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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                         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     346.369    372.061     95.533     78.393    -17.94   360.904    367.022    359.992    354.921      -1.66  100.00

     CANADA    212.793    206.067     57.459     36.750    -36.04   216.763    200.114    192.194    185.358     -14.49   52.23

     MEXICO     36.108     46.363     12.169     16.417     34.90    39.686     48.178     48.770     50.610      27.52   14.26

     CHINA P    13.874     16.090      3.229      3.970     22.94    14.255     16.464     16.524     16.831      18.07    4.74

     INDIA       8.368     14.880      3.128      4.831     54.43     9.223     15.762     16.495     16.582      79.79    4.67

     ITALY      16.651     16.852      2.955      1.724    -41.66    17.062     16.592     16.164     15.621      -8.45    4.40

     CHINA T    12.440     13.757      3.257      3.956     21.43    13.375     13.679     14.225     14.455       8.08    4.07

     INDNSIA     7.712     13.169      3.283      2.144    -34.70     9.484     12.398     12.235     12.030      26.84    3.39

     KOR REP     3.991      9.584      1.169      1.333     14.03     4.923      9.548      9.821      9.748      98.03    2.75

     MALAYSA     7.309      9.721      2.295      1.942    -15.39     8.161      9.846      9.734      9.368      14.79    2.64

     THAILND     6.909      8.462      2.190      0.767    -64.97     7.911      7.966      7.250      7.039     -11.02    1.98

     GERMANY     3.611      3.192      0.890      0.570    -35.93     3.652      3.047      2.911      2.872     -21.34    0.81

     SLOVENI     2.245      2.694      0.647      0.700      8.26     2.242      2.875      2.831      2.747      22.56    0.77

     FRANCE      2.094      1.989      0.409      0.881    115.57     1.965      1.709      1.840      2.461      25.24    0.69

     JAPAN       0.958      1.338      0.348      0.388     11.53     0.984      1.422      1.328      1.378      39.95    0.39

     BELGIUM     1.208      1.493      0.531      0.244    -54.10     1.497      1.542      1.393      1.205     -19.51    0.34

     EGYPT       0.832      0.774      0.089      0.351    293.94     0.702      0.790      0.930      1.036      47.43    0.29

     TURKEY      0.364      0.652      0.076      0.321    321.01     0.373      0.583      0.754      0.897     140.16    0.25

     VIETNAM     0.933      0.946      0.137      0.086    -36.93     0.832      0.929      0.954      0.895       7.54    0.25

     SLOVAK      0.706      0.834      0.188      0.162    -13.77     0.663      0.774      0.784      0.808      21.90    0.23

     S ARAB      1.299      0.334      0.056      0.120    114.81     1.355      0.334      0.398      0.398     -70.63    0.11

     ISRAEL      3.729      0.324      0.104      0.077    -26.64     2.972      0.317      0.309      0.296     -90.04    0.08


     _WTO      346.369    372.059     95.533     78.393    -17.94   360.904    367.020    359.990    354.919      -1.66  100.00

     _W HEMI   249.173    252.765     69.666     53.428    -23.31   256.607    248.630    241.387    236.527      -7.83   66.64

     _OECD     242.160    241.547     64.172     42.004    -34.54   248.321    234.521    226.370    219.379     -11.65   61.81

     _ASEAN     22.931     32.366      7.946      4.939    -37.85    26.498     31.166     30.201     29.359      10.79    8.27

     _EU15      24.240     24.586      5.217      3.549    -31.96    25.240     23.650     23.055     22.919      -9.20    6.46

     _EC12      24.234     24.583      5.217      3.549    -31.97    25.234     23.646     23.052     22.915      -9.19    6.46