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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 $$$

                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    1861.439   1795.330    212.798    188.809    -11.27  1875.584   1792.436   1795.330   1771.341      -5.56  100.00

     CHINA P  1273.593   1139.244    150.181    126.397    -15.84  1276.354   1139.742   1139.244   1115.460     -12.61   62.97

     INDIA      76.387     88.825      7.489      9.814     31.03    78.035     88.133     88.825     91.149      16.81    5.15

     ITALY      84.165     90.712     10.619     10.516     -0.97    85.348     91.233     90.712     90.609       6.16    5.12

     VIETNAM    46.142     60.406      5.599      7.843     40.07    46.777     58.128     60.406     62.650      33.93    3.54

     BNGLDSH    46.262     53.779      4.249      3.629    -14.59    46.025     54.857     53.779     53.159      15.50    3.00

     ISRAEL     19.345     49.100      3.782      2.089    -44.78    23.102     46.758     49.100     47.406     105.20    2.68

     INDNSIA    58.935     46.304      4.332      3.356    -22.52    58.982     46.456     46.304     45.328     -23.15    2.56

     BELGIUM    21.937     23.168      1.750      1.980     13.10    22.447     22.895     23.168     23.397       4.23    1.32

     SRI LKA    18.412     22.134      3.379      2.231    -33.97    19.878     22.027     22.134     20.986       5.58    1.18

     PHIL R     16.249     16.849      1.226      2.283     86.25    15.708     16.793     16.849     17.907      13.99    1.01

     FRANCE     14.814     17.809      1.334      1.360      1.95    14.962     17.582     17.809     17.835      19.20    1.01

     MEXICO     15.515     15.780      1.246      1.131     -9.18    15.765     16.553     15.780     15.666      -0.63    0.88

     CAMBOD     19.037     15.864      1.517      0.672    -55.74    18.922     15.822     15.864     15.018     -20.63    0.85

     U KING     13.316     14.126      0.942      1.470     56.11    13.401     14.044     14.126     14.654       9.35    0.83

     PORTUGL    11.534     11.997      1.859      1.992      7.17    12.324     12.565     11.997     12.130      -1.57    0.68

     CHINA T     8.740     10.933      0.701      1.198     70.87     9.062     10.483     10.933     11.430      26.13    0.65

     HG KONG     6.559      7.605      0.943      0.680    -27.88     6.686      7.310      7.605      7.342       9.80    0.41

     KOR REP     8.441      6.638      0.346      0.572     65.08     8.301      7.046      6.638      6.863     -17.32    0.39

     GERMANY     4.723      3.695      0.200      0.163    -18.16     4.602      3.750      3.695      3.658     -20.50    0.21

     PAKISTN     2.305      2.841      0.270      0.184    -31.82     2.519      2.702      2.841      2.755       9.37    0.16


     _WTO     1858.694   1792.806    212.478    188.795    -11.15  1872.983   1790.014   1792.806   1769.123      -5.55   99.87

     _OECD     196.941    208.104     21.020     21.540      2.48   200.043    209.537    208.104    208.625       4.29   11.78

     _EU       178.617    195.455     20.473     20.717      1.19   182.377    195.917    195.455    195.700       7.30   11.05

     _ASEAN    154.363    150.756     14.261     15.492      8.63   153.856    148.763    150.756    151.987      -1.21    8.58

     _W HEMI    37.533     38.978      3.193      3.169     -0.74    38.039     39.742     38.978     38.955       2.41    2.20

     _CAFTA      4.838      5.862      0.472      0.405    -14.33     4.874      5.663      5.862      5.794      18.87    0.33