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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  82:  SILK / VEG. NON-APPAREL 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     220.407    301.452     86.988    107.866     24.00   247.328    315.465    322.727    322.330      30.32  100.00

     CHINA P   164.607    186.820     55.134     50.575     -8.27   176.923    183.611    183.114    182.261       3.02   56.54

     ISRAEL      0.046     40.455      3.827     25.718    572.03     3.873     55.915     62.605     62.346    1509.97   19.34

     PORTUGL     2.068     19.129      9.066      8.067    -11.02     9.522     20.246     20.394     18.130      90.41    5.62

     INDIA      13.163     18.039      6.047      4.137    -31.59    15.379     16.991     16.056     16.129       4.87    5.00

     ITALY       3.853      2.975      0.655      8.515   1199.88     3.540      5.356      8.181     10.834     206.02    3.36

     KOR REP     4.577      4.508      1.189      0.671    -43.53     4.877      4.405      4.244      3.990     -18.19    1.24

     CHINA T     1.333      3.041      0.727      0.930     27.94     1.653      2.983      2.975      3.244      96.20    1.01

     BELGIUM     2.670      4.088      2.210      1.091    -50.65     4.282      2.926      3.051      2.968     -30.68    0.92

     MEXICO      3.629      2.289      0.523      0.747     42.73     3.064      2.496      2.550      2.512     -18.00    0.78

     GERMANY     1.053      1.814      0.678      1.198     76.77     1.529      1.794      1.984      2.334      52.70    0.72

     FRANCE      1.340      0.500      0.165      1.694    925.63     0.655      2.083      2.039      2.029     209.63    0.63

     VIETNAM     0.969      1.958      0.520      0.351    -32.63     1.244      1.776      1.716      1.788      43.72    0.55

     U KING      4.345      3.006      2.153      0.286    -86.73     5.142      2.246      1.130      1.139     -77.85    0.35

     PAKISTN     4.163      1.016      0.580      0.290    -49.88     4.041      0.880      0.746      0.727     -82.01    0.23


     _WTO      218.707    299.695     86.447    107.563     24.43   245.487    313.921    321.150    320.812      30.68   99.53

     _OECD      23.585     40.121     17.302     22.357     29.22    33.076     42.740     44.811     45.176      36.58   14.02

     _EU15      16.314     32.819     15.463     21.009     35.87    25.720     35.575     37.746     38.365      49.16   11.90

     _EC12      16.171     32.681     15.406     20.972     36.13    25.556     35.428     37.604     38.247      49.66   11.87

     _W HEMI     6.062      4.523      1.041      1.512     45.26     5.325      4.956      5.075      4.994      -6.22    1.55

     _ASEAN      1.734      2.984      0.708      0.657     -7.21     2.074      2.911      2.871      2.933      41.40    0.91