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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 224:  PILE / TUFTED FABRICS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     282.617    301.306     82.736     91.270     10.32   283.696    305.872    307.438    309.840       9.22  100.00

     CHINA P   171.499    192.266     48.198     60.013     24.51   172.439    197.486    200.533    204.081      18.35   65.87

     KOR REP    17.547     15.410      4.681      4.598     -1.78    16.265     15.444     15.275     15.327      -5.77    4.95

     ITALY      12.485     15.215      4.600      4.334     -5.77    13.239     15.195     15.228     14.950      12.92    4.82

     CHINA T    16.093     15.175      3.827      3.442    -10.05    15.898     15.079     14.916     14.790      -6.97    4.77

     INDIA      11.533     11.940      4.343      3.216    -25.94    12.126     11.993     11.253     10.813     -10.83    3.49

     CANADA      5.061      5.481      1.628      2.266     39.23     5.081      5.752      5.855      6.120      20.45    1.98

     MEXICO      8.728      6.508      2.233      1.797    -19.52     8.276      6.323      6.228      6.072     -26.63    1.96

     MALTA       5.809      5.194      1.735      1.625     -6.34     4.954      5.155      5.119      5.084       2.63    1.64

     TURKEY      4.883      4.982      1.566      1.338    -14.58     5.335      4.657      4.823      4.754     -10.90    1.53

     FRANCE      6.895      4.135      1.794      1.379    -23.14     6.349      3.661      3.611      3.720     -41.40    1.20

     PAKISTN     1.534      1.569      0.586      0.440    -24.99     1.841      1.432      1.472      1.423     -22.73    0.46


     _WTO      282.580    301.183     82.695     91.270     10.37   283.622    305.790    307.356    309.758       9.22   99.97

     _OECD      61.382     61.560     19.132     19.139      0.04    61.374     61.454     61.459     61.567       0.31   19.87

     _EU15      32.733     34.005     10.786     10.644     -1.33    33.378     33.991     33.994     33.862       1.45   10.93

     _EC12      32.618     33.870     10.729     10.597     -1.23    33.276     33.854     33.877     33.738       1.39   10.89

     _W HEMI    17.801     16.819      5.334      5.184     -2.81    17.534     16.987     16.891     16.670      -4.93    5.38