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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  1/2013
   Country      2011       2012       1/2012     1/2013  % Change    1/2012    11/2012    12/2012     1/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD     624.136    658.646     69.293     62.443     -9.89   635.593    651.378    658.646    651.795       2.55  100.00

     CHINA P   437.819    414.154     44.405     39.527    -10.99   436.120    411.097    414.154    409.276      -6.16   62.79

     ISRAEL     40.478     92.917      7.955      3.808    -52.13    48.432     87.935     92.917     88.769      83.29   13.62

     INDIA      23.901     25.102      1.334      3.701    177.33    23.291     24.737     25.102     27.469      17.94    4.21

     VIETNAM    16.671     17.852      1.885      2.369     25.63    16.869     17.233     17.852     18.336       8.69    2.81

     BNGLDSH    13.776     15.223      1.068      1.597     49.61    13.285     15.403     15.223     15.752      18.57    2.42

     PORTUGL    19.341     15.545      3.537      3.352     -5.23    21.122     17.800     15.545     15.360     -27.28    2.36

     ITALY       4.528     14.786      2.501      2.733      9.29     6.665     14.823     14.786     15.018     125.34    2.30

     INDNSIA    11.242      8.270      0.662      0.564    -14.80    11.174      8.109      8.270      8.172     -26.86    1.25

     CHINA T     4.115      5.985      0.259      1.666    543.51     4.244      5.511      5.985      7.392      74.20    1.13

     CAMBOD      5.589      4.495      0.614      0.180    -70.63     5.700      4.559      4.495      4.061     -28.75    0.62

     MEXICO      5.014      4.017      0.450      0.254    -43.48     5.182      4.508      4.017      3.822     -26.24    0.59

     KOR REP     5.492      3.393      0.104      0.244    134.53     5.470      3.522      3.393      3.533     -35.41    0.54

     SRI LKA     3.015      3.057      0.405      0.308    -23.90     3.150      3.027      3.057      2.960      -6.00    0.45

     PHIL R      2.406      2.540      0.156      0.336    115.14     2.341      2.545      2.540      2.720      16.18    0.42

     BELGIUM     4.145      2.720      0.202      0.175    -13.62     4.225      2.718      2.720      2.692     -36.28    0.41

     PAKISTN     2.158      2.577      0.252      0.170    -32.79     2.320      2.460      2.577      2.495       7.52    0.38

     HG KONG     1.884      2.505      0.252      0.153    -38.98     1.961      2.344      2.505      2.407      22.77    0.37

     GERMANY     1.909      1.850      0.065      0.034    -47.71     1.784      1.860      1.850      1.819       1.97    0.28

     U KING      3.210      1.102      0.105      0.162     54.10     3.191      1.075      1.102      1.159     -63.66    0.18

     FRANCE      0.810      2.529      1.585      0.057    -96.43     2.351      2.517      2.529      1.000     -57.46    0.15


     _WTO      622.802    657.341     69.148     62.441     -9.70   634.347    650.132    657.341    650.633       2.57   99.82

     _OECD      44.739     46.687      8.362      7.069    -15.47    50.118     48.991     46.687     45.394      -9.43    6.96

     _EU        38.660     44.643      8.402      6.848    -18.50    44.195     46.752     44.643     43.088      -2.50    6.61

     _ASEAN     37.693     34.371      3.512      3.549      1.05    37.857     33.694     34.371     34.408      -9.11    5.28

     _W HEMI    10.057      9.658      0.837      0.648    -22.65    10.287     10.013      9.658      9.469      -7.96    1.45

     _CAFTA      2.299      3.310      0.207      0.206     -0.61     2.342      3.241      3.310      3.308      41.25    0.51