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| | May 14, 2012
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| WORLD | | Preliminary 4/2012 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 4/2012
Ctrl, Cat, Product 2010 2011 4/2011 4/2012 % Change 4/2011 2/2012 3/2012 4/2012 % Change % Share
(P) (P)
Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
200 Yarns / Sew Thrd 119.846 125.793 40.974 36.969 -9.77 124.551 125.780 124.526 121.789 -2.22 100.00
201 Specialty Yarns 203.165 226.869 100.395 95.013 -5.36 232.269 225.200 223.041 221.487 -4.64 100.00
218 Fab, Color Yarn 50.545 37.382 12.647 12.048 -4.73 47.429 36.534 36.479 36.784 -22.45 100.00
219 Duck Fabric 52.455 41.554 12.715 12.217 -3.92 45.964 41.933 41.540 41.056 -10.68 100.00
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 134.773 108.064 30.586 38.789 26.82 125.645 111.402 114.960 116.268 -7.46 100.00
222 Knit Fabric 1519.446 1553.581 513.233 633.386 23.41 1525.059 1582.463 1631.130 1673.734 9.75 100.00
223 Non-Woven Fabric 2873.696 2816.170 938.033 929.053 -0.96 2876.177 2813.706 2818.262 2807.190 -2.40 100.00
224 Pile/Tufted Fab. 197.207 170.226 48.911 50.209 2.65 186.155 168.379 167.888 171.524 -7.86 100.00
225 Blue Denim Fab. 30.771 23.616 7.440 10.169 36.68 27.011 25.230 25.970 26.344 -2.47 100.00
226 Cheesecloth,Bati 63.305 138.181 32.408 52.319 61.44 81.041 144.795 153.597 158.091 95.07 100.00
227 Oxford Cloth 1.177 0.560 0.171 0.188 10.29 1.092 0.550 0.554 0.578 -47.12 100.00
229 Special Fabric 2182.340 2342.458 757.777 695.975 -8.16 2243.837 2287.984 2281.678 2280.656 1.64 100.00
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 48.968 42.717 20.907 21.965 5.06 48.174 43.001 43.819 43.774 -9.13 100.00
239 Baby Garm / Acc 886.787 780.089 224.640 194.322 -13.50 890.563 763.293 754.020 749.771 -15.81 100.00
Cotton:
300 Carded Cot. Yarn 188.792 150.269 49.815 46.445 -6.76 177.492 148.387 147.425 146.900 -17.24 100.00
301 Combed Cot. Yarn 232.371 168.992 56.385 53.188 -5.67 209.433 170.775 171.190 165.794 -20.84 100.00
313 Cotton Sheeting 259.250 232.533 69.953 75.965 8.60 253.262 235.073 236.260 238.546 -5.81 100.00
314 Poplin,Broadcl. 126.401 118.481 35.603 33.694 -5.36 122.254 118.120 117.271 116.572 -4.65 100.00
315 Printcloth Fab. 64.256 57.671 17.145 19.600 14.32 61.887 59.397 59.774 60.125 -2.85 100.00
317 Twill Fabric 79.484 74.572 26.805 22.720 -15.24 78.800 72.127 72.323 70.488 -10.55 100.00
326 Sateen Fabric 39.681 29.546 9.920 8.955 -9.72 38.517 28.287 28.808 28.582 -25.79 100.00
330 Cot.Handkerchief 8.559 6.512 2.621 1.878 -28.34 8.678 5.956 5.761 5.769 -33.52 100.00
331 Cot.Glove/Mitten 107.361 113.375 36.229 31.813 -12.19 112.877 109.920 109.133 108.959 -3.47 100.00
332 Cotton Hosiery 793.531 661.279 228.636 179.862 -21.33 802.116 636.759 623.532 612.505 -23.64 100.00
333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 11.781 14.736 4.145 3.954 -4.61 12.598 14.745 14.385 14.545 15.45 100.00
334 Oth. Coats, MB 335.567 305.778 40.159 31.414 -21.78 344.005 301.203 300.079 297.033 -13.65 100.00
