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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 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  7/2012
   Country      2010       2011       7/2011     7/2012  % Change    7/2011     5/2012     6/2012     7/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD      7746586   7836138    4443605    4694096      5.64   8123318    7950888    8108633    8086629      -0.45  100.00

     N ZEAL     1204381   1267532     709165     632791    -10.77   1338284    1224904    1244571    1191158     -10.99   14.73

     U KING      603183    720221     450662     579211     28.52    775041     870841     888275     848770       9.51   10.50

     INDIA       495996    720826     325830     436885     34.08    598912     736020     770415     831881      38.90   10.29

     ITALY       819058    779548     513267     547894      6.75    866005     740644     800764     814175      -5.98   10.07

     CANADA      707467    642955     380171     507898     33.60    681261     695681     746441     770682      13.13    9.53

     CHINA P     680933    782246     494978     329267    -33.48    777686     658072     644769     616535     -20.72    7.62

     PERU        650274    607434     356414     358050      0.46    625045     622390     623056     609070      -2.56    7.53

     MALAYSA     535134    357524     163163     354268    117.13    483662     456914     496034     548629      13.43    6.78

     GERMANY     367541    332512     181809     224817     23.66    332656     370874     356835     375520      12.89    4.64

     MEXICO      280181    293577     152484     153012      0.35    291985     308847     302766     294105       0.73    3.64

     TURKEY      241740    287803     158963      96517    -39.28    317794     239293     232101     225357     -29.09    2.79

     PORTUGL     283092    195398     112994     110681     -2.05    240765     171708     192175     193085     -19.80    2.39

     ROMANIA     120438    118658      48470     100444    107.23    123206     167670     166986     170632      38.49    2.11

     REP SAF     114921    121105      44919      80914     80.13     90882     155408     157020     157100      72.86    1.94

     AUSTRAL      94186    222967      99423      22083    -77.79    139531     194282     165766     145627       4.37    1.80

     URUGUAY      64826     52584      33431      31484     -5.82     60260      54324      48963      50637     -15.97    0.63

     ARGENT      143994     37711       9750       6556    -32.76     33441      36434      35455      34517       3.22    0.43

     JAPAN        23892     28436      13559      16760     23.61     23145      32079      33779      31637      36.69    0.39

     BULGAR        1179      1566          0      28984       *        1179       2154      30550      30550    2491.18    0.38

     CHINA T      24496     36685      25716      13935    -45.81     36275      29069      31806      24904     -31.35    0.31

     AUSTRIA      43059     37323      21951       9015    -58.93     30042      34440      22887      24387     -18.82    0.30

     BELGIUM      19452     20755      17460      11672    -33.15     28258      19807      21015      14967     -47.03    0.19

     THAILND     112224     78126      78059          0   -100.00    137938      30805      15376         67     -99.95    0.00


     _WTO       7746574   7836130    4443605    4694055      5.64   8123318    7950839    8108584    8086580      -0.45  100.00

     _OECD      4445636   4558561    2675886    2770740      3.54   4807796    4616040    4719588    4653415      -3.21   57.54

     _EU15      2167628   2113280    1314758    1495709     13.76   2302695    2230884    2302119    2294231      -0.37   28.37

     _EC12      2120416   2070264    1290310    1484135     15.02   2267346    2191309    2274212    2264089      -0.14   28.00

     _W HEMI    1891079   1668390     948379    1062286     12.01   1716640    1752531    1779929    1782297       3.82   22.04

     _ANDEAN     663090    628412     361158     362625      0.41    636173     643505     643865     629879      -0.99    7.79

     _ASEAN      647358    435665     241237     355780     47.48    621615     489246     512922     550208     -11.49    6.80

     _SUB-SAHA   114921    121106      44920      80914     80.13     90883     155408     157020     157100      72.86    1.94