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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 443:  M/B SUITS, WOOL
                     Data in Nos.,  3.76 M2 per Nos . 

                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          4855632   5041003    5041003    5557330     10.24   5041003    5478887    5550482    5557330      10.24  100.00

 CHINA P        1598645   2114307    2114307    1885650    -10.81   2114307    1918258    1879597    1885650     -10.81   33.93

 MEXICO          975391    940394     940394     938872     -0.16    940394     959141     952416     938872      -0.16   16.89

 INDNSIA         357312    218726     218726     676806    209.43    218726     556706     639482     676806     209.43   12.18

 VIETNAM         511926    314230     314230     354113     12.69    314230     359723     350317     354113      12.69    6.37

 ITALY           253133    265481     265481     287357      8.24    265481     281332     287253     287357       8.24    5.17

 BNGLDSH         263920    240000     240000     251762      4.90    240000     248183     263675     251762       4.90    4.53

 TURKEY          126577    242407     242407     243668      0.52    242407     255457     244602     243668       0.52    4.38

 INDIA           249626    173736     173736     185435      6.73    173736     187139     194459     185435       6.73    3.34

 CANADA          196583    186799     186799     173051     -7.36    186799     196729     186574     173051      -7.36    3.11

 HAITI            43159     69881      69881     108022     54.58     69881     118536     116139     108022      54.58    1.94

 GUATMAL              0         1          1      83088   8308700         1      77946      82433      83088    8308700    1.50

 JORDAN           41540     66521      66521      80407     20.87     66521      63936      74175      80407      20.87    1.45

 BULGAR           12763      2694       2694      58096   2056.50      2694      36072      50233      58096    2056.50    1.05

 CROATIA          10026     14707      14707      27971     90.19     14707      26252      28218      27971      90.19    0.50

 HG KONG          28042     25258      25258      26748      5.90     25258      26569      26727      26748       5.90    0.48


 _ASEAN          909401    556277     556277    1061097     90.75    556277     939152    1013701    1061097      90.75   19.09

 _CBI             43656     83585      83585     191512    129.12     83585     196497     198786     191512     129.12    3.45

 _CAFTA             497     13702      13702      83489    509.32     13702      77960      82646      83489     509.32    1.50

 _ANDEAN          12692      4780       4780       6184     29.37      4780       6681       5748       6184      29.37    0.11