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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 Million U.S. Dollars. 

                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     142.535    147.275    102.025     83.267    -18.39   147.034    134.499    132.053    128.518     -12.59  100.00

     CHINA P    88.114     89.494     62.521     63.838      2.11    88.483     91.672     92.128     90.811       2.63   70.66

     INDIA      11.467     11.811      7.959      6.846    -13.99    11.695     10.423     10.445     10.697      -8.54    8.32

     ITALY      11.752     13.655      9.383      4.738    -49.51    13.372     10.486      9.780      9.010     -32.62    7.01

     BELGIUM     7.411      8.595      5.584      1.288    -76.93     8.176      5.426      4.610      4.299     -47.43    3.34

     TURKEY      4.711      4.568      3.053      2.286    -25.14     4.917      4.287      3.915      3.801     -22.71    2.96

     KOR REP     2.175      3.043      2.125      1.214    -42.87     3.036      2.488      2.348      2.132     -29.76    1.66

     MEXICO      6.575      5.616      3.949      0.241    -93.89     6.241      2.850      2.486      1.909     -69.42    1.49

     GERMANY     2.559      2.521      1.519      0.487    -67.91     2.335      1.678      1.589      1.489     -36.23    1.16

     FRANCE      2.160      2.363      1.770      0.491    -72.26     2.705      1.373      1.240      1.084     -59.93    0.84

     NETHLDS     1.381      1.374      0.910      0.285    -68.67     1.415      0.921      0.842      0.749     -47.05    0.58


     _WTO      142.531    147.153    101.984     83.267    -18.35   146.993    134.417    131.971    128.436     -12.62   99.94

     _OECD      33.912     37.904     25.611     11.751    -54.12    37.848     28.369     25.892     24.044     -36.47   18.71

     _EU15      26.209     29.334     19.743      7.820    -60.39    28.890     20.761     18.905     17.411     -39.73   13.55

     _EU12      26.111     29.241     19.674      7.794    -60.38    28.806     20.710     18.846     17.361     -39.73   13.51

     _W HEMI     7.966      6.792      4.882      0.403    -91.75     7.673      3.334      2.920      2.313     -69.86    1.80