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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 646:  W/G 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          4472042   4672877    4672877    5352708     14.55   4672877    5277402    5274015    5352708      14.55  100.00

 CHINA P        2889024   3019422    3019422    3751312     24.24   3019422    3660512    3677553    3751312      24.24   70.08

 BNGLDSH         869504    899383     899383     838295     -6.79    899383     837290     830308     838295      -6.79   15.66

 INDNSIA         168903    129323     129323     119434     -7.65    129323     117820     119758     119434      -7.65    2.23

 JORDAN          122863    144314     144314     105251    -27.07    144314     121324     112168     105251     -27.07    1.97

 SALVADR          64219     79467      79467     103121     29.77     79467      98742     100065     103121      29.77    1.93

 GUATMAL          86054     84328      84328      90790      7.66     84328     107000      94471      90790       7.66    1.70

 MEXICO           44534    100810     100810      85576    -15.11    100810      82759      83245      85576     -15.11    1.60

 CAMBOD           18913     27329      27329      72931    166.86     27329      56863      73509      72931     166.86    1.36

 VIETNAM          26220     26418      26418      31932     20.87     26418      30157      31626      31932      20.87    0.60

 CHINA T          77086     49729      49729      28356    -42.98     49729      34351      28447      28356     -42.98    0.53

 CANADA           14425     22012      22012      13116    -40.41     22012      18592      14080      13116     -40.41    0.25

 MAURIT              74      1299       1299       4314    232.10      1299       4267       4312       4314     232.10    0.08

 LESOTHO              0         4          4       2086  52050.00         4       2086       2086       2086   52050.00    0.04


 _ASEAN          233720    202044     202044     256261     26.83    202044     234071     251937     256261      26.83    4.79

 _CBI            151934    166866     166866     199029     19.27    166866     212844     201638     199029      19.27    3.72

 _CAFTA          151934    166866     166866     199025     19.27    166866     212842     201636     199025      19.27    3.72