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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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       4.721      5.059      2.119      2.164      2.12     5.106      5.226      5.043      5.104      -0.04  100.00

     CHINA P     1.059      1.741      0.739      0.489    -33.85     1.414      1.690      1.453      1.491       5.47   29.21

     BELGIUM     0.779      0.751      0.288      0.463     61.05     0.799      0.934      0.897      0.927      15.93   18.15

     HUNGARY     0.779      0.759      0.329      0.311     -5.44     0.827      0.777      0.787      0.741     -10.42   14.52

     ITALY       0.335      0.428      0.145      0.279     92.02     0.390      0.466      0.555      0.561      43.75   11.00

     ROMANIA     0.162      0.138      0.057      0.070     22.55     0.133      0.106      0.111      0.151      13.46    2.96

     FRANCE      0.263      0.124      0.066      0.016    -75.38     0.233      0.081      0.076      0.074     -68.11    1.46

     LITHUAN     0.110      0.065      0.000      0.000       *       0.079      0.065      0.065      0.065     -17.90    1.28

     INDNSIA     0.000      0.057      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.057      0.057      0.057        *      1.12

     BRAZIL      0.044      0.017      0.008      0.038    361.68     0.049      0.035      0.043      0.047      -5.08    0.91

     MEXICO      0.001      0.012      0.000      0.003       *       0.000      0.015      0.015      0.015        *      0.30


     _WTO        4.720      5.059      2.119      2.164      2.12     5.106      5.226      5.043      5.104      -0.04  100.00

     _OECD       2.735      2.452      0.991      1.203     21.39     2.781      2.624      2.701      2.664      -4.21   52.19

     _EU15       1.737      1.546      0.586      0.856     45.97     1.715      1.723      1.776      1.815       5.83   35.57

     _EC12       1.677      1.504      0.566      0.840     48.36     1.643      1.683      1.736      1.777       8.15   34.82

     _W HEMI     0.114      0.143      0.106      0.152     42.67     0.196      0.189      0.201      0.189      -3.56    3.70

     _ASEAN      0.014      0.063      0.006      0.000   -100.00     0.020      0.063      0.063      0.057     187.35    1.12