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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 414:  OTHER WOOL FABRICS
                     Data in Kg..,  2.80 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          2313832   2949862    2949862    2785986     -5.56   2949862    2895593    2853819    2785986      -5.56  100.00

 MEXICO          689936    835225     835225     768833     -7.95    835225     785683     768105     768833      -7.95   27.60

 U KING          275004    291305     291305     308127      5.77    291305     314182     320264     308127       5.77   11.06

 CHINA P         242662    444940     444940     303690    -31.75    444940     301657     313632     303690     -31.75   10.90

 GERMANY          91823    176412     176412     300614     70.40    176412     311245     295038     300614      70.40   10.79

 CANADA          282738    315620     315620     245833    -22.11    315620     278381     278946     245833     -22.11    8.82

 BELGIUM         146537    160988     160988     151093     -6.15    160988     157556     162787     151093      -6.15    5.42

 N ZEAL           56825     97825      97825     112453     14.95     97825     124624     120801     112453      14.95    4.04

 KOR REP         130382     95956      95956      98453      2.60     95956      94342     101391      98453       2.60    3.53

 IRELAND          55178     54484      54484      83855     53.91     54484      78469      77699      83855      53.91    3.01

 ITALY            59439     83033      83033      76953     -7.32     83033      77154      77188      76953      -7.32    2.76

 INDIA            34121     77158      77158      72385     -6.19     77158      84559      71590      72385      -6.19    2.60

 NETHLDS          62871     79176      79176      70336    -11.16     79176      69711      67298      70336     -11.16    2.52

 SPAIN            31296     32333      32333      30687     -5.09     32333      35111      30626      30687      -5.09    1.10

 SWITZLD          30246     39881      39881      20952    -47.46     39881      21756      21031      20952     -47.46    0.75

 DENMARK          20502     35761      35761      19452    -45.61     35761      25913      22392      19452     -45.61    0.70