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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 644:  W/G 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          9013783   7685535    7685535    6297499    -18.06   7685535    6929926    6479066    6297499     -18.06  100.00

 VIETNAM        2731061   2837540    2837540    2867246      1.05   2837540    3091780    2907124    2867246       1.05   45.53

 CHINA P        4376280   3793553    3793553    2741193    -27.74   3793553    2946559    2833008    2741193     -27.74   43.53

 BNGLDSH         619635    335418     335418     295681    -11.85    335418     388390     332221     295681     -11.85    4.70

 INDNSIA         190815    217329     217329     206537     -4.97    217329     221245     206351     206537      -4.97    3.28

 SRI LKA          19151    118661     118661      63326    -46.63    118661     135645      90227      63326     -46.63    1.01

 HG KONG           6196     24803      24803      40994     65.28     24803      37354      37354      40994      65.28    0.65

 GUATMAL         268813    304005     304005      39963    -86.85    304005      66304      32109      39963     -86.85    0.63

 KOR REP            903       595        595       7977   1240.67       595       8090       7977       7977    1240.67    0.13

 EGYPT             7052         0          0       7446       *           0       7446       7446       7446        *      0.12

 MEXICO            1013      4075       4075       6882     68.88      4075       3713       5337       6882      68.88    0.11

 INDIA            10719     13020      13020       6661    -48.84     13020       6264       6264       6661     -48.84    0.11

 NICARAG         445603      5946       5946       2210    -62.83      5946       2210       2210       2210     -62.83    0.04

 ROMANIA           5864      6324       6324        363    -94.26      6324        385        385        363     -94.26    0.01

 PHIL R            9276      8810       8810        289    -96.72      8810        289        289        289     -96.72    0.00

 LESOTHO              0         0          0         11       *           0         11         11         11        *      0.00


 _ASEAN         3067260   3065949    3065949    3074295      0.27   3065949    3313558    3113982    3074295       0.27   48.82

 _CBI            715581    310244     310244      42177    -86.41    310244      68525      34323      42177     -86.41    0.67

 _CAFTA          715573    310244     310244      42177    -86.41    310244      68525      34323      42177     -86.41    0.67