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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 842:  SKIRTS, 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      38.616     35.238     19.300     17.242    -10.67    39.325     35.123     32.784     33.180     -15.63  100.00

     CHINA P    26.713     22.463     11.248      9.729    -13.50    26.978     22.440     21.156     20.945     -22.36   63.12

     INDIA       1.217      1.794      1.041      1.625     56.11     1.715      1.795      1.846      2.378      38.61    7.17

     INDNSIA     3.389      3.721      2.852      0.854    -70.04     3.545      3.630      2.462      1.723     -51.39    5.19

     VIETNAM     1.046      1.349      0.743      1.076     44.77     1.085      1.327      1.555      1.682      55.00    5.07

     BNGLDSH     0.017      0.060      0.019      1.353   7126.48     0.030      0.041      0.041      1.394    4624.08    4.20

     SRI LKA     0.645      1.134      0.591      0.245    -58.63     0.841      1.029      0.846      0.787      -6.37    2.37

     PHIL R      0.771      0.615      0.468      0.420    -10.22     1.043      0.675      0.673      0.567     -45.61    1.71

     CAMBOD      0.387      0.643      0.414      0.055    -86.62     0.415      0.643      0.531      0.285     -31.40    0.86


     _WTO       38.599     35.226     19.297     17.239    -10.67    39.318     35.110     32.771     33.167     -15.64   99.96

     _ASEAN      6.572      7.110      4.995      2.921    -41.54     6.776      7.064      6.086      5.035     -25.69   15.17