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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                         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     400.940    501.675    200.385    218.120      8.85   452.054    515.885    516.912    519.410      14.90  100.00

     CHINA P    66.765     99.692     36.227     40.503     11.81    81.317    103.652    105.152    103.969      27.86   20.02

     INDIA      69.963     93.350     38.026     43.190     13.58    80.478     99.163     98.912     98.514      22.41   18.97

     CANADA     60.808     65.261     27.466     26.786     -2.48    62.773     64.835     64.177     64.581       2.88   12.43

     CHINA T    27.669     32.363     12.714     13.615      7.09    30.084     32.135     32.772     33.264      10.57    6.40

     ARAB EM    21.770     27.143      9.967     15.043     50.92    25.640     29.263     30.123     32.218      25.66    6.20

     S ARAB     18.402     27.124     10.502     12.627     20.23    23.223     29.229     28.326     29.249      25.95    5.63

     TURKEY     23.563     29.656     11.735     11.043     -5.90    25.972     29.346     29.114     28.964      11.52    5.58

     KOR REP    16.182     18.951      8.173      7.096    -13.17    18.975     18.214     17.604     17.874      -5.80    3.44

     JAPAN      13.371     12.529      5.613      6.251     11.35    13.614     13.111     12.962     13.167      -3.28    2.53

     MEXICO      9.003     10.369      3.495      4.321     23.62     9.635     11.398     11.607     11.194      16.18    2.16

     U KING      8.850      9.984      4.547      5.246     15.37    10.157     10.267     10.441     10.683       5.18    2.06

     GREECE      9.574     10.768      3.792      3.626     -4.37     8.654     10.757     10.444     10.603      22.52    2.04

     VIETNAM     3.895      7.780      2.687      4.441     65.24     5.612      8.410      8.949      9.533      69.89    1.84

     BELGIUM     5.973      7.167      3.074      3.506     14.04     6.777      7.148      7.509      7.598      12.12    1.46

     ITALY       6.613      8.556      3.867      2.741    -29.12     8.092      7.656      7.573      7.430      -8.18    1.43

     GERMANY     8.079      6.243      2.815      3.559     26.43     7.195      6.739      6.993      6.986      -2.89    1.35

     THAILND     4.012      7.028      3.415      3.219     -5.74     5.738      7.032      7.124      6.832      19.07    1.32

     NETHLDS     6.293      6.099      3.219      2.782    -13.57     6.602      5.832      5.632      5.663     -14.22    1.09

     REP SAF     0.303      3.080      0.856      1.674     95.64     0.998      4.049      4.199      3.898     290.63    0.75

     MALAYSA     2.066      3.701      1.639      1.368    -16.56     2.989      3.557      3.292      3.430      14.76    0.66

     HUNGARY     0.000      1.315      0.144      0.264     83.13     0.144      1.332      1.332      1.435     895.78    0.28

     BRAZIL      1.619      1.261      0.652      0.353    -45.83     1.705      1.091      1.028      0.962     -43.54    0.19

     INDNSIA     0.789      1.059      0.521      0.287    -45.03     1.032      1.085      1.053      0.824     -20.20    0.16

     GUATMAL     0.446      0.591      0.276      0.252     -8.63     0.569      0.550      0.492      0.567      -0.38    0.11

     N ZEAL      0.339      0.393      0.384      0.070    -81.67     0.499      0.182      0.100      0.079     -84.09    0.02


     _WTO      400.921    501.487    200.250    218.022      8.87   451.916    515.735    516.762    519.259      14.90   99.97

     _OECD     154.572    171.648     71.984     69.454     -3.52   162.796    169.881    168.447    169.118       3.88   32.56

     _W HEMI    73.300     78.668     32.628     32.301     -1.00    76.370     78.845     78.350     78.340       2.58   15.08

     _EU15      51.514     53.070     22.728     23.002      1.21    51.626     52.793     53.075     53.344       3.33   10.27

     _EC12      51.274     52.839     22.704     22.931      1.00    51.484     52.525     52.787     53.065       3.07   10.22

     _ASEAN     10.781     19.626      8.316      9.336     12.27    15.443     20.112     20.446     20.647      33.70    3.98

     _SUB-SAH    0.304      3.085      0.859      1.675     95.02     1.002      4.055      4.203      3.901     289.37    0.75

     _CBI        1.241      1.123      0.589      0.449    -23.84     1.405      0.989      0.919      0.982     -30.06    0.19

     _CAFTA      1.209      1.123      0.589      0.449    -23.84     1.405      0.989      0.919      0.982     -30.06    0.19