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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