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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 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  1/2013
   Country      2011       2012       1/2012     1/2013  % Change    1/2012    11/2012    12/2012     1/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD       570984    527164      67520      39689    -41.22    609004     543022     527164     499333     -18.01  100.00

     CHINA P     320230    282370      36109      25732    -28.74    339526     280520     282370     271993     -19.89   54.47

     BELGIUM      29430     47491       1089        733    -32.69     30107      48540      47491      47135      56.56    9.44

     HUNGARY      39025     42901        123       3733   2934.96     35036      46624      42901      46511      32.75    9.31

     LITHUAN      19134     38824          0       3294       *       19134      19402      38824      42118     120.12    8.43

     ROMANIA      20862     27146          0       2435       *       17702      25562      27146      29581      67.11    5.92

     ITALY        17911     29657       5111       1140    -77.70     21934      30559      29657      25686      17.11    5.14

     FRANCE       11125      9103         12          0   -100.00     11097       9207       9103       9091     -18.08    1.82

     INDNSIA      19495      1665          0          0       *       19495       1665       1665       1665     -91.46    0.33

     MEXICO       61759     17064      16700          0   -100.00     78459      49739      17064        364     -99.54    0.07


     _WTO        570984    527164      67520      39689    -41.22    609004     543022     527164     499333     -18.01  100.00

     _EU         144848    201185       7392      11796     59.58    142887     187077     201185     205589      43.88   41.17

     _OECD       109789    141126       7929       6729    -15.13    111159     146530     141126     139926      25.88   28.02

     _W HEMI      68101     24226      20318        571    -97.19     88194      56970      24226       4479     -94.92    0.90

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