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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 341:  W/G COT. SHIRTS/BLOUSES,N-KNIT
                     Data in Doz., 12.10 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         26206063  28055732   28055732   19436388    -30.72  28055732   20769962   20107999   19436388     -30.72  100.00

 CHINA P       12670020  12862641   12862641    7234118    -43.76  12862641    7830526    7530855    7234118     -43.76   37.22

 INDIA          4712673   5593536    5593536    4079772    -27.06   5593536    4323300    4221004    4079772     -27.06   20.99

 INDNSIA        2455946   2595476    2595476    2392628     -7.82   2595476    2497058    2439599    2392628      -7.82   12.31

 BNGLDSH        2125653   2548131    2548131    1908132    -25.12   2548131    2128540    2030242    1908132     -25.12    9.82

 VIETNAM        1280089   1445529    1445529    1072922    -25.78   1445529    1129758    1083079    1072922     -25.78    5.52

 CAMBOD          609556    578289     578289     469548    -18.80    578289     485109     476571     469548     -18.80    2.42

 PHIL R          269641    282020     282020     352065     24.84    282020     362984     358449     352065      24.84    1.81

 SRI LKA         366631    315666     315666     343619      8.86    315666     359784     344043     343619       8.86    1.77

 PAKISTN         347134    377592     377592     316822    -16.09    377592     357723     344034     316822     -16.09    1.63

 THAILND         413154    425308     425308     273508    -35.69    425308     286703     279346     273508     -35.69    1.41

 MEXICO          175248    210755     210755     200928     -4.66    210755     207621     203932     200928      -4.66    1.03

 HONDURA         105763    126682     126682     132537      4.62    126682     126931     129697     132537       4.62    0.68

 MALAYSA          98719    123283     123283      88846    -27.93    123283      87350      84278      88846     -27.93    0.46

 NICARAG          82807     56240      56240      81376     44.69     56240      74767      77598      81376      44.69    0.42

 KENYA            48254     25805      25805      54825    112.46     25805      55283      56523      54825     112.46    0.28


 _ASEAN         5132991   5457429    5457429    4667876    -14.47   5457429    4869363    4741227    4667876     -14.47   24.02

 _CBI            300464    308243     308243     310404      0.70    308243     299645     305362     310404       0.70    1.60

 _CAFTA          277404    273689     273689     282631      3.27    273689     273366     277717     282631       3.27    1.45

 _SUB-SAHARA      82465     48602      48602      78069     60.63     48602      78058      78351      78069      60.63    0.40