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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  81:  SILK AND VEG. APPAREL
                                                    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     311.313    322.684    227.855    209.707     -7.96   336.814    306.648    303.823    304.536      -9.58  100.00

     CHINA P   250.182    250.998    171.607    154.492     -9.97   266.160    238.253    234.635    233.883     -12.13   76.80

     VIETNAM    12.856     14.713     11.350     11.903      4.88    14.779     15.036     14.922     15.266       3.30    5.01

     BNGLDSH     8.918     13.136     10.334     11.091      7.32    12.215     12.633     12.833     13.892      13.73    4.56

     INDNSIA     7.488     10.815      9.751      6.872    -29.53    10.285      7.479      7.880      7.936     -22.85    2.61

     INDIA       7.035      5.862      4.991      5.956     19.33     6.020      6.891      6.911      6.827      13.39    2.24

     CAMBOD      6.735      5.584      4.964      2.854    -42.51     7.019      3.332      3.593      3.474     -50.51    1.14

     SRI LKA     2.520      2.967      2.368      2.553      7.79     2.699      3.088      3.168      3.152      16.78    1.03

     MEXICO      2.709      2.725      1.668      1.756      5.28     2.685      2.793      2.806      2.813       4.76    0.92

     PHIL R      1.110      2.109      1.910      1.948      2.00     2.098      2.181      2.120      2.147       2.33    0.71


     _WTO      311.301    322.662    227.841    209.690     -7.97   336.796    306.623    303.797    304.511      -9.59   99.99

     _ASEAN     29.251     34.709     29.223     24.350    -16.68    35.638     29.035     29.538     29.836     -16.28    9.80

     _W HEMI     4.748      5.534      3.485      3.650      4.72     5.194      5.681      5.543      5.698       9.70    1.87

     _OECD       4.067      4.618      3.075      3.068     -0.23     4.704      4.669      4.735      4.611      -1.98    1.51

     _EU15       2.318      2.681      1.725      2.059     19.31     2.560      3.029      3.046      3.014      17.73    0.99

     _EC12       2.284      2.647      1.706      2.045     19.84     2.515      2.999      3.016      2.985      18.69    0.98

     _CBI        1.108      1.942      1.281      1.452     13.36     1.578      1.983      1.972      2.113      33.96    0.69

     _CAFTA      1.074      1.910      1.260      1.424     13.03     1.541      1.942      1.935      2.074      34.60    0.68