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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 440:  WOOL SHIRTS/BLOUSES, NOT-KNIT
                     Data in Doz., 20.10 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            31651     36441      36441      44338     21.67     36441      43611      43169      44338      21.67  100.00

 MEXICO            8275     11531      11531      14051     21.85     11531      15825      14466      14051      21.85   31.69

 CHINA P          10788     14047      14047      14016     -0.22     14047      13309      14075      14016      -0.22   31.61

 INDIA             4285      2781       2781       3181     14.38      2781       2623       2605       3181      14.38    7.17

 ITALY             1843      1810       1810       1995     10.23      1810       1881       1832       1995      10.23    4.50

 MOROC              311       106        106       1344   1167.92       106       1349       1349       1344    1167.92    3.03

 VIETNAM            717       280        280       1263    351.07       280       1220       1263       1263     351.07    2.85

 COLOMB             677       866        866       1118     29.10       866       1273       1251       1118      29.10    2.52

 TURKEY             115       346        346        942    172.25       346        975        975        942     172.25    2.12

 SALVADR            643       252        252        778    208.73       252        630        662        778     208.73    1.75

 INDNSIA             76       255        255        732    187.25       255        289        360        732     187.25    1.65

 HONDURA             97       116        116        505    335.34       116        508        490        505     335.34    1.14

 DOM REP            729       560        560        446    -20.31       560        383        400        446     -20.31    1.01

 UKRAINE              0        11         11        406   3590.91        11        406        406        406    3590.91    0.92

 FRANCE             512       679        679        361    -46.83       679        360        352        361     -46.83    0.81

 CHINA T              1        34         34        312    817.65        34        311        311        312     817.65    0.70


 _ASEAN             977       691        691       2202    218.74       691       1707       1825       2202     218.74    4.97

 _CBI              1593      1081       1081       1770     63.76      1081       1561       1592       1770      63.76    3.99

 _CAFTA            1572      1081       1081       1770     63.76      1081       1561       1592       1770      63.76    3.99

 _ANDEAN            787       891        891       1234     38.50       891       1297       1275       1234      38.50    2.78