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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 342:  COTTON SKIRTS
                     Data in Doz., 14.90 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         10452460   9192927    9192927    8609349     -6.35   9192927    8399460    8456244    8609349      -6.35  100.00

 CHINA P        4219398   3744431    3744431    3208640    -14.31   3744431    3099169    3132176    3208640     -14.31   37.27

 INDIA          1723210   1243606    1243606    1324596      6.51   1243606    1267297    1287496    1324596       6.51   15.39

 INDNSIA         908241    971008     971008    1053119      8.46    971008    1038314    1028666    1053119       8.46   12.23

 VIETNAM         788256   1015091    1015091     838921    -17.36   1015091     840618     821509     838921     -17.36    9.74

 BNGLDSH        1105145    692348     692348     723991      4.57    692348     716514     726360     723991       4.57    8.41

 CAMBOD          326000    413675     413675     384126     -7.14    413675     353092     360829     384126      -7.14    4.46

 PHIL R          204814    167453     167453     168459      0.60    167453     174230     176090     168459       0.60    1.96

 SRI LKA         186289    192281     192281     124529    -35.24    192281     128222     126812     124529     -35.24    1.45

 MEXICO          103265     90064      90064     101020     12.16     90064     106561     105070     101020      12.16    1.17

 GUATMAL         172444     53907      53907      88672     64.49     53907      87986      87622      88672      64.49    1.03

 MALAYSA          82373     59632      59632      86915     45.75     59632      77700      84469      86915      45.75    1.01

 THAILND         111061     82257      82257      80287     -2.39     82257      79169      77021      80287      -2.39    0.93

 SALVADR          11585     43653      43653      55754     27.72     43653      44054      53755      55754      27.72    0.65

 NICARAG          55464     41856      41856      55743     33.18     41856      55904      55732      55743      33.18    0.65

 HONDURA         119431     23348      23348      40046     71.52     23348      48545      47875      40046      71.52    0.47


 _ASEAN         2446409   2716458    2716458    2623362     -3.43   2716458    2581215    2566484    2623362      -3.43   30.47

 _CBI            363541    166774     166774     243925     46.26    166774     239948     249175     243925      46.26    2.83

 _CAFTA          363167    165967     165967     243715     46.85    165967     239658     248894     243715      46.85    2.83

 _SUB-SAHARA      52398     55723      55723      50547     -9.29     55723      50331      51308      50547      -9.29    0.59

 _ANDEAN          12234     12331      12331       9244    -25.03     12331       9425       8758       9244     -25.03    0.11