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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 665:  MMF 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    115468475 119825145   27063791   31497193     16.38 115359954  121105050  122448063  124258547       7.71  100.00

     CHINA P   42070172  46441184    9220863   11467236     24.36  42363910   47475872   48111545   48687557      14.93   39.18

     EGYPT     22882109  20412486    4458265    5852457     31.27  21853810   21036264   21045144   21806678      -0.22   17.55

     TURKEY    13036463  16667698    4275215    4988047     16.67  13911377   16744156   17139354   17380530      24.94   13.99

     CANADA    10150767  11472744    2715778    2800149      3.11  10367771   11357163   11447506   11557115      11.47    9.30

     BELGIUM    7506297   7452931    1890268    1960338      3.71   7562898    7304403    7449958    7523001      -0.53    6.05

     KOR REP    2089485   2907228     656785     778551     18.54   2249697    2973621    2880105    3028994      34.64    2.44

     NETHLDS    3485598   3161287     825976     638619    -22.68   3251721    3009457    2979882    2973930      -8.54    2.39

     INDIA      2090749   2238540     457584     921638    101.41   2061752    2415018    2594617    2702594      31.08    2.17

     INDNSIA    2713309   2092466     689871     414512    -39.91   2692096    1973948    1940600    1817107     -32.50    1.46

     ITALY      1056289   1137088     310367     408399     31.59   1150622    1133731    1205463    1235120       7.34    0.99

     MEXICO     1301581   1181869     333982     156574    -53.12   1331049    1125694    1077827    1004461     -24.54    0.81

     S ARAB     1193077    696854     304476     295763     -2.86   1265949     630896     627695     688141     -45.64    0.55

     THAILND    1145986    454291      85417      55148    -35.44    907845     443606     438250     424022     -53.29    0.34


     _WTO     115377148 119782756   27052622   31490178     16.40 115299207  121062711  122398751  124220312       7.74   99.97

     _OECD     38885991  44717504   11087875   12149714      9.58  40127039   44497978   45152111   45779343      14.09   36.84

     _EU15     13251391  13253632    3331164    3463952      3.99  13224533   12985357   13262934   13386420       1.22   10.77

     _EC12     13233402  13236395    3324605    3462415      4.15  13203059   12970007   13248585   13374205       1.30   10.76

     _W HEMI   12380096  12667619    3052913    2957452     -3.13  12183060   12494368   12535815   12572158       3.19   10.12

     _ASEAN     4661177   3074508     858220     503177    -41.37   4394104    2929545    2881336    2719465     -38.11    2.19