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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 899:  OTH SILK / VEG BLEND MANUFACTURES
                                         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      97.729    146.265    133.215    173.058     29.91   141.803    187.504    187.530    186.108      31.24  100.00

     CHINA P    57.115     69.751     64.730     74.965     15.81    69.863     78.519     79.219     79.986      14.49   42.98

     ISRAEL      0.035     19.078     16.914     44.216    161.42    16.917     48.429     47.584     46.380     174.17   24.92

     INDIA      12.434     17.650     15.883     16.745      5.43    16.778     18.797     18.587     18.513      10.34    9.95

     ITALY       3.835      4.929      4.183      8.533    104.00     4.471      9.209      9.115      9.279     107.54    4.99

     PORTUGL     1.294      7.978      6.250      5.772     -7.64     6.324      7.394      7.463      7.500      18.60    4.03

     CANADA      3.304      3.389      3.249      3.389      4.32     3.603      3.557      3.577      3.530      -2.02    1.90

     CHINA T     0.926      2.305      2.128      2.697     26.76     2.277      2.605      2.765      2.875      26.22    1.54

     MEXICO      3.315      4.343      3.966      1.744    -56.02     4.186      2.799      2.496      2.122     -49.32    1.14

     ESTONIA     0.362      0.047      0.047      1.305   2692.07     0.047      0.962      1.212      1.305    2692.07    0.70

     GERMANY     1.165      2.122      2.067      1.180    -42.92     2.225      1.395      1.376      1.234     -44.51    0.66

     KOR REP     1.472      1.710      1.639      1.007    -38.55     1.731      1.136      1.115      1.079     -37.71    0.58

     PAKISTN     2.416      0.539      0.520      1.005     93.46     0.801      0.950      1.088      1.024      27.82    0.55

     VIETNAM     0.292      0.557      0.544      0.401    -26.37     0.569      0.393      0.402      0.413     -27.43    0.22


     _WTO       97.710    146.245    133.196    173.019     29.90   141.783    187.457    187.483    186.068      31.23   99.98

     _OECD      17.753     28.451     25.142     26.966      7.26    26.766     30.757     30.879     30.275      13.11   16.27

     _EU15      11.471     21.644     18.630     20.450      9.77    19.733     23.889     23.936     23.464      18.91   12.61

     _EC12      11.098     21.195     18.220     20.070     10.16    19.281     23.486     23.493     23.045      19.52   12.38

     _W HEMI     6.811      7.908      7.367      5.391    -26.82     7.966      6.631      6.361      5.932     -25.54    3.19

     _ASEAN      0.643      1.125      1.094      0.787    -28.05     1.145      0.886      0.846      0.818     -28.57    0.44