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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 444: W/G 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 362752 468784 468784 428023 -8.70 468784 448144 425356 428023 -8.70 100.00
CHINA P 291553 418463 418463 324019 -22.57 418463 347940 324527 324019 -22.57 75.70
PHIL R 0 14206 14206 30469 114.48 14206 22150 22263 30469 114.48 7.12
VIETNAM 11984 20412 20412 24316 19.13 20412 30063 29663 24316 19.13 5.68
SRI LKA 17761 4096 4096 15035 267.07 4096 15035 15035 15035 267.07 3.51
INDNSIA 758 0 0 10433 * 0 10433 10433 10433 * 2.44
ITALY 7858 6529 6529 7120 9.05 6529 7163 7523 7120 9.05 1.66
INDIA 167 828 828 3950 377.05 828 3376 3767 3950 377.05 0.92
TURKEY 1057 270 270 3207 1087.78 270 3187 3196 3207 1087.78 0.75
MAURIT 4 0 0 * * 0 * * * * *
_ASEAN 37559 34723 34723 65261 87.95 34723 62689 62402 65261 87.95 15.25