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                                          |                                     |                              February 7, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2011 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 12/2011
   Country      2009       2010      12/2010    12/2011  % Change   12/2010    10/2011    11/2011    12/2011   % Change % Share


     WORLD   29346.125  35397.819  35397.819  41151.092     16.25 35397.819  40594.838  40885.109  41151.092      16.25  100.00

     CHINA P 13600.382  16993.686  16993.686  19509.447     14.80 16993.686  19256.792  19391.616  19509.447      14.80   47.41

     VIETNAM  2062.948   2527.543   2527.543   3251.045     28.62  2527.543   3167.042   3204.520   3251.045      28.62    7.90

     INDNSIA  1432.098   1733.224   1733.224   2111.742     21.84  1733.224   2066.866   2087.604   2111.742      21.84    5.13

     MEXICO   1465.352   1688.762   1688.762   1871.283     10.81  1688.762   1872.754   1877.921   1871.283      10.81    4.55

     CANADA   1035.895   1121.926   1121.926   1157.232      3.15  1121.926   1166.619   1162.302   1157.232       3.15    2.81

     BNGLDSH   648.642    783.556    783.556    962.651     22.86   783.556    962.076    965.543    962.651      22.86    2.34

     INDIA     515.222    677.318    677.318    931.196     37.48   677.318    894.237    912.562    931.196      37.48    2.26

     HONDURA   670.086    860.278    860.278    925.565      7.59   860.278    936.069    940.723    925.565       7.59    2.25

     CAMBOD    431.716    515.608    515.608    776.300     50.56   515.608    731.182    754.599    776.300      50.56    1.89

     CHINA T   633.636    712.424    712.424    722.537      1.42   712.424    724.058    724.711    722.537       1.42    1.76

     THAILND   619.241    685.950    685.950    656.082     -4.35   685.950    673.698    662.224    656.082      -4.35    1.59

     KOR REP   515.026    547.792    547.792    629.324     14.88   547.792    618.216    624.950    629.324      14.88    1.53

     PHIL R    409.560    500.732    500.732    621.516     24.12   500.732    612.923    617.368    621.516      24.12    1.51

     SALVADR   440.848    520.354    520.354    576.911     10.87   520.354    552.289    567.010    576.911      10.87    1.40

     JORDAN    357.219    432.656    432.656    550.871     27.32   432.656    543.750    543.611    550.871      27.32    1.34

     SRI LKA   371.638    407.193    407.193    500.626     22.95   407.193    490.978    495.008    500.626      22.95    1.22

     ITALY     395.264    444.785    444.785    500.190     12.46   444.785    492.513    494.620    500.190      12.46    1.22

     TURKEY    262.399    354.644    354.644    440.951     24.34   354.644    429.454    436.380    440.951      24.34    1.07

     GUATMAL   243.869    307.820    307.820    408.079     32.57   307.820    397.419    401.313    408.079      32.57    0.99

     EGYPT     255.595    307.126    307.126    392.678     27.86   307.126    381.116    386.096    392.678      27.86    0.95

     NICARAG   197.774    253.306    253.306    324.660     28.17   253.306    330.102    331.739    324.660      28.17    0.79

     DOM REP   273.439    279.551    279.551    299.278      7.06   279.551    291.190    294.136    299.278       7.06    0.73

     JAPAN     215.791    251.100    251.100    281.502     12.11   251.100    269.737    274.927    281.502      12.11    0.68

     GERMANY   163.090    210.615    210.615    225.733      7.18   210.615    225.840    225.179    225.733       7.18    0.55

     ISRAEL    270.782    261.125    261.125    213.115    -18.39   261.125    213.589    211.010    213.115     -18.39    0.52

     PAKISTN   119.061    126.356    126.356    198.548     57.13   126.356    189.393    195.231    198.548      57.13    0.48

     MALAYSA   136.117    153.993    153.993    183.658     19.26   153.993    181.784    183.110    183.658      19.26    0.45

     FRANCE    131.685    147.200    147.200    163.661     11.18   147.200    160.806    162.342    163.661      11.18    0.40

     HAITI      67.619     87.289     87.289    112.240     28.58    87.289    112.406    113.505    112.240      28.58    0.27

