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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  _ASEAN   |                            | 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     10.530    11.372     9.973     6.544    -34.39    11.234     8.340     8.048     7.942   -29.30    8.00
 201 Specialty Yarns      18.295    18.139    15.605    15.025     -3.72    18.851    18.752    18.224    17.558    -6.86    9.98
 218 Fab, Color Yarn       1.366     0.972     0.890     0.467    -47.50     1.071     0.788     0.578     0.549   -48.71    1.12
 219 Duck Fabric          12.526     3.545     2.621     3.388     29.24     4.008     4.252     4.346     4.311     7.56    9.07
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      7.736     2.246     2.018     1.187    -41.19     2.267     1.414     1.354     1.415   -37.59    1.05
 222 Knit Fabric          28.709    38.195    35.379    20.813    -41.17    40.128    25.965    23.334    23.629   -41.12    2.11
 223 Non-Woven Fabric     56.738    47.584    40.116    41.224      2.76    48.263    44.271    49.323    48.692     0.89    2.08
 224 Pile/Tufted Fab.      0.154     0.459     0.250     0.041    -83.43     0.256     0.469     0.330     0.250    -2.25    0.15
 225 Blue Denim Fab.       1.170     0.314     0.307     0.123    -59.85     0.422     0.084     0.070     0.131   -69.05    0.42
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      1.990     0.799     0.623     1.186     90.43     0.720     1.382     1.362     1.362    89.07    4.08
 227 Oxford Cloth          2.043     2.085     1.999     0.196    -90.19     2.337     0.788     0.508     0.282   -87.92   30.44
 229 Special Fabric       99.901   101.678    76.080   269.004    253.58    94.452   263.006   281.616   294.603   211.91   17.88
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit     11.089     7.422     6.928     4.286    -38.13     9.035     5.026     4.769     4.780   -47.09   18.31
 239 Baby Garm / Acc     159.276   157.023   132.185   127.548     -3.51   158.049   151.842   154.222   152.386    -3.58   18.72

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Yarn      7.001    11.369     9.758     4.715    -51.68    10.465     7.771     7.426     6.326   -39.55    5.62
 301 Combed Cot. Yarn    101.966    96.393    84.926    45.356    -46.59    99.814    69.579    63.424    56.823   -43.07   29.06
 313 Cotton Sheeting      17.107    14.747    13.200    10.684    -19.06    15.982    13.010    12.805    12.231   -23.47    6.10
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.      20.495    17.195    15.744     6.491    -58.77    18.513     9.253     8.275     7.942   -57.10    8.08
 315 Printcloth Fab.      23.243    16.309    14.204     8.950    -36.99    16.502    11.552    11.230    11.054   -33.01   17.86
 317 Twill Fabric          2.177     1.379     1.139     0.801    -29.74     1.579     1.171     1.199     1.041   -34.10    2.10
 326 Sateen Fabric         2.396     1.072     0.660     0.535    -18.95     0.960     1.027     1.027     0.947    -1.31    2.39
 330 Cot.Handkerchief      0.008     0.013     0.011     0.011     -3.46     0.011     0.005     0.005     0.012     7.99    0.14
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitten     20.817    17.801    15.921     8.722    -45.22    19.395    11.624    11.552    10.603   -45.33   12.72
 332 Cotton Hosiery       18.672    21.707    17.659    14.984    -15.15    21.564    21.156    20.048    19.032   -11.74    2.89
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      2.015     2.393     2.154     1.636    -24.06     2.467     2.197     2.113     1.875   -24.01   17.01
 334 Oth. Coats, MB       44.633    44.170    36.681    36.410     -0.74    44.554    43.040    43.054    43.899    -1.47   13.80
 335 W/G Cot. Coats      138.686   148.889   119.717   115.839     -3.24   149.394   149.021   148.252   145.011    -2.93   27.89
 336 Cotton Dresses       89.052   131.103   109.231   135.510     24.06   124.884   155.225   155.820   157.382    26.02   24.98
