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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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   35397.819  41151.037   8451.541   9564.526     13.17 36819.837  41742.653  41886.031  42264.022      14.79  100.00

     CHINA P 16993.686  19509.400   3557.553   4036.543     13.46 17592.739  19790.971  19752.376  19988.390      13.62   47.29

     VIETNAM  2527.543   3251.060    645.155    805.346     24.83  2669.269   3330.292   3351.620   3411.251      27.80    8.07

     INDNSIA  1733.224   2111.673    512.154    584.962     14.22  1830.842   2155.146   2162.100   2184.481      19.32    5.17

     MEXICO   1688.762   1871.283    454.809    474.530      4.34  1749.645   1882.424   1888.262   1891.005       8.08    4.47

     CANADA   1121.926   1157.232    291.947    277.935     -4.80  1141.611   1151.327   1151.197   1143.219       0.14    2.70

     INDIA     677.318    931.192    210.976    288.519     36.75   743.023    964.326    993.315   1008.734      35.76    2.39

     BNGLDSH   783.556    962.651    225.136    232.322      3.19   850.811    978.899    981.051    969.837      13.99    2.29

     HONDURA   860.278    925.565    196.778    207.763      5.58   877.124    924.051    933.647    936.550       6.78    2.22

     CAMBOD    515.608    776.300    153.664    215.925     40.52   562.415    802.578    824.131    838.560      49.10    1.98

     CHINA T   712.424    722.531    166.998    175.741      5.24   723.247    724.144    723.824    731.275       1.11    1.73

     THAILND   685.950    656.082    162.356    153.317     -5.57   693.197    657.338    656.530    647.043      -6.66    1.53

     KOR REP   547.792    629.324    142.176    153.039      7.64   565.496    635.606    636.833    640.187      13.21    1.51

     PHIL R    500.732    621.510    145.919    154.544      5.91   543.204    624.470    631.851    630.135      16.00    1.49

     SALVADR   520.354    576.911    114.719    144.643     26.08   531.527    589.482    595.847    606.835      14.17    1.44

     JORDAN    432.656    550.871    116.558    143.268     22.92   452.360    565.885    575.210    577.581      27.68    1.37

     SRI LKA   407.193    500.626    119.926    155.100     29.33   420.869    520.618    523.664    535.800      27.31    1.27

     ITALY     444.785    500.184    115.923    126.165      8.83   459.130    502.994    508.308    510.425      11.17    1.21

     TURKEY    354.644    440.951    102.968    124.895     21.29   374.243    442.572    455.566    462.878      23.68    1.10

     GUATMAL   307.820    408.079     88.217     98.107     11.21   337.096    413.224    417.003    417.969      23.99    0.99

     EGYPT     307.126    392.678     80.523    102.316     27.06   322.055    405.856    413.554    414.470      28.70    0.98

     NICARAG   253.306    324.657     66.231     84.584     27.71   278.485    332.134    336.483    343.010      23.17    0.81

     DOM REP   279.551    299.278     58.098     66.135     13.83   276.362    300.250    305.775    307.315      11.20    0.73

     JAPAN     251.100    281.502     65.831     83.733     27.19   254.309    287.000    294.912    299.403      17.73    0.71

     GERMANY   210.615    225.733     51.292     54.543      6.34   214.540    224.997    226.374    228.984       6.73    0.54

     PAKISTN   126.356    198.599     39.912     55.140     38.16   141.127    206.630    209.843    213.828      51.51    0.51

     ISRAEL    261.125    213.115     64.439     45.203    -29.85   236.780    205.154    202.728    193.879     -18.12    0.46

     MALAYSA   153.993    183.658     39.281     41.374      5.33   159.286    186.177    187.306    185.751      16.61    0.44

     FRANCE    147.200    163.661     40.357     41.135      1.93   152.295    164.270    165.914    164.438       7.97    0.39

     LESOTHO    76.367    110.921     22.531     25.292     12.25    87.069    112.792    116.316    113.682      30.57    0.27

     HAITI      87.289    112.240     23.566     23.110     -1.93    97.581    111.947    112.088    111.784      14.56    0.26

     BELGIUM   100.894    106.812     24.275     26.404      8.77   100.830    106.847    108.637    108.942       8.04    0.26

