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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 340:  M/B COTTON SHIRTS, NOT KNIT
                     Data in Doz., 20.10 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         28015196  35314363   35314363   33693830     -4.59  35314363   34729583   33987976   33693830      -4.59  100.00

 CHINA P        8001115  10901555   10901555    9065588    -16.84  10901555    9461074    9205520    9065588     -16.84   26.91

 BNGLDSH        6557342   8626661    8626661    8827992      2.33   8626661    9171666    8986141    8827992       2.33   26.20

 INDNSIA        2549409   3443003    3443003    3370548     -2.10   3443003    3492842    3406257    3370548      -2.10   10.00

 VIETNAM        2259984   2890408    2890408    2581006    -10.70   2890408    2687463    2607858    2581006     -10.70    7.66

 INDIA          2051764   2492098    2492098    2538574      1.86   2492098    2613935    2559375    2538574       1.86    7.53

 MAURIT          545200    662746     662746     900463     35.87    662746     838721     860978     900463      35.87    2.67

 SRI LKA         823768    908263     908263     841834     -7.31    908263     883313     863058     841834      -7.31    2.50

 MALAYSA         621786    660396     660396     733782     11.11    660396     734524     722905     733782      11.11    2.18

 SALVADR         720911    770551     770551     690691    -10.36    770551     699008     681960     690691     -10.36    2.05

 HONDURA         346759    382171     382171     521623     36.49    382171     485444     491952     521623      36.49    1.55

 NICARAG         260177    392848     392848     518551     32.00    392848     491596     485838     518551      32.00    1.54

 MEXICO          289722    373074     373074     464811     24.59    373074     463791     466010     464811      24.59    1.38

 EGYPT           265874    354366     354366     413399     16.66    354366     418454     406029     413399      16.66    1.23

 THAILND         354840    444671     444671     392892    -11.64    444671     427119     409510     392892     -11.64    1.17

 PHIL R          555869    418034     418034     327815    -21.58    418034     339165     326293     327815     -21.58    0.97


 _ASEAN         6539063   8031654    8031654    7597867     -5.40   8031654    7870866    7666705    7597867      -5.40   22.55

 _CBI           1444595   1666253    1666253    1893849     13.66   1666253    1839551    1824902    1893849      13.66    5.62

 _CAFTA         1428147   1652903    1652903    1873139     13.32   1652903    1818459    1804160    1873139      13.32    5.56

 _SUB-SAHARA     683259    766915     766915     977740     27.49    766915     925171     938909     977740      27.49    2.90

 _ANDEAN          43861     43940      43940      54998     25.17     43940      53680      53814      54998      25.17    0.16