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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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    1592.802   1861.439   1734.118   1665.185     -3.98  1852.006   1787.501   1794.136   1792.507      -3.21  100.00

     CHINA P  1121.213   1273.593   1188.016   1054.240    -11.26  1272.842   1140.610   1143.031   1139.817     -10.45   63.59

     ITALY      70.525     84.165     74.614     81.682      9.47    82.772     90.324     90.749     91.233      10.22    5.09

     INDIA      64.997     76.387     71.759     83.501     16.36    74.808     88.298     88.222     88.129      17.81    4.92

     VIETNAM    40.881     46.142     43.534     55.520     27.53    45.560     55.905     56.945     58.128      27.58    3.24

     BNGLDSH    28.147     46.262     44.036     52.631     19.52    46.279     55.111     54.696     54.857      18.54    3.06

     ISRAEL      0.376     19.345     17.146     44.559    159.88    17.172     48.787     47.978     46.758     172.28    2.61

     INDNSIA    39.978     58.935     57.445     44.967    -21.72    58.585     46.322     46.400     46.456     -20.70    2.59

     BELGIUM    19.571     21.937     20.361     21.319      4.70    21.842     23.217     23.248     22.895       4.82    1.28

     SRI LKA    15.718     18.412     17.783     21.397     20.33    18.149     22.401     22.027     22.027      21.36    1.23

     FRANCE     14.144     14.814     13.626     16.394     20.32    15.025     16.651     17.199     17.582      17.03    0.98

     PHIL R      9.590     16.249     15.648     16.192      3.48    16.775     16.557     16.212     16.793       0.10    0.94

     MEXICO     15.353     15.515     13.975     15.013      7.43    14.791     16.286     16.620     16.553      11.92    0.92

     CAMBOD     24.491     19.037     18.180     14.964    -17.69    18.285     12.690     14.058     15.822     -13.47    0.88

     U KING     12.756     13.316     12.170     12.897      5.98    13.500     13.770     14.017     14.044       4.02    0.78

     PORTUGL     3.623     11.534      9.661     10.692     10.67    10.094     12.311     12.393     12.565      24.48    0.70

     CHINA T     5.990      8.740      8.306     10.048     20.97     8.708     10.059     10.788     10.483      20.38    0.58

     HG KONG     5.735      6.559      6.053      6.804     12.41     6.470      7.514      7.541      7.310      12.99    0.41

     KOR REP     7.715      8.441      7.590      6.196    -18.37     8.182      6.728      6.815      7.046     -13.88    0.39

     GERMANY     3.779      4.723      4.363      3.389    -22.31     4.706      3.717      3.932      3.750     -20.31    0.21

     PAKISTN     3.540      2.305      2.215      2.613     17.96     2.592      2.788      2.922      2.702       4.26    0.15


     _WTO     1591.316   1858.694   1731.525   1662.915     -3.96  1849.199   1784.764   1791.641   1790.085      -3.20   99.86

     _OECD     164.471    196.941    177.021    189.617      7.12   193.755    206.818    209.144    209.537       8.15   11.69

     _EU15     134.088    161.330    144.216    157.889      9.48   158.525    172.008    174.498    175.003      10.39    9.76

     _EC12     132.624    159.708    142.717    156.328      9.54   156.896    170.467    172.789    173.319      10.47    9.67

     _ASEAN    127.915    154.363    148.133    142.533     -3.78   153.105    143.038    145.298    148.763      -2.84    8.30

     _W HEMI    35.496     37.533     34.153     36.362      6.47    36.814     40.179     40.417     39.742       7.95    2.22

     _CBI        3.795      5.206      4.609      5.422     17.63     4.991      6.203      6.204      6.019      20.60    0.34

     _CAFTA      3.407      4.838      4.290      5.115     19.23     4.583      5.803      5.868      5.663      23.56    0.32