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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| LUXMBRG | | 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:
223 Non-Woven Fabric 67.807 68.840 62.870 63.036 0.26 77.998 73.327 69.567 69.006 -11.53 2.94
229 Special Fabric 4.232 6.468 6.180 1.527 -75.28 6.828 3.185 2.665 1.816 -73.40 0.11
Cotton:
331 Cot.Glove/Mitten 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
334 Oth. Coats, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 0.00
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 0.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
342 Cotton Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 0.00
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 0.00
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
Wool:
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
465 Floor Coverings 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -88.31 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -88.31 0.00
Man-Made Fiber:
620 Oth Synth Filam 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.055 2385.28 0.004 0.002 0.002 0.055 1371.15 0.01
621 Impression Fab 0.000 0.094 0.088 0.019 -78.69 0.088 0.024 0.024 0.024 -72.54 2.23
634 Other Coats, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
665 Floor Coverings 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
669 Other MMF Manuf 0.020 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *