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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 224:  PILE / TUFTED FABRICS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     301.306    306.816     66.427     64.385     -3.07   307.438    302.652    308.543    304.775      -0.87  100.00

     CHINA P   192.266    203.808     43.140     42.029     -2.58   200.533    199.186    205.782    202.697       1.08   66.51

     KOR REP    15.410     17.178      3.192      3.382      5.94    15.275     17.482     17.355     17.368      13.70    5.70

     CHINA T    15.175     14.992      2.275      2.359      3.71    14.916     15.206     15.214     15.077       1.08    4.95

     ITALY      15.215     14.282      3.316      3.493      5.35    15.228     14.575     14.655     14.459      -5.05    4.74

     INDIA      11.940     10.732      2.658      2.679      0.80    11.253     10.522     10.527     10.753      -4.45    3.53

     CANADA      5.481      6.785      1.584      1.475     -6.90     5.855      6.813      6.681      6.675      14.01    2.19

     MEXICO      6.508      5.514      1.407      0.941    -33.14     6.228      5.342      5.188      5.047     -18.95    1.66

     TURKEY      4.982      4.540      1.103      1.410     27.84     4.823      4.763      4.808      4.847       0.50    1.59

     MALTA       5.194      4.463      1.179      0.849    -28.05     5.119      4.552      4.236      4.132     -19.29    1.36

     FRANCE      4.135      3.450      1.000      0.908     -9.17     3.611      3.272      3.337      3.358      -7.01    1.10

     ARGENT      3.658      2.447      0.705      0.349    -50.55     3.733      2.137      2.091      2.091     -43.98    0.69

     PAKISTN     1.569      0.729      0.353      0.147    -58.25     1.472      0.746      0.649      0.523     -64.48    0.17


     _WTO      301.183    306.807     66.427     64.385     -3.07   307.356    302.643    308.534    304.765      -0.84  100.00

     _OECD      61.560     62.228     14.187     14.292      0.74    61.459     62.900     62.588     62.333       1.42   20.45

     _EU        39.969     37.846      9.395      8.852     -5.78    39.906     38.103     37.690     37.303      -6.52   12.24

     _W HEMI    16.819     15.495      3.905      3.163    -19.00    16.891     15.115     14.926     14.753     -12.66    4.84

     _NAFTA     11.989     12.298      2.991      2.416    -19.24    12.083     12.155     11.869     11.723      -2.98    3.85