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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 665:  MMF FLOOR COVERINGS
                                             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    115468475 119825145  111286193  120334963      8.13 119226450  128649770  128971732  128873915       8.09  100.00

     CHINA P   42070172  46441184   43137969   47207535      9.43  46120020   51483386   51334086   50510750       9.52   39.19

     EGYPT     22882109  20412486   19119454   20607314      7.78  20414854   21307162   21886106   21900346       7.28   16.99

     TURKEY    13036463  16667698   15549304   17890157     15.05  16468936   18669554   18662088   19008551      15.42   14.75

     CANADA    10150767  11472744   10543484   11598764     10.01  11399899   12411971   12421202   12528024       9.90    9.72

     BELGIUM    7506297   7452931    7005301    6575319     -6.14   7497163    7022164    6918848    7022949      -6.33    5.45

     INDIA      2090749   2238540    2005465    4153749    107.12   2129393    4059197    4200088    4386824     106.01    3.40

     KOR REP    2089485   2907228    2661580    2857611      7.37   2831475    2987329    3113795    3103259       9.60    2.41

     NETHLDS    3485598   3161287    2801047    2301609    -17.83   3032691    2866338    2707629    2661849     -12.23    2.07

     INDNSIA    2713309   2092466    1954451    1660669    -15.03   2206952    1719964    1778830    1798684     -18.50    1.40

     ITALY      1056289   1137088    1029427    1109712      7.80   1181755    1177802    1202332    1217373       3.01    0.94

     MEXICO     1301581   1181869    1132734     725946    -35.91   1239003     843055     793569     775081     -37.44    0.60


     _WTO     115377148 119782761  111243809  120326738      8.16 119178405  128641645  128963507  128865690       8.13   99.99

     _OECD     38885991  44717504   41327412   44163119      6.86  44261317   47122150   47012938   47553211       7.44   36.90

     _W HEMI   12380096  12667619   11689095   12328790      5.47  12685139   13265233   13219213   13307314       4.90   10.33

     _EU15     13251391  13253632   12191073   11506656     -5.61  13153609   12727112   12492180   12569215      -4.44    9.75

     _EC12     13233402  13236395   12174682   11496284     -5.57  13132584   12715473   12480967   12557997      -4.38    9.74

     _ASEAN     4661177   3074508    2927117    2097115    -28.36   3224885    2292793    2216612    2244506     -30.40    1.74