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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| WORLD | | Preliminary 10/2009 Data in Million M2 |
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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.
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 10/2009
Ctrl, Cat, Product 2007 2008 10/2008 10/2009 % Change 10/2008 8/2009 9/2009 10/2009 % Change % Share
(P) (P)
Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
200 Yarns / Sew Thrd 106.964 109.264 94.173 84.247 -10.54 109.946 101.343 102.374 99.338 -9.65 100.00
201 Specialty Yarns 180.346 187.800 154.561 142.688 -7.68 179.645 187.826 182.437 175.926 -2.07 100.00
218 Fab, Color Yarn 80.156 67.720 59.060 40.340 -31.70 71.102 50.074 48.267 49.001 -31.08 100.00
219 Duck Fabric 71.668 59.423 49.681 37.767 -23.98 62.015 49.606 50.019 47.509 -23.39 100.00
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 183.611 130.257 107.367 112.001 4.32 129.503 131.650 135.254 134.891 4.16 100.00
222 Knit Fabric 1229.331 1010.030 892.201 1004.648 12.60 1046.442 1110.998 1118.302 1122.477 7.27 100.00
223 Non-Woven Fabric 2780.199 2512.884 2145.629 1978.015 -7.81 2570.229 2351.408 2355.148 2345.271 -8.75 100.00
224 Pile/Tufted Fab. 213.136 201.561 175.969 142.043 -19.28 216.146 170.430 166.771 167.634 -22.44 100.00
225 Blue Denim Fab. 46.516 40.783 36.137 26.140 -27.66 43.952 31.193 31.307 30.786 -29.96 100.00
226 Cheesecloth,Bati 47.135 43.914 37.459 26.896 -28.20 44.134 34.403 33.814 33.352 -24.43 100.00
227 Oxford Cloth 16.289 6.060 5.920 0.786 -86.72 13.052 1.419 1.119 0.927 -92.90 100.00
229 Special Fabric 1720.148 1603.302 1348.444 1392.995 3.30 1640.563 1652.727 1659.065 1647.853 0.44 100.00
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 54.061 29.710 25.415 21.813 -14.17 33.212 26.560 26.323 26.108 -21.39 100.00
239 Baby Garm / Acc 959.817 850.082 711.998 675.765 -5.09 869.852 814.626 817.794 813.848 -6.44 100.00
Cotton:
300 Carded Cot. Yarn 222.605 143.688 122.090 91.008 -25.46 144.231 120.636 119.541 112.607 -21.93 100.00
301 Combed Cot. Yarn 373.807 329.689 300.172 166.050 -44.68 353.460 223.514 207.331 195.566 -44.67 100.00
313 Cotton Sheeting 278.868 273.725 235.711 162.383 -31.11 279.239 216.405 209.322 200.396 -28.23 100.00
314 Poplin,Broadcl. 168.633 135.019 119.865 83.189 -30.60 147.992 104.464 101.193 98.343 -33.55 100.00
315 Printcloth Fab. 125.143 82.314 70.581 50.155 -28.94 87.010 63.944 62.771 61.888 -28.87 100.00
317 Twill Fabric 72.865 88.625 77.402 38.394 -50.40 91.293 56.500 51.139 49.617 -45.65 100.00
326 Sateen Fabric 48.030 47.260 38.687 31.046 -19.75 47.007 40.985 40.625 39.618 -15.72 100.00
330 Cot.Handkerchief 11.566 8.811 7.615 7.232 -5.03 8.970 8.506 8.431 8.427 -6.05 100.00
331 Cot.Glove/Mitten 142.392 127.184 109.806 65.950 -39.94 133.783 92.023 88.522 83.328 -37.71 100.00
332 Cotton Hosiery 652.067 659.298 560.926 560.867 -0.01 664.305 662.045 660.840 659.239 -0.76 100.00
333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 17.718 14.900 12.830 8.951 -30.23 15.603 12.551 11.636 11.021 -29.36 100.00
