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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 640:  M/B NOT-KNIT MMF SHIRTS
                     Data in Doz., 20.10 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          6018626   6949703    6949703    6998055      0.70   6949703    7069797    7051600    6998055       0.70  100.00

 CHINA P        1577013   1880433    1880433    1589380    -15.48   1880433    1655445    1648752    1589380     -15.48   22.71

 HONDURA         968756   1320890    1320890    1339789      1.43   1320890    1359059    1352849    1339789       1.43   19.15

 BNGLDSH         651703    727873     727873     884666     21.54    727873     876856     887042     884666      21.54   12.64

 MEXICO          675538    721619     721619     687717     -4.70    721619     703926     692098     687717      -4.70    9.83

 VIETNAM         568596    634716     634716     645364      1.68    634716     677952     663967     645364       1.68    9.22

 INDNSIA         421266    425783     425783     447202      5.03    425783     412653     416137     447202       5.03    6.39

 DOM REP         190639    229301     229301     275059     19.96    229301     269150     270625     275059      19.96    3.93

 HAITI           151635    182357     182357     258939     42.00    182357     248773     253701     258939      42.00    3.70

 SALVADR         124782    138954     138954     179228     28.98    138954     173348     178422     179228      28.98    2.56

 NICARAG         155220    210812     210812     152677    -27.58    210812     173490     159436     152677     -27.58    2.18

 INDIA            57359     56152      56152      76348     35.97     56152      82769      81110      76348      35.97    1.09

 KENYA            15132      4826       4826      74957   1453.19      4826      69573      74356      74957    1453.19    1.07

 EGYPT            86902     65001      65001      68172      4.88     65001      54637      58683      68172       4.88    0.97

 PHIL R           21154     33430      33430      55849     67.06     33430      48058      52375      55849      67.06    0.80

 GUATMAL          12085     22976      22976      39313     71.10     22976      44099      42896      39313      71.10    0.56


 _CBI           1603666   2105805    2105805    2245730      6.64   2105805    2268891    2258752    2245730       6.64   32.09

 _CAFTA         1451770   1923079    1923079    1986066      3.28   1923079    2019146    2004228    1986066       3.28   28.38

 _ASEAN         1073810   1154147    1154147    1202323      4.17   1154147    1189611    1184465    1202323       4.17   17.18

 _SUB-SAHARA      90036     68947      68947      86318     25.19     68947      82481      86288      86318      25.19    1.23