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                                          |                                     |                              December 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category, 10/2012 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 10/2012
   Country      2010       2011      10/2011    10/2012  % Change   10/2011     8/2012     9/2012    10/2012   % Change % Share

     WORLD    42466387   38544516   32248677   29624871     -8.14  38632980   36650668   36035089   35920710      -7.02  100.00

     CHINA P  34333944   31336960   26165824   26098117     -0.26  31096694   31656747   31277783   31269253       0.55   87.05

     INDIA     2724470    2465193    2020920    1686956    -16.53   2485192    2217885    2133129    2131229     -14.24    5.93

     TURKEY     806617     660321     566251     471654    -16.71    723047     534526     526570     565724     -21.76    1.57

     KOR REP    670898     842059     698695     407327    -41.70    826270     567644     565295     550691     -33.35    1.53

     ITALY      717591     730431     611578     313055    -48.81    760747     473619     458899     431908     -43.23    1.20

     MEXICO    1244870     899548     754798      87155    -88.45    963469     354930     291894     231905     -75.93    0.65

     BELGIUM    520266     533386     443287     140196    -68.37    533321     289160     258708     230295     -56.82    0.64

     BRAZIL     454061     444692     436312      91046    -79.13    538659     119903     105421      99426     -81.54    0.28

     GERMANY    189228     137984     115624      33678    -70.87    134829      79322      70581      56038     -58.44    0.16

     FRANCE     129074      98040      86964      19799    -77.23    117852      37401      34244      30875     -73.80    0.09


     _WTO     42465651   38534880   32239044   29624773     -8.11  38623347   36648345   36032691   35920609      -7.00  100.00

     _OECD     3301807    3226383    2717061    1528161    -43.76   3337910    2164330    2088994    2037483     -38.96    5.67

     _EU15     1710776    1634940    1370104     588910    -57.02   1686053     993472     929789     853746     -49.36    2.38

     _EU12     1706515    1631120    1366789     587179    -57.04   1682659     991275     927595     851510     -49.39    2.37

     _W HEMI   1783493    1378856    1219276     181114    -85.15   1541614     486972     409068     340694     -77.90    0.95