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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC 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      95.040    117.682     53.924     49.684     -7.86   106.531    114.418    113.394    113.442       6.49  100.00

     INDNSIA    39.997     51.833     25.535     20.467    -19.84    47.537     48.832     46.511     46.766      -1.62   41.22

     CANADA     16.519     18.413      8.415      7.110    -15.51    17.707     17.706     17.754     17.108      -3.39   15.08

     INDIA      10.494     13.304      4.788      6.335     32.33     9.883     14.706     14.833     14.851      50.28   13.09

     CHINA P     9.032     10.432      5.839      4.846    -17.00    10.486      8.581      8.753      9.439      -9.99    8.32

     VIETNAM     2.197      3.673      1.537      3.419    122.41     3.184      4.618      5.526      5.555      74.49    4.90

     TURKEY      1.632      4.339      1.953      2.151     10.14     2.594      4.320      4.310      4.537      74.94    4.00

     PHIL R      1.814      2.716      0.801      1.145     42.94     1.999      2.947      3.124      3.060      53.09    2.70

     GERMANY     2.265      2.356      0.806      1.139     41.24     2.434      3.112      3.208      2.689      10.45    2.37

     MEXICO      1.485      2.348      0.581      0.546     -5.96     1.271      2.191      2.300      2.313      82.04    2.04

     ROMANIA     2.639      1.313      0.518      0.390    -24.61     2.129      1.082      1.246      1.185     -44.31    1.05

     THAILND     1.611      1.353      0.791      0.429    -45.68     1.824      1.202      1.001      0.992     -45.60    0.87

     JAPAN       0.737      1.118      0.474      0.169    -64.44     0.929      0.964      0.805      0.812     -12.52    0.72

     CHINA T     0.835      0.393      0.111      0.306    177.21     0.403      0.452      0.524      0.589      45.94    0.52

     MALAYSA     0.319      0.686      0.521      0.000   -100.00     0.702      0.515      0.235      0.165     -76.44    0.15


     _WTO       95.040    117.673     53.916     49.684     -7.85   106.523    114.408    113.385    113.441       6.49  100.00

     _ASEAN     46.064     60.413     29.238     25.461    -12.92    55.357     58.266     56.494     56.636       2.31   49.93

     _OECD      23.075     27.631     12.048     11.390     -5.46    25.290     27.567     27.748     26.973       6.65   23.78

     _W HEMI    18.370     21.193      9.242      7.658    -17.14    19.521     20.176     20.281     19.609       0.45   17.29

     _EU15       4.649      4.589      1.575      1.919     21.84     4.705      5.281      5.450      4.933       4.83    4.35

     _EC12       4.358      4.003      1.271      1.819     43.12     4.151      4.717      4.978      4.551       9.64    4.01