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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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       4.721      5.059      3.004      2.902     -3.38     4.896      5.104      4.958      4.957       1.27  100.00

     CHINA P     1.059      1.741      0.893      0.673    -24.63     1.269      1.491      1.506      1.521      19.89   30.68

     HUNGARY     0.779      0.759      0.430      0.534     24.25     0.692      0.741      0.747      0.863      24.84   17.42

     BELGIUM     0.779      0.751      0.547      0.610     11.59     0.860      0.927      0.845      0.814      -5.33   16.42

     ITALY       0.335      0.428      0.216      0.334     54.92     0.417      0.561      0.560      0.546      30.90   11.02

     ROMANIA     0.162      0.138      0.073      0.090     22.96     0.115      0.151      0.141      0.155      35.07    3.13

     LITHUAN     0.110      0.065      0.000      0.000       *       0.029      0.065      0.065      0.065     127.29    1.32

     BRAZIL      0.044      0.017      0.011      0.055    398.70     0.047      0.047      0.054      0.061      28.24    1.22

     FRANCE      0.263      0.124      0.120      0.016    -86.54     0.238      0.074      0.020      0.020     -91.67    0.40

     MEXICO      0.001      0.012      0.000      0.003       *       0.000      0.015      0.015      0.015        *      0.31

     INDNSIA     0.000      0.057      0.057      0.000   -100.00     0.057      0.057      0.057      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO        4.721      5.059      3.004      2.902     -3.38     4.896      5.104      4.958      4.957       1.27  100.00

     _OECD       2.735      2.452      1.564      1.662      6.29     2.717      2.664      2.509      2.550      -6.15   51.44

     _EU15       1.737      1.546      1.029      1.077      4.69     1.791      1.815      1.670      1.594     -11.01   32.15

     _EC12       1.677      1.504      0.998      1.052      5.42     1.737      1.777      1.628      1.558     -10.33   31.42

     _W HEMI     0.114      0.143      0.119      0.186     57.08     0.198      0.189      0.208      0.211       6.58    4.26

     _ASEAN      0.014      0.063      0.063      0.000    -99.59     0.077      0.057      0.057      0.000     -99.66    0.01