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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category,  3/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 224-V :  Woven Pile Fabric
                                           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    42466387   38544516    8990156    8416283     -6.38  41334931   39108260   38170583   37970643      -8.14  100.00

     CHINA P  34333944   31336960    6835756    7342949      7.42  32868151   32223080   31508472   31844153      -3.12   83.87

     INDIA     2724470    2465193     749860     522330    -30.34   2804357    2405644    2408778    2237663     -20.21    5.89

     KOR REP    670898     842059     235384     124602    -47.06    774115     799311     770380     731277      -5.53    1.93

     MEXICO    1244870     899548     249703      28440    -88.61   1209770     859551     781348     678285     -43.93    1.79

     ITALY      717591     730431     177523      83256    -53.10    744463     689616     670560     636164     -14.55    1.68

     TURKEY     806617     660321     205854     140158    -31.91    872619     608062     576944     594625     -31.86    1.57

     BELGIUM    520266     533386     133429      43203    -67.62    543522     510188     485850     443160     -18.47    1.17

     BRAZIL     454061     444692     209099      28448    -86.39    570516     431833     395004     264041     -53.72    0.70

     GERMANY    189228     137984      32764       9426    -71.23    193116     131067     125583     114646     -40.63    0.30

     NETHLDS    102986      93509      21344      12019    -43.69    104690      89235      89408      84184     -19.59    0.22

     FRANCE     129074      98040      33332       4999    -85.00    141790      87194      74183      69707     -50.84    0.18

     ISRAEL     196147      27794       9294       1596    -82.83    138861      25304      22033      20096     -85.53    0.05


     _WTO     42465651   38534880    8982892    8416283     -6.31  41326931   39098624   38168211   37968271      -8.13   99.99

     _OECD     3301807    3226383     869375     444111    -48.92   3522702    3039897    2921990    2801119     -20.48    7.38

     _EU15     1710776    1634940     409318     164565    -59.80   1776819    1548363    1485885    1390187     -21.76    3.66

     _EU12     1706515    1631120     407136     164166    -59.68   1772716    1544531    1482456    1388150     -21.69    3.66

     _W HEMI   1783493    1378856     466776      57924    -87.59   1841575    1322791    1207195     970004     -47.33    2.55