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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| ITALY | | 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:
200 Yarns / Sew Thrd 1.435 1.070 0.881 0.673 -23.66 1.168 0.886 0.887 0.862 -26.18 0.87
201 Specialty Yarns 3.353 1.971 1.710 1.692 -1.02 2.260 1.984 2.038 1.953 -13.56 1.11
218 Fab, Color Yarn 6.337 9.423 8.404 5.220 -37.89 9.938 6.985 6.514 6.239 -37.22 12.73
219 Duck Fabric 0.070 0.040 0.035 0.023 -35.62 0.045 0.028 0.028 0.028 -37.93 0.06
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 9.571 4.312 3.807 1.652 -56.60 5.719 2.495 2.386 2.157 -62.28 1.60
222 Knit Fabric 18.632 15.919 13.302 8.847 -33.49 15.895 12.554 11.932 11.465 -27.87 1.02
223 Non-Woven Fabric 81.635 50.675 42.315 44.082 4.17 51.007 49.708 50.665 52.441 2.81 2.24
224 Pile/Tufted Fab. 4.188 1.263 1.113 0.543 -51.19 1.382 0.775 0.750 0.693 -49.82 0.41
225 Blue Denim Fab. 13.039 7.232 6.469 3.509 -45.76 8.316 4.098 4.327 4.271 -48.64 13.87
226 Cheesecloth,Bati 0.338 0.215 0.174 0.105 -39.32 0.253 0.155 0.150 0.147 -41.92 0.44
227 Oxford Cloth 0.014 0.006 0.006 0.003 -56.23 0.009 0.003 0.003 0.003 -70.66 0.29
229 Special Fabric 29.416 27.836 24.492 9.620 -60.72 28.244 13.244 13.323 12.964 -54.10 0.79
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.120 0.020 0.019 0.006 -69.25 0.128 0.009 0.010 0.007 -94.82 0.03
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.185 0.153 0.143 0.107 -25.53 0.151 0.127 0.119 0.116 -22.81 0.01
Cotton:
300 Carded Cot. Yarn 0.844 0.794 0.643 0.425 -33.96 0.759 0.574 0.570 0.576 -24.18 0.51
301 Combed Cot. Yarn 1.168 0.778 0.770 0.304 -60.49 0.951 0.413 0.406 0.312 -67.20 0.16
313 Cotton Sheeting 0.286 0.234 0.082 0.188 129.00 0.134 0.347 0.342 0.340 153.41 0.17
314 Poplin,Broadcl. 0.979 0.658 0.553 0.208 -62.31 0.809 0.349 0.351 0.314 -61.22 0.32
315 Printcloth Fab. 0.858 0.132 0.117 0.030 -74.16 0.379 0.050 0.045 0.045 -88.06 0.07
317 Twill Fabric 2.363 1.915 1.720 0.639 -62.83 2.321 0.849 0.826 0.834 -64.06 1.68
326 Sateen Fabric 2.254 1.376 1.268 0.569 -55.14 1.778 0.707 0.694 0.677 -61.91 1.71
330 Cot.Handkerchief 0.045 0.052 0.045 0.010 -78.28 0.050 0.018 0.017 0.017 -66.70 0.20
331 Cot.Glove/Mitten 0.004 0.011 0.011 0.004 -66.22 0.011 0.004 0.004 0.004 -65.36 0.00
332 Cotton Hosiery 0.916 0.688 0.598 0.431 -27.90 0.760 0.580 0.570 0.522 -31.38 0.08
333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.292 0.284 0.245 0.172 -30.03 0.293 0.222 0.219 0.211 -28.17 1.91
334 Oth. Coats, MB 1.510 1.385 1.211 0.462 -61.87 1.453 0.744 0.668 0.636 -56.23 0.20
335 W/G Cot. Coats 1.147 0.784 0.604 0.338 -44.05 0.819 0.529 0.530 0.518 -36.72 0.10
336 Cotton Dresses 0.744 0.852 0.596 0.447 -25.08 0.759 0.715 0.715 0.703 -7.38 0.11
