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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 606:  NON-TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg., 20.10 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     38494150  40974233   14999861   18322722     22.15  37743534   42580765   42798743   44297094      17.36  100.00

     CHINA P   13817237  19733577    6515734    7544452     15.79  16089593   20180974   20116186   20762295      29.04   46.87

     KOR REP    9905634   8315485    3376044    4425998     31.10   8530882    8974300    8964736    9365439       9.78   21.14

     TURKEY     1935122   2057515     677245    1135461     67.66   1721835    2049770    2321869    2515731      46.11    5.68

     GERMANY    2060052   2022755     861704    1003839     16.49   2051584    2040909    2145330    2164890       5.52    4.89

     CANADA     1697600   1524446     644479     856613     32.92   1623846    1625575    1729127    1736580       6.94    3.92

     LATVIA     1731847   1713293     640408     624468     -2.49   1733633    1768321    1693963    1697353      -2.09    3.83

     MEXICO      681997    718548     126726     650150    413.04    624868    1027826    1120875    1241972      98.76    2.80

     INDIA      1424190    775346     311833     433357     38.97    946731     874308     846102     896870      -5.27    2.02

     CHINA T     834784    461115     156835     526086    235.44    681159     807560     784526     830366      21.90    1.87

     SLOVAK      623322    647254     288449     113510    -60.65    664500     463878     434863     472315     -28.92    1.07

     JAPAN       749075    542975     303241     206462    -31.91    724515     458868     460132     446196     -38.41    1.01

     ISRAEL      219898    422417     159777     167184      4.64    290372     412710     422909     429824      48.03    0.97

     BELARUS    1098115    912907     540262          0   -100.00   1005158     610845     523171     372645     -62.93    0.84

     RUSSIA           0    145841         24     136312  567866.7        24     231599     231599     282129    1175437    0.64

     SWEDEN           0    147307        313      17281   5421.09       313     155263     155263     164275   52384.03    0.37

     U KING      211163    184846      57889      24538    -57.61     93649     194402     151932     151495      61.77    0.34

     ITALY        77851    114137      43015      79573     84.99     93712     140907     150696     150695      60.81    0.34

     S ARAB       21926     12969      12969     108611    737.47     28131      12969      29399     108611     286.09    0.25

     CZECH        24711     42015      11279      51090    352.97     30675      86093      77454      81826     166.75    0.18

     MALAYSA      50673     35607      19386      52684    171.76     51193      69516      69127      68905      34.60    0.16

     POLAND       66038     67392      40192      39756     -1.08     66230      67409      80315      66956       1.10    0.15

     SWITZLD      70785     39080      10729      30411    183.45     37242      49952      49884      58762      57.78    0.13

     INDNSIA     460134     46059      19550      25738     31.65     80456      39172      39621      52247     -35.06    0.12

     THAILND     282600     63827      41085      28266    -31.20    188466      79397      62760      51008     -72.94    0.12

     NETHLDS     138531     88072      49594      11776    -76.26    139015      57885      55256      50254     -63.85    0.11

     HG KONG      32373     44418      43147          0   -100.00     75160      20860       1352       1271     -98.31    0.00


     _WTO      37396035  39915410   14459575   18186410     25.77  36738352   41738246   42043898   43642245      18.79   98.52

     _OECD     16290979  14649139    5781683    7681599     32.86  14428118   15484630   15923593   16549055      14.70   37.36

     _W HEMI    2436482   2252840     778989    1511232     94.00   2297365    2662079    2860577    2985083      29.94    6.74

     _EU15      2568709   2603205    1021715    1142000     11.77   2395093    2631530    2700207    2723490      13.71    6.15

     _EC12      2563076   2439043    1019613    1123945     10.23   2388143    2460100    2529005    2543375       6.50    5.74

     _ASEAN      854933    151860      86165     106688     23.82    368825     189412     172178     172383     -53.26    0.39