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                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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    1861.439   1795.323    428.667    405.823     -5.33  1863.533   1795.323   1771.348   1772.480      -4.89  100.00

     CHINA P  1273.593   1139.237    277.635    265.708     -4.30  1252.607   1139.237   1115.453   1127.309     -10.00   63.60

     ITALY      84.165     90.712     22.310     21.285     -4.60    86.213     90.712     90.609     89.687       4.03    5.06

     INDIA      76.387     88.825     18.455     19.079      3.38    81.554     88.825     91.149     89.449       9.68    5.05

     VIETNAM    46.142     60.406     16.426     19.244     17.16    49.706     60.406     62.650     63.224      27.20    3.57

     BNGLDSH    46.262     53.779     11.108      8.828    -20.52    46.962     53.779     53.159     51.500       9.66    2.91

     INDNSIA    58.935     46.304     14.490     14.263     -1.57    55.308     46.304     45.328     46.076     -16.69    2.60

     ISRAEL     19.345     49.100      7.443      3.457    -53.55    26.715     49.100     47.406     45.114      68.87    2.55

     BELGIUM    21.937     23.168      4.224      3.735    -11.56    23.047     23.168     23.397     22.680      -1.60    1.28

     SRI LKA    18.412     22.134      7.007      3.610    -48.48    20.364     22.134     20.986     18.737      -7.99    1.06

     FRANCE     14.814     17.809      3.003      2.658    -11.49    15.018     17.809     17.835     17.464      16.28    0.99

     PHIL R     16.249     16.849      5.478      5.218     -4.75    18.295     16.849     17.907     16.589      -9.33    0.94

     U KING     13.316     14.126      2.280      3.287     44.14    13.245     14.126     14.654     15.133      14.25    0.85

     MEXICO     15.515     15.780      3.207      2.188    -31.75    16.387     15.780     15.666     14.762      -9.92    0.83

     CAMBOD     19.037     15.864      3.501      1.447    -58.65    15.376     15.864     15.018     13.811     -10.18    0.78

     PORTUGL    11.534     11.997      3.543      4.830     36.32    12.526     11.997     12.130     13.284       6.05    0.75

     CHINA T     8.740     10.933      1.887      2.556     35.46     9.402     10.933     11.430     11.602      23.40    0.65

     KOR REP     8.441      6.638      0.907      1.054     16.17     8.111      6.638      6.863      6.785     -16.35    0.38

     HG KONG     6.559      7.605      2.529      1.548    -38.81     7.681      7.605      7.342      6.623     -13.77    0.37

     GERMANY     4.723      3.695      0.651      0.408    -37.31     4.696      3.695      3.658      3.452     -26.50    0.19

     PAKISTN     2.305      2.841      0.512      0.614     19.92     2.568      2.841      2.755      2.943      14.62    0.17


     _WTO     1858.694   1792.799    428.172    405.456     -5.31  1860.946   1792.799   1769.129   1770.083      -4.88   99.86

     _OECD     196.941    208.104     45.087     44.623     -1.03   201.294    208.104    208.625    207.640       3.15   11.71

     _EU       178.617    195.455     43.203     43.037     -0.38   183.961    195.455    195.700    195.289       6.16   11.02

     _ASEAN    154.363    150.756     43.157     44.254      2.54   152.290    150.756    152.001    151.853      -0.29    8.57

     _W HEMI    37.533     38.978      7.558      6.153    -18.59    39.218     38.978     38.955     37.573      -4.19    2.12

     _NAFTA     24.457     25.645      5.300      3.716    -29.89    25.907     25.645     25.577     24.061      -7.13    1.36

     _CAFTA      4.838      5.862      1.163      1.161     -0.19     5.039      5.862      5.794      5.860      16.29    0.33