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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  82:  SILK / VEG. NON-APPAREL 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     220.407    301.452    276.357    317.793     14.99   297.701    346.616    344.935    342.888      15.18  100.00

     CHINA P   164.607    186.820    174.130    164.736     -5.40   189.675    177.392    176.525    177.426      -6.46   51.74

     ISRAEL      0.046     40.455     36.075     83.513    131.50    36.080     92.530     90.182     87.893     143.61   25.63

     INDIA      13.163     18.039     16.418     16.001     -2.54    17.194     16.253     17.104     17.621       2.49    5.14

     PORTUGL     2.068     19.129     14.975     13.181    -11.98    14.990     17.115     17.299     17.336      15.65    5.06

     ITALY       3.853      2.975      2.654     12.899    386.02     3.679     13.036     13.243     13.220     259.36    3.86

     CHINA T     1.333      3.041      2.823      3.447     22.07     2.991      3.322      3.564      3.664      22.50    1.07

     KOR REP     4.577      4.508      4.256      2.576    -39.48     4.556      3.017      2.922      2.828     -37.93    0.82

     BELGIUM     2.670      4.088      3.902      2.502    -35.87     4.167      2.825      2.776      2.688     -35.49    0.78

     FRANCE      1.340      0.500      0.470      2.074    341.53     0.507      2.055      2.115      2.104     314.91    0.61

     GERMANY     1.053      1.814      1.774      1.740     -1.91     1.963      1.962      1.924      1.780      -9.31    0.52

     MEXICO      3.629      2.289      1.863      1.267    -32.00     2.009      2.121      1.908      1.692     -15.75    0.49

     VIETNAM     0.969      1.958      1.930      0.958    -50.37     1.939      0.993      1.005      0.986     -49.17    0.29

     U KING      4.345      3.006      2.954      0.798    -72.98     4.374      1.146      1.167      0.850     -80.57    0.25


     _WTO      219.547    300.140    275.123    316.652     15.09   296.414    345.216    343.657    341.669      15.27   99.64

     _OECD      23.585     40.121     34.888     38.803     11.22    38.469     44.633     44.924     44.036      14.47   12.84

     _EU15      16.314     32.819     27.956     33.767     20.79    31.111     38.763     39.183     38.630      24.17   11.27

     _EC12      16.171     32.681     27.826     33.610     20.79    30.965     38.595     39.018     38.464      24.22   11.22

     _W HEMI     6.062      4.523      3.982      3.448    -13.40     4.383      4.732      4.479      3.989      -8.98    1.16

     _ASEAN      1.734      2.984      2.929      1.573    -46.30     2.974      1.679      1.678      1.628     -45.26    0.47