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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