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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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   35397.819  41151.286  14610.770  16323.069     11.72 38061.118  42264.090  42671.874  42863.585      12.62  100.00

     CHINA P 16993.686  19509.349   6299.989   7109.686     12.85 18184.412  19988.267  20250.404  20319.046      11.74   47.40

     VIETNAM  2527.543   3251.060   1134.402   1363.733     20.22  2805.004   3411.251   3465.277   3480.392      24.08    8.12

     INDNSIA  1733.224   2111.673    856.560    932.842      8.91  1898.450   2184.481   2187.424   2187.955      15.25    5.10

     MEXICO   1688.762   1871.269    776.250    792.287      2.07  1793.983   1890.991   1886.396   1887.306       5.20    4.40

     CANADA   1121.926   1157.232    483.124    466.221     -3.50  1150.482   1143.219   1139.374   1140.329      -0.88    2.66

     INDIA     677.318    931.192    366.267    463.008     26.41   784.442   1008.729   1016.265   1027.933      31.04    2.40

     HONDURA   860.278    925.565    335.612    376.746     12.26   890.795    936.550    942.724    966.699       8.52    2.26

     BNGLDSH   783.556    962.651    377.407    369.677     -2.05   888.826    969.837    961.423    954.921       7.44    2.23

     CAMBOD    515.608    776.300    258.338    347.972     34.70   601.160    838.560    861.022    865.934      44.04    2.02

     CHINA T   712.424    722.531    282.509    291.292      3.11   735.498    731.275    735.690    731.314      -0.57    1.71

     KOR REP   547.792    629.324    245.563    265.095      7.95   582.645    640.187    639.468    648.855      11.36    1.51

     THAILND   685.950    656.082    265.368    254.025     -4.27   699.489    646.940    645.202    644.740      -7.83    1.50

     PHIL R    500.732    621.510    235.133    254.307      8.15   566.405    630.135    637.342    640.685      13.11    1.49

     SALVADR   520.354    576.911    201.791    259.283     28.49   542.617    606.835    622.463    634.403      16.92    1.48

     JORDAN    432.656    550.871    190.422    231.259     21.45   470.735    577.581    582.286    591.707      25.70    1.38

     SRI LKA   407.193    500.626    195.399    250.488     28.19   443.304    535.800    553.816    555.715      25.36    1.30

     ITALY     444.785    500.184    193.518    210.696      8.88   470.714    510.425    519.181    517.362       9.91    1.21

     TURKEY    354.644    440.951    185.808    217.014     16.79   396.391    462.878    468.338    472.156      19.11    1.10

     GUATMAL   307.820    408.079    143.504    161.723     12.70   349.756    417.969    422.448    426.298      21.88    0.99

     EGYPT     307.126    392.678    148.213    165.397     11.59   339.950    414.470    406.596    409.861      20.57    0.96

     NICARAG   253.306    324.657    117.475    145.270     23.66   297.876    343.010    345.443    352.451      18.32    0.82

     JAPAN     251.100    281.502    112.810    143.027     26.79   258.582    299.403    306.763    311.719      20.55    0.73

     DOM REP   279.551    299.278    109.137    120.935     10.81   285.275    307.315    308.160    311.076       9.04    0.73

     GERMANY   210.615    225.733     93.255     94.182      0.99   221.302    228.984    228.918    226.660       2.42    0.53

     PAKISTN   126.356    198.599     72.811     94.288     29.50   152.809    213.828    214.893    220.076      44.02    0.51

     ISRAEL    261.125    213.421    100.748     81.524    -19.08   231.089    194.185    192.645    194.198     -15.96    0.45

     MALAYSA   153.993    183.658     70.030     66.901     -4.47   168.220    185.751    183.799    180.529       7.32    0.42

     FRANCE    147.200    163.661     66.563     66.113     -0.68   156.337    164.438    161.929    163.211       4.40    0.38

     LESOTHO    76.367    110.921     33.766     41.602     23.20    90.536    113.682    116.294    118.757      31.17    0.28

     HAITI      87.289    112.240     42.683     47.539     11.38   104.114    111.784    113.751    117.095      12.47    0.27

