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                                          |        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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     146.265    190.774     28.948     31.914     10.25   157.452    190.774    191.028    193.740      23.05  100.00

     CHINA P    69.751     82.752     12.188     14.623     19.98    71.929     82.752     81.558     85.187      18.43   43.97

     ISRAEL     19.078     48.752      7.321      3.338    -54.41    26.366     48.752     47.054     44.769      69.80   23.11

     INDIA      17.650     18.705      2.081      4.791    130.23    17.455     18.705     21.261     21.415      22.69   11.05

     ITALY       4.929      9.181      1.126      2.296    103.92     5.571      9.181      9.956     10.351      85.81    5.34

     PORTUGL     7.978      6.620      2.369      3.417     44.22     8.589      6.620      6.495      7.667     -10.73    3.96

     CHINA T     2.305      3.349      0.288      1.207    319.11     2.112      3.349      4.014      4.268     102.13    2.20

     CANADA      3.389      3.591      0.557      0.410    -26.31     3.477      3.591      3.549      3.445      -0.91    1.78

     MEXICO      4.343      1.765      0.722      0.159    -77.91     4.459      1.765      1.506      1.203     -73.02    0.62

     ESTONIA     0.047      1.313      0.181      0.060    -66.69     0.227      1.313      1.268      1.192     425.39    0.62

     PAKISTN     0.539      1.062      0.107      0.196     83.18     0.589      1.062      0.995      1.151      95.32    0.59

     GERMANY     2.122      1.232      0.222      0.045    -79.72     2.102      1.232      1.183      1.055     -49.79    0.54

     KOR REP     1.710      1.027      0.116      0.118      1.84     1.696      1.027      1.100      1.029     -39.35    0.53

     VIETNAM     0.557      0.483      0.012      0.035    182.62     0.518      0.483      0.490      0.506      -2.41    0.26


     _WTO      146.245    190.721     28.948     31.908     10.22   157.431    190.721    190.973    193.680      23.03   99.97

     _OECD      28.451     29.257      5.271      7.105     34.79    29.885     29.257     29.868     31.090       4.03   16.05

     _EU        23.623     26.501      4.853      6.717     38.39    25.217     26.501     27.073     28.365      12.48   14.64

     _W HEMI     7.908      5.627      1.344      0.591    -55.98     8.151      5.627      5.321      4.875     -40.19    2.52

     _NAFTA      7.733      5.357      1.278      0.570    -55.44     7.936      5.357      5.055      4.648     -41.43    2.40

     _ASEAN      1.125      0.903      0.111      0.085    -23.72     1.135      0.903      0.916      0.877     -22.80    0.45