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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                         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      85.691     72.544     23.930     17.875    -25.30    88.354     69.286     66.563     66.489     -24.75  100.00

     INDNSIA    36.085     34.913     12.477     10.163    -18.55    38.732     33.024     32.371     32.599     -15.83   49.03

     INDIA       9.115      7.209      1.805      1.758     -2.61     8.814      7.918      7.719      7.162     -18.74   10.77

     CHINA P     9.360      7.115      2.641      1.505    -43.00     9.609      6.507      5.777      5.980     -37.77    8.99

     THAILND    10.170      5.899      2.055      0.756    -63.19     9.292      5.566      4.622      4.601     -50.49    6.92

     AUSTRAL     4.170      4.419      0.983      0.934     -5.01     4.426      4.328      4.238      4.370      -1.26    6.57

     KOR REP     4.256      2.167      0.579      0.572     -1.28     3.560      1.935      1.998      2.160     -39.34    3.25

     SPAIN       2.047      1.969      0.482      0.551     14.30     2.180      1.954      2.050      2.038      -6.48    3.07

     VIETNAM     2.816      1.997      0.461      0.348    -24.46     3.277      1.854      1.854      1.885     -42.49    2.83

     CHINA T     1.752      2.959      1.593      0.197    -87.66     3.182      2.237      1.972      1.562     -50.91    2.35

     TURKEY      1.847      1.310      0.292      0.359     22.71     1.475      1.477      1.456      1.376      -6.71    2.07

     PAKISTN     0.806      0.975      0.204      0.302     48.08     0.844      0.879      0.877      1.073      27.13    1.61

     AUSTRIA     0.734      0.150      0.081      0.092     14.62     0.756      0.125      0.096      0.162     -78.62    0.24

     MALAYSA     0.843      0.088      0.000      0.000       *       0.843      0.088      0.088      0.088     -89.60    0.13


     _WTO       85.691     72.544     23.930     17.875    -25.30    88.354     69.286     66.563     66.489     -24.75  100.00

     _ASEAN     49.956     42.898     14.993     11.386    -24.06    52.186     40.531     39.053     39.291     -24.71   59.09

     _OECD      14.307     11.229      2.627      2.726      3.80    13.428     11.056     11.057     11.329     -15.63   17.04

     _EU15       3.178      2.571      0.682      0.744      9.16     3.399      2.562      2.583      2.633     -22.53    3.96

     _EC12       2.444      2.421      0.601      0.652      8.43     2.643      2.437      2.487      2.471      -6.50    3.72