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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 800:  SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                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       553128    570984     159990     161548      0.97    547800     613776     615723     572542       4.52  100.00

     CHINA P     258717    320230     107045      71580    -33.13    288047     336156     333318     284765      -1.14   49.74

     MEXICO         209     61759          0      16700       *           0      78459      78459      78459        *     13.70

     BELGIUM      39140     29430       5803      23899    311.84     37762      37155      49663      47526      25.86    8.30

     HUNGARY      50048     39025      12410      14718     18.60     49925      33624      40776      41333     -17.21    7.22

     ITALY        15281     17911       7231      14861    105.52     21551      23490      18489      25541      18.51    4.46

     INDNSIA          0     19495          0          0       *           0      19495      19495      19495        *      3.40

     LITHUAN      41881     19134          0          0       *       29610      19134      19134      19134     -35.38    3.34

     ROMANIA      18953     20862       8390       3207    -61.78     20116      17340      15932      15679     -22.06    2.74

     FRANCE       22129     11125       5310       2816    -46.97     24326      13806       8841       8631     -64.52    1.51

     GERMANY      14272      1600         64        323    404.69     13570       1902       1841       1859     -86.30    0.32

     BRAZIL       22757       181         40        285    612.50     22789        299        376        426     -98.13    0.07


     _WTO        553033    570984     159990     161548      0.97    547800     613776     615723     572542       4.52  100.00

     _OECD       159927    109789      34020      61031     79.40    165339     121015     130028     136800     -17.26   23.89

     _EU15       102938     65810      20207      43890    117.20    108691      81985      84410      89493     -17.66   15.63

     _EC12       101161     64782      19759      43401    119.65    106712      80971      83402      88424     -17.14   15.44

     _W HEMI      27171     68101       3737      21702    480.73     29960      87053      85874      86066     187.27   15.03

     _ASEAN         545     19545          0          0       *         545      19545      19545      19545    3486.24    3.41