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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 347:  M/B COT. TROUSERS/BREECHES/SHORTS
                     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         69983872  79114765   79114765   73790748     -6.73  79114765   76299800   74641913   73790748      -6.73  100.00

 BNGLDSH       16609308  19045250   19045250   19629717      3.07  19045250   20413335   19946325   19629717       3.07   26.60

 CHINA P       12999986  17060623   17060623   14140723    -17.11  17060623   14951194   14308208   14140723     -17.11   19.16

 MEXICO        11953991  13044086   13044086   12190291     -6.55  13044086   12230756   12279473   12190291      -6.55   16.52

 VIETNAM        3929528   4517068    4517068    4025114    -10.89   4517068    4134738    3974939    4025114     -10.89    5.45

 INDNSIA        2401488   2690026    2690026    3046462     13.25   2690026    3152215    3140265    3046462      13.25    4.13

 PAKISTN        3278226   3428550    3428550    2899198    -15.44   3428550    3072922    2946444    2899198     -15.44    3.93

 CAMBOD         2312460   2878476    2878476    2681048     -6.86   2878476    2792704    2724844    2681048      -6.86    3.63

 EGYPT          2698374   2486831    2486831    2571222      3.39   2486831    2527748    2516074    2571222       3.39    3.48

 NICARAG        1366731   1995823    1995823    2466639     23.59   1995823    2466092    2492283    2466639      23.59    3.34

 INDIA          1971987   1690929    1690929    1572757     -6.99   1690929    1628554    1551051    1572757      -6.99    2.13

 SALVADR         869814    927389     927389    1205873     30.03    927389    1229976    1221994    1205873      30.03    1.63

 SRI LKA        1490174   1434801    1434801    1195462    -16.68   1434801    1254228    1248466    1195462     -16.68    1.62

 LESOTHO        1021975   1126573    1126573    1149962      2.08   1126573    1177460    1143972    1149962       2.08    1.56

 HONDURA        1503429   1341630    1341630     886972    -33.89   1341630     962397     906981     886972     -33.89    1.20

 DOM REP        1048903    916912     916912     581561    -36.57    916912     643610     610321     581561     -36.57    0.79


 _ASEAN         9816647  11163434   11163434   10660146     -4.51  11163434   11001061   10757954   10660146      -4.51   14.45

 _CBI           5658804   6049928    6049928    6005355     -0.74   6049928    6185952    6114952    6005355      -0.74    8.14

 _CAFTA         5127476   5638421    5638421    5582605     -0.99   5638421    5726829    5662913    5582605      -0.99    7.57

 _SUB-SAHARA    2197538   2387559    2387559    1995462    -16.42   2387559    2075991    2036743    1995462     -16.42    2.70

 _ANDEAN         424828    579551     579551     367095    -36.66    579551     395260     382628     367095     -36.66    0.50