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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 643:  M/B MMF SUITS
                     Data in Nos.,  3.76 M2 per Nos . 

                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          3986600   4471163    4471163    4717809      5.52   4471163    4763999    4739547    4717809       5.52  100.00

 CHINA P        2983518   3467987    3467987    3721874      7.32   3467987    3690194    3733405    3721874       7.32   78.89

 DOM REP         680811    637402     637402     560045    -12.14    637402     636368     566772     560045     -12.14   11.87

 VIETNAM         142531    153542     153542     219020     42.65    153542     204367     210267     219020      42.65    4.64

 INDIA            23711     28084      28084      66335    136.20     28084      56815      63645      66335     136.20    1.41

 MEXICO            4370      4623       4623      31730    586.35      4623      32659      32218      31730     586.35    0.67

 GUATMAL           5056     44518      44518      30524    -31.43     44518      54854      45984      30524     -31.43    0.65

 PHIL R           37399     39069      39069      26963    -30.99     39069      32934      30835      26963     -30.99    0.57

 CAMBOD           20113         0          0      13034       *           0      13034      13034      13034        *      0.28

 HUNGARY          11865      8574       8574      10904     27.18      8574      11574      10482      10904      27.18    0.23

 HAITI             2884      9407       9407      10739     14.16      9407      10739      10739      10739      14.16    0.23

 ITALY             6409      3980       3980       5111     28.42      3980       4686       4740       5111      28.42    0.11

 KOR REP           6667     11096      11096       4091    -63.13     11096          *       1647       4091     -63.13    0.09

 INDNSIA          19985     29954      29954       3156    -89.46     29954       1198       1198       3156     -89.46    0.07

 HG KONG          10022     17887      17887         67    -99.63     17887        118         66         67     -99.63    0.00

 MAURIT              13         0          0          *       *           0          *          *          *        *       *  


 _CBI            689176    691935     691935     601983    -13.00    691935     703047     624581     601983     -13.00   12.76

 _CAFTA          686287    682528     682528     591191    -13.38    682528     692255     613789     591191     -13.38   12.53

 _ASEAN          220043    222882     222882     262281     17.68    222882     251626     255440     262281      17.68    5.56