Major Shippers Category 600
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                                          |                                     |                              February 6, 2009
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 12/2008
 C Country      2006       2007      12/2007    12/2008  % Change   12/2007    10/2008    11/2008    12/2008   % Change % Share


 O   WORLD    137150973 110194600  110194600   86433851    -21.56 110194600   90682736   89271700   86433851     -21.56  100.00

 O   CANADA    69719052  51524893   51524893   38041672    -26.17  51524893   40180845   39317989   38041672     -26.17   44.01

 O   MEXICO    18451690  17481397   17481397   13594752    -22.23  17481397   14776921   14442237   13594752     -22.23   15.73

 O   INDNSIA    6884765   6769747    6769747    5942820    -12.22   6769747    6295281    6208847    5942820     -12.22    6.88

 O   CHINA T    5473330   7410607    7410607    5908222    -20.27   7410607    6041322    5985340    5908222     -20.27    6.84

 O   INDIA      5266253   5628734    5628734    4444321    -21.04   5628734    4877494    4744588    4444321     -21.04    5.14

 O   ITALY      7336218   5730698    5730698    3938873    -31.27   5730698    4335022    4275781    3938873     -31.27    4.56

 O   MALAYSA    4255888   4319898    4319898    3702910    -14.28   4319898    3974069    3738797    3702910     -14.28    4.28

 O   CHINA P    3153977   3127355    3127355    2750865    -12.04   3127355    2372740    2596297    2750865     -12.04    3.18

 O   THAILND    2985904   2915152    2915152    2503797    -14.11   2915152    2580817    2586729    2503797     -14.11    2.90

 O   ISRAEL     2289728   1158879    1158879    1689592     45.80   1158879    1684110    1671912    1689592      45.80    1.95

 O   KOR REP     969050    884718     884718     935980      5.79    884718     884775     930991     935980       5.79    1.08

 O   GERMANY    6440697    556613     556613     758076     36.19    556613     340326     447265     758076      36.19    0.88

 O   VIETNAM     199000    180883     180883     436498    141.32    180883     346394     426149     436498     141.32    0.51

 O   FRANCE      843643    233584     233584     346870     48.50    233584     362946     377586     346870      48.50    0.40

 O   EGYPT       710712    887126     887126     302036    -65.95    887126     462399     340728     302036     -65.95    0.35

 O   SLOVENI     764957    408041     408041     271637    -33.43    408041     269421     270246     271637     -33.43    0.31

 O   BELGIUM     196472    260670     260670     183181    -29.73    260670     181947     183230     183181     -29.73    0.21

 O   JAPAN       327769    148375     148375     164394     10.80    148375     191498     192058     164394      10.80    0.19

 O   SLOVAK      204744    155940     155940     123627    -20.72    155940     117140     122478     123627     -20.72    0.14

 O   SALVADR        100    132930     132930      99535    -25.12    132930     109156     109156      99535     -25.12    0.12


 O   _OECD     86100562  59390361   59390361   44460285    -25.14  59390361   46541581   45799562   44460285     -25.14   51.44

 O   _ASEAN    14325557  14191341   14191341   12601974    -11.20  14191341   13218171   12976471   12601974     -11.20   14.58

 O   _C,H,K,T   9596763  11443191   11443191    9595129    -16.15  11443191    9298899    9512690    9595129     -16.15   11.10

 O   _HK,K,T    6442786   8315836    8315836    6844264    -17.70   8315836    6926159    6916393    6844264     -17.70    7.92

 O   _EU15     15203118   6869718    6869718    5276271    -23.20   6869718    5255592    5330111    5276271     -23.20    6.10

 O   _EC12     15136075   6869168    6869168    5276189    -23.19   6869168    5255510    5330029    5276189     -23.19    6.10

 O   _CBI           964    134108     134108     107963    -19.50    134108     115402     115402     107963     -19.50    0.12

 O   _CAFTA         964    134108     134108     107963    -19.50    134108     115402     115402     107963     -19.50    0.12