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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                         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     346.369    372.061    162.319    135.976    -16.23   371.025    354.921    349.755    345.718      -6.82  100.00

     CANADA    212.793    206.067     93.468     60.780    -34.97   219.819    185.358    178.983    173.379     -21.13   50.15

     MEXICO     36.108     46.363     20.189     27.860     37.99    41.229     50.610     52.074     54.033      31.06   15.63

     CHINA P    13.874     16.090      6.867      8.243     20.05    15.328     16.831     17.484     17.467      13.96    5.05

     CHINA T    12.440     13.757      4.736      6.600     39.37    12.431     14.455     14.836     15.621      25.66    4.52

     INDIA       8.368     14.880      6.834      7.045      3.08    11.754     16.582     16.134     15.091      28.39    4.36

     ITALY      16.651     16.852      6.197      3.413    -44.93    17.075     15.621     14.997     14.068     -17.61    4.07

     KOR REP     3.991      9.584      2.011      4.070    102.38     5.337      9.748     10.335     11.643     118.17    3.37

     INDNSIA     7.712     13.169      6.344      4.751    -25.11    10.926     12.030     11.685     11.576       5.95    3.35

     MALAYSA     7.309      9.721      4.671      3.565    -23.68     9.397      9.368      8.576      8.615      -8.33    2.49

     THAILND     6.909      8.462      3.921      1.838    -53.12     8.357      7.039      6.928      6.379     -23.67    1.85

     SLOVENI     2.245      2.694      1.089      1.398     28.40     2.244      2.747      2.948      3.003      33.80    0.87

     FRANCE      2.094      1.989      0.638      1.604    151.54     1.742      2.461      2.829      2.955      69.64    0.85

     GERMANY     3.611      3.192      1.438      0.814    -43.42     3.665      2.872      2.636      2.568     -29.94    0.74

     JAPAN       0.958      1.338      0.593      0.625      5.31     0.936      1.378      1.345      1.369      46.21    0.40

     BELGIUM     1.208      1.493      0.688      0.366    -46.79     1.521      1.205      1.172      1.171     -23.03    0.34

     EGYPT       0.832      0.774      0.090      0.351    290.87     0.703      1.036      1.036      1.035      47.19    0.30

     TURKEY      0.364      0.652      0.403      0.776     92.52     0.594      0.897      0.838      1.025      72.48    0.30

     VIETNAM     0.933      0.946      0.183      0.131    -28.60     0.694      0.895      0.936      0.893      28.68    0.26

     ISRAEL      3.729      0.324      0.158      0.171      8.33     2.358      0.296      0.281      0.337     -85.71    0.10

     S ARAB      1.299      0.334      0.140      0.120    -14.21     1.227      0.398      0.314      0.314     -74.43    0.09


     _WTO      346.369    372.059    162.319    135.976    -16.23   371.025    354.919    349.753    345.716      -6.82  100.00

     _W HEMI   249.173    252.765    113.736     89.039    -21.71   261.188    236.527    231.725    228.068     -12.68   65.97

     _OECD     242.160    241.547    105.760     72.425    -31.52   251.916    219.379    213.268    208.212     -17.35   60.23

     _ASEAN     22.931     32.366     15.162     10.285    -32.16    29.484     29.359     28.152     27.490      -6.76    7.95

     _EU15      24.240     24.586      9.529      6.664    -30.07    25.144     22.919     22.573     21.721     -13.61    6.28

     _EC12      24.234     24.583      9.529      6.664    -30.07    25.138     22.915     22.569     21.718     -13.61    6.28