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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 642:  MMF SKIRTS
                     Data in Doz., 14.90 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          5390245   7128476    7128476    7865048     10.33   7128476    7443287    7629820    7865048      10.33  100.00

 CHINA P        2454759   3263495    3263495    3659644     12.14   3263495    3398502    3533170    3659644      12.14   46.53

 VIETNAM         804525   1128093    1128093    1247292     10.57   1128093    1219685    1220286    1247292      10.57   15.86

 INDNSIA         627781    894880     894880     876638     -2.04    894880     863673     870205     876638      -2.04   11.15

 INDIA           231567    295733     295733     333079     12.63    295733     326501     327641     333079      12.63    4.23

 CAMBOD          147031    140723     140723     311014    121.01    140723     264174     276705     311014     121.01    3.95

 PHIL R          128190    190300     190300     237672     24.89    190300     201741     218238     237672      24.89    3.02

 MEXICO          140422    184617     184617     235965     27.81    184617     214798     218816     235965      27.81    3.00

 GUATMAL         220835    292919     292919     228865    -21.87    292919     220506     226397     228865     -21.87    2.91

 BNGLDSH          58178    116844     116844     117289      0.38    116844     126359     128428     117289       0.38    1.49

 CHINA T          97040    116909     116909      99558    -14.84    116909     105053     104450      99558     -14.84    1.27

 CANADA           53390     64020      64020      76072     18.83     64020      76484      78074      76072      18.83    0.97

 SRI LKA         117972     70979      70979      71582      0.85     70979      60549      65304      71582       0.85    0.91

 SALVADR          18069     32510      32510      45780     40.82     32510      44633      45321      45780      40.82    0.58

 THAILND          45758     61798      61798      42522    -31.19     61798      42424      41918      42522     -31.19    0.54

 DOM REP          25040     25042      25042      41799     66.92     25042      39150      40034      41799      66.92    0.53


 _ASEAN         1771096   2439318    2439318    2755238     12.95   2439318    2630987    2665775    2755238      12.95   35.03

 _CBI            279959    413573     413573     326605    -21.03    413573     314720     322521     326605     -21.03    4.15

 _CAFTA          277518    413224     413224     325259    -21.29    413224     313675     321199     325259     -21.29    4.14