813  111963807      18.75   10.79

     TURKEY    50578330  97130716   16126567   21240823     31.71  56109931   98921311  104150736  102244972      82.22    9.85

     CHINA T   42660816  44820589   10628949   10495407     -1.26  43799784   45016105   44457551   44687047       2.03    4.31

     CANADA    37796391  42250415    9573369   11766791     22.91  33160342   44059536   43365188   44443837      34.03    4.28

     KOR REP   28740581  32090657    8419549    6836676    -18.80  32744561   32022537   30775745   30507784      -6.83    2.94

     VIETNAM   13414764  24496324    4883246    7066798     44.72  16620847   25038618   25559488   26679876      60.52    2.57

     MEXICO    25791373  20251991    2342724    5869753    150.55  23033455   19812625   20127710   23779020       3.24    2.29

     ARAB EM   55215766  21713319    5167265    6898393     33.50  51177101   22480107   22400611   23444447     -54.19    2.26

     GREECE    25243082  20725921    3929290    3308523    -15.80  23374780   21621323   20832429   20105154     -13.99    1.94

     U KING    16366322  17339042    4974751    5586156     12.29  18646899   16886483   16838598   17950447      -3.73    1.73

     BELGIUM   19696102  15896412    4226657    3372127    -20.22  21338870   15244029   15339522   15041882     -29.51    1.45

     THAILND    8297993  13513692    3250126    3016483     -7.19  10072820   13387706   13245108   13280049      31.84    1.28

     HUNGARY          0   6681211     191041     277389     45.20    191041    6958600    6958600    6767559    3442.46    0.65

     MALAYSA    4274402   6741681    1841039    1105621    -39.95   5395822    6087349    6243962    6006263      11.31    0.58

     NETHLDS    7317635   4495106    1634227     839354    -48.64   7350741    4389396    4326993    3700233     -49.66    0.36

     JAPAN      4686769   3321581    1300673     780137    -40.02   3801185    3371447    3443809    2801045     -26.31    0.27

     GERMANY    2035025   2373204     680482     438147    -35.61   2235559    2386123    2338930    2130869      -4.68    0.21

     BRAZIL     3511560   2498544     999035     476878    -52.27   3807849    2602757    1861932    1976387     -48.10    0.19

     INDNSIA    1503312   1537950     179117     249672     39.39   1234907    1568897    1605349    1608505      30.25    0.16

     ITALY       962006   1440622     182237     104657    -42.57   1008113    1418765    1393212    1363042      35.21    0.13

     REP SAF     532635    943664       8466     315750   3629.62    518204    1132879    1152542    1250948     141.40    0.12

     GUATMAL     673128    922755     202695     139675    -31.09    715728     942077     898448     859735      20.12    0.08

     N ZEAL      728600    665007     544513     136524    -74.93    883513     487007     307027     257018     -70.91    0.02


     _WTO     829280734 1.01013E9  214805569  242073860     12.69 870273782  1.02692E9  1.03495E9   1.0374E9      19.20   99.98

     _OECD    190924875 242281717   50758019   54092157      6.57 198320409  245596761  247785508  245615855      23.85   23.67

     _W HEMI   68748543  66564357   13430083   18322955     36.43  61745831   67882383   66678919   71457229      15.73    6.89

     _EU15     72977499  63203557   15769626   13784401    -12.59  75014247   62880591   61969822   61218332     -18.39    5.90

     _EC12     72950745  63032001   15768993   13777747    -12.63  74988516   62708719   61795989   61040755     -18.60    5.88

     _ASEAN    27496540  46332967   10195376   11442902     12.24  33372191   46126439   46697786   47580493      42.58    4.59

     _SUB-SAHA   532970    944128       8466     315750   3629.62    518539    1133343    1153006    1251412     141.33    0.12

     _CBI        983916   1054018     247579     158573    -35.95    943482    1081960    1014420     965012       2.28    0.09

     _CAFTA      882853   1054018     247579     158573    -35.95    943482    1081960    1014420     965012       2.28    0.09