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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 445:  M/B SWEATERS, WOOL
                     Data in Doz., 12.40 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           413296    478925     478925     493340      3.01    478925     480105     491840     493340       3.01  100.00

 CHINA P         300519    387751     387751     410741      5.93    387751     400449     409557     410741       5.93   83.26

 ITALY            33826     30687      30687      29307     -4.50     30687      28223      28953      29307      -4.50    5.94

 BNGLDSH          26144     20970      20970      14594    -30.41     20970      14982      14533      14594     -30.41    2.96

 U KING            5708      6217       6217       8009     28.83      6217       7536       7971       8009      28.83    1.62

 MAURIT             885      2593       2593       3386     30.58      2593       3365       3474       3386      30.58    0.69

 PERU              1694      2442       2442       2479      1.50      2442       2473       2434       2479       1.50    0.50

 IRELAND           1257      1789       1789       2254     25.99      1789       2175       2339       2254      25.99    0.46

 FRANCE             260       791        791       2185    176.23       791       1247       1795       2185     176.23    0.44

 HG KONG           7396      3192       3192       2090    -34.52      3192       2158       2089       2090     -34.52    0.42

 TURKEY            1070      1197       1197       2002     67.25      1197       1739       1838       2002      67.25    0.41

 CHINA T           1987      2187       2187       1864    -14.77      2187       1884       2105       1864     -14.77    0.38

 INDIA              730       518        518       1454    180.69       518       1392       1454       1454     180.69    0.29

 ROMANIA           1075      1512       1512       1309    -13.43      1512       1104       1252       1309     -13.43    0.27

 NORWAY            1081      1226       1226       1230      0.33      1226       1294       1364       1230       0.33    0.25

 ECUADOR           2615      1854       1854        945    -49.02      1854        903        953        945     -49.02    0.19


 _ANDEAN           4658      4666       4666       3892    -16.59      4666       3787       3879       3892     -16.59    0.79

 _SUB-SAHARA       4932      2765       2765       3612     30.63      2765       3597       3705       3612      30.63    0.73

 _ASEAN           14203      5527       5527        719    -86.99      5527       1215        717        719     -86.99    0.15