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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     210.633    243.815    104.849    110.278      5.18   232.615    248.764    250.295    249.244       7.15  100.00

     MEXICO     57.858     54.263     23.612     21.494     -8.97    58.626     53.234     52.558     52.145     -11.06   20.92

     CHINA T    28.620     37.012     12.748     15.657     22.82    31.937     40.273     40.989     39.921      25.00   16.02

     CHINA P    17.098     24.226      7.933     10.967     38.24    19.563     26.439     26.780     27.260      39.34   10.94

     PORTUGL     9.363     14.585     10.590     12.547     18.48    13.752     16.835     16.044     16.543      20.29    6.64

     JAPAN      10.635     13.723      4.829      7.151     48.09    11.482     15.489     15.943     16.045      39.74    6.44

     FRANCE     11.774     14.011      4.947      5.651     14.23    12.298     14.322     14.771     14.715      19.65    5.90

     CANADA      8.931     10.115      4.226      4.108     -2.79     9.661     10.140     10.142      9.996       3.48    4.01

     ITALY       7.708      7.387      2.693      4.263     58.33     7.404      8.049      8.521      8.957      20.97    3.59

     COLOMB      6.485      6.785      2.338      3.650     56.10     6.662      7.520      7.814      8.096      21.54    3.25

     INDIA       5.472      5.505      1.907      2.417     26.76     5.263      5.624      5.752      6.015      14.30    2.41

     TURKEY      6.269      7.244      3.700      2.422    -34.55     6.706      6.463      6.213      5.965     -11.06    2.39

     VIETNAM     5.111      5.134      1.986      2.550     28.40     4.895      5.380      5.623      5.698      16.39    2.29

     KOR REP     4.169      5.491      1.892      1.989      5.16     4.860      5.788      5.830      5.588      14.98    2.24

     THAILND     3.679      5.269      1.902      1.954      2.69     4.215      5.354      5.288      5.320      26.23    2.13

     GERMANY     3.227      4.192      1.554      1.428     -8.10     3.509      4.271      4.217      4.066      15.87    1.63

     C RICA      4.877      4.474      3.500      2.547    -27.23     5.172      4.076      3.749      3.520     -31.93    1.41

     ARAB EM     5.918     10.824      7.819      0.101    -98.71    13.737      3.893      3.752      3.107     -77.38    1.25

     GUATMAL     0.856      1.163      0.591      1.665    181.62     1.142      1.827      2.031      2.236      95.78    0.90

     PHIL R      0.458      0.405      0.051      1.214   2292.08     0.325      1.060      1.373      1.568     381.86    0.63

     N ZEAL      1.359      1.703      1.461      1.166    -20.15     1.671      1.395      1.232      1.409     -15.70    0.57

     ROMANIA     0.894      0.786      0.189      0.520    175.59     0.768      1.011      1.096      1.118      45.50    0.45

     CZECH       2.154      0.950      0.352      0.380      8.06     1.399      1.026      1.030      0.978     -30.11    0.39

     ISRAEL      0.783      0.679      0.668      0.672      0.52     0.838      0.801      0.807      0.683     -18.53    0.27

     NETHLDS     0.390      1.154      0.759      0.190    -75.01     0.999      1.066      1.084      0.584     -41.48    0.23

     LATVIA      0.517      0.433      0.139      0.233     68.47     0.442      0.511      0.528      0.528      19.43    0.21

     INDNSIA     0.369      0.367      0.291      0.339     16.31     0.466      0.305      0.409      0.415     -11.02    0.17

     AUSTRAL     1.087      0.508      0.467      0.269    -42.47     0.660      0.456      0.369      0.310     -53.03    0.12


     _WTO      210.623    243.812    104.846    110.278      5.18   232.612    248.761    250.292    249.244       7.15  100.00

     _W HEMI    80.581     78.584     34.968     34.430     -1.54    82.871     78.860     78.370     78.045      -5.82   31.31

     _OECD      58.879     70.433     33.423     35.950      7.56    65.058     73.405     73.210     72.960      12.15   29.27

     _EU15      34.580     43.835     21.174     25.411     20.01    39.779     47.576     47.733     48.072      20.85   19.29

     _EC12      34.249     43.574     21.111     25.098     18.88    39.647     47.186     47.346     47.561      19.96   19.08

     _ASEAN      9.903     11.345      4.297      6.116     42.31    10.056     12.254     12.856     13.164      30.91    5.28

     _ANDEAN     7.016      7.309      2.504      3.988     59.24     7.234      8.070      8.359      8.793      21.55    3.53

     _CBI        5.953      5.876      4.189      4.319      3.11     6.570      6.140      6.027      6.006      -8.59    2.41

     _CAFTA      5.855      5.875      4.188      4.319      3.12     6.471      6.140      6.027      6.006      -7.19    2.41