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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 858:  NECKWEAR, SILK / VEG BLENDS
                                             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       171142    182946      68684      66147     -3.69    164093     184500     177919     180409       9.94  100.00

     CHINA P     142329    149336      57949      57885     -0.11    133877     152986     146705     149272      11.50   82.74

     ITALY        24042     28610       9440       6398    -32.22     25992      26225      25702      25568      -1.63   14.17


     _WTO        171141    182899      68684      66117     -3.74    164093     184431     177850     180332       9.90   99.96

     _OECD        27667     31871      10524       7594    -27.84     29123      29460      28975      28941      -0.62   16.04

     _EU15        26628     31077      10278       7418    -27.83     28430      28687      28272      28217      -0.75   15.64

     _EC12        26591     31024      10270       7413    -27.82     28400      28642      28222      28167      -0.82   15.61