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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 800:  SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 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       553128    570984      94100     138839     47.54    492532     609004     613776     615723      25.01  100.00

     CHINA P     258717    320230      52882      65970     24.75    236884     339526     336156     333318      40.71   54.13

     MEXICO         209     61759          0      16700       *         209      78459      78459      78459   37440.19   12.74

     BELGIUM      39140     29430       2385      22618    848.34     34724      30107      37155      49663      43.02    8.07

     HUNGARY      50048     39025      10029      11780     17.46     49427      35036      33624      40776     -17.50    6.62

     INDNSIA          0     19495          0          0       *           0      19495      19495      19495        *      3.17

     LITHUAN      41881     19134          0          0       *       29610      19134      19134      19134     -35.38    3.11

     ITALY        15281     17911       6829       7407      8.46     21355      21934      23490      18489     -13.42    3.00

     ROMANIA      18953     20862       5244        314    -94.01     18882      17702      17340      15932     -15.62    2.59

     FRANCE       22129     11125       5046       2762    -45.26     24921      11097      13806       8841     -64.52    1.44

     GERMANY      14272      1600         61        302    395.08     13990       1602       1902       1841     -86.84    0.30

     BRAZIL       22757       181         35        230    557.14     22787        206        299        376     -98.35    0.06


     _WTO        553033    570984      94100     138839     47.54    492437     609004     613776     615723      25.04  100.00

     _OECD       159927    109789      27299      47538     74.14    163220     111159     121015     130028     -20.34   21.12

     _W HEMI      27171     68101       3514      21287    505.78     29974      88194      87053      85874     186.49   13.95

     _EU15       102938     65810      15949      34549    116.62    107033      70998      81985      84410     -21.14   13.71

     _EC12       101161     64782      15518      34138    119.99    104973      70042      80971      83402     -20.55   13.55

     _ASEAN         545     19545          0          0       *         545      19545      19545      19545    3486.24    3.17