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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 835:  W/G COATS, SILK / VEG BLENDS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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      76.124     85.650     48.046     36.601    -23.82    84.355     80.756     77.705     74.206     -12.03  100.00

     CHINA P    51.176     54.370     31.403     21.799    -30.59    58.559     50.081     46.844     44.765     -23.56   60.33

     VIETNAM     4.401      5.690      3.000      2.610    -13.00     3.817      5.429      5.669      5.300      38.85    7.14

     ITALY       4.780      4.784      2.643      2.592     -1.94     4.928      4.981      5.026      4.732      -3.98    6.38

     PHIL R      1.919      3.050      1.749      2.801     60.15     2.382      2.928      3.141      4.102      72.23    5.53

     INDNSIA     0.927      3.639      2.198      1.151    -47.65     2.406      3.739      3.068      2.591       7.68    3.49

     INDIA       1.663      2.160      0.990      0.858    -13.39     2.001      2.219      2.254      2.028       1.35    2.73

     THAILND     3.262      1.990      1.526      0.729    -52.22     1.854      1.441      1.679      1.193     -35.67    1.61

     UKRAINE     0.000      0.967      0.003      0.082   2585.70     0.003      0.978      1.010      1.046   34114.26    1.41

     BNGLDSH     0.421      0.764      0.270      0.040    -85.00     0.541      0.638      0.567      0.534      -1.20    0.72

     SRI LKA     0.483      0.861      0.694      0.361    -47.90     0.944      0.865      0.740      0.529     -43.99    0.71

     MEXICO      0.167      0.294      0.037      0.048     26.89     0.200      0.295      0.309      0.305      52.49    0.41


     _WTO       76.115     85.631     48.031     36.580    -23.84    84.338     80.736     77.682     74.181     -12.04   99.97

     _ASEAN     10.509     14.491      8.560      7.369    -13.91    10.545     13.722     13.657     13.300      26.13   17.92

     _OECD       9.037      8.875      4.626      4.733      2.32     8.621      9.067      9.370      8.982       4.20   12.10

     _EU15       6.668      6.284      3.508      3.440     -1.92     6.769      6.604      6.656      6.217      -8.15    8.38

     _EC12       6.653      6.227      3.457      3.429     -0.83     6.710      6.543      6.603      6.199      -7.61    8.35

     _W HEMI     1.148      1.379      0.663      0.991     49.38     1.239      1.317      1.653      1.706      37.64    2.30

     _CBI        0.049      0.146      0.137      0.028    -79.47     0.161      0.151      0.143      0.037     -76.94    0.05

     _CAFTA      0.049      0.146      0.137      0.028    -79.47     0.161      0.151      0.143      0.037     -76.94    0.05