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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 Million U.S. Dollars. 

                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     142.535    147.275     33.929     27.941    -17.65   143.295    147.777    143.861    141.287      -1.40  100.00

     CHINA P    88.114     89.494     19.394     21.025      8.41    86.177     92.258     90.227     91.125       5.74   64.50

     ITALY      11.752     13.655      2.996      1.596    -46.72    12.110     13.121     12.855     12.256       1.20    8.67

     INDIA      11.467     11.811      3.331      2.456    -26.27    12.047     11.685     11.738     10.935      -9.23    7.74

     BELGIUM     7.411      8.595      1.942      0.562    -71.05     7.782      8.243      7.887      7.215      -7.29    5.11

     MEXICO      6.575      5.616      1.475      0.082    -94.44     6.675      5.336      4.874      4.223     -36.73    2.99

     TURKEY      4.711      4.568      1.163      0.812    -30.19     5.096      4.360      4.086      4.217     -17.25    2.98

     KOR REP     2.175      3.043      0.745      0.413    -44.53     2.481      2.916      2.783      2.711       9.30    1.92

     GERMANY     2.559      2.521      0.554      0.163    -70.59     2.455      2.391      2.294      2.129     -13.26    1.51

     FRANCE      2.160      2.363      0.655      0.158    -75.84     2.417      2.142      1.976      1.867     -22.77    1.32

     NETHLDS     1.381      1.374      0.304      0.180    -40.78     1.419      1.312      1.315      1.250     -11.88    0.88


     _WTO      142.531    147.153     33.889     27.941    -17.55   143.250    147.655    143.779    141.205      -1.43   99.94

     _OECD      33.912     37.904      8.781      4.179    -52.41    35.506     36.203     34.869     33.301      -6.21   23.57

     _EU15      26.209     29.334      6.690      2.813    -57.95    27.131     28.015     27.054     25.458      -6.17   18.02

     _EU12      26.111     29.241      6.640      2.806    -57.74    27.040     27.921     26.969     25.408      -6.04   17.98

     _W HEMI     7.966      6.792      1.789      0.132    -92.62     8.072      6.432      5.884      5.135     -36.39    3.63