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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                         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      85.691     72.544     38.029     29.748    -21.77    81.502     66.489     64.238     64.264     -21.15  100.00

     INDNSIA    36.085     34.913     18.587     16.669    -10.31    36.759     32.599     32.959     32.996     -10.24   51.34

     INDIA       9.115      7.209      3.304      3.694     11.80     7.251      7.162      6.647      7.599       4.80   11.82

     CHINA P     9.360      7.115      3.830      1.867    -51.26     7.717      5.980      5.752      5.152     -33.24    8.02

     AUSTRAL     4.170      4.419      1.959      1.431    -26.96     4.425      4.370      4.088      3.891     -12.06    6.06

     THAILND    10.170      5.899      3.182      0.910    -71.39     8.630      4.601      3.712      3.628     -57.96    5.65

     KOR REP     4.256      2.167      1.360      1.295     -4.78     3.724      2.160      1.967      2.102     -43.56    3.27

     SPAIN       2.047      1.969      0.930      0.997      7.18     2.186      2.038      2.014      2.036      -6.83    3.17

     VIETNAM     2.816      1.997      0.907      0.665    -26.68     2.431      1.885      1.737      1.755     -27.80    2.73

     TURKEY      1.847      1.310      0.584      0.724     23.99     1.495      1.376      1.374      1.450      -3.02    2.26

     PAKISTN     0.806      0.975      0.426      0.465      9.17     0.879      1.073      1.014      1.014      15.40    1.58

     CHINA T     1.752      2.959      2.358      0.201    -91.47     3.669      1.562      1.164      0.802     -78.14    1.25

     AUSTRIA     0.734      0.150      0.150      0.125    -16.33     0.743      0.162      0.162      0.125     -83.15    0.19


     _WTO       85.691     72.544     38.029     29.748    -21.77    81.502     66.489     64.238     64.264     -21.15  100.00

     _ASEAN     49.956     42.898     22.675     18.487    -18.47    48.246     39.291     38.614     38.710     -19.76   60.24

     _OECD      14.307     11.229      5.353      5.034     -5.95    13.452     11.329     10.967     10.911     -18.89   16.98

     _EU15       3.178      2.571      1.260      1.431     13.54     3.374      2.633      2.748      2.741     -18.75    4.27

     _EC12       2.444      2.421      1.111      1.306     17.56     2.631      2.471      2.587      2.616      -0.56    4.07