334 Oth. Coats, MB 359.556 367.319 316.737 267.592 -15.52 370.327 340.755 330.734 318.174 -14.08 100.00
335 W/G Cot. Coats 623.973 621.323 526.276 424.946 -19.25 638.412 539.931 524.212 519.993 -18.55 100.00
336 Cotton Dresses 501.043 580.596 501.440 550.850 9.85 574.141 620.514 625.247 630.006 9.73 100.00
338 Knit Shirts,MB 1140.997 1123.797 948.882 827.551 -12.79 1122.370 1029.760 1020.913 1002.466 -10.68 100.00
339 W/G Knit Blouse 1407.512 1400.058 1197.944 1087.402 -9.23 1410.329 1295.962 1290.444 1289.517 -8.57 100.00
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 672.420 599.957 513.124 468.389 -8.72 611.760 565.985 564.170 555.222 -9.24 100.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 332.945 300.218 262.843 266.839 1.52 308.188 294.335 300.034 304.214 -1.29 100.00
342 Cotton Skirts 200.459 153.376 134.751 135.763 0.75 152.560 151.461 151.555 154.388 1.20 100.00
345 Cotton Sweater 315.013 288.083 247.917 242.434 -2.21 304.123 291.800 292.314 282.600 -7.08 100.00
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 1105.947 1089.407 933.482 879.361 -5.80 1088.462 1042.629 1041.809 1035.285 -4.89 100.00
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 1626.156 1595.742 1385.605 1315.979 -5.02 1607.228 1525.060 1527.167 1526.116 -5.05 100.00
349 Bras, & other 36.329 35.931 31.260 25.921 -17.08 36.727 31.285 31.079 30.593 -16.70 100.00
350 Dress. Gown etc 404.196 363.688 309.965 266.959 -13.87 371.606 327.611 323.527 320.682 -13.70 100.00
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 996.191 922.223 790.743 651.196 -17.65 918.673 832.738 814.584 782.676 -14.80 100.00
352 Cotton Underwear 1997.757 2123.579 1797.934 1459.036 -18.85 2108.273 1870.776 1834.875 1784.681 -15.35 100.00
353 Down Coats,M/B 0.439 0.590 0.512 0.359 -29.91 0.586 0.559 0.442 0.437 -25.47 100.00
354 Down Coats,W/G 0.367 0.108 0.106 0.107 0.72 0.150 0.105 0.101 0.109 -27.53 100.00
359 Oth. Cot. App. 391.084 356.633 298.574 301.377 0.94 348.944 363.268 365.348 359.437 3.01 100.00
360 Pillowcases 230.311 215.721 184.136 163.426 -11.25 220.278 196.762 197.902 195.011 -11.47 100.00
361 Cotton Sheets 1371.212 1328.166 1117.735 988.153 -11.59 1336.907 1221.372 1217.039 1198.584 -10.35 100.00
362 Bedsprds/Quilt 301.777 329.966 281.128 266.145 -5.33 327.938 315.841 315.689 314.982 -3.95 100.00
363 Pile Towels 287.352 289.011 246.874 219.683 -11.01 291.464 267.554 266.525 261.820 -10.17 100.00
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 2981.742 2791.447 2375.939 2123.047 -10.64 2834.450 2592.827 2578.631 2538.555 -10.44 100.00
Wool:
400 Wool Yarns 32.149 29.590 25.608 18.028 -29.60 30.521 23.244 22.993 22.010 -27.89 100.00
410 Wool Woven Fab. 19.020 16.233 14.172 7.860 -44.54 16.834 10.872 10.514 9.921 -41.07 100.00
414 Oth Wool Fabric 10.815 8.884 7.698 5.189 -32.60 9.867 6.563 6.396 6.375 -35.39 100.00
431 Wool Glov/Mitns 1.381 1.637 1.414 1.056 -25.33 1.618 1.351 1.247 1.278 -20.98 100.00
432 Wool Hosiery 2.127 1.826 1.605 1.135 -29.32 1.966 1.609 1.510 1.355 -31.08 100.00
