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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 224:  PILE / TUFTED FABRICS
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  5/2012
   Country      2010       2011       5/2011     5/2012  % Change    5/2011     3/2012     4/2012     5/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    197207458 170225900   61902765   60521371     -2.23 184719517  167887609  168747816  168844506      -8.59  100.00

     CHINA P  100736888 105511525   32104842   38115518     18.72 100206061  109116016  110829064  111522201      11.29   66.05

     MALTA     34066765  27598376   12571619   10177695    -19.04  28556905   25482776   25393773   25204452     -11.74   14.93

     CHINA T   12130768  10416504    3727482    3414679     -8.39  12344654   10517661   10537954   10103701     -18.15    5.98

     FRANCE    29234910   9832971    6120402    2589971    -57.68  23655129    6796596    6322563    6302540     -73.36    3.73

     KOR REP    8202763   6155175    2461159    2248804     -8.63   6944557    5989141    5917726    5942820     -14.42    3.52

     INDIA      2760429   2515635    1175881     866926    -26.27   2777246    2306829    2194014    2206680     -20.54    1.31

     MEXICO     2412872   1355788     577363     602378      4.33   1940508    1348443    1338373    1380803     -28.84    0.82

     CANADA     1146940   1122733     419913     625705     49.01   1117186    1171735    1226756    1328525      18.92    0.79

     ITALY       847663    962230     430031     342918    -20.26    973501     901284     884414     875117     -10.11    0.52

     TURKEY      864935    779920     334902     287874    -14.04    950117     717550     703596     732892     -22.86    0.43

     PAKISTN    1687459   1080607     714098     323642    -54.68   2153245     866183     835371     690151     -67.95    0.41


     _WTO     197173188 170216256   61895493   60521348     -2.22 184678678  167885229  168745444  168842111      -8.58  100.00

     _OECD     41544138  19987312   10216151    6578183    -35.61  34886080   16721422   16219757   16349344     -53.14    9.68

     _EU15     31169007  11760096    6934349    3375352    -51.32  25691846    8687601    8215780    8201099     -68.08    4.86

     _EC12     31164474  11755867    6931970    3374502    -51.32  25687715    8685059    8213061    8198399     -68.08    4.86

     _W HEMI    4812342   3864374    1627736    1557475     -4.32   4401103    3732588    3667565    3794113     -13.79    2.25