_____________________________________
                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
                                          |_____________________________________|

                                           Category 400:  WOOL YARNS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     111.326    130.986    121.706    135.942     11.70   129.440    142.732    145.012    145.223      12.19  100.00

     ITALY      24.344     26.670     25.059     26.019      3.83    26.939     25.617     26.961     27.630       2.56   19.03

     PERU       14.002     15.650     14.191     15.306      7.85    15.746     17.250     16.694     16.765       6.47   11.54

     CANADA     12.632     13.120     12.156     15.550     27.92    12.798     16.938     16.930     16.515      29.04   11.37

     CHINA P     8.917     11.562     10.818     10.608     -1.94    11.213     11.177     12.061     11.351       1.24    7.82

     N ZEAL      7.507     11.251     10.516     10.205     -2.96    10.859     11.138     10.767     10.939       0.74    7.53

     INDIA       3.604      6.930      6.436     10.213     58.69     6.660     10.263     10.738     10.708      60.77    7.37

     U KING      5.116      7.118      6.475      9.866     52.38     6.817      9.994     10.233     10.510      54.17    7.24

     GERMANY     5.971      6.042      5.650      7.851     38.95     5.813      7.101      7.648      8.243      41.80    5.68

     MEXICO      5.968      6.317      5.964      7.090     18.88     6.584      7.178      7.365      7.443      13.05    5.13

     TURKEY      4.817      6.336      5.844      5.034    -13.87     6.371      5.485      5.695      5.525     -13.28    3.80

     REP SAF     2.286      3.210      2.867      3.134      9.32     3.012      3.866      3.716      3.477      15.43    2.39

     MALAYSA     2.345      1.365      0.949      2.371    149.87     1.175      2.711      2.791      2.787     137.22    1.92

     ROMANIA     1.792      2.294      2.247      2.617     16.44     2.256      3.172      2.827      2.663      18.06    1.83

     URUGUAY     2.177      1.837      1.672      2.052     22.75     1.832      2.139      2.192      2.217      21.04    1.53

     JAPAN       1.025      1.299      1.202      1.545     28.46     1.298      1.696      1.594      1.641      26.44    1.13

     PORTUGL     1.631      1.581      1.581      1.272    -19.57     1.581      1.431      1.431      1.272     -19.57    0.88

     AUSTRIA     0.769      0.803      0.650      0.886     36.39     0.669      0.899      0.897      1.040      55.37    0.72

     CHINA T     0.682      1.077      1.061      0.848    -20.05     1.141      0.644      0.857      0.864     -24.25    0.60

     AUSTRAL     0.914      2.787      2.770      0.770    -72.22     2.824      1.210      0.884      0.786     -72.17    0.54

     BULGAR      0.035      0.027      0.024      0.535   2118.95     0.025      0.562      0.562      0.539    2070.59    0.37

     ARGENT      1.623      0.611      0.581      0.304    -47.65     0.691      0.347      0.340      0.334     -51.67    0.23

     BELGIUM     0.263      0.251      0.234      0.304     29.50     0.244      0.209      0.209      0.320      31.28    0.22

     THAILND     0.832      0.855      0.855      0.002    -99.77     0.855      0.002      0.002      0.002     -99.77    0.00


     _WTO      111.326    130.985    121.705    135.932     11.69   129.439    142.727    145.007    145.212      12.19   99.99

     _OECD      65.513     77.439     72.348     78.905      9.06    76.434     81.239     82.846     83.996       9.89   57.84

     _EU15      38.843     43.154     40.294     46.655     15.79    42.758     45.763     47.870     49.514      15.80   34.10

     _EC12      37.990     42.208     39.517     45.670     15.57    41.947     44.754     46.867     48.361      15.29   33.30

     _W HEMI    36.774     37.878     34.889     40.420     15.85    37.992     44.038     43.676     43.409      14.26   29.89

     _ANDEAN    14.158     15.844     14.384     15.383      6.95    15.945     17.404     16.816     16.843       5.63   11.60

     _SUB-SAH    2.286      3.210      2.867      3.134      9.30     3.013      3.866      3.716      3.477      15.41    2.39

     _ASEAN      3.177      2.221      1.805      2.380     31.83     2.031      2.720      2.801      2.796      37.65    1.93