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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 $$$

                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     306.763    406.275    154.306    179.978     16.64   352.609    425.913    428.185    431.948      22.50  100.00

     CHINA P   166.539    218.190     85.044     87.801      3.24   194.111    221.636    222.523    220.947      13.83   51.15

     INDIA      26.140     35.693     14.144     14.171      0.20    31.201     35.695     36.004     35.721      14.49    8.27

     ISRAEL      0.057     19.135      2.895     18.512    539.35     2.945     29.861     30.176     34.751    1079.85    8.05

     ITALY      25.465     30.338     11.885     15.530     30.67    28.567     32.029     33.486     33.983      18.96    7.87

     BELGIUM    18.860     21.149      8.257      9.686     17.32    20.123     22.636     22.523     22.579      12.20    5.23

     U KING      8.662      9.802      3.858      3.733     -3.24     9.345      9.540      9.590      9.677       3.55    2.24

     PORTUGL     1.348      8.212      4.134      3.872     -6.35     4.618      8.853      7.994      7.949      72.12    1.84

     FRANCE      7.070      7.088      2.344      2.745     17.11     6.306      7.387      7.356      7.489      18.77    1.73

     MEXICO      6.111      5.077      1.687      3.122     85.10     4.982      6.061      6.284      6.512      30.71    1.51

     KOR REP     5.398      5.633      2.369      1.793    -24.34     5.564      5.297      5.359      5.056      -9.14    1.17

     GERMANY     2.853      3.610      1.397      1.497      7.16     3.149      3.715      3.795      3.710      17.79    0.86

     CHINA T     2.008      3.656      1.522      1.362    -10.49     2.743      3.409      3.576      3.496      27.47    0.81

     VIETNAM     1.536      2.265      1.066      0.780    -26.83     2.256      2.190      2.065      1.979     -12.26    0.46

     PAKISTN     2.574      0.781      0.305      0.378     23.96     2.343      0.750      0.724      0.854     -63.55    0.20


     _WTO      304.304    403.195    153.123    178.993     16.89   349.795    422.925    425.294    429.065      22.66   99.33

     _OECD      83.279    100.753     39.530     44.421     12.37    91.690    104.734    105.335    105.645      15.22   24.46

     _EU15      68.497     84.338     33.532     38.497     14.81    76.266     88.301     88.701     89.303      17.09   20.67

     _EC12      67.386     83.088     33.006     38.005     15.14    74.974     86.989     87.458     88.087      17.49   20.39

     _W HEMI    15.537     14.439      4.866      6.984     43.53    14.483     15.421     15.811     16.558      14.32    3.83

     _ASEAN      5.181      6.565      2.659      3.092     16.27     6.452      7.214      7.075      6.998       8.45    1.62