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                                          |                                     |                              February 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  82:  SILK / VEG. NON-APPAREL PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 12/2012
   Country      2010       2011      12/2011    12/2012  % Change   12/2011    10/2012    11/2012    12/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     306.763    406.275    406.275    458.207     12.78   406.275    451.745    451.723    458.207      12.78  100.00

     CHINA P   166.539    218.190    218.190    229.884      5.36   218.190    224.186    226.804    229.884       5.36   50.17

     ISRAEL      0.057     19.135     19.135     48.768    154.86    19.135     47.602     46.393     48.768     154.86   10.64

     INDIA      26.140     35.693     35.693     38.257      7.18    35.693     37.809     37.758     38.257       7.18    8.35

     ITALY      25.465     30.338     30.338     37.840     24.73    30.338     37.522     37.627     37.840      24.73    8.26

     BELGIUM    18.860     21.149     21.149     22.112      4.55    21.149     22.212     21.859     22.112       4.55    4.83

     U KING      8.662      9.802      9.802      9.623     -1.83     9.802      9.686      9.503      9.623      -1.83    2.10

     FRANCE      7.070      7.088      7.088      8.029     13.27     7.088      7.909      8.012      8.029      13.27    1.75

     PORTUGL     1.348      8.212      8.212      6.722    -18.14     8.212      7.557      7.584      6.722     -18.14    1.47

     MEXICO      6.111      5.077      5.077      5.661     11.51     5.077      6.102      5.958      5.661      11.51    1.24

     KOR REP     5.398      5.633      5.633      4.651    -17.42     5.633      4.579      4.783      4.651     -17.42    1.02

     CHINA T     2.008      3.656      3.656      4.175     14.19     3.656      3.687      3.669      4.175      14.19    0.91

     GERMANY     2.853      3.610      3.610      2.535    -29.77     3.610      2.808      2.630      2.535     -29.77    0.55

     VIETNAM     1.536      2.265      2.265      1.691    -25.35     2.265      1.664      1.513      1.691     -25.35    0.37


     _WTO      305.412    404.080    404.080    455.956     12.84   404.080    449.553    449.596    455.956      12.84   99.51

     _OECD      83.279    100.753    100.753    106.394      5.60   100.753    107.439    106.822    106.394       5.60   23.22

     _EU15      68.497     84.338     84.338     91.012      7.91    84.338     91.838     91.248     91.012       7.91   19.86

     _EC12      67.386     83.088     83.088     89.403      7.60    83.088     90.547     89.997     89.403       7.60   19.51

     _W HEMI    15.537     14.439     14.439     15.404      6.68    14.439     15.771     15.412     15.404       6.68    3.36

     _ASEAN      5.181      6.565      6.565      6.010     -8.45     6.565      6.166      5.808      6.010      -8.45    1.31