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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 800:  SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 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       553128    570984     200192     235820     17.80    543064     615723     572542     606612      11.70  100.00

     CHINA P     258717    320230     137107     132942     -3.04    303466     333318     284765     316065       4.15   52.10

     MEXICO         209     61759          0      16700       *           0      78459      78459      78459        *     12.93

     BELGIUM      39140     29430       6240      24967    300.11     35302      49663      47526      48157      36.41    7.94

     HUNGARY      50048     39025      18231      15629    -14.27     52663      40776      41333      36423     -30.84    6.00

     ITALY        15281     17911       8077      15405     90.73     22217      18489      25541      25239      13.60    4.16

     ROMANIA      18953     20862       8452      10721     26.85     18912      15932      15679      23131      22.31    3.81

     INDNSIA          0     19495          0          0       *           0      19495      19495      19495        *      3.21

     LITHUAN      41881     19134          0          0       *       29610      19134      19134      19134     -35.38    3.15

     FRANCE       22129     11125       5382       2816    -47.68     19108       8841       8631       8559     -55.21    1.41

     BRAZIL       22757       181         47        327    595.74     22775        376        426        461     -97.98    0.08


     _WTO        553033    570984     200192     235820     17.80    543064     615723     572542     606612      11.70  100.00

     _OECD       159927    109789      43266      64706     49.55    147087     130028     136800     131229     -10.78   21.63

     _EU15       102938     65810      21957      46394    111.29     86538      84410      89493      90247       4.29   14.88

     _EC12       101161     64782      21448      45905    114.03     84498      83402      88424      89239       5.61   14.71

     _W HEMI      27171     68101       5185      21968    323.68     30979      85874      86066      84884     174.00   13.99

     _ASEAN         545     19545         50          0   -100.00       595      19545      19545      19495    3176.47    3.21