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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 800:  SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                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       553128    570984     504922     476960     -5.54    538586     564368     542689     543022       0.82  100.00

     CHINA P     258717    320230     298387     258677    -13.31    313990     319999     293513     280520     -10.66   51.66

     MEXICO         209     61759      29084      17064    -41.33     29084      78459      67309      49739      71.02    9.16

     BELGIUM      39140     29430      27421      46531     69.69     38034      47376      47798      48540      27.62    8.94

     HUNGARY      50048     39025      35157      42756     21.61     35168      38668      43869      46624      32.58    8.59

     ITALY        15281     17911      16379      29027     77.22     21625      24412      30648      30559      41.31    5.63

     ROMANIA      18953     20862      20862      25562     22.53     20965      16733      18083      25562      21.93    4.71

     LITHUAN      41881     19134      19134      19402      1.40     19134          0          0      19402       1.40    3.57

     FRANCE       22129     11125      11021       9103    -17.40     11075       4660       9207       9207     -16.87    1.70

     INDNSIA          0     19495      19495       1665    -91.46     19495       1665       1665       1665     -91.46    0.31


     _WTO        553128    570984     504922     476960     -5.54    538586     564368     542689     543022       0.82  100.00

     _OECD       159927    109789     100086     136827     36.71    116885     126689     142641     146530      25.36   26.98

     _EU15       102938     65810      60011      89687     49.45     76778      83924      95102      95486      24.37   17.58

     _EC12       101161     64782      59006      88260     49.58     75634      82295      93494      94036      24.33   17.32

     _W HEMI      27171     68101      35322      24191    -31.51     35336      85435      73959      56970      61.22   10.49

     _ASEAN         545     19545      19545       1676    -91.42     19545       1676       1676       1676     -91.42    0.31