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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 810:  WOVEN FAB, SILK BLD/N-COT VEG FIB
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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     34733738  38753781   35839348   32052011    -10.57  41761464   34982484   34571973   34966444     -16.27  100.00

     CHINA P   20298459  25241583   23104853   19442052    -15.85  26013642   20813199   20489938   21578782     -17.05   61.71

     ITALY      2170339   1302240    1220005    2907414    138.31   2153907    3247771    3260182    2989649      38.80    8.55

     BELGIUM    1821866   3296526    3162997    1621984    -48.72   3305027    1859228    1819845    1755513     -46.88    5.02

     FRANCE      850842    162839     149362    1674530   1021.12    160178    1688147    1689745    1688007     953.83    4.83

     INDIA      1109395   1286476    1195710    1193290     -0.20   1293386    1293574    1300365    1284056      -0.72    3.67

     BELARUS     779072   1293474    1215933    1121395     -7.77   1269545    1375626    1255016    1198936      -5.56    3.43

     KOR REP    1058123    942010     859617     761470    -11.42    928451     788888     780972     843863      -9.11    2.41

     U KING     3903981   2569581    2531474     580934    -77.05   3904723     849201     865034     619041     -84.15    1.77

     SALVADR     256638    332431     257421     505395     96.33    320261     644050     625349     580405      81.23    1.66

     BRAZIL      629662    529462     524904     529897      0.95    584702     534252     555998     534455      -8.59    1.53


     _WTO      33953841  37457173   34620281   30930105    -10.66  40488740   33603672   33316446   33766997     -16.60   96.57

     _OECD     10791062   9243934    8788063    8425759     -4.12  11479925    9475471    9423789    8881630     -22.63   25.40

     _EU15      9354113   7764253    7420267    7155494     -3.57  10035316    8049419    8084809    7499480     -25.27   21.45

     _EC12      9322669   7730772    7389896    7117477     -3.69  10001775    8010141    8045808    7458353     -25.43   21.33

     _W HEMI    1106757    957897     862573    1242724     44.07    988587    1385687    1392511    1338048      35.35    3.83

     _CBI        257094    337276     261890     506518     93.41    324730     648050     626674     581904      79.20    1.66

     _CAFTA      257094    334072     258686     506487     95.79    321526     645264     626563     581873      80.97    1.66