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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.30 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     23697826  16739932    8130247    8460914      4.07  20038319   16723994   16659781   17070599     -14.81  100.00

     INDNSIA   10775873   8451859    4078397    4884875     19.77   9421643    8713286    9011679    9258337      -1.73   54.24

     INDIA      2235726   1450020     625431     972044     55.42   1615802    1562846    1515421    1796633      11.19   10.52

     CHINA P    2429723   1446865     740308     608018    -17.87   1638020    1409621    1408950    1314575     -19.75    7.70

     AUSTRAL     985235   1059380     422728     402511     -4.78   1018083    1096108    1058235    1039163       2.07    6.09

     THAILND    2909745   1312085     660368     242946    -63.21   2215074    1077202     909283     894663     -59.61    5.24

     SPAIN       856794    845418     398596     426963      7.12    923125     877620     870717     873785      -5.34    5.12

     VIETNAM     874564    499685     185908     213275     14.72    642210     515434     515440     527052     -17.93    3.09

     KOR REP     851251    373297     215342     221236      2.74    640432     380727     344462     379191     -40.79    2.22

     TURKEY      463826    284924     120573     152540     26.51    347801     297706     294724     316891      -8.89    1.86

     PAKISTN     181132    198219      89871      97670      8.68    191430     219418     206018     206018       7.62    1.21

     CHINA T     533871    630746     493581      53870    -89.09    930733     346136     267552     191035     -79.47    1.12

     AUSTRIA     152211     35025      35025      21199    -39.47    155912      33740      33740      21199     -86.40    0.12


     _WTO      23697826  16739932    8130247    8460914      4.07  20038319   16723994   16659781   17070599     -14.81  100.00

     _ASEAN    14757861  10282561    4924673    5413349      9.92  12372775   10358844   10489324   10771237     -12.94   63.10

     _OECD      3509045   2714150    1247812    1315963      5.46   3252727    2816330    2763468    2782301     -14.46   16.30

     _EU15      1118032    949367     464715     516911     11.23   1187760     984853    1009611    1001563     -15.68    5.87

     _EC12       965821    914342     429690     495712     15.37   1031848     951113     975871     980364      -4.99    5.74