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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 800:  SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                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       570984    527164     138839     100117    -27.89    615723     499333     492558     488442     -20.67  100.00

     CHINA P     320230    282370      65970      53854    -18.37    333318     271993     269271     270254     -18.92   55.33

     LITHUAN      19134     38824          0       8369       *       19134      42118      42118      47193     146.64    9.66

     HUNGARY      39025     42901      11780      13486     14.48     40776      46511      47327      44607       9.40    9.13

     ROMANIA      20862     27146        314       5334   1598.73     15932      29581      29528      32166     101.90    6.59

     ITALY        17911     29657       7407       5545    -25.14     18489      25686      26261      27795      50.33    5.69

     BELGIUM      29430     47491      22618       1874    -91.71     49663      47135      40639      26747     -46.14    5.48

     INDNSIA      19495      1665          0          0       *       19495       1665       1665       1665     -91.46    0.34

     MEXICO       61759     17064      16700          0   -100.00     78459        364        364        364     -99.54    0.07


     _WTO        570984    527164     138839     100117    -27.89    615723     499333     492558     488442     -20.67  100.00

     _EU         144848    201185      46643      39365    -15.60    160269     205589     201040     193907      20.99   39.70

     _OECD       109789    141126      47538      29071    -38.85    130028     139926     135116     122659      -5.67   25.11

     _W HEMI      68101     24226      21287       3181    -85.06     85874       4479       4942       6120     -92.87    1.25

     _NAFTA       65079     18674      17896       1230    -93.13     82109       1442        778       2008     -97.55    0.41

     _ASEAN       19545      1676          0          0       *       19545       1676       1676       1676     -91.42    0.34