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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 639:  W/G MMF KNIT SHIRTS / BLOUSES
                     Data in Doz., 12.50 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         49209818  56823330   56823330   68539767     20.62  56823330   66041937   66863852   68539767      20.62  100.00

 CHINA P       19205507  23619470   23619470   25501466      7.97  23619470   24476665   24768627   25501466       7.97   37.21

 VIETNAM        6774854   7092770    7092770    9698674     36.74   7092770    9345798    9410753    9698674      36.74   14.15

 INDNSIA        3754214   4131219    4131219    5727922     38.65   4131219    5348117    5519550    5727922      38.65    8.36

 MEXICO         3111924   3400061    3400061    4974830     46.32   3400061    4713192    4865969    4974830      46.32    7.26

 CAMBOD         2268906   2536784    2536784    3946579     55.57   2536784    3698715    3824210    3946579      55.57    5.76

 GUATMAL        1776060   2223760    2223760    2878613     29.45   2223760    2895611    2889508    2878613      29.45    4.20

 JORDAN         1680563   2270811    2270811    2514708     10.74   2270811    2475442    2519988    2514708      10.74    3.67

 PHIL R         1316856   1461848    1461848    1743903     19.29   1461848    1670225    1714340    1743903      19.29    2.54

 HONDURA         444875    732933     732933    1003868     36.97    732933     977864     990262    1003868      36.97    1.46

 BNGLDSH         348642    690135     690135     994107     44.05    690135     925952     933655     994107      44.05    1.45

 EGYPT           339681    552829     552829     968131     75.12    552829     965493     974109     968131      75.12    1.41

 NICARAG         533534    849619     849619     932885      9.80    849619     939816     926374     932885       9.80    1.36

 CHINA T        1222107   1018589    1018589     854530    -16.11   1018589     845083     825254     854530     -16.11    1.25

 SALVADR         606120    643703     643703     667955      3.77    643703     620449     646341     667955       3.77    0.97

 CANADA          310993    424149     424149     602155     41.97    424149     640370     633573     602155      41.97    0.88


 _ASEAN        14939984  15959592   15959592   21902536     37.24  15959592   20882969   21251604   21902536      37.24   31.96

 _CBI           3837908   4965799    4965799    5877581     18.36   4965799    5847324    5852075    5877581      18.36    8.58

 _CAFTA         3772496   4893912    4893912    5846103     19.46   4893912    5814135    5817449    5846103      19.46    8.53

 _SUB-SAHARA    1592098   1427544    1427544    1533119      7.40   1427544    1546848    1506339    1533119       7.40    2.24

 _ANDEAN         391715    458914     458914     516423     12.53    458914     499908     494707     516423      12.53    0.75