_____________________________________
                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
                                          |_____________________________________|

                                           Category 899:  OTH SILK / VEG BLEND MANUFACTURES
                                             Data in Kg., 11.10 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      9229867  15091489   13706048   18489860     34.90  14447448   20131942   20014888   19875301      37.57  100.00

     ISRAEL        3840   3642597    3247962    7523630    131.64   3248404    8335416    8123947    7918265     143.76   39.84

     CHINA P    6317528   6666775    6270060    6403997      2.14   6811788    6776053    6728319    6800712      -0.16   34.22

     PORTUGL     186007   1721860    1347634    1186921    -11.93   1348953    1541249    1557767    1561147      15.73    7.85

     INDIA       877932   1326593    1199842    1113728     -7.18   1246362    1144851    1213794    1240479      -0.47    6.24

     ITALY       129569    123121     104268     866403    730.94    107533     850091     862047     885256     723.24    4.45

     CHINA T      92857    237032     218025     281583     29.15    230279     267872     288626     300590      30.53    1.51

     KOR REP     305187    312002     298187     156447    -47.53    316442     192346     184394     170262     -46.19    0.86

     GERMANY      74495    153695     152182     146587     -3.68    167965     164887     160889     148100     -11.83    0.75

     PAKISTN     338796     58307      55363     126014    127.61     97563     119752     137622     128958      32.18    0.65

     ESTONIA      41998      5057       5057     127400   2419.28      5057      92304     118141     127400    2419.28    0.64

     MEXICO      301141    143482     132270      76756    -41.97    143876     104907      94137      87968     -38.86    0.44

     VIETNAM      24294     97528      96928      72100    -25.61     97428      67441      69284      72700     -25.38    0.37

     CANADA       75708     93418      92393      55597    -39.83     97702      77879      75023      56622     -42.05    0.28


     _WTO       9228383  15090557   13705134   18488115     34.90  14446528   20130074   20012872   19873538      37.57   99.99

     _OECD       974191   2651356    2232245    2590569     16.05   2291986    3021946    3042287    3009680      31.31   15.14

     _EU15       514752   2182687    1781980    2299425     29.04   1814111    2672743    2696496    2700132      48.84   13.59

     _EC12       508014   2175047    1774835    2292255     29.15   1806594    2664552    2688677    2692467      49.04   13.55

     _W HEMI     386249    241858     228170     162999    -28.56    249529     213838     201303     176687     -29.19    0.89

     _ASEAN       45220    143135     142119      94966    -33.18    143762      91983      93951      95982     -33.24    0.48