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                                          |        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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     146.265    190.781     16.221     16.475      1.57   153.700    186.108    190.781    191.035      24.29  100.00

     CHINA P    69.751     82.759      7.693      6.499    -15.52    72.457     79.986     82.759     81.565      12.57   42.70

     ISRAEL     19.078     48.752      3.776      2.078    -44.96    22.854     46.380     48.752     47.054     105.90   24.63

     INDIA      17.650     18.705      0.661      3.217    386.96    16.962     18.513     18.705     21.261      25.35   11.13

     ITALY       4.929      9.181      0.604      1.379    128.20     5.312      9.279      9.181      9.956      87.43    5.21

     PORTUGL     7.978      6.620      1.561      1.436     -7.99     8.768      7.500      6.620      6.495     -25.93    3.40

     CHINA T     2.305      3.349      0.131      0.796    509.09     2.410      2.875      3.349      4.014      66.56    2.10

     CANADA      3.389      3.591      0.278      0.236    -15.26     3.490      3.530      3.591      3.549       1.69    1.86

     MEXICO      4.343      1.765      0.356      0.097    -72.84     4.366      2.122      1.765      1.506     -65.51    0.79

     ESTONIA     0.047      1.313      0.046      0.000   -100.00     0.091      1.305      1.313      1.268    1287.61    0.66

     GERMANY     2.122      1.232      0.068      0.019    -71.43     1.981      1.234      1.232      1.183     -40.26    0.62

     KOR REP     1.710      1.027      0.014      0.087    531.60     1.685      1.079      1.027      1.100     -34.71    0.58

     PAKISTN     0.539      1.062      0.085      0.018    -78.33     0.609      1.024      1.062      0.995      63.36    0.52

     VIETNAM     0.557      0.483      0.009      0.016     73.07     0.532      0.413      0.483      0.490      -7.93    0.26


     _WTO      146.245    190.728     16.221     16.473      1.55   153.679    186.068    190.728    190.980      24.27   99.97

     _OECD      28.451     29.257      2.966      3.577     20.62    29.676     30.275     29.257     29.868       0.65   15.63

     _EU        23.623     26.501      2.747      3.319     20.82    24.836     27.534     26.501     27.073       9.01   14.17

     _W HEMI     7.908      5.627      0.643      0.337    -47.60     8.029      5.932      5.627      5.321     -33.73    2.79

     _ASEAN      1.125      0.903      0.036      0.048     35.72     1.095      0.818      0.903      0.916     -16.41    0.48