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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 $$$

                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     306.763    406.275    228.569    263.470     15.27   374.447    432.021    434.326    441.177      17.82  100.00

     CHINA P   166.539    218.190    126.517    131.321      3.80   207.710    221.020    220.339    222.994       7.36   50.55

     ISRAEL      0.057     19.135      5.782     26.738    362.40     5.815     34.751     37.785     40.091     589.41    9.09

     INDIA      26.140     35.693     18.957     21.055     11.07    31.636     35.721     36.706     37.791      19.46    8.57

     ITALY      25.465     30.338     17.153     22.293     29.97    28.989     33.983     34.059     35.479      22.39    8.04

     BELGIUM    18.860     21.149     12.908     13.553      4.99    20.956     22.579     22.354     21.793       3.99    4.94

     U KING      8.662      9.802      5.475      5.345     -2.37     9.402      9.677      9.685      9.672       2.88    2.19

     PORTUGL     1.348      8.212      5.119      4.905     -4.18     5.452      7.949      7.701      7.998      46.68    1.81

     FRANCE      7.070      7.088      3.836      4.349     13.39     6.573      7.489      7.314      7.602      15.66    1.72

     MEXICO      6.111      5.077      2.387      4.054     69.87     4.785      6.513      6.633      6.745      40.96    1.53

     KOR REP     5.398      5.633      3.657      2.827    -22.70     5.895      5.056      4.973      4.803     -18.53    1.09

     CHINA T     2.008      3.656      2.109      2.054     -2.60     2.968      3.496      3.374      3.601      21.33    0.82

     GERMANY     2.853      3.610      2.262      1.937    -14.36     3.608      3.710      3.613      3.285      -8.96    0.74

     PAKISTN     2.574      0.781      0.464      0.662     42.57     1.895      0.854      0.974      0.979     -48.35    0.22


     _WTO      305.412    404.080    227.562    262.408     15.31   372.614    430.102    432.234    438.927      17.80   99.49

     _OECD      83.279    100.753     59.014     63.932      8.33    96.152    105.645    104.790    105.671       9.90   23.95

     _EU15      68.497     84.338     49.203     54.483     10.73    79.195     89.303     88.722     89.619      13.16   20.31

     _EC12      67.386     83.088     48.432     53.804     11.09    77.885     88.087     87.521     88.461      13.58   20.05

     _W HEMI    15.537     14.439      7.892      9.531     20.76    14.957     16.558     15.920     16.078       7.49    3.64

     _ASEAN      5.181      6.565      3.780      4.000      5.81     6.741      6.998      6.943      6.785       0.65    1.54