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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 629:  OTHER MMF FABRICS OF STAP/FIL
                                         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      88.630    101.540     22.355     23.866      6.76    91.143    102.291    103.039    103.051      13.06  100.00

     CHINA P    28.884     36.113      7.301      8.797     20.49    30.300     36.830     36.881     37.609      24.12   36.50

     CANADA     19.405     18.468      4.721      4.811      1.91    19.217     18.389     18.657     18.559      -3.42   18.01

     ITALY      11.315     11.921      2.593      2.554     -1.53    11.068     11.897     11.902     11.881       7.35   11.53

     INDIA       6.220      7.031      1.631      2.013     23.43     6.589      7.019      7.328      7.413      12.50    7.19

     TURKEY      4.214      5.312      1.671      1.283    -23.20     5.145      5.205      5.252      4.924      -4.29    4.78

     CHINA T     2.217      2.255      0.342      0.321     -6.10     1.968      2.270      2.219      2.234      13.53    2.17

     KOR REP     2.068      1.983      0.519      0.434    -16.35     1.990      1.933      1.956      1.898      -4.66    1.84

     INDNSIA     0.635      1.137      0.145      0.375    157.81     0.707      1.254      1.334      1.366      93.15    1.33

     THAILND     1.095      0.952      0.064      0.110     72.05     0.934      0.997      1.009      0.998       6.78    0.97

     PAKISTN     0.087      0.721      0.156      0.319    104.87     0.214      0.753      0.771      0.884     312.57    0.86

     MALAYSA     0.497      0.091      0.091      0.000   -100.00     0.476      0.046      0.001      0.001     -99.88    0.00


     _WTO       88.630    101.536     22.355     23.866      6.76    91.143    102.287    103.035    103.047      13.06  100.00

     _OECD      45.560     47.036     11.733     11.174     -4.76    46.410     46.986     47.318     46.477       0.14   45.10

     _W HEMI    20.166     21.452      4.923      5.000      1.55    20.005     21.337     21.634     21.528       7.61   20.89

     _EU15      18.573     19.990      4.522      4.298     -4.95    18.743     20.089     20.080     19.766       5.46   19.18

     _EC12      18.535     19.959      4.515      4.284     -5.11    18.710     20.060     20.055     19.728       5.44   19.14

     _ASEAN      2.319      2.211      0.307      0.513     67.39     2.216      2.342      2.397      2.418       9.08    2.35