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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 800:  SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  6/2012
   Country      2010       2011       6/2011     6/2012  % Change    6/2011     4/2012     5/2012     6/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD       553128    570984     238839     269991     13.04    523265     572542     606612     602136      15.07  100.00

     CHINA P     258717    320230     153225     158404      3.38    302445     284765     316065     325409       7.59   54.04

     MEXICO         209     61759          0      16700       *           0      78459      78459      78459        *     13.03

     BELGIUM      39140     29430      13738      26073     89.79     37608      47526      48157      41765      11.05    6.94

     HUNGARY      50048     39025      22812      20352    -10.78     46864      41333      36423      36565     -21.98    6.07

     ITALY        15281     17911       8655      15897     83.67     22081      25541      25239      25153      13.91    4.18

     ROMANIA      18953     20862      10298      11469     11.37     20453      15679      23131      22033       7.73    3.66

     INDNSIA          0     19495          0          0       *           0      19495      19495      19495        *      3.24

     LITHUAN      41881     19134          0          0       *       10588      19134      19134      19134      80.71    3.18

     FRANCE       22129     11125      10942       2816    -74.26     21625       8631       8559       2999     -86.13    0.50

     BRAZIL       22757       181         55        406    638.18     22765        426        461        532     -97.66    0.09


     _WTO        553033    570984     238839     269991     13.04    523265     572542     606612     602136      15.07  100.00

     _OECD       159927    109789      62953      71475     13.54    145224     136800     131229     118311     -18.53   19.65

     _W HEMI      27171     68101       5612      22571    302.19     31387      86066      84884      85060     171.00   14.13

     _EU15       102938     65810      36390      48440     33.11     90293      89493      90247      77860     -13.77   12.93

     _EC12       101161     64782      35776      47720     33.39     88855      88424      89239      76726     -13.65   12.74

     _ASEAN         545     19545         50          0   -100.00       595      19545      19495      19495    3176.47    3.24