335 W/G Cot. Coats 528.069 408.712 100.051 77.699 -22.34 515.907 392.549 387.171 386.359 -25.11 100.00
336 Cotton Dresses 757.151 652.057 342.041 275.408 -19.48 734.231 623.001 604.149 585.424 -20.27 100.00
338 Knit Shirts,MB 1155.338 1130.476 382.253 336.409 -11.99 1198.202 1113.679 1098.862 1084.633 -9.48 100.00
339 W/G Knit Blouse 1419.807 1220.337 453.895 389.327 -14.23 1395.273 1191.524 1173.052 1155.769 -17.17 100.00
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 709.819 672.113 225.184 202.474 -10.09 731.711 659.596 655.929 649.403 -11.25 100.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 339.474 233.848 100.199 77.467 -22.69 312.316 220.910 215.481 211.116 -32.40 100.00
342 Cotton Skirts 136.975 127.308 59.109 67.498 14.19 128.956 131.408 133.761 135.697 5.23 100.00
345 Cotton Sweater 313.496 290.888 31.782 38.500 21.14 322.113 296.470 296.508 297.607 -7.61 100.00
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 1178.810 1094.482 396.581 352.739 -11.06 1189.835 1080.211 1066.066 1050.639 -11.70 100.00
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 1744.432 1530.665 573.439 544.318 -5.08 1718.062 1519.398 1510.186 1501.544 -12.60 100.00
349 Bras, & other 40.696 30.762 12.400 10.653 -14.09 40.832 29.114 28.488 29.015 -28.94 100.00
350 Dress. Gown etc 348.680 336.460 106.599 119.345 11.96 342.778 345.681 348.680 349.205 1.88 100.00
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 870.343 690.586 200.586 192.036 -4.26 832.140 686.147 682.622 682.036 -18.04 100.00
352 Cotton Underwear 2201.534 1909.180 661.542 540.557 -18.29 2244.423 1855.234 1821.266 1788.195 -20.33 100.00
353 Down Coats,M/B 0.382 0.330 0.011 0.013 18.07 0.374 0.329 0.332 0.332 -11.25 100.00
354 Down Coats,W/G 0.147 0.255 0.046 0.049 7.55 0.183 0.235 0.252 0.258 40.94 100.00
359 Oth. Cot. App. 372.324 367.342 107.121 100.250 -6.41 373.464 361.405 360.352 360.471 -3.48 100.00
360 Pillowcases 212.805 171.944 50.713 49.671 -2.05 195.648 171.868 170.653 170.902 -12.65 100.00
361 Cotton Sheets 1271.722 990.092 289.219 287.495 -0.60 1156.870 994.615 987.359 988.369 -14.57 100.00
362 Bedsprds/Quilt 391.339 278.276 89.999 78.489 -12.79 376.440 275.344 270.030 266.767 -29.13 100.00
363 Pile Towels 305.600 264.957 90.743 88.351 -2.64 296.090 262.884 263.078 262.566 -11.32 100.00
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 2793.139 2286.829 728.240 704.599 -3.25 2617.738 2260.576 2248.971 2263.188 -13.54 100.00
Wool:
400 Wool Yarns 28.662 28.994 9.114 8.657 -5.02 29.934 29.080 28.659 28.536 -4.67 100.00
410 Wool Woven Fab. 10.353 12.924 4.747 3.254 -31.45 12.063 11.824 11.481 11.431 -5.24 100.00
414 Oth Wool Fabric 8.260 7.876 2.451 2.472 0.88 8.049 7.803 7.916 7.897 -1.89 100.00
431 Wool Glov/Mitns 1.206 1.119 0.104 0.094 -9.89 1.171 1.135 1.116 1.109 -5.36 100.00
432 Wool Hosiery 2.258 3.168 0.690 0.520 -24.62 2.675 3.173 3.084 2.998 12.08 100.00
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB 17.815 17.900 4.987 5.779 15.88 17.584 18.292 18.741 18.692 6.31 100.00
