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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                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   32359.960  33474.057  12957.726  13513.425      4.29 33552.829  33696.577  33927.953  34029.755       1.42  100.00

     CHINA P 17352.434  17898.315   6433.080   6900.492      7.27 18018.116  18101.124  18302.180  18365.727       1.93   53.97

     VIETNAM  1649.498   1973.110    757.744    781.093      3.08  1801.102   1980.910   2006.744   1996.459      10.85    5.87

     MEXICO   1808.039   1801.357    749.319    745.521     -0.51  1855.005   1796.996   1793.853   1797.558      -3.10    5.28

     INDIA    1091.047   1355.362    552.439    606.705      9.82  1216.114   1424.375   1420.846   1409.628      15.91    4.14

     CANADA   1271.699   1199.779    517.264    500.172     -3.30  1269.989   1178.772   1180.145   1182.687      -6.87    3.48

     KOR REP  1110.935   1126.284    483.592    512.199      5.92  1121.581   1142.509   1138.704   1154.892       2.97    3.39

     INDNSIA   938.884    990.678    447.749    443.463     -0.96   985.032    991.720    991.328    986.392       0.14    2.90

     CHINA T   772.478    721.061    285.697    317.818     11.24   767.321    742.674    755.957    753.183      -1.84    2.21

     CAMBOD    390.548    520.556    178.905    218.024     21.87   439.660    552.284    561.871    559.675      27.30    1.64

     BNGLDSH   533.321    541.180    295.248    243.438    -17.55   577.246    507.343    494.319    489.370     -15.22    1.44

     TURKEY    383.257    461.156    180.076    205.249     13.98   401.573    468.217    480.769    486.328      21.11    1.43

     HONDURA   379.262    395.085    143.608    157.110      9.40   391.058    397.235    397.578    408.588       4.48    1.20

     ISRAEL    455.843    348.443    178.558    125.392    -29.78   399.774    294.161    287.814    295.277     -26.14    0.87

     PAKISTN   187.591    261.910     95.486    126.897     32.90   209.450    284.938    286.851    293.321      40.04    0.86

     GERMANY   304.569    301.635    137.583    119.410    -13.21   320.593    290.506    288.029    283.462     -11.58    0.83

     SALVADR   261.962    268.669    104.705    113.979      8.86   268.374    278.002    278.011    277.943       3.57    0.82

     THAILND   368.624    282.836    123.384    101.175    -18.00   349.215    268.033    262.962    260.628     -25.37    0.77

     PHIL R    215.797    255.284     98.131     96.371     -1.79   242.471    252.370    256.416    253.525       4.56    0.75

     JAPAN     219.842    214.596     88.296    110.235     24.85   209.324    224.664    231.294    236.534      13.00    0.70

     ITALY     160.105    167.476     68.567     73.357      6.98   166.193    161.177    171.168    172.266       3.65    0.51

     FRANCE    171.786    144.628     56.920     71.678     25.93   159.364    146.996    151.365    159.386       0.01    0.47

     NICARAG   129.021    149.238     63.445     68.778      8.41   150.023    153.362    151.796    154.571       3.03    0.45

     GUATMAL   110.093    143.931     56.708     58.164      2.57   128.479    143.480    144.802    145.388      13.16    0.43

     SRI LKA   124.667    136.844     61.027     62.639      2.64   136.374    139.697    142.205    138.457       1.53    0.41

     EGYPT     116.338    136.299     58.569     57.773     -1.36   131.717    138.739    134.918    135.503       2.87    0.40

     MALAYSA    85.039    116.482     41.211     56.490     37.08    93.208    128.528    130.009    131.761      41.36    0.39

     JORDAN    122.887    127.271     52.551     49.166     -6.44   129.319    122.891    122.228    123.886      -4.20    0.36

     DOM REP   118.074    120.472     44.154     46.862      6.13   119.805    122.977    122.859    123.180       2.82    0.36

     S ARAB    114.422    121.605     53.769     52.101     -3.10   134.167    120.737    115.426    119.937     -10.61    0.35

     U KING     71.296     70.517     29.719     31.023      4.39    66.600     70.127     70.099     71.821       7.84    0.21

