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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 629:  OTHER MMF FABRICS OF STAP/FIL
                                             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     43799692  41835908    9322173   10734381     15.15  43366950   42658620   43007381   43248116      -0.27  100.00

     CHINA P   16232273  17490263    3574426    4563988     27.68  16499038   17992084   17957149   18479825      12.01   42.73

     CANADA    11029465   9059733    2692605    2077175    -22.86  10852794    8965864    8836747    8444303     -22.19   19.53

     INDIA      4427658   2574612     486911     994750    104.30   4047212    2653272    2934216    3082451     -23.84    7.13

     INDNSIA    1399745   2186020     274537     832275    203.16   1550226    2448976    2643917    2743758      76.99    6.34

     THAILND    1450500   1659518      50535     144909    186.75   1353021    1793079    1774677    1753892      29.63    4.06

     TURKEY     1713193   1768844     637252     506576    -20.51   1918760    1719511    1821890    1638168     -14.62    3.79

     CHINA T    1460349   1531131     154538     246281     59.37   1333551    1607501    1620109    1622874      21.70    3.75

     PAKISTN     148295   1170010     245296     597678    143.66    355012    1214217    1257782    1522392     328.83    3.52

     KOR REP    1320860   1057396     324997     279751    -13.92   1208338    1051963    1064887    1012150     -16.24    2.34

     ITALY      1146272    981860     237353     161271    -32.05   1077737     937468     927672     905778     -15.96    2.09

     MALAYSA    1257765    193507     193155          0   -100.00   1164037      96925        352        352     -99.97    0.00


     _WTO      43799692  41834482    9322173   10734381     15.15  43366950   42657194   43005955   43246690      -0.28  100.00

     _OECD     16517820  13959364    4160843    3234441    -22.26  16438059   13783410   13746239   13032962     -20.71   30.14

     _W HEMI   11194487   9610042    2737743    2106446    -23.06  11025684    9497365    9368807    8978745     -18.57   20.76

     _ASEAN     4154892   4047463     518450     981139     89.24   4114389    4350974    4431005    4510152       9.62   10.43

     _EU15      2381322   2019605     491559     355352    -27.71   2385991    1986501    1964746    1883398     -21.06    4.35

     _EC12      2379404   2017604     490905     355008    -27.68   2384204    1984600    1963369    1881707     -21.08    4.35