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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 835:  W/G COATS, SILK / VEG BLENDS
                                         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      76.124     85.650     73.139     55.713    -23.83    90.798     68.409     68.376     68.224     -24.86  100.00

     CHINA P    51.176     54.370     46.676     33.807    -27.57    59.648     41.990     41.767     41.500     -30.42   60.83

     VIETNAM     4.401      5.690      4.901      4.009    -18.22     5.175      4.764      4.678      4.797      -7.31    7.03

     ITALY       4.780      4.784      3.537      3.272     -7.50     5.218      4.599      4.532      4.518     -13.41    6.62

     PHIL R      1.919      3.050      2.598      3.594     38.35     3.094      4.129      3.926      4.046      30.78    5.93

     INDNSIA     0.927      3.639      3.609      1.950    -45.96     3.629      1.677      1.985      1.980     -45.44    2.90

     INDIA       1.663      2.160      2.032      1.615    -20.56     2.083      1.744      1.740      1.742     -16.37    2.55

     THAILND     3.262      1.990      1.831      0.862    -52.95     1.962      1.019      1.020      1.020     -48.00    1.50

     SRI LKA     0.483      0.861      0.849      0.521    -38.60     0.877      0.535      0.533      0.533     -39.23    0.78

     BNGLDSH     0.421      0.764      0.508      0.208    -59.07     0.610      0.464      0.479      0.464     -23.95    0.68

     MEXICO      0.167      0.294      0.182      0.170     -6.82     0.220      0.223      0.275      0.282      28.16    0.41

     UKRAINE     0.000      0.967      0.966      0.088    -90.92     0.966      0.089      0.089      0.089     -90.77    0.13


     _WTO       76.115     85.631     73.122     55.672    -23.86    90.781     68.368     68.333     68.181     -24.89   99.94

     _ASEAN     10.509     14.491     13.050     10.506    -19.49    13.971     11.695     11.714     11.948     -14.48   17.51

     _OECD       9.037      8.875      6.826      6.770     -0.82     9.512      8.718      8.795      8.818      -7.30   12.93

     _EU15       6.668      6.284      4.705      4.888      3.89     7.059      6.398      6.431      6.467      -8.38    9.48

     _EC12       6.653      6.227      4.654      4.874      4.73     7.001      6.377      6.410      6.447      -7.90    9.45

     _W HEMI     1.148      1.379      1.179      1.528     29.59     1.296      1.657      1.805      1.727      33.31    2.53

     _CBI        0.049      0.146      0.138      0.028    -79.66     0.151      0.036      0.036      0.036     -76.33    0.05

     _CAFTA      0.049      0.146      0.138      0.028    -79.66     0.151      0.036      0.036      0.036     -76.33    0.05