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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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       5.059      4.817      1.313      1.068    -18.65     5.226      4.693      4.671      4.572     -12.52  100.00

     CHINA P     1.741      1.112      0.243      0.266      9.09     1.690      1.074      1.119      1.134     -32.86   24.81

     HUNGARY     0.759      0.824      0.209      0.177    -15.07     0.777      0.870      0.868      0.792       1.95   17.32

     BELGIUM     0.751      0.867      0.329      0.101    -69.40     0.934      0.867      0.772      0.639     -31.61   13.97

     ITALY       0.428      0.593      0.142      0.137     -3.70     0.466      0.574      0.559      0.587      26.20   12.85

     ROMANIA     0.138      0.223      0.003      0.067   2235.41     0.106      0.248      0.249      0.287     170.51    6.28

     LITHUAN     0.065      0.131      0.000      0.019       *       0.065      0.134      0.134      0.150     130.44    3.29

     INDNSIA     0.057      0.018      0.000      0.000       *       0.057      0.018      0.018      0.018     -68.46    0.39

     MEXICO      0.012      0.006      0.003      0.000   -100.00     0.015      0.003      0.003      0.003     -80.72    0.06


     _WTO        5.059      4.817      1.313      1.068    -18.65     5.226      4.693      4.671      4.572     -12.52  100.00

     _EU         2.509      2.894      0.752      0.590    -21.62     2.672      2.932      2.848      2.732       2.23   59.75

     _OECD       2.452      2.645      0.757      0.551    -27.23     2.624      2.661      2.579      2.439      -7.05   53.34

     _W HEMI     0.143      0.252      0.127      0.076    -40.16     0.189      0.181      0.203      0.201       6.66    4.40

     _ASEAN      0.063      0.018      0.000      0.000       *       0.063      0.018      0.018      0.018     -71.10    0.40

     _NAFTA      0.059      0.018      0.009      0.006    -37.11     0.056      0.012      0.009      0.015     -73.99    0.32