434 Oth. Coats, M/B 27.552 28.514 1.447 1.852 28.02 28.177 29.162 29.275 28.919 2.63 100.00
435 W/G Coats, Wool 75.752 63.302 4.101 3.161 -22.93 75.990 63.013 62.797 62.362 -17.93 100.00
436 Wool Dresses 15.122 14.396 1.908 1.985 4.05 15.683 14.623 14.506 14.474 -7.71 100.00
438 K Shirts,Blouses 27.902 27.306 2.140 1.066 -50.21 28.732 26.663 26.494 26.231 -8.71 100.00
439 Babies' garments 0.413 0.340 0.012 0.026 114.68 0.409 0.351 0.350 0.354 -13.47 100.00
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.732 0.873 0.179 0.292 62.88 0.774 0.944 0.969 0.986 27.34 100.00
442 Wool Skirts 3.321 3.216 0.374 0.370 -1.09 3.137 3.202 3.209 3.212 2.39 100.00
443 Wool Suits,M/B 18.954 20.856 6.482 7.082 9.27 19.249 21.134 21.310 21.457 11.47 100.00
444 Wool Suits,W/G 1.763 1.592 0.442 0.246 -44.35 1.734 1.400 1.421 1.396 -19.49 100.00
445 Wool Sweater,MB 5.939 6.119 0.154 0.227 47.57 5.907 6.173 6.187 6.192 4.83 100.00
446 Wool Sweater,WG 28.270 27.217 0.560 0.633 12.93 28.267 27.208 27.237 27.290 -3.46 100.00
447 Wool Trousers,MB 17.398 16.977 4.910 4.960 1.01 17.048 16.967 17.003 17.026 -0.13 100.00
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 5.335 5.257 1.032 0.767 -25.69 5.332 5.139 5.082 4.992 -6.37 100.00
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 10.034 9.074 0.846 0.859 1.57 9.724 9.091 9.063 9.088 -6.55 100.00
464 Wool Blankets 3.124 2.652 0.945 1.150 21.65 3.188 2.846 2.776 2.857 -10.40 100.00
465 Floor Coverings 21.329 20.813 6.294 6.312 0.29 21.208 20.810 20.784 20.832 -1.78 100.00
469 Oth. Wool Manuf. 1.421 2.093 0.229 0.431 88.66 1.315 2.135 2.139 2.296 74.54 100.00
Man-Made Fiber:
600 Text Fil Yarn 672.805 629.639 225.738 178.937 -20.73 682.360 607.050 601.615 582.838 -14.58 100.00
603 Yarn>85% artif. 149.296 105.462 43.422 43.150 -0.63 136.206 102.356 105.361 105.190 -22.77 100.00
604 Yarn>85% Synth. 221.294 215.483 78.686 83.561 6.20 221.136 215.382 218.088 220.358 -0.35 100.00
606 N-Text Fil Yrn 773.732 823.582 242.716 282.958 16.58 764.096 840.409 855.873 863.824 13.05 100.00
607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn 91.206 78.971 24.465 22.185 -9.32 90.335 77.601 79.160 76.691 -15.10 100.00
611 Wov>85% Art Stp 10.605 13.699 4.825 5.283 9.50 10.527 14.575 14.639 14.158 34.49 100.00
613 MMF Sheeting Fab 8.025 5.516 1.259 3.790 201.03 7.313 6.414 7.361 8.047 10.03 100.00
614 MMF Pop/Brdclth 51.958 43.179 16.093 15.768 -2.02 52.775 41.229 42.418 42.853 -18.80 100.00
615 MMF Printcloth 2.855 3.868 1.112 0.901 -18.94 2.976 3.731 3.617 3.658 22.89 100.00
617 MMF Twill/Sateen 22.553 17.393 5.549 7.317 31.88 20.374 18.885 19.026 19.162 -5.95 100.00
618 Wov Artif Filam 20.500 15.983 5.789 9.248 59.74 18.391 16.560 18.053 19.441 5.71 100.00
619 Poly Fil Fab 195.638 234.087 66.721 92.184 38.16 204.930 244.687 251.283 259.551 26.65 100.00
620 Oth Synth Filam 829.287 1010.255 301.401 325.285 7.92 887.752 1035.186 1037.603 1034.139 16.49 100.00
621 Impression Fab 1.684 6.656 0.774 1.650 113.17 1.811 7.438 7.895 7.532 315.80 100.00
