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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  82:  SILK / VEG. NON-APPAREL 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     220.407    301.453     61.365     82.640     34.67   236.948    314.525    315.466    322.728      36.20  100.00

     CHINA P   164.607    186.820     40.190     36.483     -9.22   172.316    187.353    183.611    183.114       6.27   56.74

     ISRAEL      0.046     40.455      0.159     22.309  13908.81     0.205     48.409     55.915     62.605   30462.20   19.40

     PORTUGL     2.068     19.129      6.082      7.347     20.80     6.982     20.912     20.246     20.394     192.08    6.32

     INDIA      13.163     18.040      4.578      2.595    -43.32    14.715     17.192     16.992     16.057       9.12    4.98

     ITALY       3.853      2.975      0.561      5.767    928.11     3.729      5.054      5.356      8.181     119.39    2.53

     KOR REP     4.577      4.508      0.794      0.530    -33.23     4.732      4.491      4.405      4.244     -10.30    1.32

     BELGIUM     2.670      4.088      1.960      0.923    -52.90     4.199      4.166      2.926      3.051     -27.36    0.95

     CHINA T     1.333      3.041      0.668      0.602     -9.92     1.768      3.115      2.983      2.975      68.22    0.92

     MEXICO      3.629      2.289      0.383      0.644     68.18     3.554      2.455      2.496      2.550     -28.25    0.79

     FRANCE      1.340      0.500      0.130      1.670   1185.58     0.658      2.038      2.083      2.039     209.74    0.63

     GERMANY     1.053      1.814      0.374      0.544     45.54     1.278      1.684      1.794      1.984      55.30    0.61

     VIETNAM     0.969      1.958      0.314      0.072    -77.08     1.054      1.908      1.776      1.716      62.76    0.53

     U KING      4.345      3.006      2.084      0.209    -89.98     5.719      2.986      2.246      1.130     -80.23    0.35

     PAKISTN     4.163      1.016      0.559      0.289    -48.34     4.405      1.123      0.880      0.746     -83.07    0.23


     _WTO      218.707    299.696     60.883     82.338     35.24   234.997    312.985    313.922    321.150      36.66   99.51

     _OECD      23.585     40.121     12.859     17.548     36.47    30.901     45.414     42.740     44.811      45.01   13.88

     _EU15      16.314     32.819     11.666     16.593     42.24    23.738     38.161     35.575     37.746      59.01   11.70

     _EC12      16.171     32.681     11.643     16.566     42.28    23.586     38.017     35.428     37.604      59.43   11.65

     _W HEMI     6.062      4.523      0.744      1.297     74.16     5.808      4.739      4.956      5.075     -12.62    1.57

     _ASEAN      1.734      2.984      0.450      0.337    -25.13     1.875      3.002      2.911      2.871      53.11    0.89