338 Knit Shirts,MB 0.364 0.261 0.229 0.134 -41.54 0.295 0.177 0.178 0.166 -43.76 0.02
339 W/G Knit Blouse 0.272 0.234 0.188 0.124 -33.95 0.225 0.189 0.187 0.171 -24.14 0.01
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 3.111 2.652 2.349 1.412 -39.89 2.812 1.899 1.865 1.715 -39.03 0.31
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.540 0.355 0.303 0.197 -34.95 0.377 0.258 0.245 0.249 -34.06 0.08
342 Cotton Skirts 0.257 0.178 0.149 0.095 -36.44 0.196 0.127 0.124 0.123 -37.02 0.08
345 Cotton Sweater 0.750 0.559 0.452 0.281 -37.79 0.592 0.434 0.427 0.388 -34.44 0.14
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 1.462 1.273 1.034 0.936 -9.48 1.312 1.152 1.185 1.175 -10.43 0.11
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 1.409 1.134 0.889 1.268 42.57 1.119 1.389 1.451 1.513 35.22 0.10
349 Bras, & other 0.025 0.013 0.011 0.017 52.49 0.013 0.016 0.019 0.019 47.60 0.06
350 Dress. Gown etc 0.170 0.104 0.090 0.068 -24.35 0.102 0.079 0.081 0.083 -18.97 0.03
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 0.240 0.116 0.098 0.137 39.06 0.112 0.110 0.111 0.154 38.21 0.02
352 Cotton Underwear 0.223 0.195 0.161 0.305 88.98 0.190 0.355 0.339 0.338 78.34 0.02
353 Down Coats,M/B 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 44.00 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 32.14 0.29
354 Down Coats,W/G 0.002 0.004 0.004 0.002 -52.76 0.005 0.002 0.002 0.002 -52.67 1.97
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.775 0.505 0.435 0.483 10.92 0.495 0.576 0.550 0.552 11.54 0.15
360 Pillowcases 1.070 0.702 0.561 0.387 -31.10 0.710 0.593 0.566 0.528 -25.72 0.27
361 Cotton Sheets 5.365 3.670 2.976 1.872 -37.10 3.614 2.806 2.693 2.566 -28.99 0.21
362 Bedsprds/Quilt 2.679 1.887 1.568 1.029 -34.35 1.947 1.362 1.318 1.349 -30.73 0.43
363 Pile Towels 0.063 0.103 0.084 0.036 -57.18 0.097 0.061 0.061 0.055 -43.47 0.02
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 7.418 5.450 4.463 2.502 -43.95 5.437 3.935 3.792 3.489 -35.83 0.14
Wool:
400 Wool Yarns 5.028 3.287 3.007 1.754 -41.68 3.770 2.165 2.085 2.033 -46.07 9.24
410 Wool Woven Fab. 4.680 3.491 2.970 1.613 -45.71 3.559 2.263 2.178 2.133 -40.07 21.50
414 Oth Wool Fabric 0.600 0.315 0.282 0.130 -53.68 0.346 0.148 0.150 0.164 -52.60 2.57
431 Wool Glov/Mitns 0.138 0.087 0.065 0.076 16.66 0.087 0.106 0.097 0.098 12.11 7.65
432 Wool Hosiery 0.244 0.235 0.201 0.163 -18.48 0.247 0.224 0.218 0.198 -20.00 14.59
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB 0.932 0.746 0.638 0.409 -35.96 0.771 0.548 0.528 0.516 -33.06 3.19
434 Oth. Coats, M/B 0.538 0.535 0.487 0.264 -45.74 0.550 0.348 0.336 0.312 -43.33 1.61
435 W/G Coats, Wool 2.156 1.757 1.652 1.072 -35.08 1.805 1.281 1.208 1.178 -34.75 1.73
