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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 899:  OTH SILK / VEG BLEND MANUFACTURES
                                             Data in Kg., 11.10 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      9229867  15091489    2567470    4823933     87.89  10059048   16029738   16525939   17347952      72.46  100.00

     CHINA P    6317528   6666775    1354424    1370942      1.22   6477795    6795738    6671789    6683293       3.17   38.52

     ISRAEL        3840   3642597      14339    2009838  13916.58     18167    4359111    5035399    5638096   30934.82   32.50

     PORTUGL     186007   1721860     547222     661648     20.91    628096    1882823    1822808    1836286     192.36   10.59

     INDIA       877932   1326593     324475     164850    -49.19   1011579    1250603    1242080    1166968      15.36    6.73

     ITALY       129569    123121      10049     305869   2943.78    123348     130963     157695     418941     239.64    2.41

     KOR REP     305187    312002      42067      29815    -29.12    320974     311616     309052     299750      -6.61    1.73

     CHINA T      92857    237032      52129      42152    -19.14    130372     245614     226418     227055      74.16    1.31

     GERMANY      74495    153695      31304      44759     42.98     94644     141773     150141     167150      76.61    0.96

     MEXICO      301141    143482      30666      37933     23.70    298484     145447     147266     150749     -49.50    0.87

     VIETNAM      24294     97528       1977       1152    -41.73      7931      96848      96973      96703    1119.30    0.56

     CANADA       75708     93418      10608       6549    -38.26     60318      92558      89669      89359      48.15    0.52

     PAKISTN     338796     58307      24301      18554    -23.65    360823      66047      64856      52560     -85.43    0.30


     _WTO       9172086  15065147    2558167    4822480     88.51  10001707   16010134   16507276   17329460      73.27   99.89

     _OECD       974191   2651356     711073    1082640     52.25   1459230    2806031    2741943    3022923     107.16   17.43

     _EU15       514752   2182687     651873    1039245     59.42   1009272    2337497    2277371    2570059     154.64   14.81

     _EC12       508014   2175047     650783    1038148     59.52   1001955    2329581    2269341    2562412     155.74   14.77

     _W HEMI     386249    241858      42084      69529     65.21    367653     243174     258007     269303     -26.75    1.55

     _ASEAN       45220    143135       6539       9942     52.04     32160     140941     143297     146538     355.65    0.84