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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 465:  WOOL FLOOR COVERINGS
                                             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     21328505  20813330   11603839   11942124      2.92  21164842   21053475   21196715   21151615      -0.06  100.00

     INDIA     11068164  12132634    6786135    6583461     -2.99  11768310   12002933   12017532   11929960       1.37   56.40

     CHINA P    3784213   3305479    1883057    2194835     16.56   3488626    3566954    3622676    3617257       3.69   17.10

     PAKISTN     522294    514476     290201     342906     18.16    496205     553546     555330     567181      14.30    2.68

     TURKEY      491794    425633     151719     212292     39.92    382807     465534     476691     486206      27.01    2.30

     IRELAND     200795    410145     176902     216532     22.40    277559     466147     444320     449775      62.05    2.13

     NETHLDS     291814    333412     213366     321320     50.60    333170     368308     372042     441366      32.47    2.09

     PORTUGL     366630    416081     246971     217954    -11.75    442480     388831     387383     387064     -12.52    1.83

     BELGIUM     408663    335285     196651     212581      8.10    374474     323767     352050     351215      -6.21    1.66

     AUSTRAL     401363    421138     241583     167288    -30.75    416577     401328     391632     346843     -16.74    1.64

     THAILND     426796    424179     236426     155874    -34.07    431289     379176     359347     343627     -20.33    1.62

     U KING      391837    355471     202835     135492    -33.20    401464     307451     290595     288128     -28.23    1.36

     GERMANY      99513     76043      38449     216603    463.35     79634      79219     237474     254197     219.21    1.20

     GREECE      354667    292336     177534     137247    -22.69    290063     283444     255224     252049     -13.11    1.19

     SPAIN       177934    205467     102074     147465     44.47    184888     246729     253655     250858      35.68    1.19

     NEPAL       165213    188476      98712     113612     15.09    170052     202321     205486     203376      19.60    0.96

     EGYPT       205968    147918      69016     100568     45.72    135752     173850     174400     179470      32.20    0.85

     DENMARK      61195     68699      49507     106794    115.71     75850     128620     123026     125986      66.10    0.60

     POLAND      101246     82277      40996      69727     70.08     96518     101722     101842     111008      15.01    0.52

     ITALY       111896     99942      48644      48840      0.40    104636      93200      99778     100138      -4.30    0.47

     SWITZLD      69355    103731      62009      28491    -54.05     98007      86816      74659      70213     -28.36    0.33

     IRAN       1132582       244        244        192    -21.31    543688        101        155        192     -99.96    0.00


     _WTO      20173873  20782312   11583999   11929821      2.99  20590907   21028397   21172378   21128134       2.61   99.89

     _OECD      3700660   3797134    2046605    2318945     13.31   3788213    3907233    4017715    4069474       7.42   19.24

     _EU15      2571383   2670044    1478432    1804853     22.08   2673349    2768542    2903681    2996465      12.09   14.17

     _EC12      2539515   2648441    1463395    1784908     21.97   2636000    2747604    2878125    2969954      12.67   14.04

     _ASEAN      447649    446166     251251     162903    -35.16    454866     397211     379457     357818     -21.34    1.69

     _W HEMI     107825    101033      63956      74397     16.33    107087     111022     111441     111474       4.10    0.53

     _SUB-SAHA    66766     62222      39875      28790    -27.80     87346      51115      48342      51137     -41.45    0.24