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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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    1592.802   1861.450    633.010    627.020     -0.95  1688.177   1875.649   1863.561   1855.461       9.91  100.00

     CHINA P  1121.213   1273.593    410.065    380.560     -7.20  1183.406   1276.409   1252.625   1244.089       5.13   67.05

     ITALY      70.525     84.165     29.517     33.248     12.64    75.785     85.348     86.213     87.896      15.98    4.74

     INDIA      64.997     76.393     26.017     33.354     28.20    65.679     78.040     81.560     83.730      27.48    4.51

     VIETNAM    40.881     46.147     19.312     26.285     36.11    40.653     46.782     49.711     53.120      30.67    2.86

     INDNSIA    39.978     58.935     34.932     26.101    -25.28    48.561     58.982     55.308     50.103       3.18    2.70

     BNGLDSH    28.147     46.262     21.309     20.085     -5.74    37.458     46.025     46.962     45.038      20.24    2.43

     ISRAEL      0.376     19.345      0.101     10.933  10720.65     0.341     23.102     26.715     30.177    8745.74    1.63

     BELGIUM    19.571     21.937      4.975      6.608     32.83    20.605     22.447     23.047     23.570      14.39    1.27

     SRI LKA    15.718     18.412      8.765     12.552     43.20    14.986     19.878     20.364     22.199      48.13    1.20

     MEXICO     15.353     15.515      3.498      4.822     37.83    15.464     15.765     16.387     16.839       8.89    0.91

     PHIL R      9.590     16.249      9.139      9.277      1.51    12.834     15.708     18.295     16.387      27.69    0.88

     FRANCE     14.144     14.814      4.503      4.726      4.95    14.172     14.962     15.018     15.037       6.10    0.81

     U KING     12.756     13.316      3.675      3.504     -4.66    12.454     13.401     13.245     13.145       5.55    0.71

     PORTUGL     3.623     11.534      3.800      5.042     32.68     6.119     12.324     12.526     12.776     108.78    0.69

     CAMBOD     24.491     19.037     11.928      5.038    -57.76    25.614     18.922     15.376     12.147     -52.58    0.65

     CHINA T     5.990      8.740      1.917      2.384     24.34     6.705      9.062      9.402      9.207      37.31    0.50

     KOR REP     7.715      8.441      2.032      1.550    -23.72     7.972      8.301      8.111      7.959      -0.16    0.43

     HG KONG     5.735      6.559      1.886      3.085     63.60     5.342      6.686      7.681      7.758      45.23    0.42

     GERMANY     3.779      4.723      1.256      1.278      1.76     4.062      4.602      4.696      4.745      16.83    0.26

     PAKISTN     3.540      2.305      0.455      0.752     65.27     3.721      2.519      2.568      2.602     -30.08    0.14


     _WTO     1590.190   1857.807    631.889    626.234     -0.89  1684.819   1872.267   1860.185   1852.152       9.93   99.82

     _OECD     164.471    196.941     62.153     69.428     11.70   175.933    200.043    201.294    204.215      16.08   11.01

     _EU15     134.088    161.330     50.284     57.796     14.94   142.897    164.389    166.090    168.842      18.16    9.10

     _EC12     132.624    159.708     49.922     57.439     15.06   141.330    162.716    164.385    167.226      18.32    9.01

     _ASEAN    127.915    154.368     82.906     72.872    -12.10   139.626    153.861    152.295    144.334       3.37    7.78

     _W HEMI    35.496     37.533      9.648     12.168     26.11    36.372     38.039     39.218     40.052      10.12    2.16

     _CBI        3.795      5.206      1.795      2.042     13.75     4.641      5.331      5.488      5.453      17.50    0.29

     _CAFTA      3.407      4.838      1.779      1.942      9.20     4.287      4.874      5.039      5.001      16.66    0.27