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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 338:  M/B KNIT SHIRTS, COTTON
                     Data in Doz.,  6.00 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        166127050 192556370  192556370  188802977     -1.95 192556370  194307165  191911809  188802977      -1.95  100.00

 HONDURA       23015331  29726754   29726754   30549365      2.77  29726754   31913577   31785384   30549365       2.77   16.18

 HAITI         17783960  16180217   16180217   20367122     25.88  16180217   20576046   20685504   20367122      25.88   10.79

 CHINA P       14915956  20462875   20462875   18613286     -9.04  20462875   18641201   18515909   18613286      -9.04    9.86

 SALVADR       16422404  18937843   18937843   17140288     -9.49  18937843   17814281   17563559   17140288      -9.49    9.08

 PAKISTN       12587771  15370869   15370869   13902010     -9.56  15370869   14498380   14114657   13902010      -9.56    7.36

 INDIA         10468283  12553594   12553594   12063019     -3.91  12553594   12645831   12356038   12063019      -3.91    6.39

 NICARAG       10088242   9260947    9260947   10981112     18.57   9260947   11365867   11163583   10981112      18.57    5.82

 MEXICO         7788884   8417060    8417060   10834777     28.72   8417060   10366321   10675623   10834777      28.72    5.74

 INDNSIA        7441316   9230640    9230640    9602136      4.02   9230640    9812821    9654858    9602136       4.02    5.09

 BNGLDSH        9859224  11116380   11116380    8415805    -24.29  11116380    8956419    8688224    8415805     -24.29    4.46

 VIETNAM        7301436  10307250   10307250    8356499    -18.93  10307250    8657221    8355803    8356499     -18.93    4.43

 GUATMAL        5828995   5690538    5690538    6114162      7.44   5690538    6113480    6073833    6114162       7.44    3.24

 DOM REP        1811439   5640993    5640993    5332894     -5.46   5640993    5626410    5509737    5332894      -5.46    2.82

 CAMBOD         4316629   3858795    3858795    3446682    -10.68   3858795    3509860    3355833    3446682     -10.68    1.83

 PERU           2915497   3169926    3169926    3137244     -1.03   3169926    3133584    3088733    3137244      -1.03    1.66


 _CBI          74971667  85446275   85446275   90490357      5.90  85446275   93413378   92786058   90490357       5.90   47.93

 _CAFTA        57181312  69260116   69260116   70119231      1.24  69260116   72835277   72097787   70119231       1.24   37.14

 _ASEAN        23962607  28390320   28390320   25601415     -9.82  28390320   26550702   25799225   25601415      -9.82   13.56

 _ANDEAN        3128758   3324453    3324453    3298508     -0.78   3324453    3306323    3259313    3298508      -0.78    1.75

 _SUB-SAHARA    2222249   1546071    1546071    1101213    -28.77   1546071    1114358    1101055    1101213     -28.77    0.58