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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                             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    829287028 1.01026E9  403625914  427108448      5.82 920328953   1.0376E9  1.03564E9  1.03374E9      12.32  100.00

     INDIA    291111379 365330034  153858091  161434119      4.92 320135860  375835851  374842739  372906062      16.48   36.07

     CHINA P   99221446 152846621   58560598   54659900     -6.66 131131766  156297346  155551313  148945923      13.58   14.41

     S ARAB    84650933 107652363   45390260   48550160      6.96 105613799  111963807  107281016  110812263       4.92   10.72

     TURKEY    50578330  97130716   26641966   34179895     28.29  58008418  102244972  104757426  104668645      80.44   10.13

     CHINA T   42660816  44820589   17694941   18649063      5.39  45241906   44687047   45792039   45774711       1.18    4.43

     CANADA    37796391  42250415   17747022   20615231     16.16  34984864   44443837   45072306   45118624      28.97    4.36

     KOR REP   28740581  32090657   14313686   12156703    -15.07  34208588   30507784   28911975   29933674     -12.50    2.90

     VIETNAM   13414764  24496324    8811994   13562379     53.91  18597144   26679876   28305941   29246709      57.26    2.83

     ARAB EM   55215766  21713319    8385178   12338316     47.14  43408888   23444447   24125630   25666457     -40.87    2.48

     MEXICO    25791373  20251991    6755534   10247512     51.69  25609215   23779020   24709442   23743969      -7.28    2.30

     GREECE    25243082  20725921    7987892    6832144    -14.47  20113510   20105154   19168246   19570173      -2.70    1.89

     U KING    16366322  17339042    8999012    9338606      3.77  19630055   17950447   18269982   17678636      -9.94    1.71

     BELGIUM   19696102  15896412    7306701    6805862     -6.85  21285799   15041882   15509748   15395573     -27.67    1.49

     THAILND    8297993  13513692    6450378    5926239     -8.13  11309126   13280049   13298190   12989553      14.86    1.26

     HUNGARY          0   6681211     765774    1402355     83.13    765774    6767559    6767559    7317792     855.61    0.71

     MALAYSA    4274402   6741681    3349728    2409549    -28.07   6125154    6006263    5391318    5801502      -5.28    0.56

     NETHLDS    7317635   4495106    2865253    1966854    -31.35   6524986    3700233    3394493    3596707     -44.88    0.35

     JAPAN      4686769   3321581    1742368    1240974    -28.78   3499892    2801045    2766845    2820187     -19.42    0.27

     GERMANY    2035025   2373204    1039928     675498    -35.04   2298377    2130869    2175039    2008774     -12.60    0.19

     BRAZIL     3511560   2498544    1381740     602223    -56.42   3619640    1976387    1805317    1719027     -52.51    0.17

     ITALY       962006   1440622     309075     427630     38.36    985479    1363042    1352829    1559177      58.22    0.15

     REP SAF     532635    943664     111846     527596    371.72    388923    1250948    1351726    1359414     249.53    0.13

     INDNSIA    1503312   1537950     777590     397390    -48.89   1703553    1608505    1511229    1157750     -32.04    0.11

     GUATMAL     673128    922755     413836     418273      1.07    837194     859735     831325     927192      10.75    0.09

     N ZEAL      728600    665007     663780     136954    -79.37    902780     257018     149118     138181     -84.69    0.01


     _WTO     829280734 1.01013E9  403582292  426983254      5.80 920284183   1.0374E9  1.03544E9  1.03353E9      12.31   99.98

     _OECD    190924875 242281717   89027351   94878318      6.57 200622199  245615855  246667086  248132684      23.68   24.00

     _W HEMI   68748543  66564357   26765226   32041965     19.71  66038889   71457229   72781678   71841096       8.79    6.95

     _EU15     72977499  63203557   28732317   26304991     -8.45  71515886   61218332   60819615   60776231     -15.02    5.88

     _EC12     72950745  63032001   28730963   26297054     -8.47  71503781   61040755   60640885   60598092     -15.25    5.86

     _ASEAN    27496540  46332967   19431544   22299902     14.76  37782778   47580493   48512478   49201325      30.22    4.76

     _SUB-SAHA   532970    944128     112216     527662    370.22    389590    1251412    1351998    1359574     248.98    0.13

     _CBI        983916   1054018     491001     453934     -7.55   1045562     965012     932511    1016951      -2.74    0.10

     _CAFTA      882853   1054018     491001     453934     -7.55   1045562     965012     932511    1016951      -2.74    0.10