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                                          |                                         |                              January 19, 2012
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  LUXMBRG  |                            | Preliminary 12/2011 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 12/2011
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2009      2010    12/2010   12/2011  % Change   12/2010   10/2011   11/2011   12/2011  % Change % Share

                                                           (P)                                               (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 223 Non-Woven Fabric     73.557    82.894    82.894    69.872    -15.71    82.894    75.012    67.524    69.872   -15.71    2.49
 224 Pile/Tufted Fab.      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 229 Special Fabric        2.225     3.553     3.553     4.140     16.52     3.553     3.947     3.937     4.140    16.52    0.18

Cotton:
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.000     0.000     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      *         *         *         *       *  
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00

Wool:
 410 Wool Woven Fab.       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      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      *         *         *         *       *  
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 464 Wool Blankets         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.01
 465 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  

Man-Made Fiber:
 620 Oth Synth Filam       0.055     0.000     0.000     0.046       *       0.000     0.046     0.046     0.046      *      0.00
 621 Impression Fab        0.019     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.000     0.029     0.029      *          *       0.029      *         *         *         *       *  
 635 Coats, W/G            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 636 Dresses               0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.001     0.001      *         *       *  
 666 Other Furnishing      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 833 S/V S-T CoatsMB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 845 Sweaters, Veg.        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00