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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 $$$

                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    1592.802   1861.439   1296.370   1236.543     -4.61  1825.896   1817.019   1802.060   1801.612      -1.33  100.00

     CHINA P  1121.213   1273.593    880.654    776.706    -11.80  1273.131   1202.315   1179.157   1169.645      -8.13   64.92

     ITALY      70.525     84.165     50.947     57.245     12.36    79.285     89.570     89.399     90.463      14.10    5.02

     INDIA      64.997     76.387     53.145     63.939     20.31    69.802     85.541     86.679     87.181      24.90    4.84

     VIETNAM    40.881     46.142     37.662     46.437     23.30    45.136     52.705     53.444     54.917      21.67    3.05

     BNGLDSH    28.147     46.262     37.804     43.671     15.52    42.169     48.386     48.950     52.129      23.62    2.89

     INDNSIA    39.978     58.935     53.155     39.567    -25.56    56.190     42.946     45.069     45.347     -19.30    2.52

     ISRAEL      0.376     19.345      5.894     26.972    357.65     6.042     35.075     38.099     40.423     569.06    2.24

     SRI LKA    15.718     18.412     15.459     19.817     28.19    16.774     22.060     22.809     22.770      35.75    1.26

     BELGIUM    19.571     21.937     13.402     14.213      6.05    21.740     23.570     23.330     22.748       4.63    1.26

     MEXICO     15.353     15.515      8.618     10.358     20.18    15.147     17.044     17.269     17.255      13.92    0.96

     PHIL R      9.590     16.249     14.261     14.632      2.60    16.369     16.763     16.420     16.620       1.53    0.92

     FRANCE     14.144     14.814      9.095     10.665     17.27    14.402     15.787     15.981     16.384      13.77    0.91

     U KING     12.756     13.316      7.576      8.113      7.08    12.665     13.614     13.770     13.853       9.38    0.77

     PORTUGL     3.623     11.534      7.557      8.621     14.08     8.751     12.202     12.200     12.599      43.96    0.70

     CAMBOD     24.491     19.037     17.450     10.523    -39.70    23.886     11.878     12.265     12.110     -49.30    0.67

     CHINA T     5.990      8.740      5.695      7.137     25.33     7.717      9.907      9.720     10.183      31.95    0.57

     HG KONG     5.735      6.559      4.123      5.058     22.70     6.320      7.542      7.474      7.495      18.60    0.42

     KOR REP     7.715      8.441      5.254      3.827    -27.17     8.791      7.553      7.380      7.014     -20.22    0.39

     GERMANY     3.779      4.723      3.000      2.480    -17.33     4.639      4.679      4.536      4.203      -9.39    0.23

     PAKISTN     3.540      2.305      1.124      1.547     37.56     2.884      2.662      2.805      2.727      -5.46    0.15


     _WTO     1591.316   1858.694   1294.903   1235.256     -4.61  1823.552   1814.794   1799.651   1799.047      -1.34   99.86

     _OECD     164.471    196.941    121.257    130.879      7.94   187.911    205.757    205.593    206.563       9.93   11.47

     _EU15     134.088    161.330     97.758    108.419     10.91   151.423    171.027    170.975    171.991      13.58    9.55

     _EC12     132.624    159.708     96.738    107.547     11.17   149.712    169.501    169.461    170.517      13.90    9.46

     _ASEAN    127.915    154.363    134.011    120.291    -10.24   155.463    135.950    138.843    140.642      -9.53    7.81

     _W HEMI    35.496     37.533     22.359     24.969     11.67    37.029     40.760     39.936     40.143       8.41    2.23

     _CBI        3.795      5.206      3.384      3.886     14.85     4.758      5.507      5.464      5.709      19.98    0.32

     _CAFTA      3.407      4.838      3.177      3.653     14.98     4.364      5.107      5.111      5.314      21.77    0.29