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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  81:  SILK AND VEG. APPAREL
                                                    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     311.313    322.684    110.663    101.161     -8.59   327.963    321.087    315.857    313.182      -4.51  100.00

     CHINA P   250.182    250.998     79.192     71.338     -9.92   262.066    248.784    243.537    243.144      -7.22   77.64

     VIETNAM    12.856     14.713      5.577      6.709     20.30    13.232     14.961     15.473     15.845      19.75    5.06

     BNGLDSH     8.918     13.136      5.974      4.935    -17.39    11.441     12.757     12.762     12.097       5.73    3.86

     INDNSIA     7.488     10.815      6.488      4.548    -29.89     8.929     10.693      9.768      8.875      -0.60    2.83

     INDIA       7.035      5.862      2.626      3.623     37.99     6.126      6.100      6.692      6.859      11.97    2.19

     CAMBOD      6.735      5.584      3.574      1.388    -61.16     7.872      5.695      4.409      3.398     -56.83    1.09

     SRI LKA     2.520      2.967      1.281      1.539     20.11     2.432      3.114      3.082      3.225      32.59    1.03

     MEXICO      2.709      2.725      0.656      0.713      8.66     2.595      2.727      2.768      2.782       7.18    0.89

     PHIL R      1.110      2.109      1.098      1.218     10.91     1.463      2.064      2.521      2.229      52.37    0.71


     _WTO      311.288    322.647    110.651    101.149     -8.59   327.928    321.048    315.819    313.145      -4.51   99.99

     _ASEAN     29.251     34.709     17.557     14.402    -17.97    32.682     34.855     33.562     31.554      -3.45   10.08

     _W HEMI     4.748      5.534      1.478      1.519      2.83     4.925      5.548      5.625      5.576      13.22    1.78

     _OECD       4.067      4.618      1.470      1.557      5.91     4.260      4.704      4.734      4.705      10.45    1.50

     _EU15       2.318      2.681      0.952      1.164     22.29     2.386      2.770      2.860      2.893      21.23    0.92

     _EC12       2.284      2.647      0.943      1.160     23.02     2.347      2.736      2.828      2.864      22.04    0.91

     _CBI        1.108      1.942      0.677      0.611     -9.68     1.475      1.943      1.946      1.877      27.22    0.60

     _CAFTA      1.074      1.910      0.677      0.592    -12.48     1.445      1.893      1.895      1.826      26.31    0.58