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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 736:  SILK DRESSES
                                             Data in Doz, 37.90 M2 per Doz. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  3/2012
   Country      2010       2011       3/2011     3/2012  % Change    3/2011     1/2012     2/2012     3/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD       586302    532145     157948     152400     -3.51    576350     531086     528228     526597      -8.63  100.00

     CHINA P     502702    442520     132601     123790     -6.64    494079     440868     435564     433709     -12.22   82.36

     INDIA        32262     36670       9149       9785      6.95     33402      36842      37246      37306      11.69    7.08


     _WTO        585972    531968     157847     152356     -3.48    575997     530916     528064     526477      -8.60   99.98

     _OECD        31548     37268      10970      13635     24.29     32829      38368      39368      39933      21.64    7.58

     _EU15        24484     31244       8764      11950     36.35     25922      32693      33781      34430      32.82    6.54

     _EC12        24472     31229       8759      11943     36.35     25906      32677      33762      34413      32.84    6.53