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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 899:  OTH SILK / VEG BLEND MANUFACTURES
                                             Data in Kg., 11.10 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     15091489  20429599    1804584    1953237      8.24  16029738   19875085   20429599   20578252      28.38  100.00

     ISRAEL     3642597   8367116     716531     342974    -52.13   4359111    7918265    8367116    7993559      83.38   38.84

     CHINA P    6666775   7046362     652640     671577      2.90   6795738    6800712    7046362    7065299       3.97   34.33

     INDIA      1326593   1255618      30764     235132    664.31   1250603    1240479    1255618    1459986      16.74    7.09

     PORTUGL    1721860   1355582     317451     299589     -5.63   1882823    1561147    1355582    1337720     -28.95    6.50

     ITALY       123121    878964      10709     221210   1965.65    130963     885256     878964    1089465     731.89    5.29

     CHINA T     237032    343146      10980     139256   1168.27    245614     300590     343146     471422      91.94    2.29

     KOR REP     312002    160822        716       9327   1202.65    311616     170046     160822     169433     -45.63    0.82

     GERMANY     153695    147706       4650       1424    -69.38    141773     148100     147706     144480       1.91    0.70

     PAKISTN      58307    134408      10303       4035    -60.84     66047     128958     134408     128140      94.01    0.62

     ESTONIA       5057    128262       4128          0   -100.00      9034     127400     128262     124134    1274.08    0.60

     VIETNAM      97528     84365        284        652    129.58     96848      72700      84365      84733     -12.51    0.41

     MEXICO      143482     78943       9544       5633    -40.98    145447      87968      78943      75032     -48.41    0.36

     CANADA       93418     59941       2199       2068     -5.96     92558      56622      59941      59810     -35.38    0.29


     _WTO      15090557  20427269    1804584    1953143      8.23  16028806   19873322   20427269   20575828      28.37   99.99

     _OECD      2651356   2801004     347089     546733     57.52   2806031    3009464    2801004    3000648       6.94   14.58

     _EU        2271587   2724442     350816     537470     53.21   2432310    2934605    2724442    2911096      19.68   14.15

     _W HEMI     241858    169897      12233       7763    -36.54    243174     176687     169897     165427     -31.97    0.80

     _ASEAN      143135    108209       2362       2647     12.07    140941      95982     108209     108494     -23.02    0.53