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                                          |                                         |                              January 19, 2012
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  MALTA    |                            | 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:
 201 Specialty Yarns       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 223 Non-Woven Fabric      0.000     0.006     0.006      *          *       0.006      *         *         *         *       *  
 224 Pile/Tufted Fab.     32.248    34.067    34.067    26.927    -20.96    34.067    31.614    29.544    26.927   -20.96   15.69

Cotton:
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.001     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      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      *         *         *         *       *  
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 435 W/G Coats, Wool       0.000     0.005     0.005     0.005      9.26     0.005     0.005     0.005     0.005     9.26    0.01
 436 Wool Dresses          0.001     0.002     0.002     0.003     68.42     0.002     0.001     0.002     0.003    68.42    0.02
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      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     0.001    253.85     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   253.85    0.02
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -83.33     0.000      *         *        0.000   -83.33    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     0.002    360.87     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.002   360.87    0.03
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -44.44     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -44.44    0.00

Man-Made Fiber:
 635 Coats, W/G            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001    466.67     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   466.67    0.00
 636 Dresses               0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002    233.33     0.000     0.001     0.002     0.002   233.33    0.00
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 642 Skirts                0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 647 Trousers,etc MB       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     0.001    525.00     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   525.00    0.00
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -61.11     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -61.11    0.00
 650 Dress Gown,Robe       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 651 Nightwear/PJs         0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 652 M-MF Underwear        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -88.89     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -88.89    0.00
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.039     0.053     0.053     0.073     39.79     0.053     0.074     0.074     0.073    39.79    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 852 S/V Underwear         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.09
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -41.46     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -41.46    0.00