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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  3/2013
   Country      2011       2012       3/2012     3/2013  % Change    3/2012     1/2013     2/2013     3/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD     624.136    658.643    183.809    175.977     -4.26   635.917    651.793    656.940    650.811       2.34  100.00

     CHINA P   437.819    414.150    107.992    111.385      3.14   426.427    409.272    417.216    417.543      -2.08   64.16

     ISRAEL     40.478     92.917     22.156      9.547    -56.91    62.471     88.769     83.726     80.307      28.55   12.34

     INDIA      23.901     25.102      6.218      8.366     34.54    22.915     27.469     27.293     27.250      18.92    4.19

     VIETNAM    16.671     17.852      6.781      7.193      6.09    17.561     18.336     18.144     18.265       4.01    2.81

     PORTUGL    19.341     15.545      7.474      9.669     29.37    20.662     15.360     18.325     17.741     -14.14    2.73

     BNGLDSH    13.776     15.223      4.955      5.900     19.06    12.593     15.752     15.668     16.167      28.39    2.48

     ITALY       4.528     14.787      6.470      6.319     -2.33     9.840     15.019     16.054     14.636      48.75    2.25

     INDNSIA    11.242      8.270      4.627      3.948    -14.68     9.360      8.172      8.210      7.591     -18.89    1.17

     CHINA T     4.115      5.985      1.228      2.750    123.92     4.417      7.392      7.326      7.507      69.94    1.15

     CAMBOD      5.589      4.495      1.389      0.709    -48.96     3.403      4.061      3.819      3.815      12.11    0.59

     MEXICO      5.014      4.017      1.357      0.760    -43.99     5.332      3.822      3.623      3.421     -35.84    0.53

     KOR REP     5.492      3.393      0.618      0.526    -14.95     5.154      3.533      3.465      3.301     -35.96    0.51

     PAKISTN     2.158      2.577      0.530      0.564      6.26     2.011      2.495      2.697      2.610      29.80    0.40

     PHIL R      2.406      2.540      1.317      1.363      3.48     2.548      2.720      2.325      2.586       1.48    0.40

     SRI LKA     3.015      3.057      1.547      1.039    -32.83     3.269      2.960      2.665      2.549     -22.02    0.39

     BELGIUM     4.145      2.720      0.937      0.515    -45.00     3.113      2.692      2.451      2.298     -26.17    0.35

     HG KONG     1.884      2.505      0.767      0.494    -35.56     2.252      2.407      2.289      2.233      -0.85    0.34

     GERMANY     1.909      1.850      0.566      0.255    -54.90     2.069      1.819      1.686      1.539     -25.60    0.24

     FRANCE      0.810      2.529      1.812      0.206    -88.61     2.361      1.000      0.951      0.923     -60.90    0.14


     _WTO      622.802    657.338    183.570    175.847     -4.21   634.663    650.631    655.742    649.615       2.36   99.82

     _OECD      44.739     46.688     19.105     18.824     -1.47    49.515     45.395     48.957     46.407      -6.28    7.13

     _EU        38.660     44.644     18.950     18.380     -3.01    44.356     43.090     46.612     44.074      -0.63    6.77

     _ASEAN     37.693     34.371     14.739     13.938     -5.43    34.425     34.409     33.922     33.570      -2.48    5.16

     _W HEMI    10.057      9.658      2.817      2.131    -24.36    10.652      9.469      9.226      8.972     -15.77    1.38

     _NAFTA      6.499      5.092      1.559      0.957    -38.61     6.779      4.907      4.699      4.490     -33.77    0.69

     _CAFTA      2.299      3.310      0.926      0.890     -3.85     2.528      3.308      3.264      3.274      29.51    0.50