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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 606:  NON-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     147.058    174.913     38.747     46.560     20.16   151.896    177.953    179.464    182.725      20.30  100.00

     CHINA P    32.525     53.598     10.029     10.477      4.46    37.347     54.774     54.393     54.045      44.71   29.58

     KOR REP    24.197     23.359      5.218      7.830     50.04    22.066     24.099     25.212     25.970      17.70   14.21

     GERMANY    18.303     19.590      5.070      4.883     -3.69    19.100     19.142     19.108     19.403       1.58   10.62

     NETHLDS    13.141     16.818      4.628      5.419     17.08    14.832     17.154     17.484     17.609      18.72    9.64

     CANADA      8.981     10.303      2.607      3.268     25.36     9.452     10.339     10.491     10.964      15.99    6.00

     MEXICO      6.491      6.448      0.675      3.500    418.26     6.630      7.302      8.327      9.272      39.86    5.07

     JAPAN       8.617      7.663      1.945      1.688    -13.22     8.762      7.776      7.586      7.406     -15.48    4.05

     LATVIA      6.117      6.910      1.387      1.727     24.46     6.151      6.956      6.713      7.250      17.86    3.97

     TURKEY      5.012      5.959      1.285      1.191     -7.26     5.017      5.594      5.465      5.865      16.92    3.21

     ISRAEL      1.642      3.844      0.808      0.948     17.31     2.061      3.932      3.921      3.983      93.25    2.18

     U KING      2.404      3.343      0.995      0.920     -7.50     3.061      3.235      3.193      3.268       6.77    1.79

     INDIA       3.463      2.955      0.651      0.796     22.31     3.126      3.106      2.934      3.100      -0.83    1.70

     CHINA T     2.848      2.075      0.379      1.157    205.72     2.710      2.499      2.684      2.854       5.32    1.56

     ITALY       2.350      2.212      0.564      1.056     87.20     2.254      2.469      2.631      2.704      19.94    1.48

     BELARUS     3.078      3.276      0.972      0.000   -100.00     2.955      2.907      2.606      2.304     -22.04    1.26

     SLOVAK      2.505      2.891      0.832      0.107    -87.15     2.682      2.435      2.275      2.166     -19.25    1.19

     RUSSIA      0.000      0.592      0.005      0.334   6077.00     0.005      0.592      0.791      0.920   16935.41    0.50

     THAILND     1.200      0.495      0.026      0.189    625.75     0.780      0.525      0.582      0.658     -15.72    0.36

     SWEDEN      0.000      0.378      0.008      0.201   2480.75     0.008      0.579      0.571      0.571    7226.53    0.31

     SWITZLD     0.428      0.328      0.077      0.184    138.19     0.345      0.493      0.449      0.435      26.18    0.24

     CZECH       0.126      0.208      0.004      0.170   3712.00     0.103      0.256      0.371      0.374     262.80    0.20

     MALAYSA     0.248      0.247      0.097      0.136     39.62     0.261      0.247      0.245      0.286       9.55    0.16

     INDNSIA     1.421      0.255      0.092      0.079    -13.69     0.439      0.334      0.334      0.242     -44.84    0.13

     POLAND      0.204      0.241      0.089      0.089      0.69     0.252      0.241      0.196      0.241      -4.09    0.13

     HG KONG     0.164      0.195      0.090      0.000   -100.00     0.252      0.191      0.152      0.105     -58.38    0.06


     _WTO      143.980    171.040     37.770     46.226     22.39   148.936    174.449    176.062    179.496      20.52   98.23

     _OECD      75.721     83.105     20.624     25.256     22.46    77.000     83.969     85.541     87.737      13.94   48.02

     _EU15      36.669     42.706     11.344     12.524     10.40    39.668     42.945     43.355     43.886      10.63   24.02

     _EC12      36.608     42.171     11.324     12.317      8.77    39.596     42.211     42.625     43.165       9.01   23.62

     _W HEMI    15.914     16.893      3.331      6.791    103.91    16.441     17.786     18.934     20.353      23.80   11.14

     _ASEAN      3.132      1.046      0.245      0.404     65.25     1.690      1.156      1.211      1.206     -28.64    0.66