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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 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  5/2012
   Country      2010       2011       5/2011     5/2012  % Change    5/2011     3/2012     4/2012     5/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD      7746586   7836138    3050986    3165736      3.76   8183966    7745715    7806112    7950888      -2.85  100.00

     N ZEAL     1204381   1267532     463640     421012     -9.19   1393634    1336862    1281333    1224904     -12.11   15.41

     U KING      603183    720221     291374     441994     51.69    691154     790454     813673     870841      26.00   10.95

     ITALY       819058    779548     363154     324250    -10.71    906215     674980     704374     740644     -18.27    9.32

     INDIA       495996    720826     279159     294353      5.44    609754     699324     735135     736020      20.71    9.26

     CANADA      707467    642955     275893     328619     19.11    693765     675080     704378     695681       0.28    8.75

     CHINA P     680933    782246     350992     226818    -35.38    761042     663975     643584     658072     -13.53    8.28

     PERU        650274    607434     244547     259503      6.12    617195     628805     623892     622390       0.84    7.83

     MALAYSA     535134    357524     122290     221680     81.27    507900     344090     362798     456914     -10.04    5.75

     GERMANY     367541    332512     118479     156841     32.38    352851     337238     358070     370874       5.11    4.66

     MEXICO      280181    293577      87007     102277     17.55    278051     305588     308724     308847      11.08    3.88

     TURKEY      241740    287803     109362      60852    -44.36    289666     236687     239607     239293     -17.39    3.01

     AUSTRAL      94186    222967      50516      21831    -56.78    122179     206918     204762     194282      59.01    2.44

     PORTUGL     283092    195398      93014      69324    -25.47    281777     181571     181571     171708     -39.06    2.16

     ROMANIA     120438    118658      24301      73313    201.69    114418     151212     155155     167670      46.54    2.11

     REP SAF     114921    121105      34500      68803     99.43     98194     143489     141389     155408      58.27    1.95

     URUGUAY      64826     52584      21416      23156      8.12     63871      55631      54362      54324     -14.95    0.68

     ARGENT      143994     37711       6706       5429    -19.04     90618      34742      34826      36434     -59.79    0.46

     AUSTRIA      43059     37323      10009       7126    -28.80     22766      40100      36801      34440      51.28    0.43

     JAPAN        23892     28436       8099      11742     44.98     22451      33478      34269      32079      42.88    0.40

     THAILND     112224     78126      47321          0   -100.00    122941      57068      37434      30805     -74.94    0.39

     CHINA T      24496     36685      17240       9624    -44.18     34239      29693      29009      29069     -15.10    0.37

     BELGIUM      19452     20755       6710       5762    -14.13     22795      20591      20479      19807     -13.11    0.25


     _WTO       7746574   7836130    3050986    3165695      3.76   8183954    7745666    7806063    7950839      -2.85  100.00

     _OECD      4445636   4558561    1799417    1856896      3.19   4836420    4552638    4598818    4616040      -4.56   58.06

     _EU15      2167628   2113280     894615    1012219     13.15   2310211    2067424    2137726    2230884      -3.43   28.06

     _EC12      2120416   2070264     882813    1003858     13.71   2282320    2022284    2095532    2191309      -3.99   27.56

     _W HEMI    1891079   1668390     640073     724214     13.15   1761844    1734955    1761017    1752531      -0.53   22.04

     _ANDEAN     663090    628412     248978     264071      6.06    633294     650170     644983     643505       1.61    8.09

     _ASEAN      647358    435665     169611     223192     31.59    630841     401184     401759     489246     -22.45    6.15

     _SUB-SAHA   114921    121106      34501      68803     99.42     98195     143490     141389     155408      58.26    1.95