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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 736:  SILK DRESSES
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     289.789    323.791    299.871    260.494    -13.13   323.028    293.495    287.252    284.414     -11.95  100.00

     CHINA P   197.834    214.773    199.598    163.665    -18.00   214.929    188.008    181.304    178.839     -16.79   62.88

     INDIA      14.586     18.304     17.436     17.057     -2.17    18.203     17.886     17.977     17.926      -1.52    6.30


     _WTO      289.323    323.264    299.377    259.927    -13.18   322.510    292.935    286.676    283.813     -12.00   99.79

     _OECD      66.952     79.637     72.509     70.116     -3.30    78.828     76.530     77.024     77.244      -2.01   27.16

     _EU15      47.430     58.620     52.645     52.855      0.40    57.755     58.194     58.362     58.830       1.86   20.68

     _EC12      47.410     58.603     52.628     52.840      0.40    57.738     58.181     58.347     58.816       1.87   20.68