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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 858:  NECKWEAR, SILK / VEG BLENDS
                                             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       171142    182946      96337      86816     -9.88    165971     180409     178242     173425       4.49  100.00

     CHINA P     142329    149336      77574      74820     -3.55    133841     149272     150279     146582       9.52   84.52

     ITALY        24042     28610      16020       9152    -42.87     26935      25568      23085      21742     -19.28   12.54


     _WTO        171141    182899      96300      86791     -9.87    165934     180337     178207     173390       4.49   99.98

     _OECD        27667     31871      17615      10907    -38.08     30152      28941      26499      25163     -16.55   14.51

     _EU15        26628     31077      17274      10554    -38.90     29371      28217      25769      24357     -17.07   14.04

     _EC12        26591     31024      17223      10549    -38.75     29305      28167      25719      24350     -16.91   14.04