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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 446:  W/G 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          1792293   2279801    2279801    2200291     -3.49   2279801    2184686    2190829    2200291      -3.49  100.00

 CHINA P        1643518   2140328    2140328    2030207     -5.15   2140328    2021066    2020210    2030207      -5.15   92.27

 ITALY            30912     38485      38485      62244     61.74     38485      60644      61824      62244      61.74    2.83

 BNGLDSH           6484      3339       3339      14886    345.82      3339       6567      14886      14886     345.82    0.68

 PERU              8986     14048      14048      14271      1.59     14048      13609      14036      14271       1.59    0.65

 IRELAND           6767      6361       6361       8095     27.26      6361       8072       8310       8095      27.26    0.37

 ECUADOR           7038     10054      10054       7988    -20.55     10054       8822       8532       7988     -20.55    0.36

 CHINA T          15195      7357       7357       7246     -1.51      7357       8241       7237       7246      -1.51    0.33

 U KING            8581      7301       7301       6976     -4.45      7301       6765       6890       6976      -4.45    0.32

 CAMBOD              26        84         84       6639   7803.57        84       6639       6639       6639    7803.57    0.30

 HG KONG          11111     13024      13024       6567    -49.58     13024       6801       6850       6567     -49.58    0.30

 INDNSIA           5062      2248       2248       4565    103.07      2248       4286       4525       4565     103.07    0.21

 VIETNAM           6826       396        396       4177    954.80       396       4177       4177       4177     954.80    0.19

 TURKEY            4647      4973       4973       2835    -42.99      4973       3877       3087       2835     -42.99    0.13

 SWITZLD           2371      4013       4013       2814    -29.88      4013       3163       2839       2814     -29.88    0.13

 MADAGAS           9199       218        218       2314    961.47       218       2110       2314       2314     961.47    0.11


 _ANDEAN          17378     25630      25630      23562     -8.07     25630      23841      23949      23562      -8.07    1.07

 _ASEAN           14773      6437       6437      15880    146.70      6437      17634      15767      15880     146.70    0.72

 _SUB-SAHARA       9383       881        881       2464    179.74       881       2255       2460       2464     179.74    0.11

 _CBI                16       140        140       1166    732.86       140        118       1160       1166     732.86    0.05

 _CAFTA              16       140        140       1164    731.43       140        118       1160       1164     731.43    0.05