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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 224:  PILE / TUFTED FABRICS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     282.617    301.306    274.943    283.240      3.02   295.795    308.348    310.754    309.602       4.67  100.00

     CHINA P   171.499    192.266    173.905    188.343      8.30   185.694    205.411    207.113    206.704      11.31   66.76

     KOR REP    17.547     15.410     14.315     15.564      8.73    15.393     16.417     16.915     16.660       8.23    5.38

     CHINA T    16.093     15.175     14.130     13.740     -2.77    15.127     14.306     14.953     14.784      -2.27    4.78

     ITALY      12.485     15.215     14.061     12.978     -7.71    15.191     14.273     14.308     14.131      -6.98    4.56

     INDIA      11.533     11.940     10.948     10.069     -8.03    11.950     11.085     11.134     11.060      -7.45    3.57

     CANADA      5.061      5.481      5.117      6.294     23.00     5.538      6.721      6.619      6.658      20.23    2.15

     MEXICO      8.728      6.508      6.017      5.244    -12.85     6.762      5.718      5.897      5.735     -15.19    1.85

     MALTA       5.809      5.194      4.943      4.180    -15.44     5.509      4.526      4.251      4.431     -19.57    1.43

     FRANCE      6.895      4.135      3.955      3.176    -19.68     4.698      3.314      3.331      3.357     -28.54    1.08

     ARGENT      2.693      3.658      3.376      2.318    -31.35     3.627      2.903      2.875      2.599     -28.33    0.84

     PAKISTN     1.534      1.569      1.445      0.688    -52.41     1.568      0.934      0.842      0.812     -48.22    0.26


     _WTO      282.580    301.183    274.821    283.231      3.06   295.673    308.266    310.753    309.593       4.71  100.00

     _OECD      61.382     61.560     56.849     56.887      0.07    61.905     61.435     61.706     61.598      -0.50   19.90

     _EU15      32.733     34.005     31.423     29.969     -4.63    34.308     32.557     32.546     32.551      -5.12   10.51

     _EC12      32.618     33.870     31.307     29.864     -4.61    34.187     32.433     32.424     32.427      -5.15   10.47

     _W HEMI    17.801     16.819     15.645     14.539     -7.07    17.280     16.138     16.156     15.713      -9.07    5.08