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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                             Data in Kg., 14.00 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  5/2012
   Country      2010       2011       5/2011     5/2012  % Change    5/2011     3/2012     4/2012     5/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    205264023 201156739   84594160   88102479      4.15 205097236  201306215  202693634  204665058      -0.21  100.00

     CHINA P   44737883  49483577   20070910   23368353     16.43  47764396   51479073   52114168   52781020      10.50   25.79

     CANADA    18617845  20940012    8341961    9594013     15.01  19386047   21626278   22056561   22192064      14.47   10.84

     MEXICO    18645280  16554873    7069113    7244546      2.48  17983396   16408719   16523113   16730306      -6.97    8.17

     GERMANY   14525698  14914280    6963807    5577386    -19.91  15591575   14109888   13823021   13527859     -13.24    6.61

     ISRAEL    18868100  14017849    5952276    5362919     -9.90  16001264   13162493   13055556   13428492     -16.08    6.56

     INDIA      7233192  12809632    4920049    4935471      0.31  10027563   13454717   13196407   12825054      27.90    6.27

     FRANCE     8703326   8215891    3084011    4230912     37.19   8266212    8509666    8817681    9362792      13.27    4.57

     JAPAN      7461748   7648652    2831126    3680196     29.99   6703241    8117261    8358217    8497722      26.77    4.15

     KOR REP    4640081   6476380    2843724    2943889      3.52   5949006    6815012    6619198    6576545      10.55    3.21

     ITALY      4917734   5496914    2354870    3010899     27.86   5272248    5319818    5986863    6152943      16.70    3.01

     TURKEY     4449826   5301996    1957781    2492629     27.32   4430151    5269745    5535395    5836844      31.75    2.85

     LUXMBRG    5921030   4734687    3033221    2067519    -31.84   6370029    4122014    3671689    3768985     -40.83    1.84

     DENMARK    1258156   2811569     947746    1293824     36.52   1745524    2888877    3045214    3157647      80.90    1.54

     CHINA T    3803605   3447482    1587116    1181988    -25.53   3567595    3182901    3135888    3042354     -14.72    1.49

     MALAYSA     182419   1713420      91996    1312562   1326.76    182680    2488114    2805038    2933986    1506.08    1.43

     POLAND     2224427   2916836    1123034     949110    -15.49   2547037    2845166    2778104    2742912       7.69    1.34

     FINLAND    3935251   3008310    1454503    1027926    -29.33   4179892    2634232    2661946    2581733     -38.23    1.26

     THAILND    2076266   2755666    1136360     915348    -19.45   2348798    2632863    2543936    2534654       7.91    1.24

     U KING     2559507   2327728     931567     885692     -4.92   2152185    2206263    2221530    2281853       6.02    1.11

     AUSTRAL    2784368   2863998    1251400     467893    -62.61   2847751    2418867    2167239    2080491     -26.94    1.02

     CZECH       648574   1166775     639020     877834     37.37    960296    1221459    1366331    1405589      46.37    0.69

     GREECE     1733520   1148108     739564     934038     26.30   1620931    1377394    1302556    1342582     -17.17    0.66

     BRAZIL    16062883   2640306    2064629     640603    -68.97   9559377    1287534    1204663    1216280     -87.28    0.59

     NETHLDS    1266050   1347219     601844     386990    -35.70   1458687    1194599    1227981    1132365     -22.37    0.55

     SPAIN      1908453    779478     278437     514648     84.83   1884441     941648     970228    1015689     -46.10    0.50

     INDNSIA    1317129    827695     540099     370459    -31.41   1298777     755774     754265     658055     -49.33    0.32

     SWEDEN      677479    520874     195445     275514     40.97    674511     586771     604531     600943     -10.91    0.29

     REP SAF     167046    422256     190906     354840     85.87    320465     551878     573081     586190      82.92    0.29

     BELGIUM     964456    610910     309029     240123    -22.30   1014796     584206     535711     542004     -46.59    0.26

     DOM REP     334434    501058     154623     175291     13.37    337410     512373     499566     521726      54.63    0.25

     IRELAND     279178    507021      50336      47834     -4.97    242233     498222     487690     504519     108.28    0.25

     HG KONG     152126    233144      34997     230015    557.24    147491     292540     336905     428162     190.30    0.21

     SLOVENI      27117    219684      42080     104263    147.77     53025     214508     248727     281867     431.57    0.14

     CHILE            0    281706     116986     114570     -2.07    116986     310270     281910     279290     138.74    0.14

     S ARAB     1302615    559140     377817      33589    -91.11   1290084     268400     224949     214912     -83.34    0.11

     RUSSIA      369960    198070        575          6    -98.96    178324     197798     197509     197501      10.75    0.10

     VIETNAM      56902    114587      36335      56673     55.97     64438     149462     139582     134925     109.39    0.07

     AUSTRIA      17447    166217      47310      11868    -74.91     57786     169451     162656     130775     126.31    0.06

     SWITZLD     112317     90944      32334      49891     54.30    105497     107898     107056     108501       2.85    0.05

     HONDURA      90802     67426      20510      23713     15.62     73710      65339      68048      70629      -4.18    0.03

     SIER LN          0    158771     106545          0   -100.00    106545     134475      87303      52226     -50.98    0.03


     _WTO     204894047 200947874   84582815   88099634      4.16 204908126  201094783  202493258  204464693      -0.22   99.90

     _OECD     82147600  86356927   37182742   37882754      1.88  86760321   85459248   86160955   87056939       0.34   42.54

     _EU15     48667285  46589206   20991690   20505186     -2.32  50531050   45143062   45519310   46102702      -8.76   22.53

     _EC12     44037108  42893805   19294432   19189878     -0.54  45618861   41752608   42090177   42789251      -6.20   20.91

     _W HEMI   53850715  41037747   17790405   17812779      0.13  47537873   40261786   40687661   41060121     -13.63   20.06

     _ASEAN     3695757   5450618    1817866    2655910     46.10   3948618    6053831    6270346    6288662      59.26    3.07

     _SUB-SAHA   170116    581027     297451     354840     19.29    430080     686353     660384     638416      48.44    0.31

     _CBI        449775    591696     179996     211436     17.47    432810     606665     594515     623136      43.97    0.30

     _CAFTA      446934    586573     179996     202204     12.34    430148     598138     584040     608781      41.53    0.30