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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 350:  COTTON DRESSING GOWNS, ROBES ETC.
                     Data in Doz., 42.60 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          7585672   8184977    8184977    7963860     -2.70   8184977    8188866    7932554    7963860      -2.70  100.00

 CHINA P        3866203   4592024    4592024    3541464    -22.88   4592024    3691317    3536519    3541464     -22.88   44.47

 VIETNAM        1386309   1393879    1393879    1228711    -11.85   1393879    1260921    1244754    1228711     -11.85   15.43

 INDIA           615513    600738     600738     855813     42.46    600738     855653     811157     855813      42.46   10.75

 CAMBOD          323665    322740     322740     850343    163.48    322740     810149     814634     850343     163.48   10.68

 INDNSIA         462504    293583     293583     354343     20.70    293583     357984     348539     354343      20.70    4.45

 BNGLDSH         115873    130576     130576     228190     74.76    130576     221308     218659     228190      74.76    2.87

 PAKISTN         154519    206856     206856     184158    -10.97    206856     188914     171969     184158     -10.97    2.31

 GUATMAL          41214     50475      50475     132039    161.59     50475     175037     175026     132039     161.59    1.66

 NICARAG           1979       724        724     106223  14571.69       724      90288      91621     106223   14571.69    1.33

 THAILND          39933     52478      52478      94099     79.31     52478     107185     108386      94099      79.31    1.18

 EGYPT            14240     29512      29512      72778    146.60     29512      71527      71599      72778     146.60    0.91

 TURKEY           69693    100470     100470      62765    -37.53    100470      65153      62957      62765     -37.53    0.79

 MALAYSA         161865    185913     185913      61478    -66.93    185913     101767      86108      61478     -66.93    0.77

 PHIL R           32370     32765      32765      51902     58.41     32765      53077      52157      51902      58.41    0.65

 SRI LKA         180203     95982      95982      50891    -46.98     95982      49405      49611      50891     -46.98    0.64


 _ASEAN         2411192   2283541    2283541    2644930     15.83   2283541    2695105    2658724    2644930      15.83   33.21

 _CBI             98687     86511      86511     258872    199.24     86511     284102     285244     258872     199.24    3.25

 _CAFTA           98684     86511      86511     256395    196.37     86511     281631     282773     256395     196.37    3.22

 _ANDEAN          11799      8217       8217      12716     54.75      8217      11903      11723      12716      54.75    0.16