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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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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  1/2013
   Country      2011       2012       1/2012     1/2013  % Change    1/2012    11/2012    12/2012     1/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD    170225900 161866450   15903063   12657063    -20.41 171109654  163314015  161866450  158620450      -7.30  100.00

     CHINA P  105511525 109495642   11158083    8696948    -22.06 109083265  111757707  109495642  107034507      -1.88   67.48

     MALTA     27598376  20672635    1213725    1787767     47.30  26066312   20170056   20672635   21246677     -18.49   13.39

     CHINA T   10416504  11199663     775760     929619     19.83  10685381   11098181   11199663   11353522       6.25    7.16

     KOR REP    6155175   6735334     428342     545662     27.39   6079436    6606491    6735334    6852654      12.72    4.32

     FRANCE     9832971   4729216    1502268      10268    -99.32   8764149    4580766    4729216    3237216     -63.06    2.04

     INDIA      2515635   2158944     247245     171729    -30.54   2470926    2220158    2158944    2083428     -15.68    1.31

     CANADA     1122733   1386328      87253      55419    -36.48   1138426    1357659    1386328    1354494      18.98    0.85

     MEXICO     1355788   1172294     145827      68951    -52.72   1386689    1211695    1172294    1095418     -21.00    0.69

     ITALY       962230    791866      42477      61128     43.91    893020     786462     791866     810517      -9.24    0.51

     ARGENT      903241    602402      83373      10560    -87.33    919923     633081     602402     529589     -42.43    0.33

     PAKISTN    1080607    503058      51765      54282      4.86    931214     497966     503058     505575     -45.71    0.32


     _WTO     170216256 161865257   15903063   12657063    -20.41 171100010  163312888  161865257  158619257      -7.29  100.00

     _EU       39470399  27428625    2843417    1947263    -31.52  36819162   26790121   27428625   26532471     -27.94   16.73

     _OECD     19987312  15653861    2203463     886164    -59.78  18749610   15335568   15653861   14336562     -23.54    9.04

     _W HEMI    3864374   3339632     336908     163382    -51.51   3917056    3375833    3339632    3166106     -19.17    2.00