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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  BELARUS  |                            | 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      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.002      *      0.00
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  

Cotton:
 332 Cotton Hosiery        0.000     0.001     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   178.18    0.00
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000      *        0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.004     0.003     0.003     0.002    -32.89     0.003     0.002     0.002     0.002   -32.89    0.00
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.000     0.004     0.004     0.001    -72.82     0.004     0.001     0.001     0.001   -68.93    0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   3850.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000  3850.00    0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001    -16.67     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -16.67    0.00
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.002     0.001     0.001     0.001     57.14     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001    60.00    0.00
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.006     0.006     0.006     0.001    -91.05     0.006      *         *        0.001   -91.05    0.00
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.010     0.001     0.001     0.000    -69.81     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -69.81    0.00
 349 Bras, & other         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.001     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00

Wool:
 431 Wool Glov/Mitns       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 432 Wool Hosiery          0.005     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.001     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       0.011     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 435 W/G Coats, Wool       0.285     0.002     0.002     0.003     44.19     0.027     0.002     0.003     0.003   -89.46    0.00
 436 Wool Dresses          0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -75.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -75.00    0.00
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 440 NK Shirts,Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 442 Wool Skirts           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    100.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   100.00    0.00
 444 Wool Suits,W/G        0.002     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 448 Wool Slacks,W/G       0.007     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    400.00     0.000      *        0.000     0.000   400.00    0.00
 469 Oth. Wool Manuf.      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  

Man-Made Fiber:
 604 Yarn>85% Synth.       0.000     0.032     0.032      *          *       0.032      *         *         *         *       *  
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn       21.119    11.714     9.797     7.159    -26.92    13.544     8.719     9.385     9.077   -32.98    1.23
 632 Hosiery               0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    200.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   200.00    0.00
 635 Coats, W/G            0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001      2.78     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001     2.78    0.00
 636 Dresses               0.000     0.002     0.002     0.003     57.78     0.002     0.002     0.002     0.003    53.19    0.00
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.002     0.000     0.000     0.000    -62.50     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -62.50    0.00
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -24.07     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -24.07    0.00
 642 Skirts                0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -29.03     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -25.81    0.00
 644 MMF W/G Suits         0.049     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.028     0.001     0.001     0.001    -37.78     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -37.78    0.00
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -52.53     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -38.83    0.00
 652 M-MF Underwear        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.000     0.002     0.001     0.000    -75.08     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001    47.05    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 810 S/V Woven Fabric      1.081     1.395     1.318     0.346    -73.74     1.463     0.388     0.422     0.423   -71.11    1.21
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.007     0.001     0.001     0.001    -23.08     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -23.08    0.00
 836 S/V Dresses           0.019     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 842 S/V Skirts            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -80.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -80.00    0.00
 844 WG Suits S/V          0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 847 S/V Trousers MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    200.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   200.00    0.00
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002    472.41     0.000     0.002     0.002     0.002   472.41    0.01
 863 Towels Silk/Veg       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.000     0.002     0.002      *          *       0.002      *         *         *         *       *