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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  82:  SILK / VEG. NON-APPAREL 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     306.763    406.281     87.087    106.725     22.55   330.780    415.748    418.696    425.919      28.76  100.00

     CHINA P   166.539    218.190     47.550     50.996      7.25   180.316    222.293    220.013    221.636      22.92   52.04

     INDIA      26.140     35.699      7.980      7.981      0.02    28.303     35.374     35.974     35.701      26.14    8.38

     ITALY      25.465     30.338      7.691      9.381     21.98    28.045     30.600     30.543     32.029      14.21    7.52

     ISRAEL      0.057     19.135      0.037     10.763  29134.76     0.089     22.910     26.423     29.861   33383.51    7.01

     BELGIUM    18.860     21.149      4.680      6.167     31.76    19.871     21.596     22.177     22.636      13.91    5.31

     U KING      8.662      9.802      2.257      1.995    -11.62     9.464      9.706      9.686      9.540       0.80    2.24

     PORTUGL     1.348      8.212      2.607      3.248     24.61     3.422      8.988      8.809      8.853     158.70    2.08

     FRANCE      7.070      7.088      1.207      1.506     24.77     6.472      7.170      7.341      7.387      14.14    1.73

     MEXICO      6.111      5.077      1.037      2.021     94.91     5.464      5.089      5.646      6.061      10.94    1.42

     KOR REP     5.398      5.633      1.424      1.088    -23.59     5.440      5.531      5.409      5.297      -2.64    1.24

     GERMANY     2.853      3.610      0.838      0.942     12.53     3.061      3.492      3.618      3.715      21.34    0.87

     CHINA T     2.008      3.656      0.969      0.722    -25.45     2.562      3.737      3.531      3.409      33.06    0.80

     VIETNAM     1.536      2.265      0.509      0.434    -14.75     1.840      2.353      2.247      2.190      19.05    0.51

     PAKISTN     2.574      0.781      0.272      0.241    -11.51     2.740      0.871      0.844      0.750     -72.64    0.18


     _WTO      304.304    403.201     86.339    106.069     22.85   327.894    412.940    415.854    422.931      28.98   99.30

     _OECD      83.279    100.753     23.620     27.601     16.85    89.514    102.002    102.343    104.734      17.00   24.59

     _EU15      68.497     84.338     20.233     24.196     19.59    74.629     85.742     86.140     88.301      18.32   20.73

     _EC12      67.386     83.088     20.004     23.905     19.50    73.456     84.436     84.800     86.989      18.42   20.42

     _W HEMI    15.537     14.439      3.131      4.111     31.32    15.088     14.532     15.031     15.420       2.20    3.62

     _ASEAN      5.181      6.565      1.416      2.065     45.82     5.736      7.263      7.281      7.214      25.78    1.69