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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 359:  OTHER COTTON APPAREL
                     Data in Kg..,  8.50 M2 per Kg. . 

                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         41618990  43802827   43802827   43309209     -1.13  43802827   44120497   43716065   43309209      -1.13  100.00

 CHINA P       18784421  20874344   20874344   19597127     -6.12  20874344   20268176   19897987   19597127      -6.12   45.25

 PAKISTN        7120292   7083198    7083198    5996803    -15.34   7083198    6093041    6010619    5996803     -15.34   13.85

 MEXICO         4182652   5025658    5025658    5840374     16.21   5025658    5723611    5770318    5840374      16.21   13.49

 BNGLDSH        1307441   1890552    1890552    1941633      2.70   1890552    2071509    2011712    1941633       2.70    4.48

 VIETNAM        2582528   1921096    1921096    1939164      0.94   1921096    1945180    1984085    1939164       0.94    4.48

 INDIA          2104595   2056862    2056862    1737365    -15.53   2056862    1795821    1740707    1737365     -15.53    4.01

 CAMBOD         1379757   1475663    1475663    1660370     12.52   1475663    1749043    1695618    1660370      12.52    3.83

 KENYA             3218    297901     297901     718197    141.09    297901     688326     729895     718197     141.09    1.66

 PHIL R          480287    461271     461271     669158     45.07    461271     612009     656021     669158      45.07    1.55

 INDNSIA         844717    428492     428492     529564     23.59    428492     505651     517993     529564      23.59    1.22

 CHINA T         293976    412905     412905     443114      7.32    412905     471123     469430     443114       7.32    1.02

 DOM REP         138069    176602     176602     310024     75.55    176602     305202     311596     310024      75.55    0.72

 CANADA          228176    318182     318182     301572     -5.22    318182     318145     324269     301572      -5.22    0.70

 GUATMAL         129303     46248      46248     210318    354.76     46248     168986     193960     210318     354.76    0.49

 KOR REP         180153    160806     160806     157904     -1.80    160806     170454     171061     157904      -1.80    0.36


 _ASEAN         5494769   4451219    4451219    4938465     10.95   4451219    4959480    4995908    4938465      10.95   11.40

 _SUB-SAHARA     240215    358679     358679     774335    115.89    358679     724121     770280     774335     115.89    1.79

 _CBI            760340    421106     421106     765255     81.72    421106     710498     748917     765255      81.72    1.77

 _CAFTA          759022    419786     419786     762705     81.69    419786     707740     746339     762705      81.69    1.76