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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 $$$

                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     406.275    458.133     41.556     37.829     -8.97   415.689    451.648    458.133    454.405       9.31  100.00

     CHINA P   218.190    229.809     23.273     18.020    -22.57   222.239    226.729    229.809    224.555       1.04   49.42

     ISRAEL     19.135     48.768      3.776      2.078    -44.96    22.910     46.393     48.768     47.071     105.46   10.36

     INDIA      35.693     38.257      2.392      5.249    119.50    35.369     37.758     38.257     41.115      16.25    9.05

     ITALY      30.338     37.840      2.952      3.283     11.23    30.600     37.627     37.840     38.172      24.74    8.40

     BELGIUM    21.149     22.112      1.591      1.894     19.01    21.596     21.859     22.112     22.414       3.79    4.93

     U KING      9.802      9.623      0.574      0.744     29.65     9.706      9.503      9.623      9.793       0.90    2.16

     FRANCE      7.088      8.029      0.412      0.487     18.09     7.170      8.012      8.029      8.104      13.02    1.78

     PORTUGL     8.212      6.722      1.573      1.447     -8.01     8.988      7.584      6.722      6.596     -26.62    1.45

     MEXICO      5.077      5.661      0.400      0.368     -7.99     5.089      5.958      5.661      5.629      10.62    1.24

     KOR REP     5.633      4.651      0.183      0.406    121.70     5.531      4.783      4.651      4.874     -11.89    1.07

     CHINA T     3.656      4.175      0.243      0.865    256.11     3.737      3.669      4.175      4.797      28.36    1.06

     GERMANY     3.610      2.535      0.158      0.111    -29.63     3.492      2.630      2.535      2.488     -28.74    0.55

     VIETNAM     2.265      1.691      0.255      0.358     40.54     2.353      1.513      1.691      1.794     -23.76    0.39


     _WTO      404.080    455.882     41.271     37.827     -8.35   413.649    449.521    455.882    452.437       9.38   99.57

     _OECD     100.753    106.394      8.380      9.455     12.83   102.002    106.822    106.394    107.469       5.36   23.65

     _EU        89.530     98.425      7.938      8.656      9.04    90.917     98.583     98.425     99.143       9.05   21.82

     _W HEMI    14.439     15.404      1.241      1.431     15.23    14.532     15.412     15.404     15.593       7.30    3.43

     _ASEAN      6.565      6.010      1.086      0.534    -50.80     7.263      5.808      6.010      5.459     -24.84    1.20