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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 $$$

                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     306.763    406.275    118.787    140.696     18.44   341.086    418.690    425.913    428.185      25.54  100.00

     CHINA P   166.539    218.190     64.356     68.688      6.73   186.442    220.013    221.636    222.523      19.35   51.97

     INDIA      26.140     35.693     10.685     10.996      2.90    29.305     35.969     35.695     36.004      22.86    8.41

     ITALY      25.465     30.338      9.443     12.590     33.33    27.940     30.543     32.029     33.486      19.85    7.82

     ISRAEL      0.057     19.135      1.628     12.669    678.34     1.680     26.423     29.861     30.176    1696.49    7.05

     BELGIUM    18.860     21.149      6.524      7.897     21.05    20.167     22.177     22.636     22.523      11.68    5.26

     U KING      8.662      9.802      3.004      2.792     -7.05     9.563      9.686      9.540      9.590       0.28    2.24

     PORTUGL     1.348      8.212      3.798      3.580     -5.73     4.393      8.809      8.853      7.994      81.97    1.87

     FRANCE      7.070      7.088      1.818      2.086     14.74     6.339      7.341      7.387      7.356      16.05    1.72

     MEXICO      6.111      5.077      1.366      2.573     88.33     5.344      5.646      6.061      6.284      17.58    1.47

     KOR REP     5.398      5.633      1.846      1.573    -14.79     5.392      5.409      5.297      5.359      -0.60    1.25

     GERMANY     2.853      3.610      1.163      1.349     15.97     3.124      3.618      3.715      3.795      21.50    0.89

     CHINA T     2.008      3.656      1.116      1.035     -7.21     2.497      3.531      3.409      3.576      43.19    0.84

     VIETNAM     1.536      2.265      0.957      0.757    -20.93     2.243      2.247      2.190      2.065      -7.94    0.48

     PAKISTN     2.574      0.781      0.301      0.244    -19.05     2.499      0.844      0.750      0.724     -71.05    0.17


     _WTO      304.304    403.195    117.941    140.040     18.74   338.308    415.849    422.925    425.294      25.71   99.32

     _OECD      83.279    100.753     31.774     36.356     14.42    90.720    102.343    104.734    105.335      16.11   24.60

     _EU15      68.497     84.338     27.094     31.457     16.10    75.617     86.140     88.301     88.701      17.30   20.72

     _EC12      67.386     83.088     26.683     31.053     16.38    74.344     84.800     86.989     87.458      17.64   20.43

     _W HEMI    15.537     14.439      4.052      5.423     33.84    15.002     15.031     15.421     15.811       5.39    3.69

     _ASEAN      5.181      6.565      2.147      2.657     23.74     6.231      7.281      7.214      7.075      13.55    1.65