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                                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category,  8/2012 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  8/2012
   Country      2010       2011       8/2011     8/2012  % Change    8/2011     6/2012     7/2012     8/2012   % Change % Share

     WORLD    42466387   38544516   27074654   25180806     -6.99  39503210   37298277   37261070   36650668      -7.22  100.00

     CHINA P  34333944   31336960   21938975   22258762      1.46  31629599   31853743   32080731   31656747       0.09   86.37

     INDIA     2724470    2465193    1685717    1438409    -14.67   2553114    2130749    2150973    2217885     -13.13    6.05

     KOR REP    670898     842059     593444     319029    -46.24    851355     658791     615943     567644     -33.32    1.55

     TURKEY     806617     660321     486100     360305    -25.88    805618     621882     551182     534526     -33.65    1.46

     ITALY      717591     730431     523437     266625    -49.06    765111     554580     517229     473619     -38.10    1.29

     MEXICO    1244870     899548     618605      73987    -88.04   1058403     481024     437081     354930     -66.47    0.97

     BELGIUM    520266     533386     358644     114418    -68.10    538775     358937     305555     289160     -46.33    0.79

     BRAZIL     454061     444692     406343      81554    -79.93    562399     159175     147361     119903     -78.68    0.33

     GERMANY    189228     137984      86433      27771    -67.87    150839      91718      86229      79322     -47.41    0.22

     FRANCE     129074      98040      77563      16924    -78.18    125381      50652      44977      37401     -70.17    0.10


     _WTO     42465651   38534880   27067318   25180783     -6.97  39495874   37295882   37258747   36648345      -7.21   99.99

     _OECD     3301807    3226383    2282162    1220109    -46.54   3478497    2544045    2314894    2164330     -37.78    5.91

     _EU15     1710776    1634940    1136434     494966    -56.45   1722159    1183097    1077417     993472     -42.31    2.71

     _EU12     1706515    1631120    1133501     493656    -56.45   1718681    1180969    1074819     991275     -42.32    2.70

     _W HEMI   1783493    1378856    1049447     157563    -84.99   1660715     653699     595946     486972     -70.68    1.33