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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                         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     888.562    948.775    384.500    415.127      7.97   901.207    962.866    969.139    979.402       8.68  100.00

     CHINA P   128.280    154.622     61.300     70.029     14.24   142.572    160.646    161.617    163.352      14.58   16.68

     CANADA     92.319    100.881     40.527     48.700     20.17    94.094    105.722    107.543    109.054      15.90   11.13

     JAPAN      79.580     88.651     33.622     44.597     32.64    75.817     95.134     98.396     99.626      31.40   10.17

     GERMANY    86.445     96.910     41.782     39.842     -4.64    93.050     97.038     95.542     94.970       2.06    9.70

     MEXICO     63.120     68.820     27.360     31.701     15.87    66.441     70.948     72.183     73.161      10.11    7.47

     ISRAEL     88.459     62.686     25.486     21.687    -14.91    64.868     59.114     57.831     58.886      -9.22    6.01

     ITALY      33.364     43.052     16.078     18.786     16.85    35.537     42.726     45.273     45.760      28.77    4.67

     FRANCE     41.821     42.423     15.859     18.417     16.13    40.460     43.367     43.527     44.981      11.17    4.59

     INDIA      20.514     38.925     14.267     14.955      4.82    28.743     41.313     40.318     39.613      37.82    4.04

     KOR REP    21.529     31.491     13.138     17.019     29.54    27.681     34.500     33.909     35.372      27.79    3.61

     U KING     28.905     32.672     13.772     10.802    -21.56    29.982     30.230     30.070     29.702      -0.93    3.03

     TURKEY     15.045     19.832      7.139      9.727     36.26    15.873     20.444     21.477     22.420      41.25    2.29

     LUXMBRG    28.455     25.430     14.602     10.373    -28.96    31.170     21.676     20.738     21.202     -31.98    2.16

     CHINA T    15.020     18.324      7.257      6.934     -4.44    15.169     17.903     18.111     18.001      18.67    1.84

     POLAND      8.441     13.402      4.857      5.483     12.90    10.320     13.926     13.867     14.028      35.94    1.43

     DENMARK     5.792     11.292      3.765      5.212     38.44     7.621     11.726     12.367     12.740      67.17    1.30

     THAILND     8.010     11.725      4.356      5.330     22.38     9.181     12.146     12.258     12.699      38.33    1.30

     FINLAND    15.251     13.477      6.485      4.435    -31.62    17.149     12.222     12.057     11.426     -33.37    1.17

     AUSTRAL     8.456     10.677      3.926      2.241    -42.91     8.927      9.706      9.148      8.993       0.73    0.92

     NETHLDS     9.267     11.031      5.323      3.237    -39.18    11.037      9.588      9.614      8.945     -18.96    0.91

     SWEDEN      5.694      4.515      1.773      2.942     65.94     5.637      5.276      5.647      5.684       0.84    0.58

     CZECH       2.012      4.129      2.080      3.120     49.99     3.069      4.504      5.058      5.169      68.42    0.53

     BELGIUM     6.738      5.724      2.888      2.247    -22.20     7.503      5.603      5.092      5.082     -32.26    0.52

     SPAIN       7.230      3.661      1.329      2.637     98.43     6.889      4.710      4.843      4.969     -27.87    0.51

     IRELAND     5.152      4.315      1.193      1.770     48.36     4.603      4.496      4.308      4.892       6.28    0.50

     MALAYSA     0.483      3.138      0.391      2.034    420.19     0.601      4.267      4.747      4.781     695.50    0.49

     GREECE      4.524      3.506      2.178      2.598     19.28     4.470      4.087      3.814      3.926     -12.18    0.40

     BRAZIL     43.895      7.860      5.889      1.931    -67.20    27.326      4.099      3.840      3.902     -85.72    0.40

     SLOVENI     0.293      1.622      0.126      1.180    839.07     0.228      1.917      2.294      2.676    1071.64    0.27

     DOM REP     1.597      2.620      0.980      0.404    -58.72     2.054      2.249      2.086      2.045      -0.45    0.21

     INDNSIA     3.191      2.205      1.322      1.079    -18.40     3.164      2.198      2.229      1.962     -38.01    0.20

     HG KONG     0.789      1.178      0.211      0.711    237.48     0.826      1.310      1.465      1.679     103.26    0.17

     REP SAF     0.644      1.255      0.572      0.944     65.11     1.047      1.534      1.604      1.628      55.52    0.17

     S ARAB      3.486      1.983      1.127      0.183    -83.75     3.546      1.275      1.089      1.039     -70.71    0.11

     SWITZLD     0.997      0.920      0.370      0.438     18.30     1.010      0.963      0.964      0.988      -2.13    0.10

     AUSTRIA     0.177      0.754      0.204      0.247     21.29     0.303      0.879      0.897      0.797     163.06    0.08

     RUSSIA      1.135      0.792      0.002      0.000    -82.94     0.638      0.792      0.791      0.790      23.90    0.08

     VIETNAM     0.259      0.322      0.113      0.203     79.66     0.302      0.399      0.391      0.412      36.46    0.04

     HONDURA     0.306      0.247      0.048      0.055     14.81     0.202      0.231      0.250      0.254      25.86    0.03

     SIER LN     0.000      0.484      0.331      0.000   -100.00     0.331      0.413      0.270      0.153     -53.85    0.02

     CHILE       0.000      0.096      0.038      0.041      7.54     0.038      0.109      0.100      0.099     159.28    0.01


     _WTO      887.427    947.958    384.474    415.099      7.97   900.544    962.022    968.319    978.584       8.67   99.92

     _OECD     427.671    480.198    199.302    210.333      5.53   456.442    483.523    485.888    491.229       7.62   50.16

     _EU15     278.816    298.760    127.231    123.547     -2.90   295.411    293.625    293.790    295.077      -0.11   30.13

     _EC12     257.694    280.015    118.769    115.924     -2.40   272.323    275.249    275.188    277.170       1.78   28.30

     _W HEMI   201.754    180.870     75.027     82.983     10.61   190.628    183.694    186.354    188.827      -0.94   19.28

     _ASEAN     12.810     17.651      6.254      8.677     38.73    13.952     19.245     19.861     20.074      43.88    2.05

     _CBI        2.052      3.010      1.094      0.540    -50.61     2.388      2.651      2.473      2.457       2.90    0.25

     _CAFTA      2.030      2.985      1.094      0.494    -54.86     2.368      2.608      2.421      2.385       0.71    0.24

     _SUB-SAH    0.781      1.740      0.903      0.944      4.55     1.515      1.947      1.874      1.781      17.58    0.18