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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 636:  MMF DRESSES
                     Data in Doz., 37.90 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         18909607  22355414   22355414   29284664     31.00  22355414   28075850   28499202   29284664      31.00  100.00

 CHINA P       10920951  12805395   12805395   15808811     23.45  12805395   15193776   15455370   15808811      23.45   53.98

 VIETNAM        2407010   2816476    2816476    3864498     37.21   2816476    3688422    3734271    3864498      37.21   13.20

 INDNSIA        1045708   1505859    1505859    2135285     41.80   1505859    2040698    2065516    2135285      41.80    7.29

 PHIL R          960824    947772     947772    1445464     52.51    947772    1373437    1399038    1445464      52.51    4.94

 INDIA           618095    897308     897308    1380821     53.88    897308    1308182    1330862    1380821      53.88    4.72

 CAMBOD          304572    442885     442885    1084169    144.80    442885     942185     991455    1084169     144.80    3.70

 BNGLDSH         387801    758994     758994     792305      4.39    758994     789091     786584     792305       4.39    2.71

 SRI LKA         471871    488783     488783     570348     16.69    488783     547116     551414     570348      16.69    1.95

 MEXICO          460904    420900     420900     563994     34.00    420900     570766     564558     563994      34.00    1.93

 GUATMAL         233496    168163     168163     429451    155.38    168163     418484     415999     429451     155.38    1.47

 CHINA T         186469    176843     176843     145939    -17.48    176843     145822     143506     145939     -17.48    0.50

 TURKEY           77922     95020      95020     129926     36.74     95020     126711     125350     129926      36.74    0.44

 SALVADR         135604    131393     131393     125870     -4.20    131393     126868     126693     125870      -4.20    0.43

 MALAYSA          54495     73468      73468      80145      9.09     73468      78081      77254      80145       9.09    0.27

 ARAB EM          34674     54634      54634      79389     45.31     54634      82482      79634      79389      45.31    0.27


 _ASEAN         4847640   5856611    5856611    8675871     48.14   5856611    8186829    8329565    8675871      48.14   29.63

 _CBI            414418    333985     333985     586034     75.47    333985     574391     571648     586034      75.47    2.00

 _CAFTA          410435    333887     333887     579728     73.63    333887     568078     565331     579728      73.63    1.98

 _SUB-SAHARA      65997     18432      18432      50935    176.34     18432      51085      53734      50935     176.34    0.17

 _ANDEAN          41106     41451      41451      34600    -16.53     41451      36015      35313      34600     -16.53    0.12