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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 758:  SILK NECKWEAR
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.60 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  5/2012
   Country      2010       2011       5/2011     5/2012  % Change    5/2011     3/2012     4/2012     5/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD      2889874   2347527    1026191     675248    -34.20   2838768    2248006    2110920    1996584     -29.67  100.00

     CHINA P    2701366   2148090     967289     605399    -37.41   2655011    2042606    1904649    1786200     -32.72   89.46

     ITALY       165195    172009      48407      59051     21.99    158271     177490     179862     182653      15.41    9.15


     _WTO       2889864   2347348    1026189     675201    -34.20   2838756    2247804    2110703    1996360     -29.67   99.99

     _OECD       186616    197687      58445      69221     18.44    181893     203516     204735     208463      14.61   10.44

     _EU15       183155    195872      57754      68743     19.03    179720     201717     202857     206861      15.10   10.36

     _EC12       183048    195856      57740      68662     18.92    179666     201634     202774     206778      15.09   10.36