Statistics on Carpet and Rug

STATISTICS ON CARPET AND RUG IMPORTS 2012 WOOL CARPET AND RUG SHIPMENTS China, with $269,062 in shipments, remained the largest exporter of man-made carpets and rugs into the U.S., accounting for over one-third of all shipments in the first nine months. WOOL CARPET AND RUG SHIPMENTS Wool carpet and rug shipments to the U.S. amounted to $487.737 million in the first nine months of 2012, an increase of 6% compared to $460.135 million in the year-ago period. In second place, shipments from Turkey grew over 22% compared to the first nine months of 2011. Turkey had $114.869 million in shipments of man-made carpets and rugs to the U.S.,in the first nine months of 2012 compared to the $93.872 million shipped in the same period a year ago. India, with $225.977 million in shipments, accounted for over 46.3% of all wool rugs and carpets shipped to the U.S. during the first nine months of 2012. In the same period of 2011, India's wool carpet and rug shipments were $221.417 million, the year-to- year increase was 2.06% Turkey accounted for nearly 15% of all man-made carpets and rugs shipped to the U.S.. in the first nine months of 2012. Together, China and Turkey accounted for nearly half of man-made fiber carpet and rug shipments to the U.S. in the first nine months of 2012. China, which exported $75.235 million in wool rugs and carpets to the U.S. in the first nine months of 2012, was the second-ranking exporter in the wool category, accounting for 15.4% of the total shipments into the U.S. Pakistan, with $49 million in wool carpet and rug shipments to the U.S. in the first nine months of 2012, increased shipments slightly over 24% compared to the $39.501 million shipped in the same period of 2011. Now ranking sixth in the man-made fiber category, India had the fastest growth rate, over 119% in the first nine months of 2012 compared to 2011. India had $39.150 million worth of shipments in the 2012 period, compared to $17.845 million the 2011 period. The export numbers for Pakistan also include many rugs that are made in Afghanistan, then finished and shipped from Pakistan. FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2012 VS. FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2011 WOOL RUG AND CARPET IMPORTS TO U.S. First Nine Months 2012 - 2011 %Change +6.00% World-Wide 2011 2012 All Countries $460.135 $487.737 WOOL RUG AND CARPET EXPORTS TO U.S. TOP 10 EXPORTING COUNTRIES 2011 2012 %Change 2011 2012 %Change 1 INDIA 6 IRELAND $221.417 $225.977 +2% $6.936 $9.749 +2% 2 CHINA 7 THAILAND $67.892 $75.235 +10.82% $11.614 $8.735 +10.82% 3 PAKISTAN 8 PORTUGAL $39.501 $49.001 +24.05% $7.505 $7.997 +24.05% 4 TURKEY 9 SPAIN $19.612 $22.129 +12.83% $7.505 $7.730 +12.83% 5 NEPAL 10 UNITED KINGDOM $18.747 $21.048 +12.28% $5.692 $7.108 +12.28% *MILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS 2011 India was the largest source of wool carpets and rugs, with shipments of $301.843 million in 2011, an increase of over 20% over the $250.179 shipped by China continues to dominate exports of man-made fiber rugs and carpets. In 2011, China shipped rugs worth $341.186 million, compared to $239.814 million in 2010, an Turkey, Belgium and India also made strong gains in 2011 exports of man-made fibers and rugs. The top ten countries exporting carpets and rugs to the U.S. are: WOOL RUG AND CARPET EXPORTS TO U.S. World-Wide 2010 2011 %Change All Countries $616.828 $632.523 +2.5% The top ten countries exporting carpets and rugs to the U.S. are: WOOL RUG AND CARPET EXPORTS TO U.S. TOP 10 EXPORTING COUNTRIES 2010 2011 %Change 2010 2011 %Change 1 INDIA 6 THAILAND $250.179 $301.843 +20.6% $15.070 $13.624 -9.5% 2 CHINA 7 UNITED KINGDOM $87.739 $93.299 +6.3% $11.016 $12.187 +10.6% 3 PAKISTAN 8 IRELAND $51.211 $54.267 +5.9% $6.334 $12.113 +91.2% 4 TURKEY 9 PORTUGAL $22.487 $29.042 +22.6% $8.500 $10.580 +24.5% 5 NEPAL 10 SPAIN $18.627 $25.960 +28.2% $6.704 $8.169 +22% *MILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS 2010 Total imports to the U.S. of wool carpets and rugs amounted to $616.8 million in 2010, compared to $562.7 million in 2009, an increase of 9.6% India was the largest source of wool carpets and rugs, amounting to $250.1 million in 2010, compared to $216.5 million in 2009, an increase of 15.5%. China was the leading exporter to the U.S. of man-made fiber rugs and carpets. In 2010, this amounted to $239.8 million, compared to 182.6 million in 2009, an increase of 31%. The top ten countries exporting carpets and rugs to the U.S. are: WOOL RUG AND CARPET EXPORTS TO U.S. TOP 10 EXPORTING COUNTRIES 2010 2009 %Change 2010 2009 %Change 1 INDIA 6 NEPAL $250.179 $216.522 +15.5% $22.487 $21.222 -12% 2 CHINA 7 THAILAND $87.739 $82.339 +6.5% $18.627 $15.885 -5% 3 IRAN 8 UNITED KINGDOM $71.403 $43.417 +6.4% $15.070 $14.071 -22% 4 PAKISTAN 9 PORTUGAL $51.211 $56.452 -9% $11.016 $8.957 -0.5% 5 TURKEY 10 BELGIUM $22.487 $22.689 -1% $8.500 $7.390 -0.2% *MILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS References: http://www.rugnews.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=D0DAB59D70A93452A92E82D8312BEFBAA&nm=News+Archives&type=Publishing&mod=Publications:Article&mid3DB057D339E04A4FFF99DB9FEEB9BDA02F&tier=D4&id%3DF73A548C7DB64417AB8F7E61B7356296 http://www.rugnews.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=D0DAB59D70A93452A92E82D8312BEFBAA&nm=News+Archives&type=DPublishing&mod%3DPublications:Article&mid=DB057D339E04A4FFF99DB9FEEB9BDA02F&tier=D4&id%3DB33786A9156D4AC9BCE666F2CCE7545E http://www.rugnews.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid%=D0DAB59D70A93452A92E82D8312BEFBAA&nm=News+Archives&type=DPublishing&mod=DPublications:Article&mid=B057D339E04A4FFF99DB9FEEB9BDA02F&tier=D4&id3D40FCB87A5AA549688EBF4773936C3A00