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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      ---------
  
                                      Form 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
                                Exchange Act of 1934
  
                                    -------------
  
         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 31, 2003
  
                                     CULP, INC.
  
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
           North Carolina                  0-12781                56-1001967
  (State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File No.)       (IRS Employer
           incorporation)                                    Identification No.)
  
  
  
                               101 South Main Street
                         High Point, North Carolina  27260
                     (Address of principal executive offices)
                                  (336) 889-5161
               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
  
  
  
  
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  
  
  
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  Item 9.           Regulation FD Disclosure
  
  Culp,  Inc.  (the  "company")  issued  a press  release  dated  March  31,  2003
  disclosing  corporate plans about a strategic  marketing  initiative in China. A
  copy of the release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.
  
  This Report  (and the Exhibit  hereto)  contains  statements  that may be deemed
  "forward-looking  statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws,
  including the Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Section 27A of
  the  Securities  Act of 1933 and Section 27A of the  Securities and Exchange Act
  of 1934).  Such  statements are inherently  subject to risks and  uncertainties.
  Further,  forward-looking  statements  are intended to speak only as of the date
  on which they are made.  Forward-looking  statements are statements that include
  projections,   expectations  or  beliefs  about  future  events  or  results  or
  otherwise are not  statements  of historical  fact.  Such  statements  are often
  but not always  characterized by qualifying  words such as "expect,"  "believe,"
  "estimate," "plan" and "project" and their derivatives,  and include but are not
  limited to statements about  expectations  for the company's future  operations,
  production  levels,  sales,  expenses and other  performance  measures.  Factors
  that could  influence  the  matters  discussed  in such  statements  include the
  level of  housing  starts  and sales of  existing  homes,  consumer  confidence,
  trends in  disposable  income,  and general  economic  conditions.  Decreases in
  these  economic  indicators  could  have a  negative  effect  on  the  company's
  business and  prospects.  Likewise,  increases in interest  rates,  particularly
  home  mortgage  rates,  and  increases  in consumer  debt or the general rate of
  inflation,  could  affect the  company  adversely.  Because  of the  significant
  percentage  of  the  company's  sales  derived  from  international   shipments,
  strengthening  of the U. S.  dollar  against  other  currencies  could  make the
  company's  products less  competitive  on the basis of price in markets  outside
  the  United  States.   Additionally,   economic  and  political  instability  in
  international  areas could affect the demand for the company's  products.  Other
  risk  factors  that could have an impact on the  company's  activities  in China
  include  uncertainties  in connection  with  operating in a geographic  area and
  business culture where the company does not have extensive  experience,  foreign
  language  barriers,  potential  delays caused by the distance  between the China
  operations  and the  company's  traditional  geographic  base and similar  risks
  associated  with  establishing  business  operations in a remote and  unfamiliar
  location.   Other   factors   that  could   affect  the  matters   discussed  in
  forward-looking  statements  are  included  in the  company's  periodic  reports
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  ..
  
  
  
  
  
                                     SIGNATURE
  
  
  Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
  Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                       CULP, INC.
                                      (Registrant)
  
  
                                By:    Franklin N. Saxon
                                       -----------------
                                       Executive Vice President and
                                       Chief Financial Officer
  
  
  
  
  
  Dated:  March 31, 2003
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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      ---------
  
                                      Form 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
                                Exchange Act of 1934
  
                                    -------------
  
         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 31, 2003
  
                                     CULP, INC.
  
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
           North Carolina                  0-12781                56-1001967
  (State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File No.)       (IRS Employer
           incorporation)                                    Identification No.)
  
                               101 South Main Street
                         High Point, North Carolina  27260
                     (Address of principal executive offices)
                                  (336) 889-5161
               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
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  Item 9.           Regulation FD Disclosure
  
  Culp,  Inc.  (the  "company")  issued  a press  release  dated  March  31,  2003
  disclosing  corporate plans about a strategic  marketing  initiative in China. A
  copy of the release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.
  
  This Report  (and the Exhibit  hereto)  contains  statements  that may be deemed
  "forward-looking  statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws,
  including the Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Section 27A of
  the  Securities  Act of 1933 and Section 27A of the  Securities and Exchange Act
  of 1934).  Such  statements are inherently  subject to risks and  uncertainties.
  Further,  forward-looking  statements  are intended to speak only as of the date
  on which they are made.  Forward-looking  statements are statements that include
  projections,   expectations  or  beliefs  about  future  events  or  results  or
  otherwise are not  statements  of historical  fact.  Such  statements  are often
  but not always  characterized by qualifying  words such as "expect,"  "believe,"
  "estimate," "plan" and "project" and their derivatives,  and include but are not
  limited to statements about  expectations  for the company's future  operations,
  production  levels,  sales,  expenses and other  performance  measures.  Factors
  that could  influence  the  matters  discussed  in such  statements  include the
  level of  housing  starts  and sales of  existing  homes,  consumer  confidence,
  trends in  disposable  income,  and general  economic  conditions.  Decreases in
  these  economic  indicators  could  have a  negative  effect  on  the  company's
  business and  prospects.  Likewise,  increases in interest  rates,  particularly
  home  mortgage  rates,  and  increases  in consumer  debt or the general rate of
  inflation,  could  affect the  company  adversely.  Because  of the  significant
  percentage  of  the  company's  sales  derived  from  international   shipments,
  strengthening  of the U. S.  dollar  against  other  currencies  could  make the
  company's  products less  competitive  on the basis of price in markets  outside
  the  United  States.   Additionally,   economic  and  political  instability  in
  international  areas could affect the demand for the company's  products.  Other
  risk  factors  that could have an impact on the  company's  activities  in China
  include  uncertainties  in connection  with  operating in a geographic  area and
  business culture where the company does not have extensive  experience,  foreign
  language  barriers,  potential  delays caused by the distance  between the China
  operations  and the  company's  traditional  geographic  base and similar  risks
  associated  with  establishing  business  operations in a remote and  unfamiliar
  location.   Other   factors   that  could   affect  the  matters   discussed  in
  forward-looking  statements  are  included  in the  company's  periodic  reports
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  ..
  
                                     SIGNATURE
  
  Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
  Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                       CULP, INC.
                                      (Registrant)
  
                                By:    Franklin N. Saxon
                                       -----------------
                                       Executive Vice President and
                                       Chief Financial Officer
  
  Dated:  March 31, 2003