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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 222:  KNIT FABRIC
                     Data in Kg.., 12.30 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         99157911 123532176  123532176  126395052      2.32 123532176  124221376  126089810  126395052       2.32  100.00

 CHINA P       43922209  67382916   67382916   68968117      2.35  67382916   67229336   69030424   68968117       2.35   54.57

 KOR REP       29803635  26211843   26211843   27658586      5.52  26211843   27110928   27394777   27658586       5.52   21.88

 INDIA          9226429  10242586   10242586    9882115     -3.52  10242586    9964408    9920645    9882115      -3.52    7.82

 CHINA T        5663467   6067804    6067804    5716070     -5.80   6067804    5769018    5602352    5716070      -5.80    4.52

 MEXICO         2123394   1634794    1634794    3018482     84.64   1634794    3021948    3029389    3018482      84.64    2.39

 CANADA         1664160   1851011    1851011    1888311      2.02   1851011    1934215    1994330    1888311       2.02    1.49

 VIETNAM         659458   1088028    1088028    1587554     45.91   1088028    1459941    1458907    1587554      45.91    1.26

 ITALY           931465   1359586    1359586    1427813      5.02   1359586    1440194    1422564    1427813       5.02    1.13

 TURKEY          999482   1623402    1623402    1381604    -14.89   1623402    1282443    1301702    1381604     -14.89    1.09

 INDNSIA        1108517   2185777    2185777    1201157    -45.05   2185777    1434596    1370458    1201157     -45.05    0.95

 JAPAN          1038769   1174807    1174807     835931    -28.85   1174807     933230     854411     835931     -28.85    0.66

 GERMANY         274703    292634     292634     572691     95.70    292634     554331     569266     572691      95.70    0.45

 THAILND         267139    364472     364472     343969     -5.63    364472     327861     342133     343969      -5.63    0.27

 HG KONG          44770     45056      45056     326202    623.99     45056     272777     280897     326202     623.99    0.26

 SALVADR          32331     72572      72572     205878    183.69     72572     181242     184566     205878     183.69    0.16


 _ASEAN         2075708   3675533    3675533    3144492    -14.45   3675533    3233396    3183404    3144492     -14.45    2.49

 _CBI            114295    191400     191400     455226    137.84    191400     361267     401873     455226     137.84    0.36

 _CAFTA          114295    181306     181306     453434    150.09    181306     359068     400582     453434     150.09    0.36

 _SUB-SAHARA      60457     57732      57732     104468     80.95     57732      68814      82635     104468      80.95    0.08

 _ANDEAN          93852     78917      78917      47790    -39.44     78917      47266      47124      47790     -39.44    0.04