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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  80:  SILK AND VEG. PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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    1592.802   1861.445   1032.315    987.825     -4.31  1787.353   1855.461   1843.049   1816.954       1.66  100.00

     CHINA P  1121.213   1273.593    682.114    610.766    -10.46  1244.688   1244.098   1230.011   1202.245      -3.41   66.17

     ITALY      70.525     84.165     39.442     44.847     13.70    78.034     87.896     89.301     89.570      14.78    4.93

     INDIA      64.997     76.387     44.823     53.976     20.42    68.947     83.724     86.760     85.541      24.07    4.71

     VIETNAM    40.881     46.147     35.100     41.663     18.70    46.330     53.120     53.018     52.710      13.77    2.90

     BNGLDSH    28.147     46.262     33.061     35.185      6.42    38.977     45.038     47.799     48.386      24.14    2.66

     INDNSIA    39.978     58.935     51.746     35.757    -30.90    56.317     50.103     44.576     42.946     -23.74    2.36

     ISRAEL      0.376     19.345      2.986     18.716    526.72     3.183     30.177     30.498     35.075    1001.79    1.93

     BELGIUM    19.571     21.937      8.644     10.277     18.89    20.890     23.570     23.503     23.570      12.82    1.30

     SRI LKA    15.718     18.412     14.765     18.413     24.70    16.768     22.199     21.856     22.060      31.56    1.21

     MEXICO     15.353     15.515      6.232      7.761     24.53    15.346     16.839     16.793     17.044      11.06    0.94

     PHIL R      9.590     16.249     13.427     13.942      3.83    15.772     16.387     17.200     16.763       6.28    0.92

     FRANCE     14.144     14.814      6.600      7.573     14.75    14.098     15.037     15.137     15.787      11.98    0.87

     U KING     12.756     13.316      5.532      5.830      5.39    12.395     13.145     13.299     13.614       9.84    0.75

     PORTUGL     3.623     11.534      6.151      6.819     10.85     7.677     12.773     11.963     12.202      58.93    0.67

     CAMBOD     24.491     19.037     15.491      8.332    -46.21    26.851     12.147     13.062     11.878     -55.76    0.65

     CHINA T     5.990      8.740      4.642      5.809     25.14     7.774      9.207     10.139      9.907      27.44    0.55

     KOR REP     7.715      8.441      3.522      2.634    -25.20     8.446      7.959      7.807      7.553     -10.57    0.42

     HG KONG     5.735      6.559      3.187      4.170     30.85     6.035      7.758      7.245      7.542      24.97    0.42

     GERMANY     3.779      4.723      1.975      1.931     -2.24     4.098      4.745      4.773      4.679      14.17    0.26

     PAKISTN     3.540      2.305      0.731      1.088     48.86     3.302      2.602      2.595      2.662     -19.39    0.15


     _WTO     1590.190   1857.801   1030.685    986.635     -4.27  1784.016   1852.152   1839.843   1813.751       1.67   99.82

     _OECD     164.471    196.941     90.720     99.536      9.72   181.914    204.212    204.706    205.757      13.11   11.32

     _EU15     134.088    161.330     72.754     82.451     13.33   146.894    168.839    169.460    171.027      16.43    9.41

     _EC12     132.624    159.708     72.067     81.859     13.59   145.220    167.222    167.908    169.501      16.72    9.33

     _ASEAN    127.915    154.368    126.308    107.895    -14.58   158.903    144.334    140.011    135.955     -14.44    7.48

     _W HEMI    35.496     37.533     15.889     19.115     20.31    36.359     40.055     39.978     40.760      12.10    2.24

     _CBI        3.795      5.206      2.842      3.143     10.58     4.911      5.453      5.510      5.507      12.13    0.30

     _CAFTA      3.407      4.838      2.732      3.002      9.85     4.582      5.001      5.074      5.107      11.45    0.28