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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 334:  OTHER M/B COATS, COTTON
                     Data in Doz., 34.50 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          9017031   9726578    9726578    8887180     -8.63   9726578    9296396    8985990    8887180      -8.63  100.00

 CHINA P        4585964   4963419    4963419    4565201     -8.02   4963419    4750535    4607129    4565201      -8.02   51.37

 PAKISTN        1460398   1303877    1303877    1458715     11.88   1303877    1563042    1501220    1458715      11.88   16.41

 INDNSIA         457139    611136     611136     531599    -13.01    611136     533314     524802     531599     -13.01    5.98

 BNGLDSH         758593    850293     850293     530587    -37.60    850293     619051     566467     530587     -37.60    5.97

 VIETNAM         372062    498901     498901     454996     -8.80    498901     446545     454322     454996      -8.80    5.12

 CAMBOD          265438    324380     324380     332140      2.39    324380     346435     334909     332140       2.39    3.74

 MEXICO          244831    253195     253195     261351      3.22    253195     249422     255847     261351       3.22    2.94

 INDIA           265974    229275     229275     171766    -25.08    229275     185175     163259     171766     -25.08    1.93

 THAILND          71970    105619     105619      94408    -10.61    105619     104596      99249      94408     -10.61    1.06

 HONDURA         102662    240142     240142      87260    -63.66    240142     106169      89935      87260     -63.66    0.98

 MALAYSA          48887     38622      38622      74685     93.37     38622      67414      71707      74685      93.37    0.84

 GUATMAL          20293     32489      32489      60715     86.88     32489      60827      60381      60715      86.88    0.68

 PHIL R           74291    102028     102028      50704    -50.30    102028      59710      49849      50704     -50.30    0.57

 SALVADR          63314     32554      32554      49832     53.07     32554      43662      44961      49832      53.07    0.56

 NICARAG           2357       679        679      25325   3629.75       679      20150      25200      25325    3629.75    0.28


 _ASEAN         1291373   1681612    1681612    1539782     -8.43   1681612    1559429    1536251    1539782      -8.43   17.33

 _CBI            202975    308063     308063     229931    -25.36    308063     236908     226313     229931     -25.36    2.59

 _CAFTA          200777    306488     306488     228580    -25.42    306488     235662     225147     228580     -25.42    2.57

 _ANDEAN           7754     21106      21106      11145    -47.19     21106      14186      10829      11145     -47.19    0.13