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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
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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  4/2012
   Country      2010       2011       4/2011     4/2012  % Change    4/2011     2/2012     3/2012     4/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    197207458 170225900   48910716   47432632     -3.02 186155164  168379165  167887609  168747816      -9.35  100.00

     CHINA P  100736888 105511525   24732918   30050457     21.50 100000037  107360902  109116016  110829064      10.83   65.68

     MALTA     34066765  27598376   10040683    7836080    -21.96  29607404   26469644   25482776   25393773     -14.23   15.05

     CHINA T   12130768  10416504    2566370    2687820      4.73  11885378   10477898   10517661   10537954     -11.34    6.24

     FRANCE    29234910   9832971    5598689    2088281    -62.70  24216934    7702597    6796596    6322563     -73.89    3.75

     KOR REP    8202763   6155175    1981447    1743998    -11.98   7360018    6114491    5989141    5917726     -19.60    3.51

     INDIA      2760429   2515635     973349     651728    -33.04   2822467    2475196    2306829    2194014     -22.27    1.30

     MEXICO     2412872   1355788     470464     453049     -3.70   2044911    1344483    1348443    1338373     -34.55    0.79

     CANADA     1146940   1122733     342905     446928     30.34   1162432    1166727    1171735    1226756       5.53    0.73

     ITALY       847663    962230     323777     245961    -24.03    933624     893521     901284     884414      -5.27    0.52

     PAKISTN    1687459   1080607     544363     299127    -45.05   1984032     817953     866183     835371     -57.90    0.50

     TURKEY      864935    779920     283449     207125    -26.93    941048     705093     717550     703596     -25.23    0.42


     _WTO     197173188 170216256   48903444   47432632     -3.01 186114325  168376785  167885229  168745444      -9.33  100.00

     _OECD     41544138  19987312    8868583    5101028    -42.48  35878799   17742855   16721422   16219757     -54.79    9.61

     _EU15     31169007  11760096    6219398    2675082    -56.99  26248249    9592378    8687601    8215780     -68.70    4.87

     _EC12     31164474  11755867    6217186    2674380    -56.98  26244159    9588497    8685059    8213061     -68.71    4.87

     _W HEMI    4812342   3864374    1356124    1159315    -14.51   4578635    3868868    3732588    3667565     -19.90    2.17