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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 758:  SILK NECKWEAR
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.60 M2 per Kg.. 

                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      2889874   2347527     544384     444863    -18.28   2819683    2290927    2289869    2248006     -20.27  100.00

     CHINA P    2701366   2148090     509861     404377    -20.69   2633796    2088001    2083452    2042606     -22.45   90.86

     ITALY       165195    172009      28915      34396     18.96    161858     175254     178283     177490       9.66    7.90


     _WTO       2889864   2347348     544382     444838    -18.29   2819671    2290742    2289665    2247804     -20.28   99.99

     _OECD       186616    197687      34444      40273     16.92    184049     201064     204525     203516      10.58    9.05

     _EU15       183155    195872      34133      39978     17.12    181370     199222     202701     201717      11.22    8.97

     _EC12       183048    195856      34119      39897     16.93    181252     199206     202685     201634      11.25    8.97