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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 618:  WOVEN ARTIFICIAL FILAMENT FAB.
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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     20499874  15982976    7435365   12393642     66.69  18339500   18053372   19739383   20941253      14.19  100.00

     CHINA P    5358222   3033558    1221634    6525728    434.18   3735503    6316111    7612101    8337652     123.20   39.81

     KOR REP    9316089   7192113    3566931    3350187     -6.08   8533111    5987920    6335083    6975369     -18.26   33.31

     CANADA     3243967   2610070    1238601    1256887      1.48   3016617    2657391    2676354    2628356     -12.87   12.55

     JAPAN      1136225   1089616     481144     466010     -3.15   1206854    1071497    1111973    1074482     -10.97    5.13

     ITALY       647734   1043787     400046     388062     -3.00    814471    1048291    1074204    1031803      26.68    4.93


     _WTO      20499874  15982362    7434751   12393642     66.70  18338886   18053372   19739383   20941253      14.19  100.00

     _OECD     13413229  11115897    5410510    5078196     -6.14  12719134    9931779   10233543   10783583     -15.22   51.49

     _W HEMI    3288627   2694494    1278080    1281567      0.27   3086001    2741829    2748201    2697981     -12.57   12.88

     _EU15       813702   1283569     588071     457176    -22.26   1124196    1250915    1188779    1152674       2.53    5.50

     _EC12       813572   1283350     588019     457176    -22.25   1124056    1250748    1188612    1152507       2.53    5.50