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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category, 11/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 224-V :  Woven Pile Fabric
                                           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    42466387   38544516   35201358   32276532     -8.31  38405038   36035089   35920710   35619690      -7.25  100.00

     CHINA P  34333944   31336960   28518760   28346907     -0.60  30908478   31277783   31269253   31165107       0.83   87.49

     INDIA     2724470    2465193    2264993    1908303    -15.75   2507002    2133129    2131229    2108503     -15.90    5.92

     TURKEY     806617     660321     610190     528935    -13.32    703786     526570     565724     579066     -17.72    1.63

     KOR REP    670898     842059     780130     443966    -43.09    851042     565295     550691     505895     -40.56    1.42

     ITALY      717591     730431     676118     340774    -49.60    739929     458899     431908     395087     -46.60    1.11

     BELGIUM    520266     533386     491433     150747    -69.33    534598     258708     230295     192700     -63.95    0.54

     MEXICO    1244870     899548     826200      90804    -89.01    953668     291894     231905     164152     -82.79    0.46

     BRAZIL     454061     444692     437600      94971    -78.30    508931     105421      99426     102063     -79.95    0.29

     GERMANY    189228     137984     128625      37693    -70.70    136881      70581      56038      47052     -65.63    0.13

     FRANCE     129074      98040      92183      22090    -76.04    111804      34244      30875      27947     -75.00    0.08


     _WTO     42465651   38534880   35191725   32275408     -8.29  38395405   36032691   35920609   35618563      -7.23  100.00

     _OECD     3301807    3226383    2986268    1682667    -43.65   3309318    2088994    2037483    1922782     -41.90    5.40

     _EU15     1710776    1634940    1511851     643628    -57.43   1659067     929789     853746     766717     -53.79    2.15

     _EU12     1706515    1631120    1508467     641743    -57.46   1655683     927595     851510     764396     -53.83    2.15

     _W HEMI   1783493    1378856    1296842     190479    -85.31   1504224     409068     340694     272493     -81.88    0.77