436 Wool Dresses 0.774 0.796 0.739 0.557 -24.61 0.788 0.639 0.618 0.614 -22.05 4.90
438 K Shirts,Blouses 1.784 1.121 1.058 0.755 -28.64 1.195 0.890 0.926 0.818 -31.51 3.96
439 Babies' garments 0.049 0.017 0.017 0.015 -11.58 0.018 0.018 0.016 0.015 -16.92 3.50
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.053 0.049 0.045 0.036 -19.83 0.051 0.043 0.042 0.040 -20.21 5.54
442 Wool Skirts 0.212 0.160 0.151 0.086 -42.88 0.167 0.104 0.096 0.095 -43.26 3.17
443 Wool Suits,M/B 1.834 1.432 1.257 0.830 -33.98 1.552 1.029 1.013 1.005 -35.25 5.64
444 Wool Suits,W/G 0.089 0.053 0.045 0.023 -47.53 0.057 0.037 0.034 0.031 -44.65 2.41
445 Wool Sweater,MB 0.694 0.634 0.567 0.371 -34.46 0.679 0.533 0.496 0.439 -35.33 8.46
446 Wool Sweater,WG 0.771 0.558 0.494 0.349 -29.47 0.554 0.467 0.441 0.412 -25.55 1.80
447 Wool Trousers,MB 1.597 1.178 1.037 0.731 -29.48 1.323 0.916 0.901 0.872 -34.07 6.00
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 0.342 0.262 0.236 0.148 -37.18 0.279 0.184 0.179 0.175 -37.40 3.16
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.591 0.511 0.472 0.469 -0.63 0.508 0.535 0.513 0.508 0.05 5.03
464 Wool Blankets 0.052 0.099 0.093 0.120 28.67 0.101 0.161 0.156 0.126 24.43 4.52
465 Floor Coverings 0.158 0.126 0.105 0.091 -13.76 0.131 0.116 0.110 0.111 -15.00 0.58
469 Oth. Wool Manuf. 0.041 0.039 0.035 0.018 -49.59 0.044 0.026 0.022 0.021 -51.31 1.68
Man-Made Fiber:
600 Text Fil Yarn 37.250 25.603 23.024 10.363 -54.99 28.178 14.970 14.505 12.941 -54.07 2.46
603 Yarn>85% artif. 0.198 0.055 0.051 0.029 -43.22 0.086 0.033 0.044 0.033 -61.55 0.03
604 Yarn>85% Synth. 2.117 0.519 0.508 0.129 -74.57 0.520 0.358 0.268 0.140 -73.12 0.09
606 N-Text Fil Yrn 7.344 4.997 3.630 2.363 -34.90 4.731 4.010 3.945 3.730 -21.16 0.51
607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn 0.666 0.257 0.189 0.438 131.81 0.261 0.520 0.515 0.507 93.89 0.78
611 Wov>85% Art Stp 0.251 0.229 0.187 0.091 -51.00 0.228 0.136 0.129 0.134 -41.24 3.27
613 MMF Sheeting Fab 0.060 0.076 0.067 0.005 -91.88 0.075 0.015 0.015 0.015 -80.30 0.17
614 MMF Pop/Brdclth 0.161 0.178 0.140 0.052 -62.88 0.168 0.074 0.074 0.090 -46.43 0.23
615 MMF Printcloth 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.002 -20.95 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 -20.52 0.06
617 MMF Twill/Sateen 0.101 0.105 0.073 0.011 -85.05 0.095 0.036 0.036 0.042 -55.44 0.19
618 Wov Artif Filam 1.590 1.402 1.258 0.728 -42.09 1.472 0.958 0.859 0.873 -40.71 5.36
619 Poly Fil Fab 0.956 0.664 0.588 0.171 -70.97 0.731 0.271 0.264 0.248 -66.12 0.13
620 Oth Synth Filam 1.655 1.765 1.680 1.611 -4.06 2.202 1.784 1.742 1.697 -22.95 0.27
621 Impression Fab 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.010 593.20 0.002 0.011 0.011 0.011 601.80 1.03
