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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                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     531.721    624.137    172.028    183.802      6.84   564.910    635.612    631.323    635.911      12.57  100.00

     CHINA P   414.789    437.819    119.383    107.821     -9.68   434.382    436.137    427.148    426.257      -1.87   67.03

     ISRAEL      0.081     40.478      0.164     22.319  13523.17     0.231     48.432     55.943     62.634   27071.29    9.85

     INDIA      20.198     23.902      7.203      6.218    -13.68    20.840     23.292     23.683     22.916       9.96    3.60

     PORTUGL     2.238     19.341      6.153      7.474     21.47     7.169     21.122     20.487     20.662     188.22    3.25

     VIETNAM    13.825     16.671      5.890      6.781     15.11    14.286     16.869     17.249     17.561      22.93    2.76

     BNGLDSH    10.234     13.776      6.138      4.955    -19.27    11.812     13.285     13.306     12.593       6.61    1.98

     ITALY       5.205      4.528      1.158      6.470    458.68     5.141      6.665      7.013      9.840      91.41    1.55

     INDNSIA     7.544     11.242      6.509      4.627    -28.92     9.004     11.174     10.249      9.360       3.96    1.47

     MEXICO      6.338      5.014      1.039      1.357     30.60     6.149      5.182      5.264      5.332     -13.30    0.84

     KOR REP     5.372      5.492      0.956      0.618    -35.36     5.562      5.470      5.371      5.154      -7.34    0.81

     CHINA T     2.306      4.115      0.925      1.228     32.72     2.806      4.244      4.422      4.417      57.41    0.69

     CAMBOD      6.739      5.589      3.575      1.389    -61.15     7.875      5.700      4.413      3.403     -56.79    0.54

     SRI LKA     2.567      3.015      1.293      1.547     19.63     2.487      3.150      3.126      3.269      31.43    0.51

     BELGIUM     2.715      4.145      1.969      0.937    -52.43     4.243      4.225      2.989      3.113     -26.65    0.49

     PHIL R      1.347      2.406      1.175      1.317     12.12     1.746      2.341      2.825      2.548      45.94    0.40

     FRANCE      1.651      0.810      0.261      1.812    594.00     0.967      2.351      2.394      2.361     144.08    0.37

     HG KONG     2.150      1.884      0.399      0.767     92.20     1.767      1.961      2.210      2.252      27.43    0.35

     GERMANY     1.113      1.909      0.406      0.566     39.41     1.354      1.784      1.887      2.069      52.82    0.33

     PAKISTN     4.695      2.158      0.677      0.530    -21.66     4.938      2.320      2.086      2.011     -59.27    0.32

     U KING      4.497      3.210      2.129      0.260    -87.79     5.844      3.191      2.456      1.340     -77.07    0.21


     _WTO      529.995    622.343    171.534    183.487      6.97   562.925    634.033    629.741    634.296      12.68   99.75

     _OECD      27.652     44.739     14.329     19.105     33.33    35.160     50.118     47.474     49.515      40.83    7.79

     _EU15      18.632     35.499     12.617     17.756     40.73    26.124     40.931     38.435     40.639      55.56    6.39

     _EC12      18.454     35.327     12.586     17.726     40.84    25.932     40.753     38.256     40.467      56.05    6.36

     _ASEAN     30.985     37.693     18.007     14.739    -18.15    34.557     37.857     36.473     34.425      -0.38    5.41

     _W HEMI    10.810     10.057      2.222      2.816     26.73    10.732     10.287     10.581     10.650      -0.76    1.67

     _CBI        1.643      2.336      0.698      0.945     35.38     1.962      2.396      2.634      2.583      31.67    0.41

     _CAFTA      1.606      2.299      0.697      0.926     32.91     1.928      2.342      2.580      2.528      31.10    0.40