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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  MEXICO   |                            | 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     25.097    21.527    19.409    14.971    -22.86    22.952    17.562    17.505    17.089   -25.55   17.20
 201 Specialty Yarns      28.314    43.118    34.071    30.381    -10.83    38.530    43.940    42.052    39.429     2.33   22.41
 218 Fab, Color Yarn       6.413     1.853     1.564     1.516     -3.07     2.035     1.595     1.668     1.804   -11.31    3.68
 219 Duck Fabric           0.517     0.858     0.727     0.576    -20.79     0.807     0.579     0.693     0.707   -12.43    1.49
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      4.026     3.861     3.242     1.842    -43.17     3.838     2.504     2.548     2.461   -35.87    1.82
 222 Knit Fabric          73.933    50.650    45.390    22.405    -50.64    54.118    32.836    29.559    27.664   -48.88    2.46
 223 Non-Woven Fabric    286.028   259.548   228.568   201.073    -12.03   273.108   220.490   225.221   232.053   -15.03    9.89
 224 Pile/Tufted Fab.      3.555     3.265     2.797     2.215    -20.81     3.288     2.695     2.702     2.683   -18.41    1.60
 225 Blue Denim Fab.       4.165     4.873     4.062     4.443      9.38     4.942     5.415     5.421     5.255     6.32   17.07
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      0.967     3.547     3.270     0.621    -81.00     3.634     1.574     0.988     0.898   -75.28    2.69
 227 Oxford Cloth          0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 229 Special Fabric      134.246   121.223   107.926    80.957    -24.99   129.776    89.821    89.784    94.253   -27.37    5.72
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit      2.775     2.321     1.775     1.827      2.96     2.352     2.536     2.478     2.374     0.93    9.09
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       1.881     2.414     1.833     2.964     61.68     2.205     3.822     3.731     3.545    60.78    0.44

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Yarn     12.816    20.791    18.442    25.976     40.86    20.296    24.319    26.958    28.325    39.56   25.15
 301 Combed Cot. Yarn     53.747    40.980    38.992    20.040    -48.61    51.252    21.630    21.350    22.028   -57.02   11.26
 313 Cotton Sheeting       0.623     0.485     0.433     0.124    -71.40     0.702     0.205     0.190     0.176   -74.96    0.09
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.       1.283     0.478     0.216     0.908    320.77     0.248     0.945     1.065     1.171   372.24    1.19
 317 Twill Fabric          1.302     0.655     0.480     0.153    -68.15     0.699     0.527     0.408     0.327   -53.16    0.66
 326 Sateen Fabric         0.975     0.241     0.220     0.007    -97.03     0.220     0.028     0.028     0.027   -87.54    0.07
 330 Cot.Handkerchief      0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -62.55     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -62.55    0.00
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitten      8.652     6.631     5.754     2.966    -48.45     7.066     4.567     4.028     3.844   -45.60    4.61
 332 Cotton Hosiery       65.842    64.205    53.809    58.349      8.44    63.377    68.819    68.755    68.745     8.47   10.43
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.275     0.223     0.199     0.168    -15.52     0.220     0.195     0.197     0.192   -12.59    1.75
 334 Oth. Coats, MB       13.629    13.996    12.076     7.166    -40.66    13.885    10.567     9.590     9.086   -34.56    2.86
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        6.821     3.743     3.153     2.127    -32.53     4.171     2.696     2.695     2.717   -34.86    0.52
 336 Cotton Dresses        3.187     2.907     2.793     3.006      7.64     2.940     3.135     3.136     3.121     6.16    0.50
 338 Knit Shirts,MB       61.721    61.742    52.375    38.954    -25.63    62.027    50.650    49.407    48.320   -22.10    4.82
 339 W/G Knit Blouse     120.212   107.457    93.015    74.636    -19.76   110.842    91.172    89.631    89.078   -19.63    6.91
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       9.319     7.971     6.660     4.952    -25.65     7.805     6.683     6.509     6.263   -19.76    1.13
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      3.230     1.930     1.709     1.670     -2.30     2.074     1.658     1.748     1.890    -8.85    0.62
 342 Cotton Skirts         1.873     1.271     0.993     1.337     34.71     1.117     1.607     1.626     1.616    44.71    1.05
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.106     0.289     0.219     0.094    -57.01     0.248     0.249     0.194     0.164   -33.94    0.06
