_____________________________________
                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
                                          |_____________________________________|

                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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    1861.439   1795.334    626.875    582.948     -7.01  1855.305   1771.359   1772.491   1751.408      -5.60  100.00

     CHINA P  1273.593   1139.237    380.548    362.425     -4.76  1244.077   1115.453   1127.309   1121.113      -9.88   64.01

     ITALY      84.165     90.724     33.248     30.482     -8.32    87.896     90.621     89.698     87.958       0.07    5.02

     INDIA      76.387     88.825     33.354     30.586     -8.30    83.724     91.149     89.449     86.057       2.79    4.91

     VIETNAM    46.142     60.406     26.285     28.077      6.82    53.115     62.650     63.224     62.198      17.10    3.55

     BNGLDSH    46.262     53.779     20.085     19.551     -2.66    45.038     53.159     51.500     53.245      18.22    3.04

     INDNSIA    58.935     46.304     26.101     23.273    -10.83    50.103     45.328     46.076     43.477     -13.23    2.48

     ISRAEL     19.345     49.100     10.802      5.107    -52.72    30.046     47.406     45.114     43.405      44.46    2.48

     BELGIUM    21.937     23.168      6.608      5.853    -11.42    23.570     23.397     22.680     22.413      -4.91    1.28

     FRANCE     14.814     17.809      4.726      4.416     -6.55    15.037     17.835     17.464     17.499      16.38    1.00

     SRI LKA    18.412     22.134     12.552      7.876    -37.25    22.199     20.986     18.737     17.458     -21.35    1.00

     PHIL R     16.249     16.849      9.277      9.643      3.95    16.387     17.907     16.589     17.215       5.06    0.98

     MEXICO     15.515     15.780      4.822      3.022    -37.33    16.839     15.666     14.762     13.980     -16.98    0.80

     PORTUGL    11.534     11.997      5.039      6.527     29.54    12.773     12.130     13.284     13.485       5.58    0.77

     CAMBOD     19.037     15.864      5.038      2.575    -48.88    12.147     15.018     13.811     13.402      10.33    0.77

     CHINA T     8.740     10.933      2.384      3.158     32.47     9.207     11.430     11.602     11.707      27.15    0.67

     HG KONG     6.559      7.605      3.085      2.087    -32.36     7.758      7.342      6.623      6.606     -14.85    0.38

     KOR REP     8.441      6.638      1.550      1.305    -15.81     7.959      6.863      6.785      6.393     -19.68    0.37

     GERMANY     4.723      3.695      1.278      0.721    -43.54     4.745      3.658      3.452      3.138     -33.86    0.18

     PAKISTN     2.305      2.841      0.752      0.779      3.47     2.602      2.755      2.943      2.867      10.20    0.16


     _WTO     1858.694   1792.811    626.330    582.536     -6.99  1852.935   1769.141   1770.095   1749.017      -5.61   99.86

     _OECD     196.941    208.116     69.425     65.620     -5.48   204.212    208.637    207.652    204.311       0.05   11.67

     _EU       178.617    195.467     65.507     63.186     -3.54   187.179    195.711    195.301    193.146       3.19   11.03

     _ASEAN    154.363    150.756     72.872     68.747     -5.66   144.328    152.001    151.853    146.632       1.60    8.37

     _W HEMI    37.533     38.978     12.170      9.565    -21.41    40.055     38.955     37.573     36.373      -9.19    2.08

     _NAFTA     24.457     25.645      8.623      5.649    -34.49    26.857     25.577     24.061     22.670     -15.59    1.29

     _CAFTA      4.838      5.862      1.942      1.943      0.01     5.001      5.794      5.860      5.862      17.21    0.33