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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 850:  ROBES, DRESSING GOWNS, ETC, SILK/V
                                             Data in Doz, 42.60 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        24647     10089       3229       5278     63.46     26964      12861      11683      12138     -54.98  100.00

     CHINA P      19953      8447       2949       4637     57.24     22200      11059       9882      10135     -54.35   83.50

     HG KONG       2720        37          0          0       *        2720         37         37         37     -98.64    0.30


     _WTO         24644     10042       3226       5268     63.30     26958      12814      11639      12084     -55.17   99.56