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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 899:  OTH SILK / VEG BLEND MANUFACTURES
                                         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      97.729    146.265     48.765     74.380     52.53   112.378    163.968    166.632    171.880      52.95  100.00

     CHINA P    57.115     69.751     24.444     30.415     24.43    61.796     73.592     74.981     75.722      22.54   44.06

     ISRAEL      0.035     19.078      2.891     18.509    540.34     2.922     29.804     30.120     34.696    1087.39   20.19

     INDIA      12.434     17.650      6.903      6.368     -7.75    15.020     17.323     17.712     17.115      13.95    9.96

     ITALY       3.835      4.929      1.419      5.243    269.41     4.064      6.967      8.200      8.753     115.34    5.09

     PORTUGL     1.294      7.978      4.012      3.826     -4.62     4.460      8.656      7.790      7.792      74.70    4.53

     MEXICO      3.315      4.343      1.506      1.410     -6.34     3.169      4.533      4.371      4.248      34.03    2.47

     CANADA      3.304      3.389      1.057      1.428     35.14     3.218      3.602      3.740      3.761      16.85    2.19

     CHINA T     0.926      2.305      0.824      0.912     10.61     1.456      2.074      2.256      2.393      64.30    1.39

     GERMANY     1.165      2.122      0.860      0.839     -2.39     1.619      2.128      2.237      2.101      29.75    1.22

     KOR REP     1.472      1.710      0.624      0.369    -40.91     1.751      1.668      1.560      1.455     -16.90    0.85

     PAKISTN     2.416      0.539      0.215      0.279     29.97     2.195      0.495      0.472      0.603     -72.52    0.35

     VIETNAM     0.292      0.557      0.145      0.126    -12.72     0.325      0.498      0.562      0.538      65.39    0.31


     _WTO       97.054    145.767     48.608     74.334     52.93   111.800    163.534    166.223    171.493      53.39   99.77

     _OECD      17.753     28.451     10.502     14.276     35.94    22.021     31.433     31.875     32.225      46.34   18.75

     _EU15      11.471     21.644      8.383     11.942     42.46    15.539     24.412     24.678     25.204      62.20   14.66

     _EC12      11.098     21.195      8.148     11.783     44.61    15.054     23.945     24.294     24.830      64.93   14.45

     _W HEMI     6.811      7.908      2.610      2.994     14.73     6.586      8.393      8.388      8.292      25.90    4.82

     _ASEAN      0.643      1.125      0.279      0.329     18.24     0.717      1.145      1.189      1.176      63.94    0.68