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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category  82:  SILK / VEG. NON-APPAREL 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     301.452    349.098     34.779     29.996    -13.75   314.507    342.854    349.098    344.314       9.48  100.00

     CHINA P   186.820    180.002     16.862     14.080    -16.50   187.335    177.394    180.002    177.220      -5.40   51.47

     ISRAEL     40.455     92.876      7.953      3.807    -52.13    48.409     87.893     92.876     88.729      83.29   25.77

     INDIA      18.039     17.954      0.650      3.151    384.76    17.191     17.622     17.954     20.455      18.98    5.94

     PORTUGL    19.129     15.056      3.525      3.326     -5.64    20.912     17.336     15.056     14.857     -28.95    4.32

     ITALY       2.975     13.161      2.261      2.555     13.02     5.054     13.220     13.161     13.455     166.24    3.91

     CHINA T     3.041      4.142      0.143      1.561    992.10     3.115      3.664      4.142      5.560      78.47    1.61

     KOR REP     4.508      2.696      0.058      0.165    182.22     4.491      2.825      2.696      2.803     -37.58    0.81

     BELGIUM     4.088      2.690      0.199      0.173    -12.74     4.166      2.688      2.690      2.664     -36.04    0.77

     GERMANY     1.814      1.758      0.058      0.031    -46.98     1.684      1.780      1.758      1.731       2.76    0.50

     VIETNAM     1.958      1.111      0.035      0.055     56.56     1.908      0.986      1.111      1.131     -40.72    0.33

     MEXICO      2.289      1.315      0.265      0.079    -70.28     2.455      1.692      1.315      1.128     -54.05    0.33

     U KING      3.006      0.879      0.095      0.139     45.28     2.986      0.850      0.879      0.922     -69.13    0.27

     FRANCE      0.500      2.113      1.564      0.024    -98.47     2.038      2.104      2.113      0.573     -71.90    0.17


     _WTO      300.140    347.820     34.637     29.995    -13.40   313.284    341.634    347.820    343.177       9.54   99.67

     _OECD      40.121     41.669      7.901      6.624    -16.16    45.414     44.033     41.669     40.393     -11.06   11.73

     _EU        34.922     40.259      7.891      6.468    -18.03    40.282     42.442     40.259     38.835      -3.59   11.28

     _W HEMI     4.523      3.683      0.440      0.295    -32.84     4.739      3.989      3.683      3.538     -25.34    1.03

     _ASEAN      2.984      1.873      0.159      0.087    -45.44     3.002      1.628      1.873      1.801     -40.01    0.52