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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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       4.721      5.059      2.616      2.515     -3.87     5.106      5.043      5.104      4.958      -2.90  100.00

     CHINA P     1.059      1.741      0.840      0.605    -27.95     1.433      1.453      1.491      1.506       5.09   30.38

     BELGIUM     0.779      0.751      0.417      0.511     22.53     0.835      0.897      0.927      0.845       1.25   17.04

     HUNGARY     0.779      0.759      0.412      0.400     -2.80     0.777      0.787      0.741      0.747      -3.78   15.08

     ITALY       0.335      0.428      0.173      0.306     76.56     0.403      0.555      0.561      0.560      38.92   11.30

     ROMANIA     0.162      0.138      0.072      0.075      4.17     0.146      0.111      0.151      0.141      -3.46    2.85

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

     INDNSIA     0.000      0.057      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.057      0.057      0.057        *      1.15

     BRAZIL      0.044      0.017      0.010      0.047    394.39     0.047      0.043      0.047      0.054      14.70    1.10

     FRANCE      0.263      0.124      0.120      0.016    -86.54     0.259      0.076      0.074      0.020     -92.32    0.40

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


     _WTO        4.720      5.059      2.616      2.515     -3.87     5.106      5.043      5.104      4.958      -2.90  100.00

     _OECD       2.735      2.452      1.328      1.385      4.31     2.772      2.701      2.664      2.509      -9.47   50.61

     _EU15       1.737      1.546      0.825      0.949     15.02     1.750      1.776      1.815      1.670      -4.60   33.68

     _EC12       1.677      1.504      0.800      0.925     15.57     1.701      1.736      1.777      1.628      -4.30   32.84

     _W HEMI     0.114      0.143      0.114      0.179     56.78     0.198      0.201      0.189      0.208       4.93    4.19

     _ASEAN      0.014      0.063      0.006      0.000   -100.00     0.020      0.063      0.057      0.057     187.35    1.15