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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 800:  SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
                     Data in Kg..,  8.50 M2 per Kg. . 

                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           427477    553128     553128     561441      1.50    553128     512847     538586     561441       1.50  100.00

 CHINA P         191206    258717     258717     315255     21.85    258717     280690     313990     315255      21.85   56.15

 MEXICO               0       209        209      61759  29449.76       209      11151      29084      61759   29449.76   11.00

 HUNGARY          25932     50048      50048      38237    -23.60     50048      35230      35168      38237     -23.60    6.81

 BELGIUM          10415     39140      39140      27847    -28.85     39140      38825      38034      27847     -28.85    4.96

 ROMANIA          23281     18953      18953      20889     10.21     18953      22957      20965      20889      10.21    3.72

 INDNSIA            193         0          0      19495       *           0      19495      19495      19495        *      3.47

 LITHUAN            359     41881      41881      19134    -54.31     41881      29722      19134      19134     -54.31    3.41

 ITALY             6248     15281      15281      17133     12.12     15281      27602      21625      17133      12.12    3.05

 FRANCE           22145     22129      22129      11125    -49.73     22129      15043      11075      11125     -49.73    1.98

 GERMANY           3574     14272      14272       1600    -88.79     14272        336        182       1600     -88.79    0.28

 BRAZIL              32     22757      22757        183    -99.20     22757         73         79        183     -99.20    0.03

 PAKISTN              0     33776      33776          *       *       33776          *          *          *        *       *  


 _ASEAN             880       545        545      19545   3486.24       545      19545      19545      19545    3486.24    3.48