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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 11/2012
   Country      2010       2011      11/2011    11/2012  % Change   11/2011     9/2012    10/2012    11/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    197207458 170225900  156633448  149721822     -4.41 171246573  162811255  163772291  163314274      -4.63  100.00

     CHINA P  100736888 105511525   95045474  101291656      6.57 101690361  110727898  112677895  111757707       9.90   68.43

     MALTA     34066765  27598376   26354283   18925963    -28.19  29543845   21297505   19297637   20170056     -31.73   12.35

     CHINA T   12130768  10416504    9658894   10340571      7.06  10582711   10544925   11253246   11098181       4.87    6.80

     KOR REP    8202763   6155175    5725555    6176871      7.88   6165545    6306353    6724000    6606491       7.15    4.05

     FRANCE    29234910   9832971    9826032    4573827    -53.45  12216442    4667841    4569867    4580766     -62.50    2.80

     INDIA      2760429   2515635    2314946    2019469    -12.76   2561183    2245415    2250132    2220158     -13.32    1.36

     CANADA     1146940   1122733    1062946    1297872     22.10   1124479    1405594    1385521    1357659      20.74    0.83

     MEXICO     2412872   1355788    1259143    1115050    -11.44   1417963    1259771    1264144    1211695     -14.55    0.74

     ITALY       847663    962230     898514     723005    -19.53    968612     794996     800999     786721     -18.78    0.48

     ARGENT      722331    903241     841423     571263    -32.11    910444     697010     695939     633081     -30.46    0.39

     PAKISTN    1687459   1080607    1043254     460613    -55.85   1152805     580455     508456     497966     -56.80    0.30


     _WTO     197173188 170216256  156623807  149720698     -4.41 171236932  162808857  163772190  163313147      -4.63  100.00

     _OECD     41544138  19987312   19276523   14625038    -24.13  22449351   15069765   15427188   15335827     -31.69    9.39

     _EU15     31169007  11760096   11605429    6272015    -45.96  14171136    6494221    6414054    6426682     -54.65    3.94

     _EC12     31164474  11755867   11601759    6269497    -45.96  14167405    6491373    6411170    6423605     -54.66    3.93

     _W HEMI    4812342   3864374    3637175    3148634    -13.43   4006362    3543565    3520330    3375833     -15.74    2.07