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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 339:  W/G KNIT SHIRTS/BLOUSES, 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        216935721 236634487  236634487  204206742    -13.70 236634487  211616014  207726917  204206742     -13.70  100.00

 CHINA P       42493351  54528437   54528437   48160255    -11.68  54528437   49486490   48646336   48160255     -11.68   23.58

 VIETNAM       30245261  32047058   32047058   28696784    -10.45  32047058   30012137   29174342   28696784     -10.45   14.05

 INDNSIA       21795679  23920283   23920283   21454016    -10.31  23920283   21654557   21706234   21454016     -10.31   10.51

 CAMBOD        14300171  17181379   17181379   15865357     -7.66  17181379   16459290   16268151   15865357      -7.66    7.77

 HONDURA       12571294  13349216   13349216   14870259     11.39  13349216   14591062   14671754   14870259      11.39    7.28

 GUATMAL       17607900  17478859   17478859   14862981    -14.97  17478859   15629943   15405810   14862981     -14.97    7.28

 NICARAG        8793747  10426593   10426593   10063734     -3.48  10426593   10095654   10180738   10063734      -3.48    4.93

 MEXICO        14925708  15522911   15522911    9914943    -36.13  15522911   11020372   10220726    9914943     -36.13    4.86

 INDIA          9068427   9780303    9780303    8239304    -15.76   9780303    8798716    8438025    8239304     -15.76    4.03

 BNGLDSH        7465455   6655313    6655313    5739024    -13.77   6655313    5918437    5858912    5739024     -13.77    2.81

 SALVADR        4839572   7231674    7231674    5205021    -28.02   7231674    5928655    5583713    5205021     -28.02    2.55

 PAKISTN        5059798   4737754    4737754    3588869    -24.25   4737754    3822112    3670310    3588869     -24.25    1.76

 PERU           3596632   3507038    3507038    2886745    -17.69   3507038    2909334    2901285    2886745     -17.69    1.41

 PHIL R         3386235   2764797    2764797    1976727    -28.50   2764797    2118029    2035832    1976727     -28.50    0.97

 JORDAN         3353463   2775010    2775010    1857823    -33.05   2775010    1930998    1935034    1857823     -33.05    0.91


 _ASEAN        74756597  80042512   80042512   71265501    -10.97  80042512   73547313   72464031   71265501     -10.97   34.90

 _CBI          45476870  49969874   49969874   46090192     -7.76  49969874   47363522   46934531   46090192      -7.76   22.57

 _CAFTA        44867186  49295048   49295048   45623322     -7.45  49295048   46852620   46457027   45623322      -7.45   22.34

 _ANDEAN        3763805   3670633    3670633    3059090    -16.66   3670633    3096218    3083116    3059090     -16.66    1.50

 _SUB-SAHARA    2831887   2339646    2339646    1723594    -26.33   2339646    1802382    1792880    1723594     -26.33    0.84