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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 899:  OTH SILK / VEG BLEND MANUFACTURES
                                         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      97.729    146.265     72.862    109.909     50.84   119.474    171.953    178.308    183.312      53.43  100.00

     CHINA P    57.115     69.751     36.361     46.995     29.25    63.628     75.795     78.777     80.385      26.34   43.85

     ISRAEL      0.035     19.078      5.745     26.732    365.33     5.764     34.696     37.742     40.065     595.11   21.86

     INDIA      12.434     17.650      8.799      9.874     12.22    14.853     17.115     17.928     18.726      26.07   10.22

     ITALY       3.835      4.929      2.100      6.738    220.79     3.792      8.753      8.976      9.566     152.28    5.22

     PORTUGL     1.294      7.978      4.957      4.849     -2.18     5.274      7.792      7.572      7.869      49.22    4.29

     MEXICO      3.315      4.343      2.151      1.550    -27.96     3.361      4.248      4.007      3.742      11.35    2.04

     CANADA      3.304      3.389      2.114      2.122      0.39     3.861      3.761      3.297      3.398     -12.01    1.85

     CHINA T     0.926      2.305      1.297      1.478     13.98     1.750      2.393      2.310      2.486      42.11    1.36

     GERMANY     1.165      2.122      1.402      1.087    -22.49     2.033      2.101      2.089      1.807     -11.12    0.99

     KOR REP     1.472      1.710      1.179      0.709    -39.86     1.876      1.455      1.439      1.240     -33.91    0.68

     ESTONIA     0.362      0.047      0.001      0.901  71312.20     0.102      0.663      0.858      0.947     829.23    0.52

     PAKISTN     2.416      0.539      0.372      0.517     39.08     1.746      0.603      0.694      0.684     -60.82    0.37

     VIETNAM     0.292      0.557      0.286      0.260     -9.04     0.429      0.538      0.625      0.531      23.86    0.29


     _WTO       97.710    146.245     72.859    109.882     50.82   119.458    171.930    178.274    183.268      53.42   99.98

     _OECD      17.753     28.451     15.725     19.751     25.60    24.153     32.225     31.955     32.477      34.46   17.72

     _EU15      11.471     21.644     11.547     15.478     34.04    16.648     25.204     25.036     25.575      53.62   13.95

     _EC12      11.098     21.195     11.261     15.261     35.52    16.183     24.830     24.657     25.195      55.69   13.74

     _W HEMI     6.811      7.908      4.341      3.863    -11.01     7.391      8.292      7.596      7.430       0.52    4.05

     _ASEAN      0.643      1.125      0.517      0.537      3.96     0.863      1.176      1.260      1.145      32.67    0.62