     BELGIUM   100.894    106.812     42.856     46.800      9.20   101.568    108.942    106.919    110.757       9.05    0.26

     U KING     91.457    106.230     41.960     45.131      7.56    96.298    107.043    108.416    109.402      13.61    0.26

     COLOMB    111.370    105.232     45.183     45.229      0.10   117.734    106.104    106.952    105.279     -10.58    0.25

     PERU       64.633     84.146     34.768     31.189    -10.29    73.859     83.948     82.455     80.566       9.08    0.19

     HG KONG    67.959     72.859     26.307     32.237     22.54    70.786     74.539     76.127     78.789      11.31    0.18

     KENYA      35.336     71.974     21.193     26.841     26.65    45.695     73.706     76.295     77.623      69.87    0.18

     NETHLDS    64.965     75.032     32.378     28.776    -11.12    71.453     73.899     73.288     71.430      -0.03    0.17

     PORTUGL    45.184     52.188     24.650     32.259     30.87    45.867     58.646     58.487     59.797      30.37    0.14

     ARAB EM    40.312     51.910     22.431     21.906     -2.34    52.879     48.273     49.366     51.385      -2.83    0.12

     C RICA     60.970     54.294     23.366     18.646    -20.20    58.956     50.716     49.614     49.573     -15.91    0.12

     MOROC      27.234     43.692     15.603     20.909     34.00    35.471     47.323     48.556     48.997      38.13    0.11

     SPAIN      35.216     41.368     17.027     21.636     27.07    39.482     44.884     46.086     45.977      16.45    0.11

     SWITZLD    40.903     44.080     18.994     18.237     -3.98    43.654     45.941     45.623     43.324      -0.76    0.10

     ROMANIA    27.386     34.225     10.011     14.001     39.85    28.942     35.962     37.106     38.214      32.04    0.09

     S ARAB     31.478     35.418     14.618     16.986     16.20    36.111     37.559     36.646     37.786       4.64    0.09

     BAHRAIN    39.356     35.998     13.433     15.062     12.13    38.965     37.278     37.863     37.627      -3.43    0.09

     POLAND     26.477     38.978     16.997     12.740    -25.04    34.512     37.058     35.940     34.722       0.61    0.08

     SWAZLND    49.168     40.275     16.008      9.382    -41.39    49.177     36.070     35.300     33.649     -31.58    0.08

     SINGAPR    49.715     34.486     13.299     10.364    -22.07    44.738     32.443     31.572     31.551     -29.48    0.07

     BULGAR     19.775     25.209      8.343     10.287     23.30    22.040     26.269     26.522     27.153      23.20    0.06

     LUXMBRG    30.481     28.027     15.964     10.727    -32.81    33.703     23.260     22.172     22.789     -32.38    0.05

     AUSTRAL    21.504     24.506     10.142      7.597    -25.09    22.784     23.805     22.282     21.961      -3.61    0.05

     BRAZIL     63.025     25.502     13.932      8.769    -37.06    46.083     21.124     21.041     20.339     -55.87    0.05

     DENMARK    12.972     17.157      5.865      7.591     29.44    14.632     17.703     18.292     18.884      29.06    0.04

     AUSTRIA    13.681     17.829      6.803      7.810     14.80    15.382     18.675     18.427     18.837      22.46    0.04

     GREECE     16.995     17.255      7.312      6.870     -6.05    15.902     17.606     16.558     16.812       5.72    0.04

     CZECH       9.341     12.019      5.044      7.918     56.99    10.442     13.768     14.471     14.894      42.63    0.03

     LATVIA     10.661     13.220      4.913      6.018     22.49    11.775     14.014     14.107     14.325      21.65    0.03

     HUNGARY     9.073     12.975      4.126      4.665     13.05    10.646     12.980     13.453     13.513      26.93    0.03

     FINLAND    16.458     14.569      6.983      4.960    -28.98    18.441     13.369     13.132     12.545     -31.97    0.03

     SLOVENI     7.536     10.993      3.880      4.947     27.50     8.042     11.330     11.924     12.061      49.97    0.03

     REP SAF     8.808     11.643      5.088      5.319      4.56    11.430     11.915     12.120     11.875       3.89    0.03