     U KING     91.457    106.220     25.302     26.114      3.21    96.630    105.376    106.258    107.032      10.77    0.25

     COLOMB    111.370    105.232     26.183     27.059      3.34   116.861    105.546    105.570    106.108      -9.20    0.25

     PERU       64.633     84.146     19.828     19.630     -1.00    69.002     86.059     85.289     83.948      21.66    0.20

     HG KONG    67.959     72.859     17.103     18.783      9.82    70.868     74.017     74.149     74.539       5.18    0.18

     NETHLDS    64.965     75.032     18.771     17.638     -6.03    69.243     73.643     73.819     73.899       6.72    0.17

     KENYA      35.336     71.974     12.579     14.310     13.77    43.044     72.741     72.970     73.706      71.23    0.17

     PORTUGL    45.184     52.188     17.052     23.506     37.85    46.282     54.223     56.846     58.642      26.71    0.14

     C RICA     60.970     54.294     15.088     11.510    -23.72    59.764     54.144     53.113     50.716     -15.14    0.12

     ARAB EM    40.312     51.910     15.879     12.243    -22.90    51.608     49.504     48.185     48.273      -6.46    0.11

     MOROC      27.234     43.692      9.915     13.547     36.62    32.725     45.365     47.012     47.323      44.61    0.11

     SWITZLD    40.903     44.080     10.194     12.054     18.25    42.153     44.913     45.545     45.941       8.99    0.11

     SPAIN      35.216     41.370     10.224     13.740     34.39    38.013     42.402     43.572     44.886      18.08    0.11

     S ARAB     31.478     35.418      8.422     10.564     25.43    33.641     36.637     36.919     37.559      11.65    0.09

     BAHRAIN    39.356     35.998      9.710     10.990     13.19    37.525     36.748     36.427     37.278      -0.66    0.09

     POLAND     26.477     38.978     10.094      8.174    -19.02    32.482     38.674     38.816     37.058      14.09    0.09

     SWAZLND    49.168     40.275     10.611      6.406    -39.63    49.396     38.722     37.770     36.070     -26.98    0.09

     ROMANIA    27.386     34.225      6.775      8.512     25.65    28.913     35.775     36.678     35.962      24.38    0.09

     SINGAPR    49.715     34.486      8.436      6.394    -24.21    46.988     33.924     32.880     32.443     -30.96    0.08

     BULGAR     19.775     25.209      4.900      5.960     21.62    21.493     25.603     26.385     26.269      22.22    0.06

     AUSTRAL    21.504     24.506      4.634      3.933    -15.11    21.560     23.963     23.477     23.805      10.41    0.06

     LUXMBRG    30.481     28.027     11.099      6.332    -42.95    34.369     26.512     23.200     23.260     -32.32    0.06

     BRAZIL     63.025     25.502      9.996      5.618    -43.80    54.563     23.827     21.315     21.124     -61.29    0.05

     AUSTRIA    13.681     17.829      3.941      4.786     21.45    14.170     17.496     18.532     18.675      31.79    0.04

     DENMARK    12.972     17.157      3.262      3.808     16.72    13.847     17.419     18.084     17.703      27.85    0.04

     GREECE     16.995     17.255      3.274      3.625     10.72    16.129     17.572     17.552     17.606       9.15    0.04

     LATVIA     10.661     13.220      3.095      3.890     25.68    11.328     13.646     13.093     14.014      23.72    0.03

     CZECH       9.341     12.019      3.004      4.752     58.21     9.895     12.914     13.099     13.768      39.14    0.03

     FINLAND    16.458     14.569      4.387      3.187    -27.35    17.890     13.774     14.308     13.369     -25.27    0.03

     HUNGARY     9.073     12.975      2.847      2.852      0.19    10.321     13.218     12.955     12.980      25.77    0.03

     MALAWI      9.477     12.368      2.641      2.348    -11.12    10.458     12.365     12.314     12.074      15.45    0.03

     REP SAF     8.808     11.643      2.952      3.224      9.20    10.375     12.112     12.157     11.915      14.84    0.03

     SLOVENI     7.536     10.993      2.510      2.846     13.41     7.691     10.989     11.162     11.330      47.31    0.03

