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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 * * * * *