Export Market Report
                                                                                                                            B48

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                                          |                                     |                                March 13, 2009
                                          |        US EXPORT MARKETS            |
                                          |       By Group,  1/2009 Data        |
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                                           Group:  Floor Coverings                      
                                                    Data in thousand dollars

                             Calendar Years                  Year-to-Date                    Year-Endings          YE  1/2009
 Country         2005       2006       2007       2008     1/2008    1/2009   % Change     1/2008     1/2009   % Change % Share

 World          927472    1010919    1035430    1110153     80236     62965    -21.53     1042814    1092882       4.80  100.00

 Canada         572644     645893     662003     676268     49432     40703    -17.66      664526     667538       0.45   61.08

 Mexico          97240      90785      80144      96995      6877      3725    -45.84       81223      93842      15.54    8.59

 United Kingd    34432      30037      31377      34094      1686      1694      0.49       31184      34102       9.36    3.12

 China            5263       9626      14455      24432      1067      1167      9.42       14966      24533      63.92    2.24

 Australia       10785       8572      13052      19785      2018      1031    -48.92       14468      18798      29.93    1.72

 India           10568      17192      15613      15811      1085      2406    121.78       15515      17132      10.42    1.57

 United Arab      7955       9358      14391      17388       956       306    -67.97       14755      16739      13.44    1.53

 Japan           27245      22241      16487      15117      2513       636    -74.70       17177      13240     -22.92    1.21

 Singapore       10251       9821      11171      13157       740       347    -53.10       11209      12764      13.87    1.17

 Chile            7316       8080       9363      12191       332       238    -28.17        8994      12098      34.50    1.11

 Brazil           5378       7238       9058      11857       583       587      0.73        9057      11861      30.96    1.09

 _WTO           907226     985110    1011860    1084637     77567     60350    -22.20     1018417    1067420       4.81   97.67

 _OECD          673436     743135     773986     794900     58136     46999    -19.16      776791     783763       0.90   71.72

 _EU15           68004      68303      68085      69323      4558      3647    -19.99       66503      68412       2.87    6.26

 _EU12           64911      64072      66354      68180      4523      3614    -20.10       64853      67271       3.73    6.16

 _SAMERICA       30085      59708      35892      49180      2875      2628     -8.60       36563      48932      33.83    4.48

 _non-WTO        20247      25808      23549      25516      2668      2614     -2.02       24377      25462       4.45    2.33
                                                                                                                        
 _CBI            14923      19916      20681      21915      1817      2148     18.21       21276      22246       4.56    2.04

 _ASEAN          13097      13179      14436      17965      1092       553    -49.34       14678      17426      18.72    1.59

 _ANDEAN (ATP     8783       8788       9824      14559      1158       796    -31.30       10523      14197      34.91    1.30