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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                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     531.721    624.136    394.394    412.434      4.57   608.407    634.026    634.553    642.176       5.55  100.00

     CHINA P   414.789    437.819    279.161    255.925     -8.32   453.069    418.940    413.405    414.583      -8.49   64.56

     ISRAEL      0.081     40.478     13.663     52.237    282.33    13.697     70.024     75.260     79.053     477.17   12.31

     INDIA      20.198     23.901     15.395     14.279     -7.25    23.192     21.770     22.142     22.785      -1.75    3.55

     PORTUGL     2.238     19.341     12.108     11.487     -5.12    12.275     18.467     17.959     18.721      52.51    2.92

     VIETNAM    13.825     16.671     12.412     12.669      2.07    16.373     16.801     16.937     16.927       3.38    2.64

     ITALY       5.205      4.528      2.408     12.364    413.56     4.879     13.268     13.796     14.485     196.86    2.26

     BNGLDSH    10.234     13.776     10.626     11.119      4.63    12.577     13.003     13.207     14.268      13.44    2.22

     INDNSIA     7.544     11.242     10.146      7.019    -30.82    10.717      7.959      8.378      8.115     -24.28    1.26

     MEXICO      6.338      5.014      2.558      2.729      6.70     4.591      5.300      5.230      5.185      12.93    0.81

     CHINA T     2.306      4.115      2.620      3.117     18.98     3.672      4.639      4.324      4.612      25.61    0.72

     KOR REP     5.372      5.492      3.689      1.952    -47.08     6.368      4.254      4.160      3.755     -41.03    0.58

     CAMBOD      6.739      5.589      4.966      2.855    -42.50     7.023      3.337      3.597      3.478     -50.47    0.54

     SRI LKA     2.567      3.015      2.400      2.606      8.58     2.771      3.154      3.235      3.221      16.25    0.50

     BELGIUM     2.715      4.145      3.098      1.692    -45.39     4.428      2.980      2.886      2.739     -38.14    0.43

     PHIL R      1.347      2.406      2.065      2.102      1.79     2.403      2.479      2.402      2.443       1.68    0.38

     HG KONG     2.150      1.884      1.106      1.643     48.61     1.826      2.520      2.472      2.421      32.60    0.38

     FRANCE      1.651      0.810      0.546      2.106    285.78     0.914      2.397      2.366      2.370     159.26    0.37

     PAKISTN     4.695      2.158      1.174      1.337     13.82     3.871      2.084      2.256      2.320     -40.06    0.36

     GERMANY     1.113      1.909      1.355      1.733     27.93     1.942      2.285      2.378      2.287      17.76    0.36

     U KING      4.497      3.210      2.467      0.618    -74.97     4.936      1.364      1.372      1.360     -72.45    0.21


     _WTO      530.848    622.802    393.784    411.827      4.58   607.274    632.879    633.298    640.845       5.53   99.79

     _OECD      27.652     44.739     29.032     34.725     19.61    41.086     49.830     49.690     50.432      22.75    7.85

     _EU15      18.632     35.499     23.179     30.571     31.89    30.994     41.858     41.697     42.891      38.38    6.68

     _EC12      18.454     35.327     23.073     30.473     32.07    30.788     41.713     41.530     42.727      38.78    6.65

     _ASEAN     30.985     37.693     31.019     25.561    -17.60    38.478     31.923     32.604     32.234     -16.23    5.02

     _W HEMI    10.810     10.057      5.469      5.989      9.51     9.418     10.841     10.544     10.577      12.31    1.65

     _CBI        1.643      2.336      1.366      2.022     48.04     1.954      2.832      2.817      2.992      53.13    0.47

     _CAFTA      1.606      2.299      1.343      1.991     48.31     1.914      2.785      2.775      2.947      53.95    0.46