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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 332:  COTTON HOSIERY
                     Data in Dpr.,  3.80 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        175870739 208824028  208824028  174067632    -16.64 208824028  184053751  178277724  174067632     -16.64  100.00

 HONDURA       47746189  58962162   58962162   49520184    -16.01  58962162   54044912   51569386   49520184     -16.01   28.45

 CHINA P       28300570  35243953   35243953   32371701     -8.15  35243953   34219309   33108310   32371701      -8.15   18.60

 SALVADR        9504143  25499053   25499053   30320218     18.91  25499053   30315627   30586497   30320218      18.91   17.42

 PAKISTN       40821672  46028049   46028049   29973313    -34.88  46028049   32509890   30896233   29973313     -34.88   17.22

 MEXICO        18295531  19395043   19395043   17202975    -11.30  19395043   17818933   17393977   17202975     -11.30    9.88

 KOR REP        8948007   8813029    8813029    6991108    -20.67   8813029    7236967    7095859    6991108     -20.67    4.02

 CHINA T        2937569   2020324    2020324    1327392    -34.30   2020324    1279492    1300000    1327392     -34.30    0.76

 CAMBOD         2048173   1466124    1466124    1168688    -20.29   1466124    1180903    1154423    1168688     -20.29    0.67

 PERU            271036   1019916    1019916    1021617      0.17   1019916    1055709    1013144    1021617       0.17    0.59

 MALAYSA         431063    518677     518677     687981     32.64    518677     650827     649571     687981      32.64    0.40

 INDNSIA         634219   1907554    1907554     638816    -66.51   1907554     838240     644235     638816     -66.51    0.37

 PHIL R          567671    468317     468317     618343     32.04    468317     612608     606365     618343      32.04    0.36

 TURKEY          924503    920317     920317     538554    -41.48    920317     527590     540445     538554     -41.48    0.31

 COLOMB          886635   1134472    1134472     371705    -67.24   1134472     400118     386530     371705     -67.24    0.21

 INDIA           563605    283784     283784     277241     -2.31    283784     313154     271272     277241      -2.31    0.16


 _CBI          68299690  88413019   88413019   80046897     -9.46  88413019   84616781   82378661   80046897      -9.46   45.99

 _CAFTA        68299690  88412935   88412935   80046882     -9.46  88412935   84616721   82378646   80046882      -9.46   45.99

 _ASEAN         4612336   4665639    4665639    3489072    -25.22   4665639    3615985    3416034    3489072     -25.22    2.00

 _ANDEAN        1184278   2208338    2208338    1435488    -35.00   2208338    1499111    1446434    1435488     -35.00    0.82