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                                          |                                     |                              February 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |   By Merged-Category, 12/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 445/446 :  WOOL SWEATERS
                                                      Data in million dollars

                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      704.935   785.353     785.353    711.757     -9.37    785.353    715.555    709.911    711.757     -9.37  100.00

    CHINA P    591.602   647.886     647.886    583.691     -9.91    647.886    584.876    582.552    583.691     -9.91   82.01

    ITALY       57.859    78.292      78.292     71.205     -9.05     78.292     71.603     69.766     71.205     -9.05   10.00

    U KING      13.305    16.085      16.085     17.306      7.59     16.085     17.762     17.904     17.306      7.59    2.43

    PERU         4.451     5.483       5.483      5.339     -2.63      5.483      5.951      5.463      5.339     -2.63    0.75

    IRELAND      2.880     3.608       3.608      4.358     20.79      3.608      3.825      4.286      4.358     20.79    0.61

    BNGLDSH      3.499     3.212       3.212      2.931     -8.76      3.212      3.074      2.933      2.931     -8.76    0.41


    _WTO       704.869   785.329     785.329    711.706     -9.37    785.329    715.504    709.860    711.706     -9.37   99.99

    _OECD       84.680   110.018     110.018    102.592     -6.75    110.018    103.952    101.997    102.592     -6.75   14.41

    _EU15       77.425   103.664     103.664     97.465     -5.98    103.664     98.703     96.881     97.465     -5.98   13.69

    _EC12       77.174   103.499     103.499     97.216     -6.07    103.499     98.429     96.627     97.216     -6.07   13.66

    _W HEMI      8.449     8.049       8.049      8.860     10.08      8.049      9.142      8.805      8.860     10.08    1.24

    _ANDEAN      5.913     6.613       6.613      6.648      0.53      6.613      7.316      6.717      6.648      0.53    0.93

    _ASEAN       1.471     2.464       2.464      2.598      5.44      2.464      2.599      2.636      2.598      5.44    0.37