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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 336:  COTTON DRESSES
                     Data in Doz., 37.90 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         17170244  19977603   19977603   17260909    -13.60  19977603   17664302   17576313   17260909     -13.60  100.00

 CHINA P        8245084   9829010    9829010    7296613    -25.76   9829010    7357613    7349760    7296613     -25.76   42.27

 INDIA          2854652   3087808    3087808    2701737    -12.50   3087808    2795401    2774082    2701737     -12.50   15.65

 VIETNAM        1739592   1959200    1959200    1886484     -3.71   1959200    1981761    1955970    1886484      -3.71   10.93

 INDNSIA        1141433   1274090    1274090    1706127     33.91   1274090    1723130    1722949    1706127      33.91    9.88

 CAMBOD          473200    952925     952925     818010    -14.16    952925     928208     869793     818010     -14.16    4.74

 PHIL R          738147    703974     703974     797066     13.22    703974     805194     819441     797066      13.22    4.62

 BNGLDSH         584659    621363     621363     531020    -14.54    621363     558750     546880     531020     -14.54    3.08

 SRI LKA         347276    333057     333057     451541     35.57    333057     419235     437184     451541      35.57    2.62

 GUATMAL          87772    200066     200066     140700    -29.67    200066     139893     142247     140700     -29.67    0.82

 PAKISTN         161535    121465     121465     133336      9.77    121465     142611     142924     133336       9.77    0.77

 MEXICO           83641    117007     117007     130925     11.90    117007     132452     134554     130925      11.90    0.76

 THAILND         106606    147229     147229     106337    -27.77    147229      96437     101750     106337     -27.77    0.62

 PERU             67365     72122      72122      92291     27.96     72122      91424      90538      92291      27.96    0.53

 TURKEY           49111     64380      64380      73901     14.79     64380      73760      74902      73901      14.79    0.43

 MALAYSA         107868     63534      63534      58033     -8.66     63534      60062      64132      58033      -8.66    0.34


 _ASEAN         4320418   5104166    5104166    5372683      5.26   5104166    5596123    5534753    5372683       5.26   31.13

 _CBI            202804    373881     373881     229230    -38.69    373881     253554     245217     229230     -38.69    1.33

 _CAFTA          199141    371872     371872     227049    -38.94    371872     251279     243044     227049     -38.94    1.32

 _ANDEAN          81786     85269      85269     101197     18.68     85269     101634     100445     101197      18.68    0.59

 _SUB-SAHARA       5974     15145      15145      29590     95.38     15145      32593      29510      29590      95.38    0.17