 338 Knit Shirts,MB      161.616   162.448   139.962   122.283    -12.63   164.725   147.217   147.298   144.770   -12.11   14.44
 339 W/G Knit Blouse     421.541   478.616   410.175   376.686     -8.16   477.185   448.325   446.718   445.127    -6.72   34.52
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB     165.788   146.379   122.973   108.213    -12.00   150.288   133.673   132.636   131.620   -12.42   23.71
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse     63.002    60.700    52.561    51.922     -1.22    61.861    59.345    60.032    60.061    -2.91   19.74
 342 Cotton Skirts        35.098    33.364    29.843    30.214      1.24    32.744    33.586    33.715    33.735     3.03   21.85
 345 Cotton Sweater       20.627    20.366    17.758    13.429    -24.38    20.905    19.684    17.359    16.037   -23.28    5.67
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers    189.784   179.286   156.751   127.216    -18.84   182.600   153.664   152.232   149.751   -17.99   14.46
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.    463.427   492.519   430.126   349.590    -18.72   502.618   420.790   416.646   411.982   -18.03   27.00
 349 Bras, & other         7.699     7.109     5.978     4.263    -28.69     7.185     5.613     5.531     5.394   -24.94   17.63
 350 Dress. Gown etc      98.493   104.467    88.154    85.275     -3.27   104.876    97.714    98.259   101.587    -3.14   31.68
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs     187.008   175.074   145.401   111.136    -23.57   171.587   163.502   152.269   140.809   -17.94   17.99
 352 Cotton Underwear    276.128   354.779   290.730   317.316      9.14   336.561   380.624   380.902   381.364    13.31   21.37
 353 Down Coats,M/B        0.022     0.004     0.004     0.040    982.24     0.011     0.027     0.036     0.040   259.94    9.16
 354 Down Coats,W/G        0.071     0.001     0.001     0.003    162.07     0.008     0.002     0.002     0.003   -68.20    2.42
 359 Oth. Cot. App.       44.790    44.180    37.848    38.051      0.54    43.589    44.604    45.511    44.383     1.82   12.35
 360 Pillowcases           4.840     6.223     5.582     6.391     14.50     6.286     6.644     6.711     7.032    11.88    3.61
 361 Cotton Sheets        41.432    42.041    37.802    40.322      6.66    45.751    42.286    42.898    44.560    -2.60    3.72
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt       14.453    12.308    10.754     7.774    -27.71    13.669    10.169     9.673     9.328   -31.76    2.96
 363 Pile Towels          17.832    15.359    13.532     7.417    -45.19    15.681    11.996    10.751     9.244   -41.05    3.53
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.     48.191    44.128    38.830    27.145    -30.09    46.623    34.760    33.703    32.443   -30.41    1.28

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns            0.384     0.540     0.484     0.172    -64.42     0.567     0.433     0.379     0.228   -59.73    1.04
 410 Wool Woven Fab.       0.003     0.006     0.005     0.009     61.25     0.008     0.007     0.010     0.009    14.85    0.09
 414 Oth Wool Fabric       0.006     0.004     0.004     0.002    -55.95     0.004     0.002     0.002     0.002   -55.95    0.03
 431 Wool Glov/Mitns       0.045     0.179     0.175     0.042    -75.84     0.180     0.149     0.047     0.046   -74.24    3.62
 432 Wool Hosiery          0.051     0.066     0.053     0.023    -56.39     0.054     0.056     0.052     0.036   -32.87    2.67
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB        3.030     3.563     2.958     2.538    -14.20     3.313     3.395     3.367     3.143    -5.13   19.42
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       3.055     3.358     3.188     2.071    -35.04     3.267     2.681     2.485     2.241   -31.43   11.58
 435 W/G Coats, Wool      13.653    15.189    14.114     9.766    -30.80    15.178    13.140    12.503    10.842   -28.57   15.96
