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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  81:  SILK AND VEG. APPAREL
                                                    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    1286.040   1455.169    545.923    520.296     -4.69  1357.396   1459.901   1444.866   1429.542       5.31  100.00

     CHINA P   954.673   1055.403    362.514    329.564     -9.09  1003.090   1054.116   1032.612   1022.453       1.93   71.52

     VIETNAM    39.344     43.882     18.803     25.851     37.48    38.814     44.429     47.464     50.930      31.22    3.56

     INDNSIA    39.843     58.542     34.879     25.410    -27.15    48.401     58.043     54.366     49.073       1.39    3.43

     INDIA      38.857     40.694     18.037     25.372     40.67    37.376     42.666     45.585     48.029      28.50    3.36

     BNGLDSH    27.863     46.118     21.274     20.074     -5.64    37.372     45.894     46.830     44.918      20.19    3.14

     SRI LKA    15.673     18.332      8.752     12.504     42.87    14.931     19.810     20.258     22.084      47.91    1.54

     PHIL R      8.882     15.420      8.962      9.058      1.07    12.084     14.881     17.426     15.516      28.40    1.09

     CAMBOD     24.465     19.022     11.928      5.027    -57.85    25.601     18.906     15.359     12.122     -52.65    0.85

     MEXICO      9.242     10.438      2.461      2.801     13.78    10.001     10.676     10.741     10.778       7.77    0.75


     _WTO     1285.886   1454.606    545.550    520.166     -4.65  1356.925   1459.327   1444.331   1429.222       5.33   99.98

     _ASEAN    122.733    147.803     81.490     70.806    -13.11   133.891    146.598    145.014    137.119       2.41    9.59

     _OECD      81.193     96.187     38.533     41.827      8.55    86.419     98.041     98.951     99.482      15.12    6.96

     _EU15      65.590     76.992     30.051     33.600     11.81    68.269     78.647     79.951     80.541      17.98    5.63

     _EC12      65.238     76.620     29.918     33.535     12.09    67.874     78.280     79.585     80.236      18.21    5.61

     _W HEMI    19.959     23.094      6.518      8.056     23.61    21.283     23.506     24.187     24.632      15.74    1.72

     _CBI        2.810      4.566      1.716      1.728      0.70     3.718      4.617      4.653      4.578      23.13    0.32

     _CAFTA      2.442      4.238      1.715      1.629     -4.98     3.398      4.201      4.230      4.153      22.21    0.29