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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 Million U.S. Dollars. 

                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     142.535    147.275    134.368    107.049    -20.33   145.978    124.952    122.743    119.956     -17.83  100.00

     CHINA P    88.114     89.494     81.260     80.900     -0.44    87.585     89.544     89.602     89.135       1.77   74.31

     INDIA      11.467     11.811     10.824      9.064    -16.26    11.824     10.222     10.165     10.051     -14.99    8.38

     ITALY      11.752     13.655     12.592      6.312    -49.88    13.659      8.671      8.068      7.375     -46.01    6.15

     TURKEY      4.711      4.568      4.007      3.115    -22.28     4.578      3.736      3.689      3.675     -19.71    3.06

     BELGIUM     7.411      8.595      7.839      1.761    -77.54     8.383      3.685      3.078      2.516     -69.98    2.10

     KOR REP     2.175      3.043      2.860      1.775    -37.92     3.114      2.172      2.111      1.959     -37.10    1.63

     GERMANY     2.559      2.521      2.334      0.646    -72.32     2.477      1.281      1.020      0.833     -66.38    0.69

     FRANCE      2.160      2.363      2.192      0.651    -70.33     2.561      1.022      0.955      0.821     -67.92    0.68

     MEXICO      6.575      5.616      5.167      0.297    -94.25     5.859      1.498      1.134      0.746     -87.26    0.62


     _WTO      142.531    147.153    134.246    107.041    -20.27   145.856    124.870    122.742    119.948     -17.76   99.99

     _OECD      33.912     37.904     34.726     15.949    -54.07    37.985     22.664     20.901     19.126     -49.65   15.94

     _EU15      26.209     29.334     26.975     10.451    -61.26    29.309     16.075     14.441     12.810     -56.29   10.68

     _EU12      26.111     29.241     26.896     10.412    -61.29    29.230     16.025     14.391     12.758     -56.35   10.64

     _W HEMI     7.966      6.792      6.303      0.504    -92.01     7.215      1.880      1.452      0.992     -86.25    0.83