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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  81:  SILK AND VEG. APPAREL
                                                    Data in Million SME

                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     311.313    322.684    180.439    164.423     -8.88   340.469    313.184    312.048    306.668      -9.93  100.00

     CHINA P   250.182    250.998    130.883    118.157     -9.72   269.515    243.145    243.028    238.273     -11.59   77.70

     VIETNAM    12.856     14.713     10.012     10.335      3.23    15.129     15.845     15.341     15.037      -0.61    4.90

     BNGLDSH     8.918     13.136      8.831      8.328     -5.70    11.312     12.097     12.564     12.633      11.68    4.12

     INDNSIA     7.488     10.815      9.495      6.159    -35.13    10.240      8.875      7.895      7.479     -26.96    2.44

     INDIA       7.035      5.862      4.430      5.459     23.23     6.032      6.859      7.030      6.891      14.24    2.25

     CAMBOD      6.735      5.584      4.472      2.221    -50.34     8.072      3.398      3.593      3.332     -58.72    1.09

     SRI LKA     2.520      2.967      2.193      2.314      5.51     2.691      3.225      3.047      3.088      14.77    1.01

     MEXICO      2.709      2.725      1.245      1.313      5.46     2.703      2.782      2.736      2.793       3.34    0.91

     PHIL R      1.110      2.109      1.785      1.858      4.04     1.992      2.229      2.268      2.181       9.48    0.71

     ITALY       1.352      1.553      0.756      0.880     16.43     1.432      1.659      1.668      1.677      17.16    0.55


     _WTO      311.288    322.647    180.423    164.404     -8.88   340.440    313.147    312.009    306.628      -9.93   99.99

     _ASEAN     29.251     34.709     26.927     21.253    -21.07    36.863     31.554     30.200     29.035     -21.23    9.47

     _W HEMI     4.748      5.534      2.613      2.760      5.65     5.052      5.577      5.530      5.681      12.46    1.85

     _OECD       4.067      4.618      2.412      2.463      2.13     4.638      4.705      4.503      4.669       0.67    1.52

     _EU15       2.318      2.681      1.293      1.641     26.92     2.434      2.893      2.920      3.029      24.42    0.99

     _EC12       2.284      2.647      1.282      1.634     27.43     2.396      2.864      2.891      2.999      25.17    0.98

     _CBI        1.108      1.942      1.059      1.100      3.87     1.517      1.877      1.938      1.983      30.74    0.65

     _CAFTA      1.074      1.910      1.044      1.076      3.03     1.485      1.826      1.893      1.942      30.72    0.63