Major Shippers Category 618
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                                          |                                     |                                August 7, 2008
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 618:  WOVEN ARTIFICIAL FILAMENT FAB.
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  6/2008
 C Country      2006       2007       6/2007     6/2008  % Change    6/2007     4/2008     5/2008     6/2008   % Change % Share


 O   WORLD     17769027  27033675   11012589   17863151     62.21  19448056   32224768   34157258   33884237      74.23  100.00

 O   KOR REP    5193254  13091049    3656545   11386328    211.40   6620357   19092555   20613635   20820832     214.50   61.45

 O   CANADA     4300454   6066035    2798498    2486301    -11.16   4848026    6111464    5931767    5753838      18.68   16.98

 O   JAPAN      2711541   2758240    1547907    1835368     18.57   2430417    2577386    3185807    3045701      25.32    8.99

 O   ITALY      1508147   1589964     808421     823142      1.82   1568707    1761860    1646788    1604685       2.29    4.74

 O   CHINA P    2478476   2285296    1602654     764790    -52.28   2556802    1461626    1484493    1447432     -43.39    4.27


 O   _OECD     11749970  21267668    7451170   14900959     99.98  13561063   27522153   28735529   28717457     111.76   84.75

 O   _C,H,K,T   7877485  15585419    5362281   12334298    130.02   9417115   20798021   22437498   22557436     139.54   66.57

 O   _HK,K,T    5399009  13300123    3759627   11569508    207.73   6860313   19336395   20953005   21110004     207.71   62.30

 O   _EU15      2108404   2001020     955347     987565      3.37   1990779    2210833    2089732    2033238       2.13    6.00

 O   _EC12      2107221   2000807     955214     986791      3.31   1989609    2209846    2088745    2032384       2.15    6.00