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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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       4.721      5.059      1.703      1.688     -0.93     5.019      5.255      5.226      5.043       0.47  100.00

     CHINA P     1.059      1.741      0.572      0.285    -50.25     1.296      1.730      1.690      1.453      12.15   28.82

     BELGIUM     0.779      0.751      0.252      0.398     58.08     0.828      0.852      0.934      0.897       8.32   17.79

     HUNGARY     0.779      0.759      0.232      0.260     11.92     0.783      0.661      0.777      0.787       0.51   15.60

     ITALY       0.335      0.428      0.122      0.250    103.73     0.376      0.511      0.466      0.555      47.59   11.00

     ROMANIA     0.162      0.138      0.055      0.028    -49.25     0.145      0.121      0.106      0.111     -23.40    2.21

     FRANCE      0.263      0.124      0.064      0.016    -74.57     0.282      0.132      0.081      0.076     -72.95    1.52

     LITHUAN     0.110      0.065      0.000      0.000       *       0.079      0.065      0.065      0.065     -17.90    1.29

     INDNSIA     0.000      0.057      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.057      0.057      0.057        *      1.13

     BRAZIL      0.044      0.017      0.007      0.034    362.41     0.050      0.025      0.035      0.043     -14.54    0.85

     GERMANY     0.102      0.026      0.004      0.012    187.73     0.077      0.036      0.033      0.034     -56.02    0.67

     MEXICO      0.001      0.012      0.000      0.003       *       0.000      0.015      0.015      0.015        *      0.30


     _WTO        4.720      5.059      1.703      1.688     -0.93     5.019      5.255      5.226      5.043       0.47  100.00

     _OECD       2.735      2.452      0.780      1.029     32.01     2.807      2.547      2.624      2.701      -3.76   53.57

     _EU15       1.737      1.546      0.507      0.738     45.48     1.807      1.745      1.723      1.776      -1.68   35.22

     _EC12       1.677      1.504      0.490      0.722     47.44     1.737      1.705      1.683      1.736      -0.09   34.42

     _W HEMI     0.114      0.143      0.086      0.144     67.23     0.183      0.201      0.189      0.201       9.91    3.99

     _ASEAN      0.014      0.063      0.000      0.000       *       0.014      0.063      0.063      0.063     359.72    1.25