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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC 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      95.040    117.682     30.404     27.139    -10.74   103.584    116.666    116.282    114.418      10.46  100.00

     INDNSIA    39.997     51.833     14.482     11.482    -20.72    45.443     50.555     50.337     48.832       7.46   42.68

     CANADA     16.519     18.413      4.796      4.090    -14.74    16.792     17.901     18.111     17.706       5.44   15.47

     INDIA      10.494     13.304      2.433      3.836     57.65    10.529     13.975     14.435     14.706      39.68   12.85

     CHINA P     9.032     10.432      3.630      1.780    -50.98    10.526      9.598      8.789      8.581     -18.48    7.50

     VIETNAM     2.197      3.673      0.900      1.845    104.90     2.723      4.153      4.033      4.618      69.60    4.04

     TURKEY      1.632      4.339      1.018      0.999     -1.88     1.824      4.239      4.279      4.320     136.90    3.78

     GERMANY     2.265      2.356      0.155      0.911    485.92     2.087      2.934      3.038      3.112      49.10    2.72

     PHIL R      1.814      2.716      0.513      0.744     45.14     2.078      2.872      3.148      2.947      41.83    2.58

     MEXICO      1.485      2.348      0.526      0.369    -29.80     1.553      2.455      2.355      2.191      41.07    1.91

     THAILND     1.611      1.353      0.386      0.235    -39.19     1.652      1.238      1.283      1.202     -27.23    1.05

     ROMANIA     2.639      1.313      0.342      0.112    -67.36     2.731      1.257      1.257      1.082     -60.37    0.95

     JAPAN       0.737      1.118      0.291      0.137    -53.06     0.827      0.995      1.021      0.964      16.53    0.84

     MALAYSA     0.319      0.686      0.171      0.000   -100.00     0.376      0.686      0.563      0.515      37.18    0.45

     CHINA T     0.835      0.393      0.110      0.169     53.67     0.708      0.427      0.472      0.452     -36.18    0.39


     _WTO       95.040    117.673     30.404     27.139    -10.74   103.584    116.657    116.273    114.408      10.45   99.99

     _ASEAN     46.064     60.413     16.452     14.305    -13.05    52.329     59.655     59.515     58.266      11.34   50.92

     _OECD      23.075     27.631      6.448      6.385     -0.98    23.618     27.579     27.765     27.567      16.72   24.09

     _W HEMI    18.370     21.193      5.477      4.459    -18.58    18.836     20.767     20.825     20.176       7.11   17.63

     _EU15       4.649      4.589      0.604      1.296    114.54     4.745      5.175      5.111      5.281      11.29    4.62

     _EC12       4.358      4.003      0.483      1.197    147.86     4.374      4.589      4.646      4.717       7.86    4.12