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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category,  3/2013 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  3/2013
   Country      2011       2012       3/2012     3/2013  % Change    3/2012     1/2013     2/2013     3/2013   % Change % Share

     WORLD    38544516   35174196    8416283    9196780      9.27  37970643   35070679   36357903   35954693      -5.31  100.00

     CHINA P  31336960   30923376    7342949    7997698      8.92  31844153   30795304   31988145   31578125      -0.84   87.83

     INDIA     2465193    2016353     522330     472340     -9.57   2237663    1956706    1930829    1966363     -12.12    5.47

     TURKEY     660321     600128     140158     244932     74.75    594625     676141     681418     704902      18.55    1.96

     KOR REP    842059     496032     124602      48406    -61.15    731277     478595     443853     419836     -42.59    1.17

     ITALY      730431     368051      83256      88837      6.70    636164     378699     376944     373632     -41.27    1.04

     BELGIUM    533386     157229      43203      29572    -31.55    443160     149883     146946     143598     -67.60    0.40

     BRAZIL     444692     102364      28448      55294     94.37    264041      96778     138968     129210     -51.06    0.36

     PANAMA          0          0          0     117446       *           0          0     117446     117446        *      0.33

     MEXICO     899548      97499      28440      36783     29.34    678285      93985      98076     105842     -84.40    0.29

     GERMANY    137984      40529       9426      11216     18.99    114646      43015      41533      42319     -63.09    0.12


     _WTO     38534880   35173003    8416283    9196780      9.27  37968271   35069486   36356710   35953500      -5.31  100.00

     _OECD     3226383    1853456     444111     460734      3.74   2801119    1916119    1882238    1870079     -33.24    5.20

     _EU       1703959     750199     177761     161376     -9.22   1458592     754107     747124     733814     -49.69    2.04

     _W HEMI   1378856     207254      57924     219099    278.25    970004     202087     368622     368429     -62.02    1.02

     _CBI           12          0          0     117446       *          12          0     117446     117446   978616.7    0.33

     _NAFTA     902197      99023      28495      42221     48.17    679588      96005     103184     112749     -83.41    0.31