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                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 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  2/2013
   Country      2011       2012       2/2012     2/2013  % Change    2/2012    12/2012     1/2013     2/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD       570984    527164     102294      67688    -33.83    613776     527164     499333     492558     -19.75  100.00

     CHINA P     320230    282370      53485      40386    -24.49    336156     282370     271993     269271     -19.90   54.67

     HUNGARY      39025     42901       3154       7580    140.33     33624      42901      46511      47327      40.75    9.61

     LITHUAN      19134     38824          0       3294       *       19134      38824      42118      42118     120.12    8.55

     BELGIUM      29430     47491       8430       1578    -81.28     37155      47491      47135      40639       9.38    8.25

     ROMANIA      20862     27146        314       2696    758.60     17340      27146      29581      29528      70.29    5.99

     ITALY        17911     29657       6824       3428    -49.77     23490      29657      25686      26261      11.80    5.33

     FRANCE       11125      9103       2762       3134     13.47     13806       9103       9091       9475     -31.37    1.92

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

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


     _WTO        570984    527164     102294      67688    -33.83    613776     527164     499333     492558     -19.75  100.00

     _EU         144848    201185      23204      23059     -0.62    152100     201185     205589     201040      32.18   40.82

     _OECD       109789    141126      24091      18081    -24.95    121015     141126     139926     135116      11.65   27.43

     _W HEMI      68101     24226      21201       1917    -90.96     87053      24226       4479       4942     -94.32    1.00

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

     _NAFTA       65079     18674      17896          0   -100.00     82540      18674       1442        778     -99.06    0.16