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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 410:  WOOL WOVEN FABRIC
                     Data in M2..,  1.00 M2 per M2. . 

                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          9514678  10353189   10353189   12793355     23.57  10353189   11402921   12947909   12793355      23.57  100.00

 ITALY          2174188   2499735    2499735    3240113     29.62   2499735    2326259    3232533    3240113      29.62   25.33

 MEXICO         2738302   2705164    2705164    2315925    -14.39   2705164    2415559    2374902    2315925     -14.39   18.10

 CHINA P        1664064   2242707    2242707    2075992     -7.43   2242707    2261390    2179100    2075992      -7.43   16.23

 U KING          264416    604882     604882    1227153    102.87    604882     652372    1219900    1227153     102.87    9.59

 FRANCE           83088     29902      29902     921345   2981.22     29902     668699     926604     921345    2981.22    7.20

 BELGIUM           8990     10385      10385     807141   7672.18     10385     807287     807287     807141    7672.18    6.31

 CANADA         1168306   1008431    1008431     740985    -26.52   1008431     838551     810592     740985     -26.52    5.79

 CHILE           254350    341566     341566     419168     22.72    341566     405666     395700     419168      22.72    3.28

 INDIA           171513    280153     280153     257819     -7.97    280153     309579     261751     257819      -7.97    2.02

 KOR REP         385151    205041     205041     186212     -9.18    205041     162342     186503     186212      -9.18    1.46

 GERMANY          68905     36378      36378     166256    357.02     36378     142952     151587     166256     357.02    1.30

 JAPAN            61574     59300      59300      84398     42.32     59300      62520      63937      84398      42.32    0.66

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