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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 Million U.S. Dollars. 

                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     142.535    147.275    122.806     98.274    -19.98   146.158    128.518    124.952    122.743     -16.02  100.00

     CHINA P    88.114     89.494     74.662     74.770      0.14    87.762     90.811     89.544     89.602       2.10   73.00

     INDIA      11.467     11.811      9.690      8.045    -16.98    11.656     10.697     10.222     10.165     -12.79    8.28

     ITALY      11.752     13.655     11.330      5.743    -49.31    13.741      9.010      8.671      8.068     -41.28    6.57

     TURKEY      4.711      4.568      3.678      2.798    -23.91     4.583      3.801      3.736      3.689     -19.51    3.01

     BELGIUM     7.411      8.595      7.108      1.592    -77.61     8.399      4.299      3.685      3.078     -63.35    2.51

     KOR REP     2.175      3.043      2.548      1.615    -36.61     2.988      2.132      2.172      2.111     -29.35    1.72

     MEXICO      6.575      5.616      4.762      0.280    -94.13     5.918      1.909      1.498      1.134     -80.84    0.92

     GERMANY     2.559      2.521      2.088      0.587    -71.87     2.498      1.489      1.281      1.020     -59.16    0.83

     FRANCE      2.160      2.363      2.005      0.596    -70.27     2.614      1.084      1.022      0.955     -63.48    0.78


     _WTO      142.531    147.153    122.685     98.274    -19.90   146.036    128.436    124.870    122.742     -15.95  100.00

     _OECD      33.912     37.904     31.452     14.449    -54.06    38.105     24.044     22.664     20.901     -45.15   17.03

     _EU15      26.209     29.334     24.366      9.473    -61.12    29.484     17.411     16.075     14.441     -51.02   11.77

     _EU12      26.111     29.241     24.289      9.438    -61.14    29.404     17.361     16.025     14.391     -51.06   11.72

     _W HEMI     7.966      6.792      5.807      0.467    -91.96     7.274      2.313      1.880      1.452     -80.04    1.18