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                                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2021
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2021 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  8/2021
   Country      2019       2020       8/2020     8/2021  % Change    8/2020     6/2021     7/2021     8/2021   % Change % Share


     WORLD      9353384   5040739    3727508    4321228     15.93   6349055    5223301    5580884    5634459     -11.26  100.00

     KOR REP    4796622   2955878    2214582    2977088     34.43   3673913    3289300    3731436    3718384       1.21   65.99


     _WTO       9353384   5040739    3727508    4321228     15.93   6349055    5223301    5580884    5634459     -11.26  100.00

     _OECD      7235253   4008998    2897210    3774109     30.27   4979548    4424546    4879618    4885897      -1.88   86.71