 436 Wool Dresses          1.215     1.734     1.391     1.460      5.02     1.616     2.075     1.766     1.804    11.64   14.39
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.649     0.618     0.584     0.309    -47.12     0.735     0.478     0.396     0.343   -53.33    1.66
 439 Babies' garments      0.015     0.060     0.056     0.073     30.97     0.057     0.076     0.081     0.077    36.13   17.95
 440 NK Shirts,Blouse      0.156     0.039     0.038     0.019    -49.82     0.038     0.019     0.019     0.020   -46.96    2.79
 442 Wool Skirts           1.548     1.134     1.016     0.792    -22.02     1.194     0.919     0.834     0.910   -23.76   30.45
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        6.474     4.788     4.072     2.999    -26.35     5.138     3.979     4.078     3.715   -27.69   20.84
 444 Wool Suits,W/G        0.228     0.176     0.148     0.128    -13.65     0.148     0.102     0.127     0.156     5.82   11.98
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.162     0.396     0.247     0.127    -48.67     0.249     0.397     0.378     0.276    10.98    5.32
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.676     0.286     0.196     0.171    -12.61     0.351     0.323     0.283     0.262   -25.46    1.14
 447 Wool Trousers,MB      3.351     3.309     2.859     1.968    -31.17     3.259     2.683     2.602     2.417   -25.82   16.63
 448 Wool Slacks,W/G       4.290     3.068     2.647     1.365    -48.44     3.214     2.246     1.978     1.786   -44.43   32.29
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.489     0.277     0.248     0.375     51.47     0.266     0.282     0.337     0.405    52.15    4.01
 464 Wool Blankets         0.003     0.039     0.039     0.000    -99.34     0.041     0.000     0.000     0.000   -99.22    0.01
 465 Floor Coverings       0.499     0.532     0.414     0.335    -18.99     0.500     0.471     0.491     0.454    -9.20    2.35
 469 Oth. Wool Manuf.      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    120.00     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    39.08    0.04

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn        92.244    81.913    72.860    40.933    -43.82    85.918    55.990    54.723    49.986   -41.82    9.49
 603 Yarn>85% artif.      69.084    65.857    59.978    55.609     -7.28    70.649    64.946    63.255    61.488   -12.97   63.07
 604 Yarn>85% Synth.     114.233   112.429    96.470    81.961    -15.04   109.061   104.040   100.887    97.920   -10.22   63.66
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn       31.060    52.105    49.265    24.521    -50.23    53.538    29.943    30.166    27.361   -48.90    3.71
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn     56.295    43.952    38.106    31.000    -18.65    45.797    39.398    39.768    36.846   -19.54   57.02
 611 Wov>85% Art Stp       0.462     0.655     0.564     0.379    -32.78     0.696     0.572     0.574     0.470   -32.49   11.47
 613 MMF Sheeting Fab      0.277     0.389     0.222     0.383     72.53     0.222     0.554     0.537     0.550   147.45    6.12
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclth      14.252     8.504     7.665     4.846    -36.77     9.906     5.609     5.941     5.685   -42.61   14.75
 615 MMF Printcloth        0.052     0.648     0.513     0.636     23.97     0.513     0.767     0.844     0.771    50.37   20.63
 617 MMF Twill/Sateen      3.706     2.781     2.444     0.693    -71.64     3.186     1.484     1.166     1.030   -67.66    4.70
 618 Wov Artif Filam       0.055     0.033     0.021     0.010    -54.81     0.032     0.028     0.019     0.022   -33.40    0.13
 619 Poly Fil Fab         28.447    21.894    18.706    10.368    -44.57    22.804    14.680    14.529    13.556   -40.55    7.37
 620 Oth Synth Filam      54.738    42.968    34.946    26.947    -22.89    43.754    38.201    37.466    34.968   -20.08    5.59
 621 Impression Fab        0.015     0.003     0.003     0.096   2927.15     0.003     0.095     0.095     0.096  2927.15    8.86
