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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  82:  SILK / VEG. NON-APPAREL PRODUCTS
                                                    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     220.407    301.452    113.866    139.390     22.42   256.593    322.727    322.330    326.975      27.43  100.00

     CHINA P   164.607    186.820     72.673     66.137     -8.99   181.440    183.114    182.261    180.284      -0.64   55.14

     ISRAEL      0.046     40.455      7.086     36.622    416.83     7.131     62.605     62.346     69.991     881.55   21.41

     PORTUGL     2.068     19.129      9.706      8.706    -10.30     9.942     20.394     18.130     18.129      82.34    5.54

     INDIA      13.163     18.039      8.571      5.411    -36.87    17.090     16.056     16.129     14.879     -12.94    4.55

     ITALY       3.853      2.975      1.024      9.639    841.71     3.666      8.181     10.834     11.590     216.13    3.54

     KOR REP     4.577      4.508      1.759      0.792    -54.96     5.106      4.244      3.990      3.541     -30.64    1.08

     CHINA T     1.333      3.041      1.242      1.228     -1.12     2.092      2.975      3.244      3.027      44.67    0.93

     BELGIUM     2.670      4.088      2.429      1.273    -47.60     4.285      3.051      2.968      2.932     -31.59    0.90

     MEXICO      3.629      2.289      0.625      0.843     34.90     1.985      2.550      2.512      2.507      26.28    0.77

     GERMANY     1.053      1.814      0.844      1.236     46.51     1.553      1.984      2.334      2.207      42.05    0.67

     FRANCE      1.340      0.500      0.193      1.733    796.92     0.603      2.039      2.029      2.040     238.23    0.62

     VIETNAM     0.969      1.958      0.552      0.359    -34.88     1.138      1.716      1.788      1.765      55.13    0.54

     U KING      4.345      3.006      2.211      0.352    -84.09     5.111      1.130      1.139      1.147     -77.56    0.35

     PAKISTN     4.163      1.016      0.580      0.470    -18.98     3.821      0.746      0.727      0.906     -76.29    0.28


     _WTO      218.707    299.695    113.097    138.910     22.82   254.701    321.150    320.812    325.508      27.80   99.55

     _OECD      23.585     40.121     19.707     24.746     25.57    33.973     44.811     45.176     45.161      32.93   13.81

     _EU15      16.314     32.819     17.114     23.125     35.12    26.347     37.746     38.365     38.830      47.38   11.88

     _EC12      16.171     32.681     17.048     23.082     35.40    26.181     37.604     38.247     38.715      47.87   11.84

     _W HEMI     6.062      4.523      1.261      1.897     50.49     4.245      5.075      4.994      5.159      21.55    1.58

     _ASEAN      1.734      2.984      0.807      0.712    -11.81     2.005      2.871      2.933      2.889      44.05    0.88