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers    203.460   191.488   161.003   146.928     -8.74   192.414   180.469   178.404   177.413    -7.80   17.14
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.    106.430    85.648    74.906    56.223    -24.94    88.215    70.474    68.891    66.964   -24.09    4.39
 349 Bras, & other         0.440     0.621     0.456     0.463      1.49     0.527     0.741     0.713     0.628    19.13    2.05
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.330     0.228     0.187     0.274     46.36     0.222     0.314     0.299     0.315    41.76    0.10
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs       9.611     8.709     7.697     6.596    -14.30     9.241     7.575     7.576     7.609   -17.66    0.97
 352 Cotton Underwear     23.763    24.100    21.762    18.519    -14.90    25.552    21.019    20.947    20.856   -18.38    1.17
 353 Down Coats,M/B        0.000     0.002     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -29.73    0.21
 354 Down Coats,W/G        0.042     0.006     0.006     0.027    383.85     0.011     0.022     0.021     0.027   150.48   24.77
 359 Oth. Cot. App.       42.099    41.090    34.964    29.824    -14.70    41.882    36.751    36.472    35.949   -14.16   10.00
 360 Pillowcases           1.516     0.790     0.721     0.557    -22.79     0.852     0.687     0.637     0.626   -26.56    0.32
 361 Cotton Sheets        12.379     8.827     7.641     6.825    -10.68     8.662     8.865     8.190     8.012    -7.51    0.67
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt        5.003     2.003     1.796     0.604    -66.35     2.175     0.936     0.888     0.812   -62.68    0.26
 363 Pile Towels           2.030     1.501     1.309     0.995    -23.95     1.642     1.295     1.235     1.187   -27.69    0.45
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.     40.493    27.752    24.770    20.110    -18.81    30.258    24.128    23.210    23.093   -23.68    0.91

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns            0.420     0.875     0.751     0.779      3.70     0.786     0.970     0.954     0.903    14.94    4.10
 410 Wool Woven Fab.       5.719     5.022     4.348     2.341    -46.15     5.187     3.263     3.218     3.015   -41.86   30.40
 414 Oth Wool Fabric       2.846     2.365     1.980     1.416    -28.46     2.569     1.808     1.772     1.801   -29.88   28.26
 431 Wool Glov/Mitns       0.000     0.004     0.001     0.004    486.94     0.001     0.006     0.005     0.007   986.94    0.55
 432 Wool Hosiery          0.049     0.160     0.150     0.047    -68.75     0.161     0.065     0.060     0.057   -64.36    4.24
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB        2.959     3.018     2.602     2.180    -16.22     3.136     2.699     2.630     2.596   -17.23   16.04
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       0.135     0.174     0.124     0.100    -19.72     0.132     0.160     0.168     0.150    13.14    0.77
 435 W/G Coats, Wool       1.047     0.593     0.471     0.376    -20.18     0.567     0.560     0.533     0.498   -12.32    0.73
 436 Wool Dresses          0.396     0.146     0.141     0.056    -60.34     0.251     0.044     0.059     0.061   -75.65    0.49
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.191     0.232     0.192     0.483    151.28     0.210     0.428     0.497     0.523   149.48    2.53
 440 NK Shirts,Blouse      0.318     0.269     0.241     0.159    -33.81     0.264     0.215     0.203     0.187   -29.25   25.64
 442 Wool Skirts           0.075     0.066     0.056     0.046    -17.55     0.068     0.059     0.057     0.056   -17.53    1.88
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        3.048     2.845     2.374     2.986     25.81     2.813     3.256     3.479     3.457    22.89   19.39
 444 Wool Suits,W/G        0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000     75.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    75.00    0.00
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.005   2163.16     0.000     0.006     0.005     0.005  2163.16    0.10
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.109     0.063     0.060     0.035    -40.88     0.067     0.039     0.038     0.039   -42.15    0.17
 447 Wool Trousers,MB      3.047     2.626     2.283     1.796    -21.32     2.728     2.124     2.134     2.139   -21.59   14.71
 448 Wool Slacks,W/G       0.131     0.071     0.060     0.117     93.82     0.073     0.083     0.105     0.127    73.69    2.30
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.050     0.057     0.052     0.056      7.10     0.060     0.061     0.064     0.060     0.27    0.60
 464 Wool Blankets         0.005     0.006     0.005     0.002    -69.32     0.006     0.006     0.006     0.002   -67.02    0.07