624 Wov MMF Fabric 2.038 2.190 0.774 0.910 17.53 2.190 2.267 2.315 2.326 6.23 100.00
625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl 14.371 12.531 3.535 3.476 -1.65 11.840 11.921 11.694 12.472 5.34 100.00
626 Printclth Stp/Fl 5.499 7.169 2.046 2.639 28.95 5.860 6.930 7.303 7.762 32.44 100.00
627 Sheeting Stap/Fl 3.385 3.195 0.908 1.259 38.62 3.431 3.229 3.550 3.545 3.34 100.00
628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil 22.068 19.258 5.623 8.300 47.59 19.030 19.339 19.460 21.935 15.26 100.00
629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab 43.800 41.836 12.728 14.673 15.28 43.183 43.007 43.248 43.781 1.38 100.00
630 Handkerchiefs 1.904 2.132 0.849 0.543 -36.09 2.194 1.999 1.976 1.826 -16.75 100.00
631 Gloves/Mittens 99.278 108.599 22.261 22.627 1.64 102.352 108.655 109.449 108.965 6.46 100.00
632 Hosiery 518.787 584.438 150.058 173.686 15.75 541.847 592.170 600.324 608.066 12.22 100.00
633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 20.012 25.421 7.911 6.846 -13.47 21.427 25.128 24.918 24.355 13.67 100.00
634 Other Coats, MB 386.498 402.826 63.264 62.238 -1.62 396.230 401.969 401.387 401.800 1.41 100.00
635 Coats, W/G 497.251 514.661 70.439 69.821 -0.88 504.576 511.910 512.625 514.043 1.88 100.00
636 Dresses 847.270 1098.945 356.700 485.418 36.09 947.072 1159.560 1189.368 1227.663 29.63 100.00
638 Knit Shirts, MB 709.762 795.517 257.060 275.164 7.04 764.396 804.613 813.744 813.622 6.44 100.00
639 Knit Blouses,WG 710.292 850.210 240.696 307.864 27.91 753.066 880.254 898.040 917.378 21.82 100.00
640 N-K Shirts, MB 139.689 140.004 54.889 47.462 -13.53 145.580 137.661 135.911 132.577 -8.93 100.00
641 N-K Blouses, WG 176.376 217.141 68.458 92.430 35.02 185.733 227.776 234.941 241.114 29.82 100.00
642 Skirts 106.214 116.216 33.221 50.555 52.18 107.685 124.340 127.373 133.550 24.02 100.00
643 MMF Suits, M/B 16.812 17.614 5.920 5.724 -3.31 16.712 17.612 17.413 17.418 4.22 100.00
644 MMF W/G Suits 28.898 23.487 8.997 6.531 -27.40 30.243 21.898 21.718 21.022 -30.49 100.00
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 12.057 13.366 2.234 1.574 -29.54 13.355 13.239 13.129 12.706 -4.86 100.00
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 143.925 163.910 16.856 17.605 4.44 147.726 164.783 164.871 164.658 11.46 100.00
647 Trousers,etc MB 521.553 577.712 226.040 175.958 -22.16 575.992 557.870 539.656 527.630 -8.40 100.00
648 Slacks,etc. WG 394.539 418.752 128.357 133.447 3.97 411.171 420.028 421.843 423.842 3.08 100.00
649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup 179.749 173.941 56.375 56.387 0.02 181.218 173.231 173.804 173.953 -4.01 100.00
650 Dress Gown,Robe 260.688 272.836 45.463 47.491 4.46 264.850 274.973 273.379 274.864 3.78 100.00
651 Nightwear/PJs 699.649 719.463 142.755 139.798 -2.07 713.779 725.444 720.999 716.506 0.38 100.00
652 M-MF Underwear 668.815 653.984 198.730 213.761 7.56 688.476 657.577 664.381 669.015 -2.83 100.00
653 Down Coats, M/B 9.646 10.937 0.345 0.397 15.32 9.709 10.996 10.993 10.990 13.19 100.00
