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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 $$$

                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    1286.040   1455.169    878.009    807.847     -7.99  1434.743   1429.548   1414.864   1385.007      -3.47  100.00

     CHINA P   954.673   1055.403    597.070    522.965    -12.41  1050.577   1022.462   1007.488    981.298      -6.59   70.85

     ITALY      45.060     53.827     27.557     29.317      6.39    49.467     55.867     55.816     55.587      12.37    4.01

     VIETNAM    39.344     43.882     34.033     40.882     20.12    44.074     50.930     50.953     50.731      15.10    3.66

     INDIA      38.857     40.694     30.679     39.805     29.75    37.745     48.029     50.756     49.820      31.99    3.60

     BNGLDSH    27.863     46.118     32.994     35.169      6.59    38.875     44.918     47.706     48.294      24.23    3.49

     INDNSIA    39.843     58.542     51.591     34.885    -32.38    56.072     49.073     43.511     41.836     -25.39    3.02

     SRI LKA    15.673     18.332     14.722     18.318     24.42    16.687     22.084     21.739     21.928      31.40    1.58

     PHIL R      8.882     15.420     13.177     13.640      3.51    15.022     15.516     16.309     15.883       5.73    1.15

     CAMBOD     24.465     19.022     15.487      8.322    -46.27    26.835     12.122     13.037     11.857     -55.82    0.86

     MEXICO      9.242     10.438      4.546      4.639      2.05    10.364     10.778     10.509     10.532       1.62    0.76


     _WTO     1285.886   1454.606    877.562    807.643     -7.97  1434.220   1429.227   1414.549   1384.686      -3.45   99.98

     _ASEAN    122.733    147.803    123.649    104.804    -15.24   152.450    137.119    132.936    128.957     -15.41    9.31

     _OECD      81.193     96.187     51.190     55.115      7.67    90.224     99.478     99.371    100.112      10.96    7.23

     _EU15      65.590     76.992     39.222     43.955     12.07    70.628     80.538     80.759     81.724      15.71    5.90

     _EC12      65.238     76.620     39.060     43.854     12.27    70.245     80.233     80.450     81.414      15.90    5.88

     _W HEMI    19.959     23.094     11.023     12.131     10.06    21.876     24.634     24.168     24.202      10.63    1.75

     _CBI        2.810      4.566      2.709      2.606     -3.82     4.025      4.578      4.647      4.462      10.87    0.32

     _CAFTA      2.442      4.238      2.615      2.471     -5.53     3.731      4.153      4.243      4.094       9.73    0.30