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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 300:  CARDED COTTON YARN
                     Data in Kg..,  8.50 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         13917131  22210795   22210795   17581391    -20.84  22210795   18839210   18138001   17581391     -20.84  100.00

 PAKISTN        6130904   9558931    9558931    7924698    -17.10   9558931    8788361    8229862    7924698     -17.10   45.07

 MEXICO         3653644   4536040    4536040    5148310     13.50   4536040    5216250    5231123    5148310      13.50   29.28

 INDIA          1346796   2715122    2715122    2250380    -17.12   2715122    2217086    2310718    2250380     -17.12   12.80

 SPAIN           249867    220704     220704     376201     70.45    220704     324141     330988     376201      70.45    2.14

 CHINA P         461656    693212     693212     325079    -53.11    693212     376299     330057     325079     -53.11    1.85

 UZBEKIS              0         0          0     307691       *           0     307691     307691     307691        *      1.75

 INDNSIA         476691   1132253    1132253     291111    -74.29   1132253     248184     264323     291111     -74.29    1.66

 KOR REP         670142   1226662    1226662     242512    -80.23   1226662     497016     356570     242512     -80.23    1.38

 THAILND         139673    751020     751020     241079    -67.90    751020     317259     265400     241079     -67.90    1.37

 CANADA           73452    116148     116148     100943    -13.09    116148     104492     106521     100943     -13.09    0.57

 VIETNAM          36809    636855     636855      37195    -94.16    636855      74754      36288      37195     -94.16    0.21

 SALVADR              0    119423     119423        542    -99.55    119423        542        542        542     -99.55    0.00


 _ASEAN          653173   2582127    2582127     569386    -77.95   2582127     662207     588022     569386     -77.95    3.24

 _CBI            295809    217294     217294      80043    -63.16    217294      97854      80043      80043     -63.16    0.46

 _CAFTA          295809    217294     217294      80043    -63.16    217294      97854      80043      80043     -63.16    0.46