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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 448:  W/G WOOL SLACKS/BREECHES/SHORTS
                     Data in Doz., 15.00 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           342727    355653     355653     350674     -1.40    355653     354299     351158     350674      -1.40  100.00

 CHINA P         136156    146392     146392     128458    -12.25    146392     134720     131364     128458     -12.25   36.63

 PHIL R           27774     46796      46796      67691     44.65     46796      65597      63807      67691      44.65   19.30

 VIETNAM          27561     28526      28526      26444     -7.30     28526      26475      25666      26444      -7.30    7.54

 JORDAN            7937      9484       9484      19822    109.00      9484      21216      20844      19822     109.00    5.65

 SRI LKA           6731      3842       3842      16773    336.57      3842      14410      16753      16773     336.57    4.78

 ITALY            11016     14640      14640      15390      5.12     14640      14760      15119      15390       5.12    4.39

 THAILND          19491     23134      23134      11106    -51.99     23134      11828      11044      11106     -51.99    3.17

 CAMBOD             268      1879       1879       8749    365.62      1879       9315       9315       8749     365.62    2.49

 INDNSIA          27404     10765      10765       4789    -55.51     10765       4096       4806       4789     -55.51    1.37

 INDIA            28822     14893      14893       4472    -69.97     14893       5454       4697       4472     -69.97    1.28

 EGYPT             3437      9959       9959       3171    -68.16      9959       2390       3546       3171     -68.16    0.90

 MAURIT               0         1          1          1      0.00         1          2          1          1       0.00    0.00

 LESOTHO              0         2          2          *       *           2          *          *          *        *       *  


 _ASEAN          103205    111105     111105     118783      6.91    111105     117314     114641     118783       6.91   33.87

 _CBI              8335     11847      11847       9940    -16.10     11847       9891       9830       9940     -16.10    2.83

 _CAFTA            8312     11847      11847       9939    -16.11     11847       9891       9830       9939     -16.11    2.83