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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 800:  SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
                                         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       4.721      5.059      4.612      4.490     -2.65     4.971      4.827      4.954      4.937      -0.69  100.00

     CHINA P     1.059      1.741      1.598      1.030    -35.54     1.676      1.353      1.298      1.173     -29.98   23.77

     HUNGARY     0.779      0.759      0.658      0.813     23.57     0.658      0.820      0.882      0.914      38.86   18.52

     BELGIUM     0.779      0.751      0.710      0.844     18.86     0.825      0.908      0.919      0.885       7.24   17.92

     ITALY       0.335      0.428      0.363      0.563     54.90     0.446      0.523      0.637      0.627      40.64   12.70

     ROMANIA     0.162      0.138      0.138      0.196     41.58     0.140      0.136      0.148      0.196      40.24    3.97

     FRANCE      0.263      0.124      0.122      0.074    -39.12     0.123      0.036      0.076      0.076     -38.20    1.54

     LITHUAN     0.110      0.065      0.065      0.065     -0.10     0.065      0.000      0.000      0.065      -0.10    1.32

     INDNSIA     0.000      0.057      0.057      0.018    -68.46     0.057      0.018      0.018      0.018     -68.46    0.36

     MEXICO      0.001      0.012      0.006      0.006      9.42     0.006      0.015      0.013      0.013     121.78    0.26


     _WTO        4.721      5.059      4.612      4.490     -2.65     4.971      4.827      4.954      4.937      -0.69  100.00

     _OECD       2.735      2.452      2.188      2.523     15.31     2.419      2.588      2.805      2.787      15.19   56.45

     _EU15       1.737      1.546      1.387      1.632     17.69     1.615      1.688      1.852      1.791      10.87   36.28

     _EC12       1.677      1.504      1.346      1.591     18.19     1.571      1.638      1.803      1.748      11.26   35.42

     _W HEMI     0.114      0.143      0.133      0.250     87.25     0.134      0.240      0.234      0.260      93.62    5.26

     _ASEAN      0.014      0.063      0.063      0.018    -71.10     0.063      0.018      0.018      0.018     -71.10    0.37