624 Wov MMF Fabric 0.161 0.115 0.104 0.054 -47.77 0.129 0.067 0.063 0.065 -49.51 4.08
625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl 0.021 0.052 0.048 0.012 -74.71 0.051 0.019 0.019 0.017 -67.26 0.10
626 Printclth Stp/Fl 0.018 0.004 0.004 0.000 -89.74 0.005 0.001 0.001 0.000 -91.77 0.00
627 Sheeting Stap/Fl 0.038 0.037 0.033 0.002 -93.39 0.038 0.006 0.006 0.006 -84.43 0.16
628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil 0.051 0.060 0.050 0.017 -65.15 0.053 0.029 0.028 0.028 -48.02 0.10
629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab 2.945 2.120 1.880 0.960 -48.92 2.431 1.167 1.257 1.201 -50.61 3.03
630 Handkerchiefs 0.003 0.002 0.002 * * 0.002 0.000 0.000 * * *
631 Gloves/Mittens 0.016 0.014 0.013 0.009 -31.68 0.013 0.020 0.010 0.010 -24.86 0.01
632 Hosiery 3.008 3.644 3.202 1.504 -53.04 3.797 2.202 2.153 1.946 -48.76 0.51
633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.244 0.206 0.192 0.065 -66.04 0.269 0.092 0.076 0.080 -70.40 0.69
634 Other Coats, MB 0.580 0.921 0.840 0.262 -68.85 0.988 0.453 0.381 0.342 -65.39 0.10
635 Coats, W/G 4.577 4.485 3.968 1.882 -52.58 4.573 2.856 2.646 2.399 -47.53 0.55
636 Dresses 1.876 1.721 1.447 0.958 -33.79 1.791 1.287 1.253 1.232 -31.21 0.18
638 Knit Shirts, MB 0.188 0.166 0.145 0.113 -22.01 0.187 0.131 0.131 0.134 -28.39 0.02
639 Knit Blouses,WG 0.765 0.516 0.447 0.233 -48.00 0.545 0.300 0.292 0.302 -44.72 0.05
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.103 0.134 0.094 0.061 -34.89 0.103 0.121 0.109 0.101 -2.08 0.08
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.159 0.166 0.152 0.073 -51.96 0.169 0.082 0.083 0.087 -48.37 0.05
642 Skirts 0.224 0.211 0.188 0.087 -53.56 0.224 0.113 0.109 0.110 -50.91 0.14
643 MMF Suits, M/B 0.026 0.039 0.033 0.021 -35.73 0.039 0.029 0.027 0.027 -29.05 0.18
644 MMF W/G Suits 0.041 0.030 0.026 0.012 -53.77 0.035 0.019 0.017 0.016 -52.86 0.05
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 0.068 0.059 0.052 0.040 -22.81 0.065 0.044 0.043 0.047 -26.54 0.49
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 0.438 0.417 0.333 0.152 -54.37 0.396 0.280 0.276 0.236 -40.50 0.18
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.236 0.348 0.308 0.097 -68.59 0.328 0.144 0.135 0.137 -58.22 0.03
648 Slacks,etc. WG 0.794 0.784 0.594 0.411 -30.80 0.754 0.679 0.615 0.601 -20.40 0.18
649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup 0.159 0.144 0.132 0.051 -61.31 0.145 0.070 0.068 0.063 -56.84 0.04
650 Dress Gown,Robe 0.022 0.040 0.034 0.023 -32.00 0.035 0.040 0.029 0.029 -17.49 0.01
651 Nightwear/PJs 0.090 0.126 0.109 0.091 -16.78 0.114 0.129 0.118 0.108 -5.86 0.02
652 M-MF Underwear 0.856 0.598 0.507 0.361 -28.78 0.604 0.503 0.475 0.452 -25.07 0.08
