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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     282.617    301.306    135.301    146.400      8.20   284.252    309.840    312.112    312.406       9.90  100.00

     CHINA P   171.499    192.266     81.461     96.091     17.96   172.032    204.081    207.013    206.896      20.27   66.23

     KOR REP    17.547     15.410      7.337      7.628      3.97    15.593     15.327     15.499     15.702       0.70    5.03

     ITALY      12.485     15.215      7.606      7.125     -6.32    14.151     14.950     14.670     14.734       4.12    4.72

     CHINA T    16.093     15.175      6.759      5.740    -15.08    16.841     14.790     14.112     14.155     -15.95    4.53

     INDIA      11.533     11.940      6.307      5.323    -15.60    12.010     10.813     10.911     10.956      -8.77    3.51

     CANADA      5.061      5.481      2.289      3.832     67.43     4.845      6.120      6.573      7.024      44.98    2.25

     MEXICO      8.728      6.508      3.422      3.027    -11.53     7.867      6.072      6.303      6.114     -22.28    1.96

     TURKEY      4.883      4.982      2.275      2.223     -2.28     5.298      4.754      4.956      4.930      -6.94    1.58

     MALTA       5.809      5.194      2.747      2.467    -10.17     5.029      5.084      5.016      4.915      -2.27    1.57

     FRANCE      6.895      4.135      2.535      1.987    -21.62     6.378      3.720      3.676      3.587     -43.76    1.15

     ARGENT      2.693      3.658      1.389      1.242    -10.56     2.641      3.509      3.461      3.511      32.96    1.12

     PAKISTN     1.534      1.569      0.963      0.516    -46.43     2.194      1.423      1.142      1.122     -48.86    0.36


     _WTO      282.580    301.183    135.260    146.400      8.24   284.178    309.758    312.030    312.323       9.90   99.97

     _OECD      61.382     61.560     30.022     30.876      2.84    61.789     61.567     61.732     62.414       1.01   19.98

     _EU15      32.733     34.005     17.301     16.723     -3.34    34.578     33.862     33.292     33.428      -3.33   10.70

     _EC12      32.618     33.870     17.232     16.668     -3.27    34.479     33.738     33.170     33.306      -3.40   10.66

     _W HEMI    17.801     16.819      7.911      8.532      7.85    16.864     16.670     17.238     17.441       3.42    5.58