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Overhead presentation. In the paper, various statistics on the world tufted carpet market are presented. 1. Worldwide production of tufted carpets: 57 % North America, 26.2 % Western Europe, 6 % Near/Middle East. 2. Worldwide production of tufted carpets in million square metres and percentage (2000): 1. North America 1550 million sqm, 2. Western Europe ca. 600 million sqm, 3. Near/Middle East ca. 230 million sqm. The total worldwide production is about 2655 million sqm. The production has risen until 2008 up to ca. 3000 million sqm worldwide with slightly increasing figures in North America, decreasing figures in Western Europe, and increasing figures in Near/Middle (9.5 %) and Far East (9.2 %). In Western Europe Belgium is no. 1 in the production of tufted carpets with 244.5 million sqm (total 575.5 million sqm), followed by the Netherlands (116), Germany (70), the UK (57) and France (25). The produced carpets in Western Europe are mostly for residential use, followed by mostly contract used and automotive carpeting and carpet tiles. The part of mostly residential used has decreased from 2000 to 2008, while the shares of the mostly contract used, automotive carpeting and carpet tiles has increased slightly. From all floor coverings in Western Europe with 2093 million sqm in 2008, 785 million sqm are all textile floor coverings, 520 million sqm are stone and ceramics, 285 laminates, 196 plastics / cushioned vinyl, 110 parquet and wood with stone and ceramic and laminates increasing since 2000 and textile floor coverings decreasing slightly.