 465 Floor Coverings       0.035     0.035     0.032     0.028    -11.39     0.034     0.028     0.032     0.031    -7.18    0.16
 469 Oth. Wool Manuf.      0.013     0.014     0.010     0.007    -35.28     0.011     0.010     0.011     0.010   -12.27    0.78

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn       113.629    88.366    78.598    59.243    -24.63    96.050    72.047    70.293    69.011   -28.15   13.10
 603 Yarn>85% artif.       0.194     0.299     0.207     0.346     66.84     0.207     0.418     0.368     0.437   110.83    0.45
 604 Yarn>85% Synth.       5.581     4.354     4.224     1.857    -56.04     5.041     2.421     2.306     1.987   -60.59    1.29
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn       21.696    37.294    34.313     5.628    -83.60    36.792    15.553    11.545     8.610   -76.60    1.17
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn      9.317     5.391     4.812     1.889    -60.74     5.744     2.802     2.620     2.468   -57.03    3.82
 611 Wov>85% Art Stp       0.028     0.019     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.019     0.019     0.019      *      0.46
 613 MMF Sheeting Fab      0.425     0.150     0.142     0.007    -94.88     0.161     0.071     0.024     0.016   -90.11    0.18
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclth       7.453     0.610     0.372     0.364     -2.06     2.281     0.704     0.669     0.602   -73.61    1.56
 615 MMF Printcloth        0.327     1.149     0.953     0.405    -57.50     1.101     0.597     0.597     0.601   -45.39   16.09
 617 MMF Twill/Sateen      0.435     0.354     0.323     0.012    -96.18     0.367     0.093     0.044     0.043   -88.22    0.20
 618 Wov Artif Filam       0.028     0.021     0.013     0.001    -96.11     0.018     0.015     0.015     0.008   -56.41    0.05
 619 Poly Fil Fab          3.836     1.061     0.932     0.943      1.28     1.783     1.144     1.163     1.073   -39.83    0.58
 620 Oth Synth Filam      15.487    19.577    17.707    10.676    -39.71    19.578    12.711    12.676    12.547   -35.91    2.01
 621 Impression Fab        0.082     0.012     0.012     0.006    -50.80     0.012     0.007     0.007     0.006   -48.76    0.58
 624 Wov MMF Fabric        1.838     1.392     1.278     0.609    -52.35     1.529     0.899     0.827     0.723   -52.75   45.42
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl      1.640     0.003     0.002      *          *       0.109     0.003     0.001     0.001   -99.50    0.00
 626 Printclth Stp/Fl      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 627 Sheeting Stap/Fl      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.004    905.24     0.000     0.002     0.005     0.004   905.24    0.12
 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil      0.007     0.000     0.000     0.106       *       0.000     0.048     0.079     0.106      *      0.40
 629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab      0.140     0.020     0.018     0.042    131.27     0.019     0.018     0.040     0.044   133.93    0.11
 630 Handkerchiefs         0.000     0.004     0.004     0.001    -58.39     0.004     0.005     0.004     0.002   -56.26    0.10
 631 Gloves/Mittens        7.920     7.520     6.406     3.932    -38.62     7.828     5.278     5.225     5.046   -35.53    6.41
 632 Hosiery              13.472    15.222    13.030     9.352    -28.23    15.465    12.537    12.200    11.544   -25.35    3.03
 633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.117     0.085     0.074     0.080      9.19     0.093     0.087     0.091     0.091    -1.47    0.79
 634 Other Coats, MB      12.926     6.291     5.470     4.341    -20.63     7.427     5.203     5.299     5.162   -30.49    1.57
 635 Coats, W/G            6.230     4.397     3.845     3.079    -19.92     4.580     3.910     3.745     3.631   -20.72    0.83
 636 Dresses              19.889    14.805    13.654    15.875     16.26    15.433    17.686    17.313    17.026    10.32    2.45
 638 Knit Shirts, MB      76.358    71.102    62.730    40.286    -35.78    75.780    51.912    49.762    48.659   -35.79    8.87
 639 Knit Blouses,WG      41.394    42.082    36.582    32.862    -10.17    42.282    38.808    38.547    38.363    -9.27    6.43
 640 N-K Shirts, MB       18.065    14.473    12.130    11.391     -6.09    14.334    13.820    13.895    13.734    -4.19   11.40
 641 N-K Blouses, WG      11.426     7.343     6.212     4.696    -24.41     7.832     6.162     6.079     5.827   -25.60    3.49
 642 Skirts                3.373     2.541     2.282     1.923    -15.74     2.481     2.257     2.172     2.182   -12.06    2.84
 643 MMF Suits, M/B        0.028     0.012     0.010     0.016     61.13     0.012     0.021     0.019     0.018    54.10    0.12
