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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 224:  PILE / TUFTED FABRICS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     301.306    306.822     28.921     24.756    -14.40   308.613    309.594    306.822    302.658      -1.93  100.00

     CHINA P   192.266    203.814     21.129     16.507    -21.87   200.198    206.704    203.814    199.192      -0.50   65.81

     KOR REP    15.410     17.178      1.154      1.458     26.31    15.357     16.660     17.178     17.482      13.83    5.78

     CHINA T    15.175     14.992      0.869      1.082     24.54    15.285     14.784     14.992     15.206      -0.52    5.02

     ITALY      15.215     14.282      0.864      1.156     33.89    15.062     14.123     14.282     14.575      -3.24    4.82

     INDIA      11.940     10.732      1.207      0.997    -17.41    11.899     11.060     10.732     10.522     -11.58    3.48

     CANADA      5.481      6.785      0.378      0.406      7.47     5.495      6.658      6.785      6.813      23.98    2.25

     MEXICO      6.508      5.514      0.418      0.247    -40.96     6.510      5.735      5.514      5.342     -17.94    1.77

     MALTA       5.194      4.463      0.229      0.319     39.13     4.973      4.431      4.463      4.552      -8.46    1.50

     FRANCE      4.135      3.450      0.454      0.276    -39.24     3.894      3.357      3.450      3.272     -15.98    1.08

     ARGENT      3.658      2.447      0.360      0.050    -86.18     3.795      2.599      2.447      2.137     -43.68    0.71

     PAKISTN     1.569      0.729      0.076      0.093     22.75     1.447      0.812      0.729      0.746     -48.47    0.25


     _WTO      301.183    306.813     28.921     24.756    -14.40   308.490    309.585    306.813    302.649      -1.89  100.00

     _OECD      61.560     62.228      4.525      5.197     14.86    61.221     61.589     62.228     62.900       2.74   20.78

     _EU        39.969     37.846      2.795      3.051      9.17    39.681     37.641     37.846     38.103      -3.98   12.59

     _W HEMI    16.819     15.495      1.219      0.839    -31.21    16.935     15.713     15.495     15.115     -10.75    4.99