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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  82:  SILK / VEG. NON-APPAREL 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     220.407    301.452    166.539    202.726     21.73   271.594    327.378    330.730    337.639      24.32  100.00

     CHINA P   164.607    186.820    107.553    101.433     -5.69   186.909    180.687    178.770    180.700      -3.32   53.52

     ISRAEL      0.046     40.455     13.650     52.217    282.54    13.668     69.991     75.231     79.022     478.16   23.40

     PORTUGL     2.068     19.129     11.951     11.160     -6.62    12.051     18.129     17.589     18.339      52.17    5.43

     INDIA      13.163     18.039     10.404      8.323    -20.00    17.171     14.879     15.230     15.959      -7.06    4.73

     ITALY       3.853      2.975      1.440     11.302    685.00     3.399     11.590     12.136     12.837     277.63    3.80

     KOR REP     4.577      4.508      3.028      1.634    -46.05     5.253      3.541      3.428      3.114     -40.73    0.92

     CHINA T     1.333      3.041      1.934      1.859     -3.88     2.558      3.027      2.740      2.966      15.95    0.88

     BELGIUM     2.670      4.088      3.068      1.671    -45.54     4.378      2.932      2.837      2.691     -38.54    0.80

     MEXICO      3.629      2.289      0.890      0.973      9.36     1.906      2.507      2.424      2.372      24.43    0.70

     GERMANY     1.053      1.814      1.297      1.695     30.72     1.861      2.207      2.303      2.213      18.88    0.66

     FRANCE      1.340      0.500      0.317      1.838    479.52     0.601      2.040      1.996      2.021     236.25    0.60

     U KING      4.345      3.006      2.332      0.497    -78.69     4.750      1.147      1.163      1.170     -75.36    0.35

     PAKISTN     4.163      1.016      0.726      0.835     15.06     3.158      0.906      1.056      1.125     -64.36    0.33


     _WTO      219.547    300.140    165.943    202.137     21.81   270.479    326.257    329.501    336.334      24.35   99.61

     _OECD      23.585     40.121     25.958     31.657     21.96    36.383     45.161     44.955     45.821      25.94   13.57

     _EU15      16.314     32.819     21.454     28.512     32.90    28.434     38.830     38.651     39.877      40.24   11.81

     _EC12      16.171     32.681     21.367     28.428     33.05    28.273     38.715     38.514     39.742      40.57   11.77

     _W HEMI     6.062      4.523      1.984      2.339     17.92     4.223      5.159      5.001      4.878      15.51    1.44

     _ASEAN      1.734      2.984      1.796      1.211    -32.59     2.840      2.889      3.066      2.399     -15.54    0.71