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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 800:  SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 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       553128    570984     285640     292877      2.53    498606     606612     602136     578221      15.97  100.00

     CHINA P     258717    320230     167079     170490      2.04    266384     316065     325409     323641      21.49   55.97

     MEXICO         209     61759          0      16700       *           0      78459      78459      78459        *     13.57

     HUNGARY      50048     39025      24318      26606      9.41     40279      36423      36565      41313       2.57    7.14

     BELGIUM      39140     29430      22067      27620     25.16     40052      48157      41765      34983     -12.66    6.05

     ITALY        15281     17911       9571      16350     70.83     22592      25239      25153      24690       9.29    4.27

     ROMANIA      18953     20862      10356      13072     26.23     16728      23131      22033      23578      40.95    4.08

     LITHUAN      41881     19134          0          0       *       10588      19134      19134      19134      80.71    3.31

     FRANCE       22129     11125      10942       2816    -74.26     20738       8559       2999       2999     -85.54    0.52

     BRAZIL       22757       181         65        476    632.31     22765        461        532        592     -97.40    0.10

     INDNSIA          0     19495      19495          0   -100.00     19495      19495      19495          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO        553128    570984     285640     292877      2.53    498606     606612     602136     578221      15.97  100.00

     _OECD       159927    109789      74943      80264      7.10    141156     131229     118311     115110     -18.45   19.91

     _W HEMI      27171     68101       5810      22641    289.69     31328      84884      85060      84932     171.11   14.69

     _EU15       102938     65810      46606      50448      8.24     92977      90247      77860      69652     -25.09   12.05

     _EC12       101161     64782      45836      49728      8.49     91383      89239      76726      68674     -24.85   11.88

     _ASEAN         545     19545      19545         11    -99.94     20090      19495      19495         11     -99.95    0.00