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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 618:  WOVEN ARTIFICIAL FILAMENT FAB.
                                         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      28.581     29.392      7.032      8.264     17.52    28.373     29.532     29.634     30.624       7.93  100.00

     ITALY       3.704      5.956      1.101      1.465     33.06     4.208      6.087      6.270      6.320      50.17   20.64

     KOR REP     7.819      6.756      2.170      1.276    -41.19     7.915      6.488      5.951      5.862     -25.94   19.14

     CANADA      7.090      5.523      1.344      1.313     -2.29     6.407      5.500      5.441      5.493     -14.27   17.94

     CHINA P     3.810      3.417      0.651      2.338    259.14     3.394      3.807      4.227      5.105      50.39   16.67

     JAPAN       3.659      4.770      0.984      1.160     17.91     3.855      4.678      4.822      4.946      28.29   16.15


     _WTO       28.581     29.390      7.030      8.264     17.55    28.371     29.532     29.634     30.624       7.94  100.00

     _OECD      20.005     19.588      5.008      4.405    -12.03    19.866     19.440     19.017     18.985      -4.43   62.00

     _EU15       4.839      7.111      1.450      1.764     21.68     5.306      7.246      7.398      7.425      39.94   24.25

     _EC12       4.836      7.104      1.448      1.764     21.79     5.302      7.240      7.393      7.420      39.94   24.23

     _W HEMI     7.207      5.663      1.382      1.366     -1.12     6.542      5.644      5.593      5.647     -13.68   18.44