 624 Wov MMF Fabric        0.002     0.005     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.005     0.005     0.005      *      0.29
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl      8.442     8.748     7.975     5.974    -25.09    10.073     6.346     6.415     6.747   -33.02   38.80
 626 Printclth Stp/Fl      0.363     1.496     1.150     1.782     54.91     1.262     2.050     2.204     2.128    68.63   18.06
 627 Sheeting Stap/Fl      0.007     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil      1.003     0.705     0.635     0.704     10.91     0.873     0.698     0.718     0.774   -11.27    2.91
 629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab      1.224     0.855     0.825     0.348    -57.79     0.887     0.371     0.364     0.378   -57.36    0.95
 630 Handkerchiefs         0.009     0.005     0.004     0.002    -60.20     0.005     0.002     0.002     0.002   -59.71    0.11
 631 Gloves/Mittens        7.381     6.786     5.821     4.542    -21.96     6.888     6.044     5.914     5.507   -20.04    6.99
 632 Hosiery              25.079    32.135    26.598    13.585    -48.92    31.830    23.855    22.020    19.122   -39.92    5.01
 633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      2.946     2.847     2.399     2.802     16.82     2.775     3.055     3.279     3.250    17.12   27.96
 634 Other Coats, MB     104.802    92.148    80.881    66.161    -18.20    94.920    84.746    81.463    77.429   -18.43   23.48
 635 Coats, W/G          114.980   103.392    89.364    91.657      2.57   105.514   105.822   106.192   105.685     0.16   24.29
 636 Dresses             126.016   153.088   131.848   153.599     16.50   150.884   178.749   175.374   174.839    15.88   25.12
 638 Knit Shirts, MB      96.993   105.828    90.390    77.872    -13.85   107.201    93.811    92.374    93.309   -12.96   17.01
 639 Knit Blouses,WG     135.836   180.539   156.705   157.388      0.44   178.393   179.608   179.049   181.222     1.59   30.36
 640 N-K Shirts, MB       37.883    26.711    22.985    17.564    -23.58    27.965    21.628    21.487    21.290   -23.87   17.67
 641 N-K Blouses, WG      56.159    47.999    42.388    36.262    -14.45    49.320    43.565    42.854    41.872   -15.10   25.06
 642 Skirts               32.674    25.981    22.681    21.825     -3.78    26.474    25.342    24.943    25.125    -5.10   32.69
 643 MMF Suits, M/B        1.159     0.981     0.906     0.724    -20.03     1.144     0.797     0.836     0.800   -30.09    5.19
 644 MMF W/G Suits        20.212    19.225    16.853     9.694    -42.48    19.596    15.730    13.194    12.065   -38.43   33.95
 645 MMF M/B Sweaters      1.424     1.274     1.188     0.604    -49.16     1.284     0.866     0.777     0.690   -46.28    7.09
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG      19.167    11.131     9.410     6.589    -29.98    10.903    10.279     9.460     8.310   -23.79    6.32
 647 Trousers,etc MB     139.644   135.843   115.617   102.006    -11.77   137.593   123.692   122.549   122.232   -11.16   28.52
 648 Slacks,etc. WG      146.308   147.880   126.426   101.118    -20.02   148.797   126.322   123.505   122.572   -17.62   36.85
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup      42.197    39.409    33.210    26.063    -21.52    39.453    33.774    32.907    32.263   -18.22   21.51
 650 Dress Gown,Robe      44.486    47.417    40.241    38.143     -5.22    46.797    49.969    46.153    45.318    -3.16   19.65
 651 Nightwear/PJs       168.300   169.164   143.190   133.546     -6.74   164.003   156.162   159.918   159.520    -2.73   26.55
 652 M-MF Underwear      104.547   118.558    96.042    58.834    -38.74   113.855    89.488    85.433    81.350   -28.55   15.28
 653 Down Coats, M/B       0.944     1.279     1.219     0.620    -49.09     1.382     0.782     0.697     0.681   -50.76    8.22
 654 Down Coats, W/G       3.136     4.379     4.152     2.358    -43.19     4.377     3.714     2.857     2.586   -40.92    9.95
