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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  82:  SILK / VEG. NON-APPAREL PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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     306.763    406.275    193.057    221.107     14.53   365.729    428.221    432.020    434.325      18.76  100.00

     CHINA P   166.539    218.190    107.246    109.396      2.00   202.608    222.559    221.020    220.339       8.75   50.73

     ISRAEL      0.057     19.135      4.527     23.176    411.97     4.572     30.176     34.751     37.785     726.40    8.70

     INDIA      26.140     35.693     16.821     17.834      6.02    31.897     36.004     35.721     36.706      15.07    8.45

     ITALY      25.465     30.338     14.400     18.120     25.83    28.751     33.486     33.983     34.059      18.46    7.84

     BELGIUM    18.860     21.149     10.411     11.616     11.58    20.418     22.523     22.579     22.354       9.49    5.15

     U KING      8.662      9.802      4.537      4.421     -2.57     9.261      9.590      9.677      9.685       4.58    2.23

     PORTUGL     1.348      8.212      4.804      4.293    -10.62     5.180      7.994      7.949      7.701      48.69    1.77

     FRANCE      7.070      7.088      3.122      3.347      7.22     6.511      7.356      7.489      7.314      12.34    1.68

     MEXICO      6.111      5.077      2.048      3.604     75.95     4.700      6.284      6.512      6.633      41.12    1.53

     KOR REP     5.398      5.633      2.896      2.236    -22.79     5.789      5.359      5.056      4.973     -14.10    1.14

     GERMANY     2.853      3.610      1.721      1.725      0.22     3.279      3.795      3.710      3.613      10.19    0.83

     CHINA T     2.008      3.656      1.942      1.660    -14.53     2.991      3.576      3.496      3.374      12.80    0.78

     VIETNAM     1.536      2.265      1.220      0.909    -25.46     2.280      2.065      1.979      1.955     -14.27    0.45

     PAKISTN     2.574      0.781      0.328      0.521     59.01     2.133      0.724      0.854      0.974     -54.33    0.22


     _WTO      304.304    403.195    191.663    219.840     14.70   363.011    425.331    429.138    431.372      18.83   99.32

     _OECD      83.279    100.753     49.027     53.063      8.23    94.041    105.335    105.645    104.790      11.43   24.13

     _EU15      68.497     84.338     40.965     45.349     10.70    77.592     88.701     89.303     88.722      14.35   20.43

     _EC12      67.386     83.088     40.328     44.760     10.99    76.329     87.458     88.087     87.521      14.66   20.15

     _W HEMI    15.537     14.439      6.535      8.015     22.64    14.702     15.811     16.558     15.919       8.28    3.67

     _ASEAN      5.181      6.565      3.162      3.540     11.94     6.518      7.075      6.998      6.943       6.52    1.60