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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 899:  OTH SILK / VEG BLEND MANUFACTURES
                                         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      97.729    146.265     25.343     43.046     69.85   104.582    153.700    157.415    163.968      56.78  100.00

     CHINA P    57.115     69.751     13.107     16.949     29.31    59.628     72.457     71.892     73.592      23.42   44.88

     ISRAEL      0.035     19.078      0.035     10.761  30559.99     0.067     22.854     26.366     29.804   44269.67   18.18

     INDIA      12.434     17.650      3.630      3.302     -9.03    13.142     16.962     17.455     17.323      31.81   10.56

     PORTUGL     1.294      7.978      2.541      3.219     26.71     3.314      8.768      8.589      8.656     161.21    5.28

     ITALY       3.835      4.929      0.702      2.740    290.13     3.944      5.312      5.571      6.967      76.67    4.25

     MEXICO      3.315      4.343      0.910      1.099     20.82     3.597      4.366      4.459      4.533      26.01    2.76

     CANADA      3.304      3.389      0.630      0.843     33.65     3.182      3.490      3.477      3.602      13.20    2.20

     GERMANY     1.165      2.122      0.496      0.502      1.22     1.391      1.981      2.102      2.128      52.97    1.30

     CHINA T     0.926      2.305      0.655      0.423    -35.35     1.426      2.410      2.112      2.074      45.38    1.26

     KOR REP     1.472      1.710      0.305      0.263    -13.84     1.613      1.685      1.696      1.668       3.39    1.02

     VIETNAM     0.292      0.557      0.085      0.025    -69.99     0.294      0.532      0.518      0.498      69.44    0.30

     PAKISTN     2.416      0.539      0.190      0.146    -23.20     2.576      0.609      0.589      0.495     -80.80    0.30


     _WTO       97.054    145.767     25.239     43.006     70.40   103.912    153.276    157.002    163.534      57.38   99.74

     _OECD      17.753     28.451      5.994      8.976     49.75    20.354     29.676     29.885     31.433      54.43   19.17

     _EU15      11.471     21.644      4.870      7.637     56.83    14.121     22.737     22.927     24.412      72.88   14.89

     _EC12      11.098     21.195      4.788      7.538     57.44    13.711     22.263     22.438     23.945      74.65   14.60

     _W HEMI     6.811      7.908      1.572      2.057     30.84     6.980      8.029      8.151      8.393      20.24    5.12

     _ASEAN      0.643      1.125      0.148      0.168     13.60     0.655      1.095      1.135      1.145      74.67    0.70