Major Shippers Category 600
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                                          |                                     |                                August 7, 2008
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     456.369    375.836    199.487    164.208    -17.68   408.444    359.243    350.748    340.557     -16.62  100.00

 O   CANADA    261.271    219.397    119.162     89.083    -25.24   241.889    202.311    196.637    189.318     -21.73   55.59

 O   MEXICO     53.622     37.496     17.305     16.551     -4.36    43.090     38.598     37.624     36.742     -14.73   10.79

 O   ITALY      36.103     28.466     16.199     13.738    -15.20    31.923     27.084     25.745     26.005     -18.54    7.64

 O   CHINA T    13.143     17.575      9.653      8.856     -8.26    16.679     17.711     17.148     16.777       0.59    4.93

 O   INDNSIA    12.733     13.532      6.375      7.001      9.83    12.913     14.239     14.780     14.158       9.64    4.16

 O   INDIA      10.199     11.690      6.165      5.755     -6.66    10.782     11.933     11.945     11.280       4.62    3.31

 O   MALAYSA     7.857      9.495      4.918      4.176    -15.09     8.435      9.591      9.744      8.753       3.77    2.57

 O   THAILND     7.029      8.577      4.523      4.112     -9.08     8.068      8.211      8.177      8.166       1.22    2.40

 O   CHINA P     6.099      7.955      3.617      3.274     -9.50     6.896      7.887      7.772      7.611      10.37    2.23

 O   ISRAEL      7.390      4.311      2.153      3.230     50.02     5.688      4.506      4.857      5.388      -5.28    1.58

 O   KOR REP     3.060      2.819      1.690      1.201    -28.95     2.846      2.932      2.513      2.330     -18.13    0.68

 O   GERMANY    21.408      3.122      1.978      1.126    -43.07     6.014      2.722      2.513      2.270     -62.26    0.67

 O   SLOVENI     4.165      3.058      1.803      0.948    -47.42     3.927      2.540      2.196      2.202     -43.92    0.65

 O   FRANCE      4.378      1.818      1.045      1.322     26.59     3.249      1.818      1.697      2.096     -35.49    0.62

 O   EGYPT       1.511      1.960      0.862      0.566    -34.32     1.883      1.634      1.634      1.664     -11.61    0.49

 O   JAPAN       1.601      0.777      0.504      0.893     77.07     1.013      1.133      1.111      1.166      15.12    0.34

 O   BELGIUM     0.638      0.973      0.351      0.257    -26.84     0.517      0.943      0.900      0.878      69.95    0.26

 O   VIETNAM     0.336      0.365      0.071      0.398    458.98     0.180      0.661      0.692      0.692     283.60    0.20

 O   SWITZLD     0.079      0.169      0.040      0.464   1060.91     0.092      0.417      0.547      0.593     546.45    0.17

 O   SALVADR     0.000      0.356      0.000      0.200       *       0.000      0.430      0.500      0.557   149966.6    0.16

 O   SLOVAK      0.868      0.676      0.436      0.271    -37.80     0.914      0.562      0.558      0.511     -44.09    0.15


 O   _OECD     329.607    257.646    140.875    107.890    -23.41   287.705    239.256    231.723    224.661     -21.91   65.97

 O   _ASEAN     27.955     31.999     15.887     15.687     -1.26    29.596     32.733     33.424     31.799       7.44    9.34

 O   _EC12      63.492     34.774     19.806     16.552    -16.43    42.207     32.781     31.083     31.519     -25.32    9.26

 O   _EU15      64.005     34.777     19.810     16.552    -16.45    42.285     32.781     31.083     31.519     -25.46    9.26

 O   _C,H,K,T   22.306     28.436     14.989     13.330    -11.07    26.454     28.618     27.521     26.777       1.22    7.86

 O   _HK,K,T    16.207     20.482     11.372     10.057    -11.57    19.557     20.731     19.749     19.166      -2.00    5.63

 O   _CBI        0.010      0.364      0.002      0.208  10070.20     0.011      0.445      0.513      0.571    5292.51    0.17

 O   _CAFTA      0.010      0.364      0.002      0.208  10070.20     0.011      0.445      0.513      0.571    5292.51    0.17