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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
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                                           Category 224:  PILE / TUFTED FABRICS
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  3/2013
   Country      2011       2012       3/2012     3/2013  % Change    3/2012     1/2013     2/2013     3/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD    170225900 161866450   34951684   31891780     -8.75 167887609  158620450  160715421  158806546      -5.41  100.00

     CHINA P  105511525 109495642   22036556   21004221     -4.68 109116016  107034507  110737301  108463307      -0.60   68.30

     MALTA     27598376  20672635    5361166    4660412    -13.07  25482776   21246677   19843098   19971881     -21.63   12.58

     CHINA T   10416504  11199663    1892149    1875953     -0.86  10517661   11353522   11296534   11183467       6.33    7.04

     KOR REP    6155175   6735334    1237892    1212114     -2.08   5989141    6852654    6747133    6709556      12.03    4.22

     FRANCE     9832971   4729216    2051708    1052266    -48.71   6796596    3237216    3224274    3729774     -45.12    2.35

     INDIA      2515635   2158944     546831     502082     -8.18   2306829    2083428    2059087    2114195      -8.35    1.33

     CANADA     1122733   1386328     316049     216999    -31.34   1171735    1354494    1298741    1287278       9.86    0.81

     MEXICO     1355788   1172294     361818     224359    -37.99   1348443    1095418    1071704    1034835     -23.26    0.65

     TURKEY      779920    757112     169953     276588     62.74    717550     826419     822949     863747      20.37    0.54

     ITALY       962230    791866     187662     170703     -9.04    901284     810517     811496     774907     -14.02    0.49

     ARGENT      903241    602402     169026      79237    -53.12    897862     529589     513729     512613     -42.91    0.32

     PAKISTN    1080607    503058     238783     102921    -56.90    866183     505575     440437     367196     -57.61    0.23


     _WTO     170216256 161865257   34951684   31891780     -8.75 167885229  158619257  160714228  158805353      -5.41  100.00

     _EU       39470399  27428625    7868629    6126815    -22.14  34283427   26532471   25104490   25686811     -25.08   16.17

     _OECD     19987312  15653861    4235636    3173295    -25.08  16721422   14336562   14146850   14591520     -12.74    9.19

     _W HEMI    3864374   3339632     895678     721338    -19.46   3732588    3166106    3231263    3165292     -15.20    1.99

     _NAFTA     2478521   2558622     677867     441358    -34.89   2520178    2449912    2370445    2322113      -7.86    1.46