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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 400:  WOOL YARNS
                                             Data in Kg.,  3.70 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 11/2012
   Country      2010       2011      11/2011    11/2012  % Change   11/2011     9/2012    10/2012    11/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD      7746586   7836138    7293268    7887623      8.15   7787800    8238721    8345767    8430493       8.25  100.00

     N ZEAL     1204381   1267532    1190501    1112714     -6.53   1232443    1194208    1153232    1189745      -3.46   14.11

     U KING      603183    720221     661746    1026422     55.11    694215     982235    1018295    1084897      56.28   12.87

     ITALY       819058    779548     724334     904438     24.86    792463     867859     927188     959652      21.10   11.38

     INDIA       495996    720826     679507     805786     18.58    712050     837217     859744     847105      18.97   10.05

     CANADA      707467    642955     598951     722482     20.62    637843     796239     787126     766486      20.17    9.09

     CHINA P     680933    782246     735664     589192    -19.91    761307     628073     676467     635774     -16.49    7.54

     MALAYSA     535134    357524     276935     491915     77.63    358101     554004     572998     572504      59.87    6.79

     PERU        650274    607434     559278     514868     -7.94    634537     608177     571530     563024     -11.27    6.68

     GERMANY     367541    332512     310267     475363     53.21    320286     400501     431536     497608      55.36    5.90

     MEXICO      280181    293577     276606     287826      4.06    305692     305709     308270     304797      -0.29    3.62

     TURKEY      241740    287803     271743     216106    -20.47    298781     210725     238981     232166     -22.30    2.75

     PORTUGL     283092    195398     195398     148292    -24.11    195398     168547     168547     148292     -24.11    1.76

     REP SAF     114921    121105     105041     120090     14.33    110452     157033     151857     136154      23.27    1.62

     ROMANIA     120438    118658     117622     121113      2.97    117801     148526     130582     122149       3.69    1.45

     AUSTRAL      94186    222967     222657      62041    -72.14    226098      84713      59807      62351     -72.42    0.74

     URUGUAY      64826     52584      48701      46195     -5.15     53539      51056      50493      50078      -6.46    0.59

     AUSTRIA      43059     37323      31073      43212     39.07     31814      40107      40033      49462      55.47    0.59

     BULGAR        1179      1566       1483      36079   2332.84      1499      37627      37627      36162    2312.41    0.43

     JAPAN        23892     28436      26751      31580     18.05     29023      35015      32079      33265      14.62    0.39

     CHINA T      24496     36685      36262      26056    -28.15     39166      19577      25809      26479     -32.39    0.31

     BELGIUM      19452     20755      19503      23937     22.73     20175      13574      14427      25189      24.85    0.30

     ARGENT      143994     37711      36326      10141    -72.08     39223      12159      11781      11526     -70.61    0.14

     THAILND     112224     78126      78126         35    -99.96     78126         48         48         35     -99.96    0.00


     _WTO       7746574   7836130    7293260    7887535      8.15   7787792    8238672    8345718    8430405       8.25  100.00

     _OECD      4445636   4558561    4275773    4781466     11.83   4506415    4809775    4886624    5064254      12.38   60.07

     _EU15      2167628   2113280    1968915    2641936     34.18   2084653    2495005    2620149    2786301      33.66   33.05

     _EC12      2120416   2070264    1932629    2595262     34.29   2046911    2451101    2576475    2732897      33.51   32.42

     _W HEMI    1891079   1668390    1552244    1590798      2.48   1704502    1793303    1745081    1706944       0.14   20.25

     _ASEAN      647358    435665     355076     493462     38.97    436242     555564     574558     574051      31.59    6.81

     _ANDEAN     663090    628412     580212     522665     -9.92    655596     625726     584990     570865     -12.92    6.77

     _SUB-SAHA   114921    121106     105042     120090     14.33    110453     157033     151857     136154      23.27    1.62