     LESOTHO    64.919     76.367     76.367    110.921     45.25    76.367    104.920    110.032    110.921      45.25    0.27

     BELGIUM    74.536    100.894    100.894    106.812      5.87   100.894    104.830    105.734    106.812       5.87    0.26

     U KING     76.134     91.457     91.457    106.220     16.14    91.457    104.458    105.359    106.220      16.14    0.26

     COLOMB     97.920    111.370    111.370    105.233     -5.51   111.370    108.976    105.896    105.233      -5.51    0.26

     PERU       54.406     64.633     64.633     84.146     30.19    64.633     81.999     81.870     84.146      30.19    0.20

     NETHLDS    66.817     64.965     64.965     75.032     15.49    64.965     73.340     73.055     75.032      15.49    0.18

     HG KONG    61.491     67.959     67.959     72.873      7.23    67.959     72.841     72.398     72.873       7.23    0.18

     KENYA      36.676     35.336     35.336     71.974    103.68    35.336     70.634     69.977     71.974     103.68    0.17

     C RICA     73.782     60.970     60.970     54.294    -10.95    60.970     54.339     53.708     54.294     -10.95    0.13

     PORTUGL    46.392     45.184     45.184     52.188     15.50    45.184     49.312     50.287     52.188      15.50    0.13

     ARAB EM    29.566     40.312     40.312     51.910     28.77    40.312     54.321     53.124     51.910      28.77    0.13

     SWITZLD    32.285     40.903     40.903     44.080      7.77    40.903     44.156     44.060     44.080       7.77    0.11

     MOROC      19.572     27.234     27.234     43.692     60.43    27.234     41.298     42.483     43.692      60.43    0.11

     SPAIN      32.975     35.216     35.216     41.370     17.48    35.216     41.802     41.291     41.370      17.48    0.10

     SWAZLND    37.973     49.168     49.168     40.244    -18.15    49.168     44.194     41.825     40.244     -18.15    0.10

     POLAND     26.123     26.477     26.477     38.978     47.22    26.477     38.079     38.704     38.978      47.22    0.09

     BAHRAIN    29.615     39.356     39.356     35.998     -8.53    39.356     36.521     37.151     35.998      -8.53    0.09

     S ARAB     23.596     31.478     31.478     35.418     12.52    31.478     35.990     35.700     35.418      12.52    0.09

     SINGAPR    61.665     49.715     49.715     34.486    -30.63    49.715     36.853     35.605     34.486     -30.63    0.08

     ROMANIA    26.000     27.386     27.386     34.225     24.97    27.386     32.527     33.647     34.225      24.97    0.08

     LUXMBRG    24.997     30.481     30.481     28.027     -8.05    30.481     30.577     28.265     28.027      -8.05    0.07

     BRAZIL     58.388     63.025     63.025     25.502    -59.54    63.025     32.193     28.054     25.502     -59.54    0.06

     BULGAR     17.515     19.775     19.775     25.209     27.48    19.775     24.865     24.205     25.209      27.48    0.06

     AUSTRAL    20.166     21.504     21.504     24.506     13.96    21.504     25.368     24.965     24.506      13.96    0.06

     AUSTRIA    14.403     13.681     13.681     17.829     30.32    13.681     16.805     17.671     17.829      30.32    0.04

     GREECE     18.817     16.995     16.995     17.255      1.53    16.995     17.651     16.903     17.255       1.53    0.04

     DENMARK    12.692     12.972     12.972     17.157     32.27    12.972     15.955     16.336     17.157      32.27    0.04

     FINLAND    14.773     16.458     16.458     14.569    -11.48    16.458     16.824     15.467     14.569     -11.48    0.04

     LATVIA      8.856     10.661     10.661     13.220     24.00    10.661     12.657     13.164     13.220      24.00    0.03

     HUNGARY     8.548      9.073      9.073     12.975     43.00     9.073     12.042     12.449     12.975      43.00    0.03

     MALAWI      6.456      9.477      9.477     12.368     30.49     9.477     11.657     11.547     12.368      30.49    0.03

     CZECH       8.399      9.341      9.341     12.019     28.68     9.341     11.182     11.694     12.019      28.68    0.03

