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                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 899:  OTH SILK / VEG BLEND MANUFACTURES
                                             Data in Kg., 11.10 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     15091489  20429235    3241962    3689660     13.81  16544472   20429235   20577888   20876933      26.19  100.00

     ISRAEL     3642597   8367116    1406979     579082    -58.84   5035399    8367116    7993559    7539219      49.72   36.11

     CHINA P    6666775   7045998    1035732    1407232     35.87   6690322    7045998    7064935    7417498      10.87   35.53

     PORTUGL    1721860   1355582     479888     728435     51.79   1822808    1355582    1337720    1604129     -12.00    7.68

     INDIA      1326593   1255618      88275     328949    272.64   1242080    1255618    1459986    1496292      20.47    7.17

     ITALY       123121    878964      42146     348116    725.98    157695     878964    1089465    1184934     651.41    5.68

     CHINA T     237032    343146      27279     182850    570.30    226418     343146     471422     498717     120.26    2.39

     KOR REP     312002    160822      18261      13565    -25.72    309052     160822     169433     156126     -49.48    0.75

     PAKISTN      58307    134408      13952      28098    101.39     64856     134408     128140     148554     129.05    0.71

     GERMANY     153695    147706      15025       1590    -89.42    150141     147706     144480     134271     -10.57    0.64

     ESTONIA       5057    128262      17583       7218    -58.95     22489     128262     124134     117897     424.24    0.56

     VIETNAM      97528     84365        837       2551    204.78     96973      84365      84733      86079     -11.23    0.41

     MEXICO      143482     78943      21955      12445    -43.32    147266      78943      75032      69433     -52.85    0.33

     CANADA       93418     59941       3929       4829     22.91     89669      59941      59810      60841     -32.15    0.29


     _WTO      15090557  20426905    3241962    3689516     13.81  16543540   20426905   20575464   20874459      26.18   99.99

     _OECD      2651356   2801004     581514    1116150     91.94   2741943    2801004    3000648    3335640      21.65   15.98

     _EU        2271587   2724442     582553    1108186     90.23   2388789    2724442    2911096    3250075      36.06   15.57

     _W HEMI     241858    169897      42389      18003    -57.53    258007     169897     165427     145511     -43.60    0.70

     _NAFTA      236900    138884      25884      17274    -33.26    236935     138884     134842     130274     -45.02    0.62

     _ASEAN      143135    108209       5667       5815      2.61    143297     108209     108494     108357     -24.38    0.52