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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 758:  SILK NECKWEAR
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.60 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  7/2012
   Country      2010       2011       7/2011     7/2012  % Change    7/2011     5/2012     6/2012     7/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD      2889874   2347527    1449010     915329    -36.83   2706533    1996584    1953799    1813846     -32.98  100.00

     CHINA P    2701366   2148090    1361868     816310    -40.06   2532075    1786200    1740500    1602532     -36.71   88.35

     ITALY       165195    172009      71398      84509     18.36    148589     182653     185706     185120      24.59   10.21


     _WTO       2889864   2347348    1448907     915282    -36.83   2706421    1996360    1953676    1813723     -32.98   99.99

     _OECD       186616    197687      86331      98101     13.63    172925     208463     211687     209457      21.13   11.55

     _EU15       183155    195872      85491      97144     13.63    171405     206861     209826     207525      21.07   11.44

     _EC12       183048    195856      85476      97062     13.55    171363     206778     209743     207442      21.05   11.44