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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  C RICA   |                            | 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      0.003     0.004     0.002     0.135   6006.27     0.002     0.010     0.077     0.137  6079.10    0.14
 201 Specialty Yarns       9.336     8.453     7.264    11.935     64.30     8.281    13.816    13.615    13.123    58.48    7.46
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -24.48     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -24.48    0.00
 222 Knit Fabric           0.032     0.006     0.005     0.081   1388.99     0.011     0.057     0.082     0.082   618.18    0.01
 223 Non-Woven Fabric      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.005       *       0.000     0.005     0.005     0.005  2129.41    0.00
 229 Special Fabric        0.279     0.059     0.059     0.000    -99.72     0.070     0.000     0.000     0.000   -99.77    0.00
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit      0.001     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.01
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       1.184     0.682     0.669     0.014    -97.83     0.785     0.121     0.082     0.027   -96.51    0.00

Cotton:
 332 Cotton Hosiery       45.160    47.919    41.642    30.223    -27.42    49.650    39.088    37.716    36.500   -26.48    5.54
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -25.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -25.00    0.00
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.005     0.001     0.001     0.000    -91.89     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -92.68    0.00
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.005     0.045     0.030     0.043     41.71     0.030     0.068     0.059     0.058    92.46    0.01
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.476     0.602     0.554     0.087    -84.37     0.687     0.174     0.149     0.134   -80.43    0.01
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.667     0.755     0.624     0.227    -63.55     0.745     0.492     0.445     0.358   -51.87    0.03
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.002     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000   -82.35    0.00
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.025     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.002      *         *         *         *       *  
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.006     0.007     0.006     0.001    -79.02     0.006     0.004     0.003     0.003   -60.00    0.00
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers     16.428     4.230     4.225     0.057    -98.65     6.545     0.078     0.070     0.062   -99.05    0.01
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      6.039     1.454     1.448     0.011    -99.23     2.144     0.026     0.023     0.017   -99.20    0.00
 349 Bras, & other         0.099     0.159     0.119     0.062    -47.73     0.137     0.146     0.131     0.102   -25.11    0.33
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.080     0.004     0.004      *          *       0.008      *         *         *         *       *  
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 352 Cotton Underwear    164.102   103.166    94.743    39.284    -58.54   116.873    50.937    48.553    47.706   -59.18    2.67
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.045     0.041     0.039     0.028    -27.46     0.045     0.046     0.047     0.031   -32.65    0.01
 363 Pile Towels           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  

Wool:
 414 Oth Wool Fabric       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 432 Wool Hosiery          0.014     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB        0.288     0.212     0.154     0.182     18.47     0.237     0.231     0.243     0.240     1.50    1.48
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.018  40800.00     0.000     0.010     0.016     0.018 40800.00    0.10
 435 W/G Coats, Wool       0.293     0.139     0.128     0.032    -74.91     0.158     0.060     0.055     0.044   -72.42    0.06
 436 Wool Dresses          0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.001     0.008     0.008     0.000    -94.68     0.009     0.001     0.001     0.000   -94.76    0.00
 439 Babies' garments      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 440 NK Shirts,Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 442 Wool Skirts           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001    616.67     0.000     0.000      *        0.001   616.67    0.04
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001    818.18     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   818.18    0.00
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 447 Wool Trousers,MB      0.023     0.009     0.008     0.060    634.50     0.014     0.048     0.057     0.060   341.05    0.41
 448 Wool Slacks,W/G       0.063     0.000     0.000     0.016   6750.00     0.020     0.006     0.012     0.016   -18.45    0.30
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.048     0.040     0.039     0.014    -62.85     0.062     0.019     0.020     0.016   -74.76    0.15

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn         0.000     0.017     0.003      *          *       0.003     0.014     0.014     0.014   383.81    0.00
 604 Yarn>85% Synth.       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.081       *       0.000     0.081     0.081     0.081      *      0.05
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn        0.000     0.034     0.000     0.060       *       0.000     0.095     0.095     0.095      *      0.01
 620 Oth Synth Filam       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 631 Gloves/Mittens        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 632 Hosiery               3.688     2.854     2.683     1.917    -28.56     3.268     2.125     2.202     2.088   -36.12    0.55
 633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.047     0.041     0.038     0.035     -7.22     0.040     0.043     0.040     0.038    -6.15    0.33
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.122     0.152     0.147     0.091    -37.90     0.157     0.129     0.111     0.097   -38.49    0.03
 635 Coats, W/G            0.118     0.147     0.135     0.111    -17.86     0.149     0.105     0.104     0.123   -17.93    0.03
 636 Dresses               0.101     0.027     0.017     0.033     97.74     0.022     0.043     0.043     0.043    94.36    0.01
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.848     0.695     0.620     0.341    -45.05     0.708     0.464     0.456     0.416   -41.27    0.08
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.650     0.795     0.648     0.470    -27.50     0.725     0.613     0.614     0.617   -14.82    0.10
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.117     0.015     0.015     0.005    -67.33     0.028     0.005     0.005     0.005   -81.19    0.00
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       0.174     0.013     0.013     0.000    -99.23     0.022     0.000     0.000     0.000   -99.56    0.00
 642 Skirts                0.333     0.254     0.213     0.101    -52.37     0.258     0.177     0.167     0.142   -44.80    0.19
 643 MMF Suits, M/B        0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 644 MMF W/G Suits         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 645 MMF M/B Sweaters      0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *        0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 647 Trousers,etc MB       1.486     1.152     0.940     0.391    -58.40     1.135     0.736     0.687     0.603   -46.88    0.14
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.530     0.460     0.395     0.252    -36.15     0.464     0.369     0.339     0.317   -31.60    0.10
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup       2.436     1.907     1.620     1.058    -34.68     2.035     1.403     1.399     1.346   -33.86    0.90
 650 Dress Gown,Robe       0.087     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 652 M-MF Underwear       12.132     8.144     6.853     5.965    -12.95     8.351     7.243     7.399     7.256   -13.11    1.36
 659 Oth. MMF App.         7.436     5.094     3.796     4.105      8.15     5.302     5.638     5.599     5.404     1.92    0.33
 665 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 666 Other Furnishing      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002    260.00     0.001      *         *        0.002   145.45    0.00
 669 Other MMF Manuf       0.237     0.095     0.095     0.075    -21.30     0.151     0.071     0.073     0.075   -50.20    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 832 Hosiery Slk/Veg       0.000     0.004     0.004     0.006     41.50     0.004     0.005     0.006     0.006    41.50    0.20
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 838 S/V K Shirts/Bls      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 847 S/V Trousers MB       0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 852 S/V Underwear         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.14
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.009     0.020     0.011      *          *       0.013     0.014     0.011     0.008   -33.60    0.04
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.002     0.003     0.003      *          *       0.003      *         *         *         *       *