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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     888.562    948.457    218.210    232.302      6.46   888.070    950.152    956.708    962.549       8.39  100.00

     CHINA P   128.280    154.611     31.693     37.716     19.01   134.931    159.032    159.603    160.634      19.05   16.69

     CANADA     92.319    100.881     24.155     28.996     20.04    94.255    101.589    104.686    105.722      12.17   10.98

     GERMANY    86.445     96.910     22.746     22.874      0.56    90.244     95.663     96.102     97.038       7.53   10.08

     JAPAN      79.580     88.651     18.480     24.963     35.08    76.997     90.716     92.755     95.134      23.56    9.88

     MEXICO     63.120     68.820     14.878     17.006     14.30    63.688     68.841     69.885     70.948      11.40    7.37

     ISRAEL     88.459     62.379     14.735     11.163    -24.24    66.718     61.405     59.938     58.808     -11.86    6.11

     FRANCE     41.821     42.423      9.455     10.399      9.98    41.843     42.455     43.440     43.367       3.64    4.51

     ITALY      33.364     43.052      9.069      8.744     -3.59    34.507     43.221     42.615     42.726      23.82    4.44

     INDIA      20.514     38.925      8.278     10.665     28.84    25.756     39.130     41.247     41.313      60.40    4.29

     KOR REP    21.529     31.491      6.404      9.413     46.98    23.914     32.779     33.599     34.500      44.27    3.58

     U KING     28.905     32.672      8.667      6.225    -28.17    29.810     31.004     30.527     30.230       1.41    3.14

     LUXMBRG    28.455     25.430      9.906      6.152    -37.89    31.838     24.217     21.323     21.676     -31.92    2.25

     TURKEY     15.045     19.832      4.406      5.018     13.89    15.753     19.293     20.243     20.444      29.78    2.12

     CHINA T    15.020     18.324      4.028      3.607    -10.45    14.448     18.315     18.059     17.903      23.91    1.86

     POLAND      8.441     13.402      2.940      3.465     17.84     9.852     13.629     13.822     13.926      41.35    1.45

     FINLAND    15.251     13.477      4.097      2.842    -30.63    16.599     12.737     13.231     12.222     -26.37    1.27

     THAILND     8.010     11.725      2.382      2.803     17.66     8.429     11.700     12.064     12.146      44.09    1.26

     DENMARK     5.792     11.292      2.128      2.562     20.37     6.870     11.566     12.130     11.726      70.68    1.22

     AUSTRAL     8.456     10.677      1.575      0.603    -61.68     8.166      9.938      9.483      9.706      18.85    1.01

     NETHLDS     9.267     11.031      3.231      1.788    -44.66    11.107     10.443      9.579      9.588     -13.67    1.00

     BELGIUM     6.738      5.724      1.330      1.210     -9.05     6.938      5.627      6.001      5.603     -19.23    0.58

     SWEDEN      5.694      4.515      0.976      1.736     77.93     5.569      4.699      5.300      5.276      -5.27    0.55

     SPAIN       7.230      3.661      0.664      1.714    157.95     7.106      4.059      4.190      4.710     -33.71    0.49

     CZECH       2.012      4.129      1.413      1.788     26.56     2.878      4.525      4.425      4.504      56.50    0.47

     IRELAND     5.152      4.315      0.724      0.905     25.06     5.230      4.697      4.697      4.496     -14.03    0.47

     MALAYSA     0.483      3.138      0.153      1.282    737.56     0.520      3.346      3.765      4.267     720.66    0.44

     BRAZIL     43.895      7.860      5.221      1.461    -72.02    35.448      6.252      4.424      4.099     -88.44    0.43

     GREECE      4.524      3.506      1.039      1.620     55.91     4.202      3.323      3.527      4.087      -2.74    0.42

     DOM REP     1.597      2.620      0.640      0.269    -58.00     1.900      2.473      2.376      2.249      18.37    0.23

     INDNSIA     3.191      2.205      0.610      0.603     -1.10     3.006      2.321      2.203      2.198     -26.87    0.23

     SLOVENI     0.293      1.622      0.125      0.420    235.42     0.281      1.684      1.777      1.917     582.74    0.20

     REP SAF     0.644      1.255      0.363      0.641     76.71     0.840      1.443      1.445      1.534      82.65    0.16

     HG KONG     0.789      1.178      0.111      0.243    117.67     0.821      1.242      1.274      1.310      59.53    0.14

     S ARAB      3.486      1.983      0.886      0.178    -79.87     3.488      1.657      1.733      1.275     -63.43    0.13

     SWITZLD     0.997      0.920      0.213      0.256     19.95     0.932      1.003      0.918      0.963       3.35    0.10

     AUSTRIA     0.177      0.754      0.068      0.194    183.49     0.182      0.710      0.878      0.879     383.06    0.09

     RUSSIA      1.135      0.792      0.001      0.000   -100.00     0.636      0.792      0.792      0.792      24.43    0.08

     SIER LN     0.000      0.484      0.071      0.000   -100.00     0.071      0.484      0.450      0.413     479.97    0.04

     VIETNAM     0.259      0.322      0.039      0.116    195.18     0.287      0.331      0.353      0.399      39.01    0.04

     HONDURA     0.306      0.247      0.044      0.028    -35.94     0.253      0.240      0.229      0.231      -8.46    0.02

     CHILE       0.000      0.096      0.017      0.030     74.83     0.017      0.101      0.107      0.109     528.58    0.01


     _WTO      887.427    947.640    218.210    232.274      6.45   887.433    949.334    955.864    961.705       8.37   99.91

     _OECD     427.671    480.198    115.236    118.562      2.89   447.876    477.318    480.853    483.523       7.96   50.23

     _EU15     278.816    298.760     74.099     68.964     -6.93   292.045    294.422    293.543    293.625       0.54   30.50

     _EC12     257.694    280.015     68.959     64.193     -6.91   269.695    276.275    274.133    275.249       2.06   28.60

     _W HEMI   201.754    180.870     45.038     47.862      6.27   195.980    179.851    182.062    183.694      -6.27   19.08

     _ASEAN     12.810     17.651      3.231      4.825     49.31    12.989     17.935     18.624     19.245      48.16    2.00

     _CBI        2.052      3.010      0.707      0.348    -50.82     2.266      2.867      2.765      2.651      16.99    0.28

     _CAFTA      2.030      2.985      0.707      0.331    -53.21     2.244      2.841      2.732      2.608      16.25    0.27

     _SUB-SAH    0.781      1.740      0.434      0.641     47.70     1.047      1.927      1.895      1.947      85.85    0.20