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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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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  7/2012
   Country      2010       2011       7/2011     7/2012  % Change    7/2011     5/2012     6/2012     7/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    197207458 170225900   88639659   88020704     -0.70 174335545  168844506  168896360  169606945      -2.71  100.00

     CHINA P  100736888 105511525   48566615   56370146     16.07  94848883  111522201  111631740  113315056      19.47   66.81

     MALTA     34066765  27598376   17310463   14072998    -18.70  29712647   25204452   24930585   24360911     -18.01   14.36

     CHINA T   12130768  10416504    5032930    5155955      2.44  11604823   10103701   10411123   10539529      -9.18    6.21

     KOR REP    8202763   6155175    3584533    3552272     -0.90   6572526    5942820    5982817    6122914      -6.84    3.61

     FRANCE    29234910   9832971    7259318    3120240    -57.02  18945234    6302540    6152367    5693893     -69.95    3.36

     INDIA      2760429   2515635    1595978    1302229    -18.41   2694517    2206680    2203770    2221886     -17.54    1.31

     CANADA     1146940   1122733     628253     922276     46.80   1026322    1328525    1425253    1416756      38.04    0.84

     MEXICO     2412872   1355788     828577     789833     -4.68   1799312    1380803    1328956    1317044     -26.80    0.78

     ITALY       847663    962230     654654     506859    -22.58   1041283     875117     831064     814435     -21.79    0.48

     TURKEY      864935    779920     528694     419240    -20.70    968844     732892     720354     670466     -30.80    0.40

     PAKISTN    1687459   1080607     842611     362524    -56.98   2174723     690151     673334     600520     -72.39    0.35


     _WTO     197173188 170216256   88632315   88020681     -0.69 174328168  168842111  168893965  169604622      -2.71  100.00

     _OECD     41544138  19987312   13344943    9356036    -29.89  29769785   16349344   16392106   15998405     -46.26    9.43

     _EU15     31169007  11760096    8484671    4298205    -49.34  20993454    8201099    8020182    7573630     -63.92    4.47

     _EC12     31164474  11755867    8482021    4296557    -49.35  20990083    8198399    8017413    7570403     -63.93    4.46

     _W HEMI    4812342   3864374    2307508    2195320     -4.86   4186112    3794113    3801386    3752186     -10.37    2.21