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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  7.60 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     29117694  28353019   12738120   14251830     11.88  28208365   28695700   29134492   29866729       5.88  100.00

     INDNSIA   16352943  15548218    6952200    7440655      7.03  15826587   15648723   15692628   16036673       1.33   53.69

     INDIA      3462305   3667385    1202456    1956633     62.72   2843659    4209252    4325238    4421562      55.49   14.80

     CHINA P    3144678   3124537    1855408    1632302    -12.02   3321588    2636676    2637516    2901431     -12.65    9.71

     VIETNAM     959695   1355376     497782    1468968    195.10   1131873    1888016    2275775    2326562     105.55    7.79

     CANADA     1623341   1404534     661085     504457    -23.69   1556950    1298808    1297572    1247906     -19.85    4.18

     TURKEY      395958    811283     409725     358734    -12.45    557427     780639     753999     760292      36.39    2.55

     PHIL R      426693    573308     177845     265930     49.53    450593     629526     672247     661393      46.78    2.21

     THAILND     599748    341707     204640     102371    -49.98    587378     293074     251603     239438     -59.24    0.80

     ROMANIA     535619    233948      96760      75042    -22.45    407315     190800     222958     212230     -47.90    0.71

     GERMANY     332547    119213      36163      91254    152.34    179318     155881     161730     174304      -2.80    0.58

     MEXICO      266610    214307     109117      59517    -45.46    230799     150506     163203     164707     -28.64    0.55

     CHINA T     325103    104417      40537      97225    139.84    181675     119585     139936     161105     -11.32    0.54

     JAPAN        65891    193559     135587      10349    -92.37    184133     116284      67787      68321     -62.90    0.23

     MALAYSA     160171    245950     186377          0   -100.00    280360     183853      81571      59573     -78.75    0.20


     _WTO      29117694  28350888   12736039   14251830     11.90  28206284   28693569   29132374   29866679       5.89  100.00

     _ASEAN    18562184  18122080    8037413    9277924     15.43  18318192   18700713   19012776   19362591       5.70   64.83

     _OECD      2615926   2595548    1216147    1096910     -9.80   2578271    2481472    2463575    2476311      -3.95    8.29

     _W HEMI    1926198   1658189     794269     564266    -28.96   1842274    1472512    1479418    1428186     -22.48    4.78

     _EU15       500462    288782     109936     175222     59.39    363319     320518     335246     354068      -2.55    1.19

     _EC12       462770    210974      69851     162161    132.15    287954     244910     272477     303284       5.32    1.02