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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 810:  WOVEN FAB, SILK BLD/N-COT VEG FIB
                     Data in M2..,  1.00 M2 per M2. . 

                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         30099905  34733738   34733738   39065050     12.47  34733738   42135505   41762648   39065050      12.47  100.00

 CHINA P       20534670  20298459   20298459   25042664     23.37  20298459   26332790   26013642   25042664      23.37   64.11

 BELGIUM        1679215   1821866    1821866    3335231     83.07   1821866    3332557    3305953    3335231      83.07    8.54

 U KING          812526   3903981    3903981    2570653    -34.15   3903981    4279759    3904723    2570653     -34.15    6.58

 INDIA           765705   1109395    1109395    1776849     60.16   1109395    1289757    1293644    1776849      60.16    4.55

 ITALY          1046921   2170339    2170339    1298222    -40.18   2170339    1911683    2153907    1298222     -40.18    3.32

 BELARUS         714458    779072     779072    1293474     66.03    779072    1208576    1269545    1293474      66.03    3.31

 KOR REP         753783   1058123    1058123     960162     -9.26   1058123     969313     928451     960162      -9.26    2.46

 BRAZIL          380120    629662     629662     529773    -15.86    629662     540745     584702     529773     -15.86    1.36

 FRANCE          625966    850842     850842     162610    -80.89    850842     185989     160178     162610     -80.89    0.42

 MAURIT               0         0          0         50       *           0         50         50         50        *      0.00