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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 224:  PILE / TUFTED FABRICS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     282.617    301.306    109.448    120.255      9.87   286.997    307.438    309.840    312.112       8.75  100.00

     CHINA P   171.499    192.266     64.874     79.621     22.73   174.763    200.533    204.081    207.013      18.45   66.33

     KOR REP    17.547     15.410      5.907      5.996      1.50    15.578     15.275     15.327     15.499      -0.51    4.97

     ITALY      12.485     15.215      6.226      5.681     -8.76    13.950     15.228     14.950     14.670       5.16    4.70

     CHINA T    16.093     15.175      5.558      4.495    -19.13    16.627     14.916     14.790     14.112     -15.13    4.52

     INDIA      11.533     11.940      5.315      4.286    -19.36    12.066     11.253     10.813     10.911      -9.58    3.50

     CANADA      5.061      5.481      1.972      3.063     55.36     4.990      5.855      6.120      6.573      31.72    2.11

     MEXICO      8.728      6.508      2.724      2.518     -7.54     8.017      6.228      6.072      6.303     -21.38    2.02

     MALTA       5.809      5.194      2.235      2.056     -7.97     4.857      5.119      5.084      5.016       3.28    1.61

     TURKEY      4.883      4.982      1.893      1.867     -1.36     5.406      4.823      4.754      4.956      -8.32    1.59

     FRANCE      6.895      4.135      2.133      1.674    -21.51     6.439      3.611      3.720      3.676     -42.90    1.18

     PAKISTN     1.534      1.569      0.889      0.461    -48.10     2.143      1.472      1.423      1.142     -46.73    0.37


     _WTO      282.580    301.183    109.408    120.254      9.91   286.923    307.356    309.758    312.030       8.75   99.97

     _OECD      61.382     61.560     24.702     24.873      0.70    61.836     61.459     61.567     61.732      -0.17   19.78

     _EU15      32.733     34.005     14.243     13.529     -5.01    34.456     33.994     33.862     33.292      -3.38   10.67

     _EC12      32.618     33.870     14.178     13.478     -4.94    34.350     33.877     33.738     33.170      -3.44   10.63

     _W HEMI    17.801     16.819      6.531      6.949      6.41    17.217     16.891     16.670     17.238       0.12    5.52