653 Down Coats, M/B 0.025 0.049 0.043 0.051 17.14 0.044 0.056 0.056 0.056 27.96 0.68
654 Down Coats, W/G 0.058 0.085 0.082 0.034 -57.96 0.084 0.042 0.037 0.037 -55.49 0.14
659 Oth. MMF App. 9.438 7.729 6.926 5.381 -22.30 8.239 6.164 6.287 6.184 -24.94 0.37
665 Floor Coverings 1.256 1.095 0.961 1.004 4.48 1.092 1.169 1.179 1.138 4.22 1.25
666 Other Furnishing 0.838 1.015 0.781 0.297 -61.98 0.956 0.550 0.553 0.531 -44.44 0.01
669 Other MMF Manuf 3.615 12.924 10.417 4.585 -55.98 12.836 7.459 6.806 7.093 -44.74 0.22
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
800 S/V Yarns 0.149 0.097 0.088 0.048 -45.55 0.120 0.055 0.056 0.057 -52.27 1.45
810 S/V Woven Fabric 1.572 1.306 1.058 0.636 -39.90 1.394 0.944 0.923 0.884 -36.55 2.53
831 Gloves Silk/Veg 0.002 0.005 0.004 0.006 32.89 0.004 0.008 0.007 0.006 50.77 0.19
832 Hosiery Slk/Veg 0.025 0.021 0.020 0.031 54.25 0.022 0.041 0.035 0.032 48.47 1.10
833 S/V S-T CoatsMB 0.203 0.164 0.146 0.064 -56.35 0.173 0.086 0.083 0.081 -53.03 6.20
834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B 0.061 0.071 0.062 0.043 -30.22 0.074 0.062 0.054 0.053 -28.90 2.09
835 S/V Coats W/G 0.492 0.221 0.181 0.108 -40.22 0.251 0.150 0.153 0.148 -40.99 0.87
836 S/V Dresses 0.166 0.146 0.118 0.100 -14.97 0.150 0.133 0.132 0.128 -14.73 0.96
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 0.138 0.066 0.058 0.026 -55.33 0.092 0.035 0.034 0.034 -63.18 0.23
839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.005 2.44 0.004 0.006 0.006 0.005 8.78 0.14
840 S/V Wov Shirts 0.217 0.163 0.140 0.090 -35.74 0.170 0.120 0.117 0.113 -33.52 0.32
842 S/V Skirts 0.050 0.040 0.031 0.021 -32.52 0.039 0.031 0.031 0.030 -23.00 0.38
843 S/V Suits, M/B 0.099 0.050 0.047 0.023 -50.28 0.062 0.031 0.029 0.027 -56.50 8.43
844 WG Suits S/V 0.014 0.005 0.003 0.002 -22.88 0.006 0.004 0.004 0.004 -38.14 0.41
845 Sweaters, Veg. 0.038 0.034 0.028 0.023 -18.88 0.034 0.028 0.029 0.029 -14.74 0.15
846 Sweaters, Silk 0.087 0.023 0.021 0.045 119.78 0.023 0.052 0.052 0.047 101.54 3.90
847 S/V Trousers MB 0.183 0.143 0.122 0.085 -30.39 0.147 0.099 0.102 0.106 -28.10 0.08
850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn 0.005 0.037 0.033 0.020 -38.77 0.033 0.019 0.024 0.024 -28.37 6.21
851 S/V Nightwear 0.005 0.030 0.028 0.002 -91.85 0.028 0.011 0.011 0.004 -86.54 0.61
852 S/V Underwear 0.005 0.019 0.018 0.008 -55.92 0.021 0.008 0.009 0.009 -57.71 1.98
858 S/V Neckwear 0.158 0.216 0.181 0.129 -29.16 0.218 0.171 0.169 0.163 -25.03 8.79
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.553 0.754 0.680 0.389 -42.76 0.770 0.513 0.506 0.464 -39.77 2.37
863 Towels Silk/Veg 0.004 0.021 0.019 0.036 88.77 0.020 0.039 0.039 0.038 87.55 0.40
899 Other S/V Manuf 1.140 1.256 0.961 0.923 -3.94 1.107 1.212 1.196 1.218 9.98 1.18