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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 $$$

                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     306.763    406.275    372.161    417.604     12.21   400.175    448.891    451.741    451.719      12.88  100.00

     CHINA P   166.539    218.190    200.818    209.432      4.29   216.130    221.740    224.186    226.804       4.94   50.21

     ISRAEL      0.057     19.135     16.970     44.228    160.62    16.974     48.447     47.602     46.393     173.32   10.27

     INDIA      26.140     35.693     32.652     34.713      6.31    34.787     37.759     37.805     37.754       8.53    8.36

     ITALY      25.465     30.338     27.254     34.543     26.74    29.957     37.139     37.522     37.627      25.60    8.33

     BELGIUM    18.860     21.149     19.657     20.367      3.61    21.064     22.203     22.212     21.859       3.78    4.84

     U KING      8.662      9.802      9.090      8.790     -3.29     9.942      9.550      9.686      9.503      -4.41    2.10

     FRANCE      7.070      7.088      6.596      7.520     14.00     7.116      7.568      7.909      8.012      12.59    1.77

     PORTUGL     1.348      8.212      6.476      5.849     -9.69     6.555      7.484      7.557      7.584      15.70    1.68

     MEXICO      6.111      5.077      4.426      5.307     19.91     4.688      6.191      6.102      5.958      27.10    1.32

     KOR REP     5.398      5.633      5.165      4.316    -16.45     5.615      4.633      4.579      4.783     -14.82    1.06

     CHINA T     2.008      3.656      3.452      3.465      0.38     3.710      3.617      3.687      3.669      -1.09    0.81

     GERMANY     2.853      3.610      3.388      2.408    -28.91     3.678      2.761      2.808      2.630     -28.48    0.58

     VIETNAM     1.536      2.265      2.187      1.435    -34.37     2.229      1.676      1.664      1.513     -32.11    0.34


     _WTO      305.412    404.080    370.090    415.601     12.30   397.892    446.460    449.549    449.591      12.99   99.53

     _OECD      83.279    100.753     91.427     97.496      6.64    99.231    106.477    107.439    106.822       7.65   23.65

     _EU15      68.497     84.338     76.146     83.055      9.07    82.750     90.448     91.838     91.248      10.27   20.20

     _EC12      67.386     83.088     74.999     81.908      9.21    81.486     89.227     90.547     89.997      10.45   19.92

     _W HEMI    15.537     14.439     13.381     14.354      7.27    14.611     15.964     15.771     15.412       5.48    3.41

     _ASEAN      5.181      6.565      6.232      5.474    -12.15     6.593      6.279      6.166      5.808     -11.91    1.29