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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 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                     Data in Kg..,  6.30 M2 per Kg. . 

                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         15902015  23697826   23697826   16773447    -29.22  23697826   16861046   17173968   16773447     -29.22  100.00

 INDNSIA        7732278  10775873   10775873    8531715    -20.83  10775873    8451827    8594525    8531715     -20.83   50.86

 INDIA           919719   2235726    2235726    1450529    -35.12   2235726    1336831    1376554    1450529     -35.12    8.65

 CHINA P        1421962   2429723    2429723    1445720    -40.50   2429723    1448962    1484869    1445720     -40.50    8.62

 THAILND        1785782   2909745    2909745    1305107    -55.15   2909745    1546545    1506322    1305107     -55.15    7.78

 AUSTRAL         923517    985235     985235    1022776      3.81    985235    1060925    1069076    1022776       3.81    6.10

 SPAIN           361922    856794     856794     861436      0.54    856794     861350     865879     861436       0.54    5.14

 CHINA T         189963    533871     533871     630746     18.15    533871     612080     630830     630746      18.15    3.76

 VIETNAM         574773    874564     874564     499685    -42.86    874564     417215     491336     499685     -42.86    2.98

 KOR REP         778969    851251     851251     373297    -56.15    851251     438600     449435     373297     -56.15    2.23

 TURKEY          467199    463826     463826     284924    -38.57    463826     301294     322384     284924     -38.57    1.70

 PAKISTN         129205    181132     181132     178374     -1.52    181132     170890     178374     178374      -1.52    1.06

 AUSTRIA          70526    152211     152211      35025    -76.99    152211      48767      48670      35025     -76.99    0.21

 MALAYSA          17644    187608     187608      18932    -89.91    187608      18932      18932      18932     -89.91    0.11


 _ASEAN        10133238  14757861   14757861   10355439    -29.83  14757861   10434519   10611115   10355439     -29.83   61.74