     REP SAF     9.381      8.808      8.808     11.643     32.19     8.808     12.028     11.712     11.643      32.19    0.03

     SLOVENI     5.261      7.536      7.536     10.993     45.87     7.536      9.855     10.619     10.993      45.87    0.03

     MACAU      26.024     17.611     17.611      9.799    -44.36    17.611     10.807     10.344      9.799     -44.36    0.02

     ARGENT      5.373      6.645      6.645      8.688     30.75     6.645      8.682      8.910      8.688      30.75    0.02

     SWEDEN      6.448      9.676      9.676      8.395    -13.23     9.676      8.377      8.231      8.395     -13.23    0.02

     N ZEAL      6.331      5.917      5.917      8.306     40.39     5.917      8.540      8.395      8.306      40.39    0.02

     BOTSWAN     4.889      5.573      5.573      7.952     42.69     5.573      8.608      8.953      7.952      42.69    0.02

     SLOVAK      6.349      5.784      5.784      7.436     28.56     5.784      6.950      7.301      7.436      28.56    0.02

     ETHIOP      6.246      5.312      5.312      7.175     35.07     5.312      6.549      6.830      7.175      35.07    0.02

     MADAGAS    67.098     16.623     16.623      7.061    -57.52    16.623      7.102      7.106      7.061     -57.52    0.02

     IRELAND     5.363      6.115      6.115      6.508      6.43     6.115      6.403      6.315      6.508       6.43    0.02

     ECUADOR     5.731      5.900      5.900      6.328      7.25     5.900      6.521      6.323      6.328       7.25    0.02

     MALTA       7.698      6.003      6.003      5.615     -6.47     6.003      6.286      5.946      5.615      -6.47    0.01

     TNZANIA     0.282      1.682      1.682      5.168    207.21     1.682      4.588      4.878      5.168     207.21    0.01

     GUYANA      3.144      3.145      3.145      4.310     37.07     3.145      4.036      4.178      4.310      37.07    0.01

     LAOS        2.236      3.204      3.204      4.022     25.52     3.204      4.306      4.097      4.022      25.52    0.01

     BELARUS     1.944      3.530      3.530      3.783      7.18     3.530      4.495      4.187      3.783       7.18    0.01

     UKRAINE     6.564      4.862      4.862      2.196    -54.83     4.862      2.422      2.143      2.196     -54.83    0.01

     RUSSIA      0.853      1.258      1.258      1.624     29.08     1.258      1.023      1.181      1.624      29.08    0.00

     CHILE       0.942      1.427      1.427      0.952    -33.33     1.427      1.022      0.979      0.952     -33.33    0.00

     SIER LN     0.020      0.017      0.017      0.510   2834.64     0.017      0.515      0.515      0.510    2834.64    0.00

     MONGOLA     1.111      1.741      1.741      0.043    -97.53     1.741      0.182      0.043      0.043     -97.53    0.00


     _WTO    29329.643  35379.233  35379.233  41129.027     16.25 35379.233  40572.950  40863.476  41129.027      16.25   99.95

     _ASEAN   5156.556   6171.880   6171.880   7640.008     23.79  6171.880   7475.861   7550.290   7640.008      23.79   18.57

     _OECD    3001.555   3386.077   3386.077   3752.184     10.81  3386.077   3722.014   3733.967   3752.184      10.81    9.12

     _CBI     1971.168   2373.533   2373.533   2706.412     14.02  2373.533   2678.777   2707.248   2706.412      14.02    6.58

     _CAFTA   1899.798   2282.279   2282.279   2588.787     13.43  2282.279   2561.408   2588.629   2588.787      13.43    6.29

     _EU15    1084.386   1246.692   1246.692   1380.946     10.77  1246.692   1365.494   1367.056   1380.946      10.77    3.36

     _EC12    1048.761   1206.877   1206.877   1340.153     11.04  1206.877   1323.487   1325.686   1340.153      11.04    3.26

     _SUB-SAH  236.068    213.195    213.195    282.790     32.64   213.195    277.673    280.325    282.790      32.64    0.69

     _ANDEAN   158.123    182.030    182.030    195.820      7.58   182.030    197.609    194.210    195.820       7.58    0.48