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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  4/2012
   Country      2010       2011       4/2011     4/2012  % Change    4/2011     2/2012     3/2012     4/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     531.721    624.136    235.137    245.378      4.36   582.046    631.322    635.910    634.377       8.99  100.00

     CHINA P   414.789    437.819    160.475    147.944     -7.81   442.573    427.148    426.257    425.287      -3.91   67.04

     ISRAEL      0.081     40.478      3.832     25.732    571.49     3.895     55.943     62.634     62.378    1501.33    9.83

     INDIA      20.198     23.901      9.753      9.011     -7.61    21.382     23.683     22.915     23.159       8.31    3.65

     PORTUGL     2.238     19.341      9.162      8.246    -10.00     9.713     20.487     20.662     18.425      89.69    2.90

     VIETNAM    13.825     16.671      9.006      9.464      5.09    15.575     17.249     17.561     17.129       9.98    2.70

     BNGLDSH    10.234     13.776      7.986      7.163    -10.30    11.572     13.306     12.593     12.953      11.93    2.04

     ITALY       5.205      4.528      1.335      9.310    597.28     4.957      7.013      9.840     12.503     152.23    1.97

     INDNSIA     7.544     11.242      8.615      5.746    -33.30     9.913     10.249      9.360      8.373     -15.53    1.32

     MEXICO      6.338      5.014      1.468      1.702     15.94     5.758      5.264      5.332      5.248      -8.86    0.83

     CHINA T     2.306      4.115      1.118      1.802     61.20     2.767      4.422      4.417      4.799      73.42    0.76

     KOR REP     5.372      5.492      1.692      0.857    -49.34     6.025      5.371      5.154      4.657     -22.70    0.73

     CAMBOD      6.739      5.589      4.062      2.072    -49.01     8.040      4.413      3.403      3.598     -55.24    0.57

     SRI LKA     2.567      3.015      1.932      2.013      4.23     2.637      3.126      3.269      3.097      17.43    0.49

     BELGIUM     2.715      4.145      2.234      1.107    -50.42     4.335      2.989      3.113      3.019     -30.35    0.48

     PHIL R      1.347      2.406      1.676      1.853     10.57     2.123      2.825      2.548      2.583      21.67    0.41

     GERMANY     1.113      1.909      0.721      1.224     69.93     1.610      1.887      2.069      2.413      49.84    0.38

     FRANCE      1.651      0.810      0.315      1.858    489.14     0.960      2.394      2.361      2.353     145.03    0.37

     HG KONG     2.150      1.884      0.573      0.996     73.94     1.772      2.210      2.252      2.307      30.18    0.36

     PAKISTN     4.695      2.158      0.723      0.580    -19.72     4.583      2.086      2.011      2.015     -56.03    0.32

     U KING      4.497      3.210      2.205      0.343    -84.45     5.267      2.456      1.340      1.348     -74.42    0.21


     _WTO      529.995    622.342    234.583    245.060      4.47   580.172    629.740    634.295    632.819       9.07   99.75

     _OECD      27.652     44.739     19.414     24.355     25.45    37.701     47.474     49.515     49.680      31.77    7.83

     _EU15      18.632     35.499     16.594     22.379     34.87    28.117     38.435     40.639     41.285      46.83    6.51

     _EC12      18.454     35.327     16.527     22.337     35.16    27.913     38.256     40.467     41.138      47.38    6.48

     _ASEAN     30.985     37.693     24.423     19.863    -18.67    37.420     36.473     34.425     33.133     -11.46    5.22

     _W HEMI    10.810     10.057      3.077      3.545     15.19    10.446     10.581     10.652     10.524       0.74    1.66

     _CBI        1.643      2.336      0.862      1.172     35.92     1.975      2.634      2.583      2.646      33.92    0.42

     _CAFTA      1.606      2.299      0.853      1.149     34.72     1.940      2.580      2.528      2.595      33.74    0.41