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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 858:  NECKWEAR, SILK / VEG BLENDS
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.60 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       171142    182946      42411      43965      3.66    168825     177944     182773     184500       9.28  100.00

     CHINA P     142329    149336      34380      38030     10.62    138362     145579     150249     152986      10.57   82.92

     ITALY        24042     28610       7033       4648    -33.91     25749      27085      27190      26225       1.85   14.21


     _WTO        171141    182899      42411      43943      3.61    168824     177897     182721     184431       9.24   99.96

     _OECD        27667     31871       7882       5471    -30.59     29428      30354      30484      29460       0.11   15.97

     _EU15        26628     31077       7708       5318    -31.01     28392      29541      29654      28687       1.04   15.55

     _EC12        26591     31024       7700       5318    -30.94     28359      29496      29609      28642       1.00   15.52