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                                          | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |                              January 19, 2012
                                          |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
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                                          |  By Category,  Preliminary 12/2011 Data |
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(P)  These data are limited preliminary import data based on import figures from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
It will be supplanted by official imports from the Census Bureau as those data become available.  The release of these data 
is to allow preliminary analysis of the impact of total imports into the United States and imports from China into the 
United States to facilitate the administration of the textile safeguard in China's WTO Accession Agreement.

Because this report contains data for HTS Chapters 50-63 only, the following categories may be incomplete or not 
appear at all:  201, 229, 239, 359, 362, 369, 439, 459, 469, 621, 622, 659, 666, 669, 670, 859, 870, 871 and 899.


                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                     Data in Kg..,  6.50 M2 per Kg. . 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 12/2011
 Country        2009       2010      12/2010    12/2011  % Change   12/2010    10/2011    11/2011    12/2011   % Change % Share

                                                   (P)                                                  (P)

 WORLD         25685200  31256142   31256142   35274414     12.86  31256142   34758753   34871031   35274414      12.86  100.00

 PORTUGL        3885547   4315059    4315059    7110037     64.77   4315059    6001552    6009300    7110037      64.77   20.16

 MEXICO         5291978   5976398    5976398    5368688    -10.17   5976398    5413035    5399071    5368688     -10.17   15.22

 CHINA P        1720099   3067338    3067338    4555298     48.51   3067338    4270621    4452965    4555298      48.51   12.91

 ARAB EM           8218   1314429    1314429    2490808     89.50   1314429    3087340    2927895    2490808      89.50    7.06

 C RICA         1960405   2309897    2309897    1931571    -16.38   2309897    1873168    1919236    1931571     -16.38    5.48

 CANADA         1556822   1915132    1915132    1859241     -2.92   1915132    2095470    2121961    1859241      -2.92    5.27

 INDIA          1795472   2099200    2099200    1854980    -11.63   2099200    1971007    1843178    1854980     -11.63    5.26

 VIETNAM        1802396   1954400    1954400    1730465    -11.46   1954400    1730404    1770061    1730465     -11.46    4.91

 KOR REP         856832   1314998    1314998    1439061      9.43   1314998    1531353    1488207    1439061       9.43    4.08

 THAILND         506458   1012982    1012982    1253605     23.75   1012982    1145775    1261878    1253605      23.75    3.55

 TURKEY          704947    873978     873978     896688      2.60    873978     965410     956859     896688       2.60    2.54

 N ZEAL          968678    639278     639278     711063     11.23    639278     711163     711045     711063      11.23    2.02

 ITALY           356801    553224     553224     610221     10.30    553224     614662     601594     610221      10.30    1.73

 FRANCE          466686    666672     666672     541451    -18.78    666672     531249     563203     541451     -18.78    1.53

 GUATMAL         560219    384955     384955     485945     26.23    384955     486019     469862     485945      26.23    1.38


 _ASEAN         2797826   3354049    3354049    3353297     -0.02   3354049    3140633    3319477    3353297      -0.02    9.51

 _CBI           2626461   2765702    2765702    2509774     -9.25   2765702    2440985    2480118    2509774      -9.25    7.11

 _CAFTA         2626461   2753252    2753252    2509528     -8.85   2753252    2440739    2479872    2509528      -8.85    7.11

 _ANDEAN         352593    459296     459296     399120    -13.10    459296     412899     409104     399120     -13.10    1.13