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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 435:  W/G WOOL COATS
                     Data in Doz., 45.10 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          1513295   1679644    1679644    1407476    -16.20   1679644    1430899    1400313    1407476     -16.20  100.00

 CHINA P         911312    989539     989539     751462    -24.06    989539     773442     750024     751462     -24.06   53.39

 VIETNAM         122495    174598     174598     176055      0.83    174598     173681     175346     176055       0.83   12.51

 DOM REP         114382    130335     130335     124744     -4.29    130335     128263     124647     124744      -4.29    8.86

 GUATMAL          58118     61106      61106      69617     13.93     61106      70902      69639      69617      13.93    4.95

 PHIL R           37648     41117      41117      50795     23.54     41117      46429      47700      50795      23.54    3.61

 BNGLDSH          28570     41302      41302      47834     15.82     41302      45799      46861      47834      15.82    3.40

 ITALY            26258     27743      27743      31582     13.84     27743      30588      30805      31582      13.84    2.24

 INDNSIA          69880     80981      80981      23021    -71.57     80981      30010      22822      23021     -71.57    1.64

 INDIA            49774     19095      19095      12304    -35.56     19095      12807      12194      12304     -35.56    0.87

 THAILND          15236      9261       9261      10943     18.16      9261      10713      11435      10943      18.16    0.78

 SRI LKA           7967     10392      10392       9194    -11.53     10392       9433       9720       9194     -11.53    0.65

 MEXICO            9966      5197       5197       9097     75.04      5197       8442       8779       9097      75.04    0.65

 FRANCE            5167      5968       5968       8901     49.14      5968       8797       8893       8901      49.14    0.63

 ROMANIA           4188      5833       5833       6727     15.33      5833       6546       6690       6727      15.33    0.48

 CANADA            4773      8050       8050       6285    -21.93      8050       6630       6547       6285     -21.93    0.45


 _ASEAN          245839    306425     306425     261085    -14.80    306425     261072     257572     261085     -14.80   18.55

 _CBI            177912    198526     198526     201481      1.49    198526     206079     201323     201481       1.49   14.32

 _CAFTA          176748    197235     197235     201479      2.15    197235     206079     201323     201479       2.15   14.31

 _ANDEAN           6716     16648      16648      10424    -37.39     16648      10493      10154      10424     -37.39    0.74