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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 899:  OTH SILK / VEG BLEND MANUFACTURES
                                         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      97.729    146.265     36.679     57.046     55.53   108.524    157.415    163.968    166.632      53.54  100.00

     CHINA P    57.115     69.751     18.273     23.504     28.63    60.754     71.892     73.592     74.981      23.42   45.00

     ISRAEL      0.035     19.078      1.624     12.667    679.85     1.656     26.366     29.804     30.120    1718.52   18.08

     INDIA      12.434     17.650      4.783      4.845      1.30    13.525     17.455     17.323     17.712      30.96   10.63

     ITALY       3.835      4.929      0.937      4.208    348.93     3.873      5.571      6.967      8.200     111.71    4.92

     PORTUGL     1.294      7.978      3.727      3.539     -5.03     4.281      8.589      8.656      7.790      81.95    4.67

     MEXICO      3.315      4.343      1.225      1.253      2.25     3.504      4.459      4.533      4.371      24.73    2.62

     CANADA      3.304      3.389      0.841      1.191     41.64     3.166      3.477      3.602      3.740      18.11    2.24

     CHINA T     0.926      2.305      0.709      0.660     -6.90     1.383      2.112      2.074      2.256      63.14    1.35

     GERMANY     1.165      2.122      0.682      0.797     16.86     1.502      2.102      2.128      2.237      48.94    1.34

     KOR REP     1.472      1.710      0.451      0.301    -33.29     1.699      1.696      1.668      1.560      -8.19    0.94

     VIETNAM     0.292      0.557      0.107      0.112      4.93     0.294      0.518      0.498      0.562      91.23    0.34

     PAKISTN     2.416      0.539      0.214      0.147    -31.25     2.333      0.589      0.495      0.472     -79.78    0.28


     _WTO       97.054    145.767     36.549     57.005     55.97   107.887    157.002    163.534    166.223      54.07   99.75

     _OECD      17.753     28.451      8.611     12.035     39.76    21.417     29.885     31.433     31.875      48.83   19.13

     _EU15      11.471     21.644      7.041     10.075     43.09    15.178     22.927     24.412     24.678      62.60   14.81

     _EC12      11.098     21.195      6.851      9.950     45.24    14.702     22.438     23.945     24.294      65.25   14.58

     _W HEMI     6.811      7.908      2.108      2.589     22.78     6.875      8.151      8.393      8.388      22.00    5.03

     _ASEAN      0.643      1.125      0.207      0.271     31.11     0.666      1.135      1.145      1.189      78.63    0.71