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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 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  3/2012
   Country      2010       2011       3/2011     3/2012  % Change    3/2011     1/2012     2/2012     3/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     21328505  20813330    4747700    4718366     -0.62  21472702   20802661   20809898   20783996      -3.21  100.00

     INDIA     11068164  12132634    2823980    2564408     -9.19  11515615   12055611   12018694   11873062       3.10   57.13

     CHINA P    3784213   3305479     753988     941061     24.81   3699068    3359802    3379241    3492552      -5.58   16.80

     PAKISTN     522294    514476     128138     141339     10.30    506487     528140     536531     527677       4.18    2.54

     TURKEY      491794    425633      60654      92300     52.17    506971     434117     444067     457279      -9.80    2.20

     IRELAND     200795    410145      66178     104987     58.64    229506     417695     445760     448954      95.62    2.16

     THAILND     426796    424179      91316      87567     -4.11    434762     405491     400064     420430      -3.30    2.02

     AUSTRAL     401363    421138     103704      83242    -19.73    415798     439560     432894     400676      -3.64    1.93

     PORTUGL     366630    416081     100600      81772    -18.72    384696     402386     399791     397253       3.26    1.91

     NETHLDS     291814    333412      75977      76302      0.43    284854     318087     329747     333737      17.16    1.61

     BELGIUM     408663    335285      80806      68070    -15.76    412768     329270     310941     322549     -21.86    1.55

     U KING      391837    355471     103615      69717    -32.72    410020     344387     329486     321573     -21.57    1.55

     GREECE      354667    292336      83162      73865    -11.18    354878     305152     298170     283039     -20.24    1.36

     SPAIN       177934    205467      36976      65675     77.62    175194     212520     215104     234166      33.66    1.13

     NEPAL       165213    188476      40633      51311     26.28    167057     192022     196369     199154      19.21    0.96

     EGYPT       205968    147918      20231      50530    149.77    172663     165677     169030     178217       3.22    0.86

     POLAND      101246     82277      12158      33401    174.72     92867      83209      99317     103520      11.47    0.50

     ITALY       111896     99942      18636      15337    -17.70    110759      99517      99132      96643     -12.74    0.46

     SWITZLD      69355    103731      19432      10288    -47.06     76156     104899      98790      94587      24.20    0.46

     GERMANY      99513     76043      14141      19506     37.94     92088      80555      82694      81408     -11.60    0.39

     IRAN       1132582       244        231          6    -97.40    867126        244        191         19    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      20172623  20781696    4738648    4714558     -0.51  20578305   20772682   20780815   20757606       0.87   99.87

     _OECD      3700660   3797134     826437     831041      0.56   3805674    3805175    3813064    3801738      -0.10   18.29

     _EU15      2571383   2670044     616168     603885     -1.99   2640482    2650945    2650139    2657761       0.65   12.79

     _EC12      2539515   2648441     605192     595187     -1.65   2599224    2633171    2632094    2638436       1.51   12.69

     _ASEAN      447649    446166      95437      89471     -6.25    456507     427180     420629     440200      -3.57    2.12

     _W HEMI     107825    101033      15349      21834     42.25    104095     102672     106864     107518       3.29    0.52