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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                         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     400.940    501.675    109.224    123.434     13.01   428.316    510.161    513.192    515.885      20.44  100.00

     CHINA P    66.765     99.692     17.564     21.523     22.54    72.473    102.217    102.250    103.652      43.02   20.09

     INDIA      69.963     93.350     20.365     26.177     28.54    75.983     96.362     99.014     99.163      30.51   19.22

     CANADA     60.808     65.261     15.714     15.288     -2.71    61.112     65.488     65.060     64.835       6.09   12.57

     CHINA T    27.669     32.363      7.508      7.280     -3.03    28.618     32.353     31.969     32.135      12.29    6.23

     TURKEY     23.563     29.656      7.335      7.025     -4.23    25.776     29.285     30.446     29.346      13.85    5.69

     ARAB EM    21.770     27.143      5.789      7.909     36.62    25.022     28.060     28.053     29.263      16.95    5.67

     S ARAB     18.402     27.124      5.535      7.639     38.02    20.300     28.636     28.670     29.229      43.98    5.67

     KOR REP    16.182     18.951      4.679      3.942    -15.75    17.991     19.004     18.875     18.214       1.24    3.53

     JAPAN      13.371     12.529      3.153      3.735     18.44    13.345     12.783     12.954     13.111      -1.75    2.54

     MEXICO      9.003     10.369      1.559      2.589     66.02     8.717     10.284     10.567     11.398      30.76    2.21

     GREECE      9.574     10.768      1.673      1.661     -0.71     9.350     11.244     11.060     10.757      15.05    2.09

     U KING      8.850      9.984      2.783      3.065     10.17    10.020      9.927      9.928     10.267       2.47    1.99

     VIETNAM     3.895      7.780      1.437      2.067     43.85     4.877      8.008      8.093      8.410      72.43    1.63

     ITALY       6.613      8.556      2.421      1.520    -37.21     7.692      8.199      7.930      7.656      -0.48    1.48

     BELGIUM     5.973      7.167      1.667      1.649     -1.09     6.548      7.022      7.187      7.148       9.17    1.39

     THAILND     4.012      7.028      1.752      1.757      0.24     4.892      7.052      7.056      7.032      43.73    1.36

     GERMANY     8.079      6.243      1.734      2.230     28.64     7.529      6.536      6.497      6.739     -10.49    1.31

     NETHLDS     6.293      6.099      1.698      1.431    -15.74     6.551      5.988      6.135      5.832     -10.97    1.13

     REP SAF     0.303      3.080      0.037      1.006   2650.85     0.311      3.658      3.737      4.049    1203.16    0.78

     MALAYSA     2.066      3.701      0.907      0.762    -15.94     2.631      3.447      3.647      3.557      35.17    0.69

     HUNGARY     0.000      1.315      0.036      0.052     45.20     0.036      1.368      1.368      1.332    3603.48    0.26

     BRAZIL      1.619      1.261      0.440      0.270    -38.72     1.715      1.340      1.028      1.091     -36.40    0.21

     INDNSIA     0.789      1.059      0.159      0.185     16.35     0.767      1.093      1.097      1.085      41.35    0.21

     GUATMAL     0.446      0.591      0.131      0.091    -30.65     0.481      0.588      0.555      0.550      14.33    0.11

     N ZEAL      0.339      0.393      0.278      0.067    -75.99     0.436      0.307      0.219      0.182     -58.20    0.04


     _WTO      400.921    501.487    109.089    123.337     13.06   428.163    509.998    513.001    515.735      20.45   99.97

     _OECD     154.572    171.648     41.486     39.720     -4.26   161.124    171.789    172.101    169.881       5.44   32.93

     _W HEMI    73.300     78.668     18.316     18.494      0.97    73.691     78.845     78.254     78.845       7.00   15.28

     _EU15      51.514     53.070     12.736     12.459     -2.17    53.333     53.217     53.045     52.793      -1.01   10.23

     _EC12      51.274     52.839     12.729     12.415     -2.47    53.113     52.981     52.801     52.525      -1.11   10.18

     _ASEAN     10.781     19.626      4.309      4.794     11.27    13.241     19.662     19.955     20.112      51.89    3.90

     _SUB-SAH    0.304      3.085      0.037      1.006   2650.85     0.312      3.664      3.743      4.055    1199.38    0.79

     _CBI        1.241      1.123      0.331      0.197    -40.54     1.330      1.175      1.049      0.989     -25.66    0.19

     _CAFTA      1.209      1.123      0.331      0.197    -40.54     1.330      1.175      1.049      0.989     -25.66    0.19