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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 224: PILE / TUFTED FABRICS
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 160467795 197207458 197207458 171576521 -13.00 197207458 174091142 171246979 171576521 -13.00 100.00
CHINA P 90465118 100736888 100736888 107427008 6.64 100736888 99389842 101690361 107427008 6.64 62.61
MALTA 32248382 34066765 34066765 26926556 -20.96 34066765 31614317 29543845 26926556 -20.96 15.69
CHINA T 14075446 12130768 12130768 10405092 -14.23 12130768 10530767 10582711 10405092 -14.23 6.06
FRANCE 3153580 29234910 29234910 9832583 -66.37 29234910 15163914 12216442 9832583 -66.37 5.73
KOR REP 7730643 8202763 8202763 6175610 -24.71 8202763 6019539 6165545 6175610 -24.71 3.60
INDIA 2391491 2760429 2760429 2548253 -7.69 2760429 2538459 2561183 2548253 -7.69 1.49
MEXICO 2616687 2412872 2412872 1406036 -41.73 2412872 1452927 1417963 1406036 -41.73 0.82
PAKISTN 1305478 1687459 1687459 1080607 -35.96 1687459 1428394 1152805 1080607 -35.96 0.63
CANADA 1079636 1146940 1146940 1062946 -7.32 1146940 1106211 1124479 1062946 -7.32 0.62
ITALY 661962 847663 847663 961236 13.40 847663 990681 968612 961236 13.40 0.56
ARGENT 557639 722331 722331 917664 27.04 722331 843386 910444 917664 27.04 0.53
TURKEY 2297956 864935 864935 772841 -10.65 864935 840639 817753 772841 -10.65 0.45