     HAITI      54.069     65.101     24.872     25.669      3.21    63.779     63.374     64.460     65.899       3.32    0.19

     PORTUGL    54.877     63.450     44.290     46.510      5.01    60.730     67.104     64.077     65.670       8.13    0.19

     POLAND     49.432     63.839     27.865     20.343    -26.99    60.181     59.146     57.548     56.318      -6.42    0.17

     LUXMBRG    86.478     70.472     44.769     29.586    -33.91    93.599     60.169     53.630     55.289     -40.93    0.16

     DENMARK    20.170     41.606     14.114     18.931     34.13    27.296     42.634     44.742     46.423      70.07    0.14

     ARAB EM    76.523     48.907     23.996     19.805    -17.46    75.746     42.864     43.330     44.716     -40.97    0.13

     GREECE     56.193     43.835     21.469     21.479      0.05    49.413     46.010     43.045     43.845     -11.27    0.13

     HG KONG    44.493     40.752     16.253     18.955     16.63    45.357     38.277     40.080     43.455      -4.19    0.13

     BELGIUM    50.362     41.360     18.908     16.970    -10.25    52.673     39.284     39.115     39.422     -25.16    0.12

     AUSTRAL    50.447     50.232     22.088     11.269    -48.98    50.300     44.680     40.617     39.412     -21.65    0.12

     SPAIN      47.778     32.945     13.718     19.534     42.40    47.822     37.318     38.373     38.761     -18.95    0.11

     NETHLDS    40.520     40.670     18.556     15.021    -19.05    44.775     37.960     38.737     37.135     -17.06    0.11

     FINLAND    55.674     42.842     20.722     14.856    -28.31    59.246     37.732     38.063     36.976     -37.59    0.11

     LATVIA     36.912     35.841     13.465     13.387     -0.58    36.570     37.040     35.623     35.764      -2.20    0.11

     LESOTHO    25.832     30.220      9.847     11.429     16.06    28.196     31.081     31.324     31.802      12.79    0.09

     COLOMB     29.639     26.315     11.140     12.534     12.52    29.037     27.258     28.069     27.710      -4.57    0.08

     BRAZIL    237.783     47.150     33.030     12.258    -62.89   145.391     27.156     26.486     26.377     -81.86    0.08

     CZECH      18.492     21.027     10.710     15.953     48.95    19.966     23.420     25.497     26.270      31.57    0.08

     MALTA      34.127     27.674     12.598     10.231    -18.79    28.614     25.583     25.493     25.306     -11.56    0.07

     KENYA      13.830     23.949      8.200      8.339      1.69    17.613     23.887     24.143     24.088      36.76    0.07

     C RICA     34.051     26.566     16.150     13.387    -17.11    32.446     25.102     24.432     23.803     -26.64    0.07

     PERU       14.436     16.717      7.669      6.936     -9.56    16.574     17.073     16.233     15.983      -3.56    0.05

     SWEDEN     11.035     11.682      3.178      4.498     41.53    10.787     12.631     12.837     13.002      20.53    0.04

     REP SAF     9.413     11.963      6.539      6.838      4.57    14.262     11.794     12.089     12.262     -14.02    0.04

     SLOVAK     14.877     15.230      6.819      3.466    -49.18    15.674     11.567     10.947     11.876     -24.23    0.03

     N ZEAL     10.649     12.213      7.754      6.435    -17.01    12.099     12.014     10.929     10.894      -9.96    0.03

     SWITZLD    12.110      9.817      4.260      4.659      9.35    11.599     10.484     10.388     10.215     -11.93    0.03

     TNZANIA     3.318      7.032      1.631      3.997    145.03     4.323      8.573      8.765      9.397     117.38    0.03

     HUNGARY     1.428      8.033      1.292      2.027     56.93     2.332      8.156      8.266      8.768     275.95    0.03

     SWAZLND    14.814     11.454      5.184      2.417    -53.36    15.244      9.373      9.051      8.688     -43.01    0.03

     RUSSIA      5.204      5.807      0.025      2.755  10823.44     2.523      7.525      7.521      8.537     238.35    0.03