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB 23.104 20.667 17.923 13.441 -25.01 20.921 17.298 16.733 16.185 -22.64 100.00
434 Oth. Coats, M/B 16.622 19.306 17.636 17.677 0.24 19.104 20.319 20.349 19.348 1.28 100.00
435 W/G Coats, Wool 78.671 82.284 76.240 61.889 -18.82 82.877 74.878 70.947 67.934 -18.03 100.00
436 Wool Dresses 12.830 14.442 12.836 10.928 -14.86 14.560 13.886 13.067 12.534 -13.91 100.00
438 K Shirts,Blouses 23.752 23.578 21.404 18.491 -13.61 23.968 22.253 21.106 20.665 -13.78 100.00
439 Babies' garments 0.491 0.538 0.512 0.406 -20.78 0.529 0.514 0.433 0.432 -18.44 100.00
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 1.148 0.749 0.679 0.660 -2.91 0.791 0.656 0.665 0.730 -7.74 100.00
442 Wool Skirts 5.255 4.140 3.743 2.591 -30.78 4.233 3.274 3.047 2.988 -29.42 100.00
443 Wool Suits,M/B 24.887 20.139 17.689 15.376 -13.08 21.424 17.942 18.383 17.826 -16.80 100.00
444 Wool Suits,W/G 2.345 1.910 1.757 1.151 -34.47 2.163 1.288 1.277 1.305 -39.68 100.00
445 Wool Sweater,MB 8.650 6.912 6.396 4.673 -26.94 7.366 6.143 5.811 5.189 -29.56 100.00
446 Wool Sweater,WG 35.454 30.655 27.338 19.564 -28.44 31.791 28.320 25.870 22.881 -28.03 100.00
447 Wool Trousers,MB 20.306 17.541 15.265 12.263 -19.66 18.251 14.820 14.737 14.540 -20.33 100.00
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 13.185 9.038 8.022 4.515 -43.72 9.806 6.398 5.797 5.531 -43.60 100.00
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 9.817 10.946 9.409 8.559 -9.03 10.986 10.663 10.283 10.096 -8.10 100.00
464 Wool Blankets 2.927 3.637 3.209 2.366 -26.28 3.864 2.888 2.761 2.794 -27.70 100.00
465 Floor Coverings 30.146 26.012 21.730 15.009 -30.93 26.860 20.306 19.823 19.291 -28.18 100.00
469 Oth. Wool Manuf. 2.054 1.628 1.440 1.088 -24.42 1.660 1.351 1.312 1.276 -23.14 100.00
Man-Made Fiber:
600 Text Fil Yarn 716.265 561.832 491.387 456.362 -7.13 589.438 553.694 555.992 526.807 -10.63 100.00
603 Yarn>85% artif. 127.582 109.429 97.923 85.984 -12.19 118.718 101.557 99.995 97.490 -17.88 100.00
604 Yarn>85% Synth. 243.230 201.455 174.992 127.347 -27.23 206.842 167.408 160.794 153.811 -25.64 100.00
606 N-Text Fil Yrn 972.682 975.029 809.317 572.290 -29.29 948.523 799.244 767.470 738.002 -22.19 100.00
607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn 98.703 71.411 60.728 53.934 -11.19 74.421 65.964 66.785 64.617 -13.17 100.00
611 Wov>85% Art Stp 6.050 8.966 8.279 3.412 -58.79 9.580 3.905 4.186 4.098 -57.22 100.00
613 MMF Sheeting Fab 19.932 6.944 5.985 8.030 34.17 8.316 9.299 8.971 8.988 8.09 100.00
614 MMF Pop/Brdclth 67.715 45.049 39.065 32.557 -16.66 49.066 39.195 39.780 38.540 -21.45 100.00
615 MMF Printcloth 6.154 5.787 5.002 2.953 -40.96 6.131 4.543 4.355 3.738 -39.04 100.00
617 MMF Twill/Sateen 32.496 31.283 27.065 17.704 -34.59 32.544 22.580 21.761 21.922 -32.64 100.00
618 Wov Artif Filam 27.034 26.982 24.109 13.409 -44.38 31.800 16.527 16.136 16.282 -48.80 100.00
619 Poly Fil Fab 237.538 222.601 190.644 152.024 -20.26 231.280 190.270 187.091 183.981 -20.45 100.00
620 Oth Synth Filam 637.614 688.808 576.856 513.722 -10.94 672.755 652.000 641.162 625.674 -7.00 100.00
