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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 11/2012
   Country      2010       2011      11/2011    11/2012  % Change   11/2011     9/2012    10/2012    11/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     531.721    624.136    578.259    605.536      4.72   622.370    651.418    653.976    651.412       4.67  100.00

     CHINA P   414.789    437.819    408.079    381.390     -6.54   443.210    409.230    411.185    411.130      -7.24   63.11

     ISRAEL      0.081     40.478     36.096     83.553    131.47    36.102     92.565     90.223     87.935     143.57   13.50

     INDIA      20.198     23.901     22.091     22.926      3.78    22.992     23.363     24.190     24.737       7.59    3.80

     PORTUGL     2.238     19.341     15.176     13.636    -10.15    15.210     17.546     17.746     17.800      17.03    2.73

     VIETNAM    13.825     16.671     15.679     16.241      3.58    16.561     16.735     17.177     17.233       4.06    2.65

     BNGLDSH    10.234     13.776     13.088     14.715     12.44    13.895     15.488     15.442     15.403      10.86    2.36

     ITALY       5.205      4.528      4.045     14.340    254.52     5.217     14.630     14.858     14.823     184.11    2.28

     INDNSIA     7.544     11.242     11.043      7.911    -28.37    11.257      8.163      8.097      8.109     -27.96    1.24

     CHINA T     2.306      4.115      3.824      5.220     36.51     4.072      4.998      5.449      5.511      35.35    0.85

     CAMBOD      6.739      5.589      5.267      4.237    -19.56     5.312      3.749      4.157      4.559     -14.17    0.70

     MEXICO      6.338      5.014      4.380      3.875    -11.54     4.706      4.875      4.716      4.508      -4.20    0.69

     KOR REP     5.372      5.492      5.150      3.182    -38.22     5.520      3.604      3.626      3.524     -36.16    0.54

     SRI LKA     2.567      3.015      2.937      2.949      0.41     2.999      3.116      3.067      3.027       0.93    0.46

     BELGIUM     2.715      4.145      3.957      2.529    -36.08     4.226      2.866      2.806      2.718     -35.70    0.42

     PHIL R      1.347      2.406      2.304      2.443      6.02     2.417      2.423      2.409      2.545       5.30    0.39

     FRANCE      1.651      0.810      0.758      2.465    225.11     0.813      2.467      2.529      2.517     209.41    0.39

     PAKISTN     4.695      2.158      2.099      2.401     14.39     2.622      2.682      2.893      2.460      -6.20    0.38

     HG KONG     2.150      1.884      1.694      2.155     27.17     1.837      2.307      2.329      2.344      27.59    0.36

     GERMANY     1.113      1.909      1.858      1.809     -2.63     2.051      2.033      2.003      1.860      -9.32    0.29

     U KING      4.497      3.210      3.139      1.005    -67.98     4.575      1.340      1.374      1.075     -76.49    0.17


     _WTO      530.848    622.802    577.005    604.370      4.74   621.062    649.989    652.672    650.166       4.69   99.81

     _OECD      27.652     44.739     39.110     43.363     10.88    43.040     49.320     49.858     48.993      13.83    7.52

     _EU15      18.632     35.499     30.393     36.752     20.92    33.767     41.848     42.378     41.859      23.96    6.43

     _EC12      18.454     35.327     30.233     36.566     20.95    33.590     41.651     42.183     41.660      24.03    6.40

     _ASEAN     30.985     37.693     35.998     31.999    -11.11    37.322     32.284     33.082     33.694      -9.72    5.17

     _W HEMI    10.810     10.057      9.019      8.975     -0.48     9.715     10.705     10.581     10.013       3.07    1.54

     _CBI        1.643      2.336      2.054      3.003     46.20     2.226      3.318      3.383      3.285      47.56    0.50

     _CAFTA      1.606      2.299      2.022      2.965     46.62     2.189      3.274      3.340      3.241      48.09    0.50