     MALAWI      9.477     12.368      3.582      3.038    -15.21    10.106     12.074     11.613     11.823      16.99    0.03

     BOTSWAN     5.573      7.952      1.213      4.524    273.06     5.299     10.094     10.573     11.263     112.55    0.03

     SWEDEN      9.676      8.395      2.937      4.371     48.79     9.458      9.148      9.523      9.829       3.92    0.02

     MACAU      17.611      9.799      4.195      4.065     -3.09    15.164      9.999      9.823      9.670     -36.23    0.02

     ARGENT      6.645      8.688      2.419      2.082    -13.91     6.197      8.755      8.436      8.351      34.76    0.02

     N ZEAL      5.917      8.306      4.504      4.015    -10.84     7.491      8.016      7.740      7.818       4.37    0.02

     ETHIOP      5.312      7.175      2.786      3.389     21.63     5.915      7.130      7.591      7.778      31.50    0.02

     SLOVAK      5.784      7.436      3.315      3.371      1.67     7.030      7.083      7.147      7.491       6.56    0.02

     TNZANIA     1.682      5.168      1.240      3.362    171.15     2.782      6.472      6.588      7.290     162.04    0.02

     IRELAND     6.115      6.508      2.062      2.648     28.44     6.090      6.907      6.634      7.094      16.48    0.02

     MADAGAS    16.623      7.061      2.552      2.012    -21.16     7.602      7.404      7.441      6.521     -14.22    0.02

     MALTA       6.003      5.615      2.343      2.391      2.05     5.080      5.738      5.705      5.663      11.48    0.01

     ECUADOR     5.900      6.328      2.631      1.472    -44.05     6.492      5.712      5.207      5.169     -20.37    0.01

     UKRAINE     4.862      2.196      0.777      3.299    324.88     3.308      4.238      4.288      4.719      42.63    0.01

     GUYANA      3.145      4.310      1.446      1.440     -0.38     3.501      4.344      4.238      4.305      22.98    0.01

     LAOS        3.204      4.022      1.764      1.101    -37.62     4.472      3.618      3.357      3.358     -24.92    0.01

     RUSSIA      1.258      1.624      0.117      0.603    413.56     0.823      1.912      1.918      2.110     156.49    0.00

     BELARUS     3.530      3.783      2.269      0.025    -98.90     3.948      2.388      2.059      1.539     -61.01    0.00

     CHILE       1.427      0.952      0.363      0.631     73.92     1.136      1.323      1.300      1.220       7.35    0.00

     MONGOLA     1.741      0.043      0.034      0.025    -27.83     1.632      0.031      0.031      0.033     -97.95    0.00


     _WTO    35379.233  41129.221  14601.965  16315.337     11.73 38041.192  42243.402  42650.921  42842.593      12.62   99.95

     _ASEAN   6171.880   7639.949   2835.440   3231.702     13.98  6789.829   7934.393   8016.091   8036.211      18.36   18.75

     _W HEMI  5438.773   5967.207   2334.803   2480.290      6.23  5731.476   6042.077   6062.326   6112.694       6.65   14.26

     _OECD    3386.077   3752.186   1535.948   1595.377      3.87  3578.278   3794.661   3797.364   3811.615       6.52    8.89

     _CBI     2373.533   2706.409    975.511   1131.728     16.01  2533.910   2779.483   2809.699   2862.626      12.97    6.68

     _CAFTA   2282.279   2588.784    930.886   1082.603     16.30  2425.275   2662.394   2690.852   2740.501      13.00    6.39

     _EU15    1246.692   1380.948    560.134    590.571      5.43  1316.631   1403.927   1407.962   1411.385       7.20    3.29

     _EC12    1206.877   1340.154    543.411    573.430      5.52  1273.350   1362.735   1366.880   1370.174       7.60    3.20

     _SUB-SAH  213.195    282.821     89.813    103.000     14.68   234.427    287.808    292.874    296.009      26.27    0.69

     _ANDEAN   182.030    195.820     82.623     77.946     -5.66   198.210    195.879    194.732    191.142      -3.57    0.45