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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 220:  FABRIC OF SPECIAL WEAVE
                     Data in M2..,  1.00 M2 per M2. . 

                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        135066827 134773123  134773123  108239673    -19.69 134773123  103728491  104471383  108239673     -19.69  100.00

 CHINA P       91149605  86816059   86816059   58733241    -32.35  86816059   55347767   56254879   58733241     -32.35   54.26

 PAKISTN       17787439  13253978   13253978    9816108    -25.94  13253978   10000914    9878386    9816108     -25.94    9.07

 INDIA          2799088   5460608    5460608    8021127     46.89   5460608    7810203    7932148    8021127      46.89    7.41

 S ARAB              63        40         40    5985662  14964055        40    3743232    4860676    5985662   14964055    5.53

 KOR REP        2870086   3526723    3526723    3555247      0.81   3526723    3741707    3554707    3555247       0.81    3.28

 CHINA T        2824439   3298981    3298981    3474694      5.33   3298981    3782772    3581463    3474694       5.33    3.21

 ITALY          2174105   2728253    2728253    2467938     -9.54   2728253    2513679    2498420    2467938      -9.54    2.28

 TURKEY          949239   1571546    1571546    2167707     37.93   1571546    2035765    2036286    2167707      37.93    2.00

 MEXICO         2254706   2354822    2354822    2137286     -9.24   2354822    2214147    2127814    2137286      -9.24    1.97

 CANADA         1198033   2346806    2346806    2126572     -9.38   2346806    2446208    2292252    2126572      -9.38    1.96

 ARAB EM        1510041   2520366    2520366    1199000    -52.43   2520366     850199    1198909    1199000     -52.43    1.11

 INDNSIA         397259    643147     643147    1093884     70.08    643147     741546     693015    1093884      70.08    1.01

 SPAIN          1869594    892207     892207     975534      9.34    892207     946955     955251     975534       9.34    0.90

 FRANCE          626921   1285404    1285404     595239    -53.69   1285404    1118703     596453     595239     -53.69    0.55

 BAHRAIN         610400   1436145    1436145          *       *     1436145      89245      86577          *        *       *  


 _ASEAN         1393602   1960385    1960385    2489038     26.97   1960385    2186082    2117746    2489038      26.97    2.30