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                                          |                                     |                             November 14, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |   By Merged-Category,  9/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 445/446 :  WOOL SWEATERS
                                                      Data in million dollars

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date                        Year-Endings                      YE  9/2012
   Country      2010       2011       9/2011     9/2012  % Change     9/2011     7/2012     8/2012     9/2012  % Change % Share

    WORLD      704.935   785.353     530.344    485.724     -8.41    785.498    786.401    772.650    740.733     -5.70  100.00

    CHINA P    591.602   647.886     429.744    392.611     -8.64    653.719    648.585    637.541    610.753     -6.57   82.45

    ITALY       57.859    78.292      61.011     51.953    -14.85     75.411     79.570     76.289     69.233     -8.19    9.35

    U KING      13.305    16.085      10.883     12.894     18.48     14.451     16.611     17.622     18.096     25.23    2.44

    PERU         4.451     5.483       3.038      3.704     21.91      4.656      5.847      6.123      6.149     32.06    0.83

    IRELAND      2.880     3.608       1.798      2.438     35.63      2.838      3.547      3.669      4.249     49.73    0.57

    HG KONG      6.378     4.354       3.609      3.381     -6.31      5.467      4.363      3.855      4.127    -24.52    0.56

    BNGLDSH      3.499     3.212       2.179      1.801    -17.32      2.871      2.838      2.544      2.835     -1.27    0.38

    CAMBOD       0.218     1.143       0.162      1.040    541.23      0.220      1.179      1.874      2.021    817.81    0.27


    _WTO       704.869   785.329     530.322    485.675     -8.42    785.443    786.347    772.590    740.682     -5.70   99.99

    _OECD       84.680   110.018      82.322     74.553     -9.44    105.088    111.320    108.353    102.250     -2.70   13.80

    _EU15       77.425   103.664      77.504     70.944     -8.46     97.379    105.581    103.195     97.104     -0.28   13.11

    _EC12       77.174   103.499      77.407     70.764     -8.58     97.195    105.405    102.901     96.857     -0.35   13.08

    _W HEMI      8.449     8.049       4.816      5.654     17.40      8.264      8.526      8.741      8.887      7.54    1.20

    _ANDEAN      5.913     6.613       3.770      4.398     16.66      6.068      7.064      7.242      7.241     19.34    0.98

    _ASEAN       1.471     2.464       0.770      1.783    131.49      1.558      2.575      3.259      3.477    123.26    0.47