 659 Oth. MMF App.       275.894   280.526   229.959   216.568     -5.82   274.231   265.452   265.851   267.136    -2.59   16.20
 665 Floor Coverings       2.652     3.939     3.346     2.897    -13.42     3.927     3.293     3.323     3.490   -11.14    3.82
 666 Other Furnishing     56.264    43.485    39.001    42.584      9.19    46.403    45.778    47.130    47.067     1.43    1.21
 669 Other MMF Manuf     270.463   332.115   270.249   328.258     21.46   324.403   380.800   386.345   390.123    20.26   12.04
 670 Flat Goods, etc.      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *      0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 800 S/V Yarns             0.022     0.223     0.088     0.008    -91.39     0.088     0.140     0.142     0.142    60.91    3.61
 810 S/V Woven Fabric      0.527     0.260     0.202     0.119    -40.78     0.230     0.215     0.192     0.177   -22.82    0.51
 831 Gloves Silk/Veg       0.324     0.239     0.205     0.107    -47.71     0.263     0.202     0.201     0.141   -46.27    4.23
 832 Hosiery Slk/Veg       0.023     0.782     0.714     0.918     28.67     0.717     0.901     0.942     0.987    37.69   33.73
 833 S/V S-T CoatsMB       0.254     0.358     0.264     0.188    -28.67     0.317     0.298     0.295     0.282   -10.99   21.48
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B       0.018     0.106     0.067     0.018    -72.64     0.067     0.070     0.063     0.057   -14.78    2.28
 835 S/V Coats W/G         3.532     3.510     3.349     1.916    -42.81     3.444     2.104     2.086     2.076   -39.73   12.21
 836 S/V Dresses           2.326     2.350     2.332     1.171    -49.79     2.516     1.209     1.190     1.189   -52.74    8.88
 838 S/V K Shirts/Bls      0.169     0.145     0.086     0.238    176.83     0.115     0.316     0.318     0.297   158.36    2.04
 839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga      0.677     0.964     0.657     0.508    -22.73     0.904     0.931     0.931     0.815    -9.89   23.58
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        4.140     3.533     3.335     4.162     24.82     3.573     4.334     4.274     4.361    22.04   12.37
 842 S/V Skirts            1.911     1.644     1.567     0.848    -45.90     1.690     0.921     0.920     0.925   -45.26   11.77
 843 S/V Suits, M/B        0.024     0.020     0.019     0.013    -31.05     0.024     0.014     0.014     0.014   -40.62    4.41
 844 WG Suits S/V          0.564     0.484     0.414     0.129    -68.79     0.437     0.199     0.198     0.199   -54.47   20.83
 845 Sweaters, Veg.        0.175     0.246     0.236     0.082    -65.47     0.239     0.233     0.137     0.091   -61.89    0.48
 846 Sweaters, Silk        0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001     31.82     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001    31.82    0.07
 847 S/V Trousers MB      15.660    11.702     9.722    12.896     32.65    11.295    14.545    15.038    14.877    31.71   11.31
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn       0.002     0.012     0.012     0.008    -31.00     0.012     0.009     0.008     0.009   -29.40    2.21
 851 S/V Nightwear         0.086     0.018     0.018     0.000    -97.58     0.018     0.008     0.008     0.000   -97.60    0.07
 852 S/V Underwear         0.044     0.036     0.025     0.021    -16.53     0.047     0.035     0.034     0.032   -31.89    7.20
 858 S/V Neckwear          0.001     0.000     0.000     0.002    498.33     0.000     0.001     0.002     0.002   307.95    0.10
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      1.014     1.041     0.870     0.803     -7.77     0.939     1.006     0.991     0.974     3.70    4.97
 863 Towels Silk/Veg       0.025     0.001     0.001     0.012   1217.79     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.012   781.34    0.13
 899 Other S/V Manuf       1.238     2.102     1.851     1.018    -44.99     2.304     1.185     1.226     1.269   -44.92    1.23