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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 645:  M/B MMF SWEATERS
                     Data in Doz., 30.80 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           327057    391448     391448     438876     12.12    391448     449887     441580     438876      12.12  100.00

 CHINA P         121270    213332     213332     215912      1.21    213332     223685     219041     215912       1.21   49.20

 BNGLDSH          49022     81677      81677      92910     13.75     81677      98610      94440      92910      13.75   21.17

 MEXICO           17801     23939      23939      54358    127.07     23939      50754      50759      54358     127.07   12.39

 INDNSIA           9386     33591      33591      30425     -9.43     33591      35222      35205      30425      -9.43    6.93

 EGYPT            53143      3783       3783       7481     97.75      3783       7884       7427       7481      97.75    1.70

 JORDAN           20382      4105       4105       6158     50.01      4105       7029       6392       6158      50.01    1.40

 MAURIT               0       369        369         29    -92.14       369         29         29         29     -92.14    0.01

 ISRAEL           11238      9218       9218         20    -99.78      9218        948         21         20     -99.78    0.00


 _ASEAN           22715     39586      39586      40323      1.86     39586      43858      43621      40323       1.86    9.19