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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     111.326    130.986     28.623     30.088      5.12   116.844    133.107    133.646    132.452      13.36  100.00

     ITALY      24.344     26.670      7.912      4.211    -46.77    26.288     26.045     24.516     22.969     -12.62   17.34

     PERU       14.002     15.650      3.334      4.555     36.62    13.826     16.163     16.705     16.871      22.03   12.74

     CANADA     12.632     13.120      2.673      3.455     29.27    12.551     13.594     13.840     13.903      10.77   10.50

     N ZEAL      7.507     11.251      1.373      2.581     87.98     7.788     11.270     11.861     12.458      59.96    9.41

     CHINA P     8.917     11.562      3.358      2.097    -37.54    10.504     10.873     10.723     10.301      -1.94    7.78

     INDIA       3.604      6.930      1.197      2.418    102.05     4.109      8.421      8.266      8.152      98.40    6.15

     U KING      5.116      7.118      1.513      2.215     46.37     5.647      7.197      7.531      7.820      38.47    5.90

     MEXICO      5.968      6.317      1.161      1.564     34.69     6.152      6.350      6.490      6.720       9.23    5.07

     GERMANY     5.971      6.042      1.021      1.252     22.61     6.019      6.335      6.484      6.273       4.23    4.74

     TURKEY      4.817      6.336      1.483      0.760    -48.72     5.799      6.253      6.137      5.613      -3.21    4.24

     REP SAF     2.286      3.210      0.453      0.886     95.60     2.197      3.620      3.490      3.643      65.84    2.75

     ROMANIA     1.792      2.294      0.215      0.952    341.86     1.929      2.495      2.717      3.030      57.05    2.29

     AUSTRAL     0.914      2.787      0.370      0.178    -51.79     1.245      2.858      2.849      2.596     108.50    1.96

     URUGUAY     2.177      1.837      0.409      0.581     42.02     2.179      1.856      1.966      2.009      -7.82    1.52

     PORTUGL     1.631      1.581      0.569      0.599      5.15     1.866      1.558      1.573      1.610     -13.70    1.22

     JAPAN       1.025      1.299      0.124      0.411    229.91     1.078      1.344      1.432      1.585      46.99    1.20

     MALAYSA     2.345      1.365      0.281      0.473     68.13     1.748      1.473      1.390      1.557     -10.94    1.18

     CHINA T     0.682      1.077      0.344      0.192    -44.18     0.934      0.974      1.031      0.925      -0.99    0.70

     AUSTRIA     0.769      0.803      0.022      0.091    304.98     0.322      0.803      0.882      0.872     170.87    0.66

     THAILND     0.832      0.855      0.228      0.000   -100.00     0.961      0.732      0.732      0.627     -34.81    0.47

     ARGENT      1.623      0.611      0.133      0.101    -24.39     1.440      0.564      0.630      0.578     -59.87    0.44

     BELGIUM     0.263      0.251      0.051      0.056      9.41     0.292      0.252      0.254      0.256     -12.51    0.19


     _WTO      111.326    130.985     28.623     30.084      5.10   116.844    133.102    133.640    132.447      13.35  100.00

     _OECD      65.513     77.439     17.343     15.752     -9.17    69.401     77.655     77.466     75.848       9.29   57.26

     _W HEMI    36.774     37.878      7.751     10.298     32.86    36.355     38.856     39.976     40.425      11.20   30.52

     _EU15      38.843     43.154     11.301      8.541    -24.42    41.251     42.811     41.856     40.394      -2.08   30.50

     _EC12      37.990     42.208     11.232      8.426    -24.98    40.809     41.855     40.841     39.401      -3.45   29.75

     _ANDEAN    14.158     15.844      3.371      4.590     36.19    13.996     16.337     16.896     17.063      21.92   12.88

     _SUB-SAH    2.286      3.210      0.453      0.886     95.60     2.197      3.621      3.491      3.644      65.86    2.75

     _ASEAN      3.177      2.221      0.509      0.474     -6.96     2.709      2.208      2.125      2.186     -19.31    1.65