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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 859:  OTHER SILK / NON-COT. VEG APPAREL
                                             Data in Kg., 12.50 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      6741613   8314982     683977     854294     24.90   6705727    8037855    8314982    8485299      26.54  100.00

     CHINA P    5609850   6732964     542810     702372     29.40   5518155    6472781    6732964    6892526      24.91   81.23

     VIETNAM     257298    385302      51688      36945    -28.52    278237     393356     385302     370559      33.18    4.37

     BNGLDSH     102099    193005       5433      46896    763.17    105331     174257     193005     234468     122.60    2.76

     MEXICO      139130    147697      11054      10386     -6.04    139848     152798     147697     147029       5.13    1.73

     INDIA       118524    143697      15651      10824    -30.84    123527     146036     143697     138870      12.42    1.64

     CHINA T      44016     73679       4371       6206     41.98     45468      72698      73679      75514      66.08    0.89

     HG KONG      22540     68057       1697       5359    215.79     22730      59182      68057      71719     215.53    0.85

     HONDURA      18959     57548          4        916  22800.00     18911      52682      57548      58460     209.13    0.69

     GUATMAL       2000     53656       1211       2672    120.64      3090      47876      53656      55117    1683.72    0.65

     ITALY        39411     47322       7064       3994    -43.46     42301      48483      47322      44252       4.61    0.52

     SRI LKA      30698     39344       2760       4636     67.97     32959      37335      39344      41220      25.06    0.49

     CAMBOD       34336     53948      14946        267    -98.21     39252      56702      53948      39269       0.04    0.46

     PAKISTN      27142     32713        304       3915   1187.83     25734      30979      32713      36324      41.15    0.43

     INDNSIA      31493     26150       1808       8433    366.43     32926      24784      26150      32775      -0.46    0.39

     THAILND      29057     22812       4774        925    -80.62     33015      24483      22812      18963     -42.56    0.22

     PHIL R       15029     17178        249        285     14.46     14757      16769      17178      17214      16.65    0.20

     DOM REP      21870     16574        543        346    -36.28     21934      19257      16574      16377     -25.34    0.19

     SALVADR      19959     16136       1374       1101    -19.87     20642      16413      16136      15863     -23.15    0.19

     CANADA       13007     15793        888        946      6.53     12335      16114      15793      15851      28.50    0.19

     SPAIN         9625     15755       1799        971    -46.03     11145      15876      15755      14927      33.93    0.18

     FRANCE        8041     14792        874        441    -49.54      8529      14556      14792      14359      68.36    0.17

     TURKEY       12766     14762       1412        445    -68.48     13369      15297      14762      13795       3.19    0.16

     BULGAR       20899     17962       4721          3    -99.94     25569      18128      17962      13244     -48.20    0.16

     KOR REP      25912     12195        982        234    -76.17     26615      12630      12195      11447     -56.99    0.13

     COLOMB       16600     12339       2120        652    -69.25     18605      14518      12339      10871     -41.57    0.13

     NEPAL         3676     10378        276        175    -36.59      3619      10264      10378      10277     183.97    0.12

     ALBANIA       7289     10177        398        490     23.12      6715      11085      10177      10269      52.93    0.12

     U KING       10480      9027        359       1078    200.28     10402       9091       9027       9746      -6.31    0.11


     _WTO       6741014   8313915     683868     854294     24.92   6705019    8036826    8313915    8484341      26.54   99.99

     _ASEAN      371314    507687      73465      46911    -36.15    402288     518463     507687     481133      19.60    5.67

     _W HEMI     238562    326652      17322      17138     -1.06    242114     325883     326652     326468      34.84    3.85

     _CAFTA       63822    144419       3132       5035     60.76     65611     136737     144419     146322     123.01    1.72

     _OECD       134137    151459      14400       9095    -36.84    139784     153905     151459     146154       4.56    1.72

     _EU         107115    128927      15825       7703    -51.32    116429     130091     128927     120805       3.76    1.42

     _ANDEAN      19454     15099       2134        677    -68.28     21452      17267      15099      13642     -36.41    0.16