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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 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    103508395  96867582   43605854   38692003    -11.27 104589808   92556204   91896885   91953731     -12.08  100.00

     CANADA    53804147  46224685   21591400   13690163    -36.59  53096459   40985571   39457035   38323448     -27.82   41.68

     MEXICO    15939148  15711135    7276597    9901701     36.08  16163619   16376199   17256896   18336239      13.44   19.94

     INDIA      3865551   5845261    2678930    3084133     15.13   4900865    6624701    6557827    6250464      27.54    6.80

     CHINA P    5229122   5093806    2272276    3041793     33.87   5470701    5548113    5783563    5863323       7.18    6.38

     CHINA T    4994346   3914318    1211456    2300030     89.86   4139060    4378198    4587987    5002892      20.87    5.44

     INDNSIA    4050221   5250788    2522364    1916614    -24.02   4841149    4744114    4643580    4645038      -4.05    5.05

     MALAYSA    3799091   3862968    1887776    1528542    -19.03   4307478    3716447    3432721    3503734     -18.66    3.81

     KOR REP     941370   2154947     444268     820738     84.74   1210515    2189660    2310428    2531417     109.12    2.75

     ITALY      3457781   2927696    1099740     495272    -54.96   3281916    2656330    2518213    2323228     -29.21    2.53

     THAILND    2675930   2753195    1368374     342072    -75.00   3128469    2050894    1975490    1726893     -44.80    1.88

     FRANCE      272518    343842     100440     381218    279.55    241399     503193     611082     624620     158.75    0.68

     EGYPT       415382    297060      43680     142520    226.28    337562     396690     396690     395900      17.28    0.43

     BELGIUM     442505    512359     262703     126816    -51.73    553891     389423     378535     376472     -32.03    0.41

     GERMANY     590006    452273     212264     103796    -51.10    551263     394649     356063     343805     -37.63    0.37

     TURKEY       80494    166491     100840     251020    148.93    141566     253598     238894     316671     123.69    0.34

     SLOVENI     350399    295071     131194     128930     -1.73    286687     281118     296032     292807       2.13    0.32

     VIETNAM     367091    300215      64527      56902    -11.82    278885     285696     303937     292590       4.91    0.32

     JAPAN       244849    143450      64342      91986     42.96     97703     164429     164995     171094      75.12    0.19

     S ARAB      503943    105716      41672      41850      0.43    456458     126247     105894     105894     -76.80    0.12

     ISRAEL     1020227     57878      26582      30346     14.16    611995      49828      46241      61642     -89.93    0.07


     _WTO     103508395  96867054   43605854   38692003    -11.27 104589808   92555676   91896357   91953203     -12.08  100.00

     _W HEMI   69809087  62020717   28892671   23675551    -18.06  69295332   57473499   56861221   56803597     -18.03   61.77

     _OECD     59746163  52903290   23865330   15932518    -33.24  59262068   47476449   45985122   44970478     -24.12   48.91

     _ASEAN    10926297  12197055    5860560    3844130    -34.41  12607464   10809521   10368098   10180625     -19.25   11.07

     _EU15      4860747   4310050    1701684    1155149    -32.12   4736439    4013208    3939102    3763515     -20.54    4.09

     _EC12      4859872   4309890    1701684    1155148    -32.12   4735564    4013047    3938941    3763354     -20.53    4.09