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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| MALTA | | 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:
222 Knit Fabric 4.435 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *
224 Pile/Tufted Fab. 25.706 35.809 31.443 32.716 4.05 41.579 36.093 37.058 37.082 -10.81 22.12
229 Special Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
Cotton:
334 Oth. Coats, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
338 Knit Shirts,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 1110.00 0.000 0.002 0.001 0.001 1110.00 0.00
339 W/G Knit Blouse 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -89.47 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -89.47 0.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
345 Cotton Sweater 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -57.14 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -28.57 0.00
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.000 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *
349 Bras, & other 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
352 Cotton Underwear 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
Wool:
410 Wool Woven Fab. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
435 W/G Coats, Wool 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.001 -44.74 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.001 -35.56 0.00
436 Wool Dresses 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 400.00 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 400.00 0.00
438 K Shirts,Blouses 0.001 0.000 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 0.000 -13.33 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -13.33 0.01
443 Wool Suits,M/B 0.001 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 0.000 * * * *
444 Wool Suits,W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
445 Wool Sweater,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
446 Wool Sweater,WG 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 35.29 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.55 0.00
447 Wool Trousers,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.00
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * *
Man-Made Fiber:
611 Wov>85% Art Stp 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
635 Coats, W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1100.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 300.00 0.00
636 Dresses 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
638 Knit Shirts, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
642 Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
644 MMF W/G Suits 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
648 Slacks,etc. WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 60.00 0.00
650 Dress Gown,Robe 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
651 Nightwear/PJs 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
652 M-MF Underwear 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 600.00 0.000 * * 0.000 0.00 0.00
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.024 0.013 0.011 0.034 210.96 0.015 0.026 0.032 0.036 139.65 0.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
844 WG Suits S/V 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
845 Sweaters, Veg. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
847 S/V Trousers MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
852 S/V Underwear 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 300.00 0.01
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *