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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 632:  MMF HOSIERY
                     Data in Dpr.,  3.80 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        105466791 136522809  136522809  154556419     13.21 136522809  151001635  152545028  154556419      13.21  100.00

 CHINA P       78780469 109122068  109122068  124459041     14.05 109122068  121836162  122721209  124459041      14.05   80.53

 CHINA T        4253034   5292933    5292933    5075948     -4.10   5292933    5162976    5112269    5075948      -4.10    3.28

 HONDURA         406961   1121433    1121433    4480785    299.56   1121433    3288523    4108775    4480785     299.56    2.90

 KOR REP        3739046   3719547    3719547    3824473      2.82   3719547    3784454    3832438    3824473       2.82    2.47

 SALVADR        3682092   2917744    2917744    3492785     19.71   2917744    3109695    3340467    3492785      19.71    2.26

 MEXICO         2838066   2968104    2968104    2363502    -20.37   2968104    2466984    2464903    2363502     -20.37    1.53

 PAKISTN         750172   1081970    1081970    2136569     97.47   1081970    2065037    2007160    2136569      97.47    1.38

 CAMBOD          572619    700152     700152    1626934    132.37    700152    1436741    1525475    1626934     132.37    1.05

 ECUADOR        2021756   1302999    1302999    1290610     -0.95   1302999    1252480    1224231    1290610      -0.95    0.84

 INDIA          1120266   1276913    1276913    1183170     -7.34   1276913    1259275    1196344    1183170      -7.34    0.77

 ITALY           448982   1327646    1327646     868139    -34.61   1327646    1078968    1035025     868139     -34.61    0.56

 C RICA          647410    605515     605515     616718      1.85    605515     605534     618778     616718       1.85    0.40

 VIETNAM         496229    527386     527386     568778      7.85    527386     594463     566043     568778       7.85    0.37

 TURKEY          167580    216827     216827     378715     74.66    216827     390518     371516     378715      74.66    0.25

 COLOMB         1099482   1174576    1174576     378226    -67.80   1174576     540249     447899     378226     -67.80    0.24


 _CBI           4791467   4659689    4659689    8599741     84.56   4659689    7018238    8079055    8599741      84.56    5.56

 _CAFTA         4790025   4657189    4657189    8592728     84.50   4657189    7011125    8072042    8592728      84.50    5.56

 _ASEAN         4152012   2616174    2616174    2537077     -3.02   2616174    2465672    2492454    2537077      -3.02    1.64

 _ANDEAN        3125661   2584499    2584499    1700779    -34.19   2584499    1799115    1678423    1700779     -34.19    1.10

 _SUB-SAHARA     138824    198075     198075     160847    -18.79    198075     178965     161262     160847     -18.79    0.10