     IRELAND     4.331      7.510      0.900      1.421     57.85     3.830      7.928      7.782      8.031     109.69    0.02

     BELARUS    22.121     18.378     10.878      0.009    -99.92    20.261     12.293     10.533      7.510     -62.94    0.02

     ARGENT      3.495      7.580      1.130      0.826    -26.97     3.127      7.496      7.343      7.275     132.65    0.02

     AUSTRIA     4.418      7.465      2.803      2.553     -8.91     5.704      7.793      7.566      7.215      26.48    0.02

     BAHRAIN    12.561      6.341      3.173      3.482      9.75    10.627      6.389      6.479      6.650     -37.42    0.02

     SINGAPR    10.045      7.354      2.895      2.147    -25.83     9.019      6.579      6.803      6.607     -26.75    0.02

     SLOVENI     2.912      5.285      1.546      2.424     56.76     2.889      5.144      5.719      6.163     113.29    0.02

     ROMANIA     8.202      5.485      2.209      2.363      6.95     7.601      5.522      5.622      5.638     -25.81    0.02

     MOROC       3.049      4.873      2.001      2.681     34.00     4.106      5.284      5.511      5.553      35.24    0.02

     ETHIOP      2.675      5.430      1.889      1.934      2.38     3.409      5.262      5.539      5.475      60.58    0.02

     CHILE       2.687      4.718      1.794      2.403     33.93     3.163      5.804      5.401      5.326      68.38    0.02

     MADAGAS     7.909      4.516      1.600      1.735      8.44     3.989      5.233      5.043      4.651      16.59    0.01

     ECUADOR     5.167      4.833      1.784      1.492    -16.38     4.593      4.840      4.576      4.540      -1.13    0.01

     MALAWI      3.932      4.427      1.397      1.046    -25.13     3.989      4.201      4.033      4.076       2.18    0.01

     BULGAR      3.095      3.338      1.394      1.739     24.75     3.181      3.564      3.572      3.683      15.76    0.01

     MACAU       5.078      3.343      1.324      1.404      6.02     4.226      3.484      3.472      3.423     -19.00    0.01

     BOTSWAN     1.124      1.939      0.223      1.484    566.17     1.032      2.644      2.805      3.201     210.22    0.01

     GUYANA      1.660      2.599      0.854      0.869      1.79     1.909      2.644      2.584      2.614      36.93    0.01

     LAOS        1.795      2.602      1.022      0.491    -51.95     2.603      2.234      2.041      2.071     -20.44    0.01

     UKRAINE     2.821      0.339      0.164      1.579    862.41     1.198      1.759      1.709      1.754      46.39    0.01

     MONGOLA     3.886      0.036      0.029      0.002    -92.85     3.812      0.008      0.008      0.009     -99.76    0.00


     _WTO    32325.260  33438.645  12942.894  13506.872      4.36 33521.113  33665.753  33898.943  34002.623       1.44   99.92

     _W HEMI  4462.622   4281.458   1778.122   1767.292     -0.61  4484.050   4252.779   4249.816   4270.628      -4.76   12.55

     _ASEAN   3661.042   4149.447   1651.333   1699.442      2.91  3923.093   4183.163   4218.616   4197.556       7.00   12.33

     _OECD    4049.048   4042.485   1752.244   1766.200      0.80  4119.941   4014.941   4023.473   4056.442      -1.54   11.92

     _CBI     1088.835   1172.486    454.807    484.981      6.63  1156.523   1186.899   1187.200   1202.659       3.99    3.53

     _CAFTA   1032.463   1103.962    428.770    458.281      6.88  1090.186   1120.158   1119.479   1133.473       3.97    3.33

     _EU15    1139.593   1088.093    496.216    486.827     -1.89  1168.626   1065.368   1068.628   1078.704      -7.69    3.17

     _EC12    1068.466   1026.105    469.513    464.919     -0.98  1092.890   1007.212   1010.163   1021.511      -6.53    3.00

     _SUB-SAH   84.657    106.768     38.825     39.906      2.78    95.739    107.648    107.594    107.848      12.65    0.32

     _ANDEAN    49.306     47.927     20.624     20.978      1.72    50.276     49.227     48.925     48.281      -3.97    0.14