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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 835:  W/G COATS, SILK / VEG BLENDS
                                             Data in Doz, 34.50 M2 per Doz. 

                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       412613    468022     256407     188770    -26.38    458669     441366     413969     400385     -12.71  100.00

     CHINA P     325467    329778     190252     134741    -29.18    362680     305164     280200     274267     -24.38   68.50

     VIETNAM      32166     41482      18274      16646     -8.91     24634      40413      42008      39854      61.78    9.95

     INDNSIA       7183     27113      16751       9921    -40.77     18576      27512      22462      20283       9.19    5.07

     PHIL R        5222     11239       6000       9006     50.10      7454      11546      12244      14245      91.11    3.56

     INDIA         7186      9573       4068       4052     -0.39      7621       9931      10292       9557      25.40    2.39

     BNGLDSH       3893     10274       2863        768    -73.17      5547       9074       8742       8179      47.45    2.04

     MEXICO        3923      6979        766        848     10.70      4596       6842       7042       7061      53.63    1.76

     ITALY         3326      4000       1834       2702     47.33      3441       4503       4937       4868      41.47    1.22

     THAILND       9364      5607       4382       2277    -48.04      5385       4000       4733       3502     -34.97    0.87

     SRI LKA       2709      4854       3344       1662    -50.30      4484       4888       4070       3172     -29.26    0.79

     UKRAINE          0      3046          4         77   1825.00         4       3064       3093       3119   77875.00    0.78


     _WTO        412587    467990     256392     188717    -26.40    458641     441320     413907     400315     -12.72   99.98

     _ASEAN       53936     86456      46261      38087    -17.67     56904      84523      81645      78282      37.57   19.55

     _OECD         8684      8898       3845       5724     48.87      8067      10035      10818      10777      33.59    2.69

     _W HEMI       6256     10526       3580       1891    -47.18      8958      10194      10240       8837      -1.35    2.21

     _EU15         5683      5878       2740       3798     38.61      5612       6502       6987       6936      23.59    1.73

     _EC12         5589      5830       2698       3787     40.36      5490       6459       6956       6919      26.03    1.73

     _CBI           804      2368       2305        225    -90.24      2872       2220       1816        288     -89.97    0.07

     _CAFTA         804      2368       2305        225    -90.24      2872       2220       1816        288     -89.97    0.07