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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 333:  M/B SUIT-TYPE COATS, COTTON
                     Data in Doz., 30.30 M2 per Doz . 

                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           331940    388799     388799     487316     25.34    388799     489765     476228     487316      25.34  100.00

 CHINA P         206593    251866     251866     314265     24.77    251866     318864     307216     314265      24.77   64.49

 VIETNAM          32956     28204      28204      33841     19.99     28204      35309      33528      33841      19.99    6.94

 INDIA            12804     13032      13032      28817    121.12     13032      27113      28322      28817     121.12    5.91

 INDNSIA          18986     27326      27326      26259     -3.90     27326      27149      26040      26259      -3.90    5.39

 PAKISTN           3245      9691       9691      23199    139.39      9691      22794      23153      23199     139.39    4.76

 ITALY             6747      7686       7686       8190      6.56      7686       7884       7896       8190       6.56    1.68

 BNGLDSH           5815      5590       5590       7292     30.45      5590       7480       7090       7292      30.45    1.50

 TURKEY            4844      4547       4547       5252     15.50      4547       4608       4853       5252      15.50    1.08

 SRI LKA           1363      1022       1022       4592    349.32      1022       4743       4656       4592     349.32    0.94

 THAILND           5008      3450       3450       4481     29.88      3450       3954       3890       4481      29.88    0.92

 MEXICO            5856      5184       5184       3783    -27.03      5184       3918       3741       3783     -27.03    0.78

 DOM REP              0       474        474       2912    514.35       474       1737       2047       2912     514.35    0.60

 HAITI                0         0          0       2880       *           0       2880       2880       2880        *      0.59

 EGYPT             6227      4544       4544       2666    -41.33      4544       2975       2917       2666     -41.33    0.55

 ROMANIA           1072      1066       1066       2420    127.03      1066       2206       2371       2420     127.03    0.50


 _ASEAN           58592     59165      59165      65194     10.19     59165      66905      63956      65194      10.19   13.38

 _CBI              3579      3268       3268       6077     85.95      3268       4921       5231       6077      85.95    1.25

 _CAFTA            3551      3266       3266       3193     -2.24      3266       2037       2347       3193      -2.24    0.66

 _ANDEAN           2218      2638       2638       1156    -56.18      2638        996       1076       1156     -56.18    0.24