 644 MMF W/G Suits         0.013     0.003     0.003     0.003     -7.54     0.013     0.003     0.003     0.003   -74.34    0.01
 645 MMF M/B Sweaters      0.678     0.807     0.658     0.463    -29.63     0.844     0.506     0.490     0.612   -27.57    6.29
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG       1.687     1.327     1.151     1.185      2.98     1.328     1.298     1.374     1.361     2.49    1.04
 647 Trousers,etc MB      58.194    40.560    35.056    26.828    -23.47    42.112    32.833    32.715    32.333   -23.22    7.54
 648 Slacks,etc. WG       27.294    22.427    19.060    13.822    -27.48    22.818    18.198    17.681    17.190   -24.67    5.17
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup       5.950     3.782     3.484     1.363    -60.86     4.376     1.690     1.688     1.662   -62.02    1.11
 650 Dress Gown,Robe       1.323     0.780     0.717     0.385    -46.34     0.901     0.488     0.453     0.448   -50.35    0.19
 651 Nightwear/PJs         7.537     6.274     5.293     2.772    -47.64     6.456     4.200     3.987     3.752   -41.87    0.62
 652 M-MF Underwear       40.002    15.578    13.243    11.309    -14.60    18.035    11.523    12.238    13.644   -24.35    2.56
 653 Down Coats, M/B       0.001     0.002     0.002      *          *       0.002      *         *         *         *       *  
 654 Down Coats, W/G       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 659 Oth. MMF App.       147.653   110.367    94.641    78.382    -17.18   116.444    97.165    96.060    94.108   -19.18    5.71
 665 Floor Coverings       1.243     1.141     1.049     0.547    -47.86     1.270     0.585     0.606     0.639   -49.72    0.70
 666 Other Furnishing    290.681   223.631   188.363   194.141      3.07   234.165   224.681   228.085   229.408    -2.03    5.91
 669 Other MMF Manuf     409.944   378.316   321.541   246.643    -23.29   377.977   314.734   307.254   303.419   -19.73    9.36

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 800 S/V Yarns             0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 810 S/V Woven Fabric      0.271     0.000     0.000     0.134  55634.17     0.246     0.131     0.131     0.134   -45.51    0.38
 831 Gloves Silk/Veg       0.000     0.121     0.066     0.174    161.59     0.066     0.222     0.233     0.228   243.46    6.82
 832 Hosiery Slk/Veg       0.037     0.024     0.023     0.004    -82.35     0.031     0.005     0.005     0.005   -83.02    0.18
 833 S/V S-T CoatsMB       0.011     0.007     0.004     0.022    441.79     0.005     0.027     0.026     0.025   381.07    1.88
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B       0.010     0.033     0.016     0.004    -76.81     0.017     0.023     0.022     0.020    17.16    0.81
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.020     0.022     0.017     0.041    139.68     0.019     0.047     0.047     0.046   140.75    0.27
 836 S/V Dresses           0.018     0.033     0.014     0.218   1414.74     0.019     0.062     0.062     0.236  1152.61    1.77
 838 S/V K Shirts/Bls      0.329     0.155     0.133     0.143      8.10     0.157     0.124     0.161     0.166     5.23    1.14
 839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga      0.003     0.007     0.007     0.005    -17.21     0.007     0.007     0.004     0.005   -17.21    0.16
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        0.039     0.028     0.025     0.016    -36.75     0.032     0.022     0.023     0.019   -39.94    0.05
 842 S/V Skirts            0.002     0.000     0.000     0.004   1087.50     0.000     0.004     0.004     0.004   819.35    0.05
 843 S/V Suits, M/B        0.000     0.003     0.003     0.001    -62.63     0.003     0.002     0.002     0.001   -62.50    0.33
 844 WG Suits S/V          0.002     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.002     0.001     0.000     0.000   -99.02    0.00
 845 Sweaters, Veg.        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.040       *       0.000     0.040     0.040     0.040 25820.00    0.21
 847 S/V Trousers MB       0.131     0.042     0.032     0.027    -13.50     0.035     0.037     0.040     0.038     8.49    0.03
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn       0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.01
 852 S/V Underwear         0.000     0.002     0.002      *          *       0.002     0.000     0.000     0.000   -94.29    0.02
 858 S/V Neckwear          0.002     0.002     0.002     0.002     26.77     0.002     0.002     0.002     0.002    17.95    0.11
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.931     0.815     0.703     0.579    -17.62     0.839     0.704     0.682     0.692   -17.56    3.53
 899 Other S/V Manuf      13.460     5.419     4.799     2.129    -55.64     6.251     3.782     3.157     2.749   -56.02    2.67