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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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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  6/2012
   Country      2010       2011       6/2011     6/2012  % Change    6/2011     4/2012     5/2012     6/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    197207458 170225900   74601448   73271908     -1.78 180007221  168747816  168844506  168896360      -6.17  100.00

     CHINA P  100736888 105511525   39913310   46033525     15.33  97384816  110829064  111522201  111631740      14.63   66.09

     MALTA     34066765  27598376   14814899   12147108    -18.01  28764712   25393773   25204452   24930585     -13.33   14.76

     CHINA T   12130768  10416504    4347260    4341879     -0.12  12211353   10537954   10103701   10411123     -14.74    6.16

     FRANCE    29234910   9832971    6666028    2985424    -55.21  22015440    6322563    6302540    6152367     -72.05    3.64

     KOR REP    8202763   6155175    2997462    2825104     -5.75   6852388    5917726    5942820    5982817     -12.69    3.54

     INDIA      2760429   2515635    1383448    1071583    -22.54   2718372    2194014    2206680    2203770     -18.93    1.30

     CANADA     1146940   1122733     492036     794556     61.48   1055305    1226756    1328525    1425253      35.06    0.84

     MEXICO     2412872   1355788     719831     692999     -3.73   1878265    1338373    1380803    1328956     -29.25    0.79

     ARGENT      722331    903241     366313     307334    -16.10    701160     833680     829128     844262      20.41    0.50

     ITALY       847663    962230     559002     427836    -23.46   1024836     884414     875117     831064     -18.91    0.49

     TURKEY      864935    779920     416877     357311    -14.29    945105     703596     732892     720354     -23.78    0.43

     PAKISTN    1687459   1080607     754061     346788    -54.01   2180513     835371     690151     673334     -69.12    0.40


     _WTO     197173188 170216256   74594176   73271885     -1.77 179966382  168745444  168842111  168893965      -6.15  100.00

     _OECD     41544138  19987312   11699416    8104210    -30.73  33135281   16219757   16349344   16392106     -50.53    9.71

     _EU15     31169007  11760096    7708268    3968354    -48.52  24094257    8215780    8201099    8020182     -66.71    4.75

     _EC12     31164474  11755867    7705801    3967347    -48.51  24090627    8213061    8198399    8017413     -66.72    4.75

     _W HEMI    4812342   3864374    1960258    1897270     -3.21   4276000    3667565    3794113    3801386     -11.10    2.25