654 Down Coats, W/G 25.964 28.211 0.574 0.685 19.45 26.127 28.414 28.416 28.322 8.40 100.00
659 Oth. MMF App. 2044.006 2043.052 637.312 648.300 1.72 2090.346 2042.851 2049.231 2054.040 -1.74 100.00
665 Floor Coverings 115.468 119.825 37.977 42.218 11.17 116.233 122.448 124.259 124.067 6.74 100.00
666 Other Furnishing 5080.136 5006.230 1182.346 1252.862 5.96 5166.987 4993.957 5036.794 5076.746 -1.75 100.00
669 Other MMF Manuf 4074.962 4191.210 1667.837 1462.609 -12.31 4341.737 4084.018 4061.384 3985.982 -8.19 100.00
670 Flat Goods, etc. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 100.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
800 S/V Yarns 4.702 4.853 1.360 1.363 0.24 4.656 5.217 5.234 4.857 4.30 100.00
810 S/V Woven Fabric 34.734 38.754 15.387 15.248 -0.90 39.220 38.858 38.265 38.615 -1.54 100.00
831 Gloves Silk/Veg 3.440 5.354 1.428 2.057 44.07 3.769 5.564 5.724 5.983 58.74 100.00
832 Hosiery Slk/Veg 4.597 4.414 1.613 1.200 -25.63 5.178 4.378 4.362 4.001 -22.73 100.00
833 S/V S-T CoatsMB 1.207 1.652 1.021 1.040 1.88 1.406 1.794 1.716 1.671 18.90 100.00
834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B 2.806 2.975 0.732 0.448 -38.79 3.172 2.806 2.779 2.691 -15.16 100.00
835 S/V Coats W/G 14.235 16.147 11.270 8.096 -28.17 16.966 14.282 13.813 12.972 -23.54 100.00
836 S/V Dresses 16.581 15.621 10.265 8.088 -21.21 17.434 13.663 13.630 13.443 -22.89 100.00
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 13.767 12.982 6.894 6.526 -5.33 14.624 12.810 12.719 12.615 -13.74 100.00
839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga 1.797 2.866 0.846 0.776 -8.30 1.991 2.679 2.776 2.796 40.40 100.00
840 S/V Wov Shirts 31.653 26.179 18.654 15.296 -18.00 28.702 24.621 24.016 22.822 -20.49 100.00
842 S/V Skirts 7.222 5.132 3.662 2.941 -19.69 6.688 4.459 4.513 4.411 -34.05 100.00
843 S/V Suits, M/B 0.496 0.409 0.193 0.156 -19.28 0.372 0.337 0.352 0.372 -0.12 100.00
844 WG Suits S/V 1.228 0.742 0.459 0.387 -15.71 1.054 0.833 0.751 0.670 -36.43 100.00
845 Sweaters, Veg. 16.187 18.463 6.691 10.922 63.24 18.016 21.308 22.012 22.694 25.96 100.00
846 Sweaters, Silk 0.884 0.503 0.195 0.108 -44.67 0.888 0.482 0.479 0.415 -53.25 100.00
847 S/V Trousers MB 107.397 121.966 53.078 43.347 -18.33 118.986 118.707 115.890 112.235 -5.67 100.00
850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn 1.050 0.430 0.183 0.271 47.86 1.159 0.498 0.517 0.518 -55.36 100.00
851 S/V Nightwear 0.367 0.924 0.087 0.118 35.52 0.300 0.935 0.946 0.955 218.35 100.00
852 S/V Underwear 0.743 0.448 0.128 0.155 21.01 0.740 0.466 0.473 0.475 -35.89 100.00
858 S/V Neckwear 1.130 1.207 0.395 0.361 -8.50 1.146 1.206 1.218 1.174 2.39 100.00
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 30.752 29.845 11.223 11.176 -0.42 33.453 28.441 28.592 29.797 -10.93 100.00
863 Towels Silk/Veg 5.518 4.780 1.631 2.397 47.03 5.401 5.337 5.214 5.547 2.69 100.00
899 Other S/V Manuf 92.001 155.198 40.913 67.128 64.07 108.996 169.806 178.188 181.413 66.44 100.00