621 Impression Fab 1.479 1.562 1.250 0.774 -38.04 1.313 1.519 1.248 1.087 -17.23 100.00
624 Wov MMF Fabric 4.146 3.059 2.770 1.302 -53.00 3.325 1.879 1.654 1.591 -52.15 100.00
625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl 36.241 25.659 23.559 15.288 -35.11 27.606 17.233 17.371 17.388 -37.01 100.00
626 Printclth Stp/Fl 16.086 15.847 14.066 10.003 -28.89 16.874 12.983 12.372 11.783 -30.17 100.00
627 Sheeting Stap/Fl 3.777 4.275 3.112 2.506 -19.49 3.734 3.730 3.593 3.669 -1.76 100.00
628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil 32.329 32.035 27.665 22.252 -19.56 33.877 26.132 25.429 26.622 -21.41 100.00
629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab 68.766 54.275 47.191 32.579 -30.96 58.001 42.813 41.296 39.662 -31.62 100.00
630 Handkerchiefs 1.173 1.830 1.508 1.283 -14.95 1.659 1.305 1.369 1.604 -3.30 100.00
631 Gloves/Mittens 98.541 98.390 84.107 64.501 -23.31 100.946 83.987 83.011 78.784 -21.95 100.00
632 Hosiery 364.767 367.174 318.475 332.867 4.52 366.737 377.261 376.227 381.566 4.04 100.00
633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 14.463 13.490 11.535 9.668 -16.19 13.668 12.190 11.749 11.623 -14.96 100.00
634 Other Coats, MB 418.227 365.745 315.571 279.660 -11.38 369.061 354.095 345.865 329.833 -10.63 100.00
635 Coats, W/G 511.994 463.902 405.410 376.566 -7.11 471.451 457.961 446.958 435.058 -7.72 100.00
636 Dresses 541.038 617.734 537.644 616.049 14.58 618.017 697.357 695.932 696.139 12.64 100.00
638 Knit Shirts, MB 642.328 706.194 604.546 446.828 -26.09 711.844 589.796 570.478 548.475 -22.95 100.00
639 Knit Blouses,WG 548.149 556.033 478.562 519.463 8.55 550.233 586.660 591.753 596.935 8.49 100.00
640 N-K Shirts, MB 192.281 147.580 127.100 100.022 -21.30 153.971 123.870 122.513 120.502 -21.74 100.00
641 N-K Blouses, WG 215.798 183.402 158.546 142.206 -10.31 185.891 172.740 170.761 167.061 -10.13 100.00
642 Skirts 107.225 78.778 69.808 67.884 -2.76 81.239 76.096 75.565 76.854 -5.40 100.00
643 MMF Suits, M/B 22.118 18.642 15.378 12.154 -20.97 19.155 15.500 15.643 15.418 -19.51 100.00
644 MMF W/G Suits 54.823 43.273 37.013 29.274 -20.91 44.591 37.497 35.317 35.533 -20.31 100.00
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 18.965 10.192 9.341 8.873 -5.01 10.400 7.643 8.334 9.725 -6.49 100.00
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 187.166 144.605 129.905 116.724 -10.15 145.104 142.211 141.989 131.424 -9.43 100.00
647 Trousers,etc MB 492.331 457.556 386.918 357.907 -7.50 458.290 432.836 433.782 428.545 -6.49 100.00
648 Slacks,etc. WG 403.976 371.670 316.449 277.388 -12.34 370.473 342.474 335.489 332.609 -10.22 100.00
649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup 162.121 160.914 136.163 125.273 -8.00 162.924 149.683 149.366 150.024 -7.92 100.00
650 Dress Gown,Robe 233.284 241.368 199.846 189.093 -5.38 230.750 232.748 229.300 230.614 -0.06 100.00
651 Nightwear/PJs 580.313 593.668 512.405 519.640 1.41 595.309 588.868 606.437 600.903 0.94 100.00
652 M-MF Underwear 562.140 559.728 463.699 436.487 -5.87 547.938 536.039 539.168 532.516 -2.81 100.00
