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| | May 21, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 3/2012 Data |
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Category 224: PILE / TUFTED FABRICS
Data in Million $$$, * I/P: *
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 282.617 301.306 60.294 66.427 10.17 283.199 308.613 305.872 307.438 8.56 100.00
CHINA P 171.499 192.266 34.874 43.140 23.70 171.447 200.198 197.486 200.533 16.97 65.23
KOR REP 17.547 15.410 3.328 3.192 -4.07 16.679 15.357 15.444 15.275 -8.42 4.97
ITALY 12.485 15.215 3.302 3.316 0.40 13.061 15.062 15.195 15.228 16.60 4.95
CHINA T 16.093 15.175 2.533 2.275 -10.21 15.893 15.285 15.079 14.916 -6.15 4.85
INDIA 11.533 11.940 3.345 2.658 -20.53 12.111 11.899 11.993 11.253 -7.08 3.66
MEXICO 8.728 6.508 1.687 1.407 -16.62 8.375 6.510 6.323 6.228 -25.64 2.03
CANADA 5.061 5.481 1.210 1.584 30.92 5.041 5.495 5.752 5.855 16.15 1.90
MALTA 5.809 5.194 1.255 1.179 -5.99 5.194 4.973 5.155 5.119 -1.43 1.67
TURKEY 4.883 4.982 1.262 1.103 -12.59 5.343 4.842 4.657 4.823 -9.72 1.57
ARGENT 2.693 3.658 0.630 0.705 11.94 2.653 3.795 3.802 3.733 40.71 1.21
FRANCE 6.895 4.135 1.524 1.000 -34.38 6.576 3.894 3.661 3.611 -45.08 1.17
PAKISTN 1.534 1.569 0.450 0.353 -21.55 1.792 1.447 1.432 1.472 -17.85 0.48
_WTO 282.580 301.183 60.254 66.427 10.24 283.122 308.490 305.790 307.356 8.56 99.97
_OECD 61.382 61.560 14.288 14.187 -0.70 61.696 61.221 61.454 61.459 -0.38 19.99
_EU15 32.733 34.005 8.092 8.080 -0.14 33.325 33.951 33.991 33.994 2.01 11.06
_EC12 32.618 33.870 8.035 8.043 0.09 33.216 33.814 33.854 33.877 1.99 11.02
_W HEMI 17.801 16.819 3.833 3.905 1.86 17.453 16.935 16.987 16.891 -3.22 5.49