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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 631:  MMF GLOVES AND MITTENS
                     Data in Dpr.,  2.90 M2 per Dpr . 

                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         26969451  34233840   34233840   37526930      9.62  34233840   38111988   37918606   37526930       9.62  100.00

 CHINA P       19715605  23670321   23670321   26112486     10.32  23670321   26491995   26277033   26112486      10.32   69.58

 PAKISTN         697054   1131480    1131480    3073368    171.62   1131480    3005280    3115460    3073368     171.62    8.19

 MEXICO         1639089   2154087    2154087    2000570     -7.13   2154087    2065910    2035748    2000570      -7.13    5.33

 KOR REP         907729   1578208    1578208    1501068     -4.89   1578208    1462147    1496319    1501068      -4.89    4.00

 CHINA T        1000836   1246839    1246839     931822    -25.27   1246839    1004917     992328     931822     -25.27    2.48

 VIETNAM         718881    968446     968446     908141     -6.23    968446     926449     945987     908141      -6.23    2.42

 SRI LKA         466042    755266     755266     787436      4.26    755266     816577     779128     787436       4.26    2.10

 PHIL R          425710    563499     563499     536408     -4.81    563499     553894     553484     536408      -4.81    1.43

 MALAYSA         372999    544976     544976     413850    -24.06    544976     434759     425833     413850     -24.06    1.10

 BNGLDSH         154783    449002     449002     389595    -13.23    449002     363545     371195     389595     -13.23    1.04

 INDNSIA         281568    449262     449262     365721    -18.60    449262     328138     352398     365721     -18.60    0.97

 HG KONG         329965    370405     370405      89219    -75.91    370405     234024     144278      89219     -75.91    0.24


 _ASEAN         1871459   2546620    2546620    2286761    -10.20   2546620    2306820    2343233    2286761     -10.20    6.09