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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  62:  MAN-MADE FIBER NON-APPAREL
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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   12110.470  13506.378   2931.297   3123.342      6.55 12563.701  13592.872  13573.301  13698.423       9.03  100.00

     CHINA P  6541.604   7298.821   1456.282   1580.649      8.54  6814.048   7372.038   7318.919   7423.188       8.94   54.19

     CANADA    826.820    861.417    218.116    204.631     -6.18   844.678    855.440    854.818    847.932       0.39    6.19

     MEXICO    699.483    756.273    176.472    189.664      7.48   717.867    761.581    766.050    769.465       7.19    5.62

     KOR REP   426.797    511.380    118.689    130.449      9.91   444.099    516.555    519.305    523.139      17.80    3.82

     VIETNAM   339.491    459.893     93.923     92.550     -1.46   364.809    458.596    457.483    458.521      25.69    3.35

     INDIA     304.775    402.034     87.209    112.228     28.69   331.154    413.408    424.714    427.053      28.96    3.12

     CHINA T   365.290    400.527     82.645     94.959     14.90   373.951    403.319    404.759    412.842      10.40    3.01

     TURKEY    280.771    350.309     83.159     95.277     14.57   297.282    350.729    360.490    362.427      21.91    2.65

     JAPAN     244.286    273.484     63.617     80.659     26.79   247.467    278.908    286.344    290.525      17.40    2.12

     ITALY     248.337    266.065     58.554     58.075     -0.82   252.988    266.429    266.891    265.586       4.98    1.94

     GERMANY   196.826    211.176     48.893     52.080      6.52   200.599    210.486    211.860    214.363       6.86    1.56

     INDNSIA   170.163    198.431     56.399     47.362    -16.02   185.233    192.813    189.627    189.394       2.25    1.38

     EGYPT     121.200    125.472     26.650     35.570     33.47   118.670    128.875    130.103    134.393      13.25    0.98

     THAILND   131.693    134.183     30.655     26.527    -13.47   135.240    133.890    132.617    130.055      -3.83    0.95

     FRANCE    104.053    106.887     23.402     25.811     10.29   103.585    107.044    108.167    109.296       5.51    0.80

     BELGIUM    99.716    104.794     23.558     25.828      9.64    99.284    104.770    106.736    107.064       7.84    0.78

     ISRAEL    171.022    120.425     40.598     23.348    -42.49   147.029    112.425    108.848    103.176     -29.83    0.75

     PAKISTN    55.938     93.397     17.969     27.742     54.39    62.475     98.350    100.644    103.170      65.14    0.75

     U KING     77.476     88.631     22.088     20.041     -9.27    82.274     87.450     86.860     86.584       5.24    0.63

     NETHLDS    64.085     73.873     18.391     17.373     -5.54    68.288     72.482     72.738     72.855       6.69    0.53

     PHIL R     49.731     53.097     10.896     14.711     35.01    51.697     54.026     56.329     56.912      10.09    0.42

     BNGLDSH    50.266     48.436     19.833     16.091    -18.87    51.422     47.686     46.047     44.694     -13.08    0.33

     SWITZLD    34.196     37.839      9.069     11.422     25.95    36.016     39.080     39.776     40.192      11.59    0.29

     S ARAB     31.285     35.252      8.406     10.525     25.21    33.455     36.464     36.746     37.371      11.71    0.27

     ARAB EM    30.731     40.347     13.638      9.773    -28.34    41.237     37.658     35.987     36.483     -11.53    0.27

     SALVADR    26.638     30.930      7.204      5.743    -20.29    28.089     30.531     29.940     29.468       4.91    0.22

     MALAYSA    19.223     26.988      6.184      7.609     23.05    21.562     26.984     27.993     28.413      31.77    0.21

     SPAIN      24.897     25.539      6.250      8.851     41.62    26.095     26.236     26.823     28.140       7.84    0.21

     PORTUGL    23.185     25.069     11.128     13.618     22.37    24.704     26.084     26.759     27.558      11.55    0.20

     POLAND     19.016     29.280      8.302      6.015    -27.55    24.678     28.836     28.676     26.993       9.38    0.20

     HG KONG    29.950     27.220      7.412      5.438    -26.64    30.594     25.666     25.099     25.245     -17.48    0.18

     LUXMBRG    30.419     28.025     11.097      6.332    -42.94    34.305     26.510     23.200     23.260     -32.19    0.17

     AUSTRAL    19.327     21.024      3.958      3.093    -21.86    19.199     20.392     19.825     20.159       5.00    0.15

     GREECE     16.006     16.716      3.093      3.521     13.82    15.313     17.105     17.120     17.143      11.95    0.13

     DENMARK    12.132     16.660      3.118      3.559     14.12    13.047     16.883     17.465     17.101      31.07    0.12

     CAMBOD      8.524     13.546      3.673      4.552     23.92    10.424     13.763     14.021     14.425      38.37    0.11

     FINLAND    16.263     14.380      4.328      3.145    -27.34    17.659     13.597     14.139     13.197     -25.27    0.10