653 Down Coats, M/B 10.807 10.018 9.348 7.614 -18.56 10.021 8.900 8.744 8.283 -17.34 100.00
654 Down Coats, W/G 38.028 28.175 25.542 23.361 -8.54 28.546 26.789 26.613 25.995 -8.94 100.00
659 Oth. MMF App. 1493.041 1503.655 1260.039 1405.590 11.55 1490.771 1588.220 1630.691 1649.207 10.63 100.00
665 Floor Coverings 109.118 100.037 85.793 77.069 -10.17 101.408 91.739 91.779 91.313 -9.95 100.00
666 Other Furnishing 4203.572 3849.593 3260.498 3294.288 1.04 3997.878 3800.412 3829.361 3883.384 -2.86 100.00
669 Other MMF Manuf 3710.206 3873.826 3375.269 2741.811 -18.77 3867.545 3376.583 3327.520 3240.367 -16.22 100.00
670 Flat Goods, etc. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * 0.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
800 S/V Yarns 15.413 6.336 5.587 3.186 -42.97 8.431 4.405 4.225 3.935 -53.32 100.00
810 S/V Woven Fabric 99.037 142.770 130.473 22.719 -82.59 150.415 52.103 41.201 35.016 -76.72 100.00
831 Gloves Silk/Veg 3.398 3.666 3.230 2.909 -9.96 3.725 3.431 3.405 3.344 -10.22 100.00
832 Hosiery Slk/Veg 1.052 2.137 1.660 2.450 47.57 1.711 2.908 2.982 2.927 71.03 100.00
833 S/V S-T CoatsMB 1.933 1.982 1.641 0.972 -40.78 1.899 1.334 1.337 1.313 -30.83 100.00
834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B 2.526 2.350 2.173 2.342 7.77 2.308 2.556 2.506 2.519 9.13 100.00
835 S/V Coats W/G 34.138 30.210 26.909 13.702 -49.08 31.391 17.996 17.544 17.003 -45.83 100.00
836 S/V Dresses 20.532 19.081 17.407 11.715 -32.70 19.542 13.455 13.437 13.390 -31.48 100.00
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 30.665 20.658 17.810 11.718 -34.20 21.440 16.767 15.770 14.566 -32.06 100.00
839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga 5.401 6.296 5.414 2.572 -52.49 7.001 4.530 4.149 3.455 -50.65 100.00
840 S/V Wov Shirts 61.487 46.655 42.111 30.710 -27.07 47.872 36.010 35.637 35.254 -26.36 100.00
842 S/V Skirts 19.935 11.741 10.735 6.853 -36.16 12.675 8.495 8.107 7.858 -38.00 100.00
843 S/V Suits, M/B 0.615 0.444 0.411 0.285 -30.70 0.451 0.293 0.321 0.318 -29.39 100.00
844 WG Suits S/V 2.503 2.129 1.993 0.819 -58.90 2.215 1.015 0.978 0.955 -56.86 100.00
845 Sweaters, Veg. 38.948 26.485 23.624 16.225 -31.32 27.721 21.710 20.748 19.086 -31.15 100.00
846 Sweaters, Silk 3.311 2.176 1.949 0.986 -49.40 2.390 1.488 1.472 1.213 -49.23 100.00
847 S/V Trousers MB 213.908 200.055 175.195 106.681 -39.11 207.184 144.322 137.087 131.542 -36.51 100.00
850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn 1.154 0.353 0.260 0.294 12.80 0.298 0.435 0.406 0.386 29.63 100.00
851 S/V Nightwear 0.735 0.707 0.617 0.534 -13.47 0.695 0.492 0.471 0.624 -10.24 100.00
852 S/V Underwear 0.337 0.367 0.288 0.369 28.16 0.348 0.480 0.482 0.449 28.80 100.00
858 S/V Neckwear 6.103 4.131 3.834 1.560 -59.30 4.625 2.728 2.351 1.857 -59.85 100.00
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 21.168 23.529 19.366 15.436 -20.29 22.214 20.860 19.956 19.600 -11.77 100.00
863 Towels Silk/Veg 2.437 3.659 2.522 8.302 229.20 2.762 8.661 9.344 9.439 241.69 100.00
899 Other S/V Manuf 158.099 150.221 123.388 76.265 -38.19 144.319 125.885 112.236 103.099 -28.56 100.00