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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 464:  WOOL BLANKETS
                                             Data in Kg.,  2.40 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      1301774   1104980     325128     376745     15.88   1323110    1113661    1185911    1156597     -12.58  100.00

     INDIA       815513    728332     269650     285252      5.79    840941     746273     789779     743934     -11.54   64.32

     CHINA P     138985    180453      29908      30432      1.75    157790     175187     173425     180977      14.69   15.65

     ITALY       139047     45889       4655       7820     67.99    137367      46885      47627      49054     -64.29    4.24

     PERU         39361     27139       2836       2584     -8.89     39729      27916      27522      26887     -32.32    2.32


     _WTO       1288170   1102418     324628     369745     13.90   1309006    1111599    1183149    1147535     -12.34   99.22

     _OECD       219899     94032       9589      25309    163.94    205429      97438     107181     109752     -46.57    9.49

     _EU15       189895     77039       7858      21714    176.33    180070      78974      89254      90895     -49.52    7.86

     _EC12       189240     76754       7858      21642    175.41    179436      78687      88923      90538     -49.54    7.83

     _W HEMI      87907     78734      11145       6922    -37.89     86034      73136      74343      74511     -13.39    6.44

     _ANDEAN      42786     33214       2941       2627    -10.68     42938      33991      33577      32900     -23.38    2.84