     LATVIA      9.526     12.118      2.851      3.537     24.07    10.241     12.414     11.983     12.804      25.04    0.09

     COLOMB     10.865     11.519      2.454      3.486     42.07    10.776     11.802     12.359     12.552      16.48    0.09

     BRAZIL     54.370     16.077      7.662      3.114    -59.36    45.714     14.302     11.897     11.529     -74.78    0.08

     AUSTRIA     5.968     10.603      2.281      3.101     35.96     6.660     10.421     11.312     11.423      71.51    0.08

     CZECH       7.555      9.679      2.482      4.177     68.27     7.868     10.511     10.644     11.374      44.55    0.08

     HONDURA     5.892      9.189      1.600      1.979     23.65     6.174      9.165      9.452      9.568      54.97    0.07

     DOM REP     8.717     10.379      2.677      1.623    -39.40     8.863      9.621      9.504      9.324       5.20    0.07

     SWEDEN      8.925      7.620      1.545      2.379     54.01     8.726      7.999      8.506      8.454      -3.12    0.06

     ARGENT      5.972      8.247      1.212      1.322      9.10     5.427      8.386      8.339      8.358      54.00    0.06

     REP SAF     4.643      7.417      1.924      2.323     20.76     5.906      7.955      7.756      7.816      32.34    0.06

     N ZEAL      5.752      7.830      2.297      1.919    -16.45     6.580      7.622      7.192      7.452      13.25    0.05

     IRELAND     5.943      6.381      1.034      1.437     39.01     6.142      6.898      6.969      6.784      10.45    0.05

     MALTA       5.814      5.194      1.255      1.179     -5.99     5.198      4.973      5.155      5.119      -1.51    0.04

     C RICA      5.095      5.251      2.731      2.574     -5.72     5.630      5.608      5.755      5.095      -9.50    0.04

     SLOVAK      3.980      5.001      1.195      1.061    -11.18     4.142      4.632      4.605      4.868      17.52    0.04

     SLOVENI     2.543      4.363      0.779      1.133     45.43     2.534      4.602      4.651      4.717      86.14    0.03

     PERU        3.972      3.994      0.858      1.433     67.04     4.045      4.520      4.566      4.570      12.96    0.03

     GUATMAL     3.116      3.864      0.945      1.567     65.83     3.624      4.093      4.324      4.486      23.77    0.03

     SRI LKA     4.622      3.745      0.734      0.830     13.09     4.460      3.892      3.930      3.841     -13.87    0.03

     ROMANIA     4.594      3.477      0.887      1.040     17.23     4.959      3.809      3.928      3.630     -26.81    0.03

     SINGAPR     4.196      2.915      0.569      0.461    -18.97     4.253      2.974      2.897      2.807     -34.01    0.02

     BELARUS     3.432      3.501      1.196      0.000   -100.00     3.466      3.097      2.744      2.305     -33.49    0.02

     HUNGARY     0.330      2.059      0.100      0.233    132.04     0.399      2.137      2.142      2.192     449.82    0.02

     RUSSIA      1.146      1.529      0.104      0.346    231.29     0.740      1.449      1.656      1.771     139.18    0.01

     BAHRAIN     4.821      1.394      0.704      0.812     15.29     3.894      1.418      1.210      1.502     -61.44    0.01

     CHILE       0.937      0.581      0.088      0.505    472.36     0.742      0.766      1.008      0.998      34.42    0.01

     SIER LN     0.000      0.485      0.071      0.000   -100.00     0.071      0.485      0.451      0.414     481.72    0.00

     JORDAN      0.202      0.368      0.305      0.092    -69.70     0.502      0.370      0.166      0.156     -68.98    0.00


     _WTO    12103.909  13499.523   2929.565   3122.702      6.59 12557.860  13586.455  13567.047  13692.660       9.04   99.96

     _OECD    2556.403   2836.012    685.749    703.191      2.54  2642.571   2834.195   2851.039   2853.455       7.98   20.83

     _W HEMI  1653.838   1719.374    422.495    417.990     -1.07  1683.671   1717.493   1719.697   1714.869       1.85   12.52

     _EU15     934.232   1002.417    238.761    245.151      2.68   959.668   1000.393   1005.546   1008.808       5.12    7.36

     _EC12     903.075    969.815    230.607    236.526      2.57   926.623    968.376    971.588    975.734       5.30    7.12

     _ASEAN    723.316    889.860    202.501    193.773     -4.31   773.715    883.814    881.695    881.132      13.88    6.43

     _CBI       50.444     60.189     15.407     13.573    -11.91    53.409     59.618     59.555     58.354       9.26    0.43

     _CAFTA     49.697     59.975     15.344     13.554    -11.67    52.687     59.422     59.368     58.185      10.43    0.42

     _ANDEAN    14.892     15.566      3.319      4.928     48.48    14.873     16.372     16.978     17.175      15.48    0.13

     _SUB-SAH    5.288      8.356      2.127      2.446     15.01     6.697      8.920      8.633      8.675      29.54    0.06