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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 331:  COTTON GLOVES AND MITTENS
                     Data in Dpr.,  2.90 M2 per Dpr . 

                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         27963327  37021005   37021005   39052222      5.49  37021005   38851521   38858265   39052222       5.49  100.00

 CHINA P       17913781  23266039   23266039   23788473      2.25  23266039   23799986   23783242   23788473       2.25   60.91

 PAKISTN        2082946   3448840    3448840    5254482     52.36   3448840    5103464    5222232    5254482      52.36   13.46

 INDNSIA        1723023   2913388    2913388    2494865    -14.37   2913388    2670356    2441825    2494865     -14.37    6.39

 MEXICO         1296164   1936272    1936272    2261139     16.78   1936272    2222010    2261787    2261139      16.78    5.79

 PHIL R         1326227   1790779    1790779    1959462      9.42   1790779    1903319    1913850    1959462       9.42    5.02

 KOR REP        1232895    926215     926215     887969     -4.13    926215     800750     844237     887969      -4.13    2.27

 CHINA T         199302    301871     301871     555231     83.93    301871     504892     550633     555231      83.93    1.42

 BNGLDSH         301650    565925     565925     503848    -10.97    565925     449424     474324     503848     -10.97    1.29

 SRI LKA         554173    502757     502757     423718    -15.72    502757     452088     432311     423718     -15.72    1.09

 HONDURA         168893    271931     271931     313230     15.19    271931     302681     308019     313230      15.19    0.80

 INDIA           304356    287067     287067     287307      0.08    287067     288894     276918     287307       0.08    0.74

 THAILND         511130    455010     455010      59701    -86.88    455010     107580      82900      59701     -86.88    0.15

 MAURIT            1164       344        344       1242    261.05       344       1127       1177       1242     261.05    0.00


 _ASEAN         3625026   5304089    5304089    4556773    -14.09   5304089    4737882    4491827    4556773     -14.09   11.67

 _CBI            261108    384950     384950     466968     21.31    384950     438553     458546     466968      21.31    1.20

 _CAFTA          212067    384950     384950     466952     21.30    384950     438537     458530     466952      21.30    1.20