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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 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  3/2012
   Country      2010       2011       3/2011     3/2012  % Change    3/2011     1/2012     2/2012     3/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD      7746586   7836138    1814299    1723876     -4.98   8039958    7875149    7859397    7745715      -3.66  100.00

     N ZEAL     1204381   1267532     184869     254199     37.50   1232007    1256338    1324600    1336862       8.51   17.26

     U KING      603183    720221     158041     228274     44.44    647888     728932     761883     790454      22.00   10.21

     INDIA       495996    720826     172024     150522    -12.50    570846     752097     713142     699324      22.51    9.03

     CANADA      707467    642955     130866     162991     24.55    684003     666983     677558     675080      -1.30    8.72

     ITALY       819058    779548     241266     136698    -43.34    896954     794848     727628     674980     -24.75    8.71

     CHINA P     680933    782246     255205     136934    -46.34    788715     715009     699800     663975     -15.82    8.57

     PERU        650274    607434     150162     171533     14.23    623054     636324     646015     628805       0.92    8.12

     MALAYSA     535134    357524     101913      88479    -13.18    487523     353206     305001     344090     -29.42    4.44

     GERMANY     367541    332512      67078      71804      7.05    372597     349986     358582     337238      -9.49    4.35

     MEXICO      280181    293577      53555      65566     22.43    286791     293476     298201     305588       6.55    3.95

     TURKEY      241740    287803      77908      26792    -65.61    292769     269824     266172     236687     -19.16    3.06

     AUSTRAL      94186    222967      36349      20300    -44.15    128667     232432     232021     206918      60.82    2.67

     PORTUGL     283092    195398      83151      69324    -16.63    309014     176613     183578     181571     -41.24    2.34

     ROMANIA     120438    118658      12193      44747    266.99    128901     133561     141703     151212      17.31    1.95

     REP SAF     114921    121105      13417      35801    166.83     97598     144786     138909     143489      47.02    1.85

     THAILND     112224     78126      21058          0   -100.00    118283      71250      71250      57068     -51.75    0.74

     URUGUAY      64826     52584      10738      13785     28.38     63794      52172      54540      55631     -12.80    0.72

     AUSTRIA      43059     37323        949       3726    292.62     13903      37323      40581      40100     188.43    0.52

     ARGENT      143994     37711       6706       3737    -44.27    121396      34116      36025      34742     -71.38    0.45

     JAPAN        23892     28436       2190       7232    230.23     24677      29524      30433      33478      35.66    0.43

     CHINA T      24496     36685      12626       5634    -55.38     33449      32164      33108      29693     -11.23    0.38

     BELGIUM      19452     20755       4540       4376     -3.61     23291      20795      20310      20591     -11.59    0.27


     _WTO       7746574   7836130    1814299    1723835     -4.99   8039946    7875100    7859348    7745666      -3.66  100.00

     _OECD      4445636   4558561     998386     992463     -0.59   4667699    4584349    4645296    4552638      -2.47   58.78

     _EU15      2167628   2113280     565113     519257     -8.11   2301436    2131460    2115001    2067424     -10.17   26.69

     _EC12      2120416   2070264     562696     514716     -8.53   2282523    2088286    2069103    2022284     -11.40   26.11

     _W HEMI    1891079   1668390     356053     422618     18.70   1797133    1715413    1747440    1734955      -3.46   22.40

     _ANDEAN     663090    628412     154119     175877     14.12    638908     654864     667323     650170       1.76    8.39

     _ASEAN      647358    435665     122971      88490    -28.04    605806     424482     376277     401184     -33.78    5.18

     _SUB-SAHA   114921    121106      13417      35801    166.83     97598     144787     138910     143490      47.02    1.85