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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 619:
POLYESTER FILAMENT FABRIC, LIGHT-WEIGHT
                                         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     139.825    175.482     38.861     47.305     21.73   146.253    180.362    182.185    183.926      25.76  100.00

     CHINA P    39.683     58.189     10.151     16.832     65.83    40.828     61.735     61.856     64.871      58.89   35.27

     KOR REP    38.000     46.812     12.131     14.337     18.19    40.780     47.332     48.329     49.019      20.20   26.65

     TURKEY     11.709     14.456      3.778      2.861    -24.25    12.974     14.231     14.286     13.540       4.36    7.36

     CHINA T     8.230      9.408      1.790      2.392     33.62     8.252      9.844      9.779     10.010      21.30    5.44

     CANADA      7.979      9.635      2.213      2.049     -7.41     8.897      9.645      9.657      9.471       6.45    5.15

     INDIA       8.788      8.921      1.994      2.519     26.35     8.718      9.342      9.674      9.447       8.36    5.14

     JAPAN       7.476      9.397      2.975      1.674    -43.73     8.662      9.222      9.077      8.097      -6.53    4.40

     VIETNAM     2.394      3.029      0.542      0.727     34.07     2.339      3.035      3.306      3.214      37.40    1.75

     THAILND     1.401      2.061      0.376      0.295    -21.39     1.571      2.068      2.121      1.980      26.08    1.08

     MALAYSA     1.146      1.829      0.231      0.374     61.98     1.151      1.855      1.943      1.973      71.35    1.07

     MEXICO      1.866      1.776      0.450      0.436     -3.23     1.920      1.697      1.893      1.762      -8.22    0.96

     INDNSIA     2.331      1.204      0.477      0.399    -16.26     2.153      1.282      1.220      1.127     -47.66    0.61

     GUATMAL     0.339      0.088      0.084      0.094     11.86     0.373      0.088      0.095      0.098     -73.61    0.05


     _WTO      139.773    175.436     38.845     47.297     21.76   146.210    180.316    182.153    183.888      25.77   99.98

     _OECD      64.053     77.444     19.429     20.929      7.72    68.457     77.986     78.942     78.945      15.32   42.92

     _W HEMI    11.390     12.447      2.919      2.801     -4.05    12.227     12.434     12.662     12.328       0.83    6.70

     _ASEAN      7.289      8.152      1.626      1.796     10.45     7.229      8.268      8.618      8.322      15.11    4.52

     _EU15       5.366      5.409      1.121      1.471     31.16     4.887      5.634      5.530      5.758      17.84    3.13

     _EC12       5.191      5.255      1.092      1.468     34.44     4.713      5.480      5.396      5.631      19.49    3.06

     _CBI        0.342      0.118      0.088      0.094      6.96     0.379      0.114      0.121      0.124     -67.23    0.07

     _CAFTA      0.342      0.100      0.088      0.094      6.96     0.379      0.097      0.103      0.107     -71.92    0.06