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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 $$$

                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    1592.802   1861.445    852.687    834.285     -2.16  1737.212   1863.556   1855.455   1843.043       6.09  100.00

     CHINA P  1121.213   1273.593    553.271    509.680     -7.88  1211.076   1252.625   1244.089   1230.002       1.56   66.74

     ITALY      70.525     84.165     34.288     39.424     14.98    76.490     86.213     87.896     89.301      16.75    4.85

     INDIA      64.997     76.387     36.337     46.710     28.55    66.187     81.554     83.724     86.760      31.08    4.71

     VIETNAM    40.881     46.147     30.345     37.216     22.64    44.047     49.711     53.120     53.018      20.37    2.88

     BNGLDSH    28.147     46.262     28.546     30.082      5.38    37.961     46.962     45.038     47.799      25.92    2.59

     INDNSIA    39.978     58.935     46.848     32.489    -30.65    53.847     55.308     50.103     44.576     -17.22    2.42

     ISRAEL      0.376     19.345      1.716     12.869    649.91     1.917     26.715     30.177     30.498    1490.83    1.65

     BELGIUM    19.571     21.937      6.879      8.445     22.77    20.923     23.047     23.570     23.503      12.33    1.28

     SRI LKA    15.718     18.412     12.689     16.132     27.14    15.608     20.364     22.199     21.856      40.03    1.19

     PHIL R      9.590     16.249     12.127     13.079      7.85    14.858     18.295     16.387     17.200      15.76    0.93

     MEXICO     15.353     15.515      4.913      6.191     26.00    15.840     16.387     16.839     16.793       6.02    0.91

     FRANCE     14.144     14.814      5.632      5.955      5.74    13.987     15.018     15.037     15.137       8.22    0.82

     U KING     12.756     13.316      4.552      4.535     -0.38    12.567     13.245     13.145     13.299       5.82    0.72

     CAMBOD     24.491     19.037     13.949      7.974    -42.84    26.284     15.376     12.147     13.062     -50.31    0.71

     PORTUGL     3.623     11.534      5.432      5.863      7.94     7.180     12.526     12.776     11.966      66.66    0.65

     CHINA T     5.990      8.740      2.941      4.340     47.56     7.073      9.402      9.207     10.139      43.35    0.55

     KOR REP     7.715      8.441      2.852      2.218    -22.23     8.207      8.111      7.959      7.807      -4.87    0.42

     HG KONG     5.735      6.559      2.910      3.596     23.58     5.946      7.681      7.758      7.245      21.86    0.39

     GERMANY     3.779      4.723      1.682      1.732      2.98     4.098      4.696      4.745      4.773      16.48    0.26

     PAKISTN     3.540      2.305      0.549      0.839     52.86     3.433      2.568      2.602      2.595     -24.41    0.14


     _WTO     1590.190   1857.801    851.408    833.444     -2.11  1733.910   1860.180   1852.146   1839.837       6.11   99.83

     _OECD     164.471    196.941     77.104     84.872     10.08   178.917    201.294    204.215    204.709      14.42   11.11

     _EU15     134.088    161.330     61.987     70.120     13.12   144.762    166.090    168.842    169.463      17.06    9.19

     _EC12     132.624    159.708     61.417     69.620     13.36   143.094    164.385    167.226    167.911      17.34    9.11

     _ASEAN    127.915    154.368    112.645     98.288    -12.75   151.899    152.295    144.334    140.011      -7.83    7.60

     _W HEMI    35.496     37.533     12.925     15.371     18.92    36.944     39.218     40.055     39.978       8.21    2.17

     _CBI        3.795      5.206      2.133      2.436     14.22     4.639      5.488      5.453      5.510      18.77    0.30

     _CAFTA      3.407      4.838      2.088      2.325     11.32     4.333      5.039      5.001      5.074      17.11    0.28