     BOTSWAN     5.573      7.952      0.985      3.127    217.37     5.304      9.356      9.531     10.094      90.31    0.02

     MACAU      17.611      9.799      2.431      2.630      8.20    15.727     10.435     10.107      9.999     -36.42    0.02

     SWEDEN      9.676      8.395      1.716      2.469     43.88     9.574      8.764      9.229      9.148      -4.44    0.02

     ARGENT      6.645      8.688      1.330      1.397      5.08     6.029      8.801      8.750      8.755      45.22    0.02

     N ZEAL      5.917      8.306      2.355      2.064    -12.34     6.781      8.126      7.696      8.016      18.21    0.02

     MADAGAS    16.623      7.061      1.258      1.600     27.23    10.529      7.239      7.470      7.404     -29.68    0.02

     ETHIOP      5.312      7.175      1.814      1.769     -2.49     6.054      7.270      7.416      7.130      17.77    0.02

     SLOVAK      5.784      7.436      2.108      1.754    -16.77     6.571      7.083      6.860      7.083       7.78    0.02

     IRELAND     6.115      6.508      1.065      1.464     37.49     6.326      7.023      7.100      6.907       9.19    0.02

     TNZANIA     1.682      5.168      0.590      1.895    221.01     2.272      5.662      5.849      6.472     184.88    0.02

     MALTA       6.003      5.615      1.315      1.438      9.35     5.395      5.526      5.758      5.738       6.36    0.01

     ECUADOR     5.900      6.328      1.613      0.997    -38.17     6.006      6.041      5.885      5.712      -4.88    0.01

     GUYANA      3.145      4.310      0.866      0.899      3.84     3.379      4.339      4.271      4.344      28.54    0.01

     UKRAINE     4.862      2.196      0.479      2.521    426.66     3.716      2.768      3.449      4.238      14.04    0.01

     LAOS        3.204      4.022      0.909      0.505    -44.40     3.871      3.730      3.742      3.618      -6.54    0.01

     BELARUS     3.530      3.783      1.404      0.008    -99.40     3.737      3.353      2.855      2.388     -36.10    0.01

     RUSSIA      1.258      1.624      0.112      0.400    257.58     0.822      1.550      1.796      1.912     132.56    0.00

     GHANA       0.426      1.079      0.011      0.261   2381.27     0.199      1.082      1.081      1.330     569.22    0.00

     CHILE       1.427      0.952      0.192      0.563    194.04     1.242      1.141      1.338      1.323       6.52    0.00

     SIER LN     0.017      0.510      0.092      0.013    -86.35     0.105      0.509      0.470      0.430     307.96    0.00

     MONGOLA     1.741      0.043      0.034      0.023    -33.64     1.632      0.043      0.031      0.031     -98.08    0.00


     _WTO    35379.233  41128.972   8446.217   9560.579     13.19 36800.687  41721.121  41864.538  42243.335      14.79   99.95

     _ASEAN   6171.880   7639.949   1668.165   1962.712     17.66  6510.973   7794.803   7851.193   7934.496      21.86   18.77

     _W HEMI  5438.773   5967.221   1370.008   1444.882      5.47  5608.829   5997.232   6028.243   6042.095       7.72   14.30

     _OECD    3386.077   3752.177    902.984    945.455      4.70  3496.062   3757.218   3785.638   3794.649       8.54    8.98

     _CBI     2373.533   2706.409    563.749    636.822     12.96  2462.228   2730.632   2759.221   2779.483      12.88    6.58

     _CAFTA   2282.279   2588.784    539.131    612.741     13.65  2360.359   2613.286   2641.868   2662.394      12.80    6.30

     _EU15    1246.692   1380.939    331.941    354.917      6.92  1289.266   1383.312   1397.735   1403.915       8.89    3.32

     _EC12    1206.877   1340.146    321.897    344.475      7.01  1247.633   1343.277   1355.667   1362.724       9.22    3.22

     _SUB-SAH  213.195    282.821     57.052     62.039      8.74   229.514    286.677    290.728    287.808      25.40    0.68

     _ANDEAN   182.030    195.820     47.651     47.714      0.13   191.994    197.750    196.845    195.883       2.03    0.46