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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  MCDONIA  |                            | 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      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     56.67     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    74.29    0.00
 223 Non-Woven Fabric      0.079     0.645     0.597     0.655      9.72     0.645     0.829     0.709     0.703     9.02    0.03
 229 Special Fabric        0.087     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -50.00     0.000      *         *        0.000   -50.00    0.00
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -20.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -20.00    0.00

Cotton:
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitten      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -50.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -25.00    0.00
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000     33.33     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.00    0.00
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.005     0.002     0.002     0.001    -45.59     0.002     0.001     0.001     0.001   -45.71    0.00
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.003     0.004     0.003     0.005     61.11     0.006     0.006     0.006     0.006    12.16    0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -80.92     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -81.17    0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002    958.82     0.000     0.002     0.002     0.002   810.00    0.00
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.182     0.096     0.087     0.074    -14.57     0.110     0.068     0.081     0.083   -24.48    0.01
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.323     0.052     0.048     0.011    -76.78     0.049     0.015     0.015     0.015   -69.07    0.00
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.003     0.002     0.002     0.001    -25.96     0.002     0.001     0.001     0.001   -27.93    0.00
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.008     0.009     0.008     0.014     70.44     0.010     0.013     0.015     0.015    45.84    0.00
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.007     0.008     0.007     0.007     -3.88     0.007     0.007     0.008     0.008     6.61    0.00
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.004     0.006     0.006     0.003    -50.56     0.006     0.003     0.003     0.003   -50.14    0.00
 363 Pile Towels           0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     70.59     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    70.59    0.00

Wool:
 431 Wool Glov/Mitns       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 432 Wool Hosiery          0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB        0.041     0.002     0.002     0.003      5.00     0.002     0.003     0.003     0.003     7.50    0.02
 435 W/G Coats, Wool       0.117     0.117     0.101     0.039    -61.54     0.104     0.056     0.056     0.055   -47.47    0.08
 436 Wool Dresses          0.001     0.001     0.001     0.000    -46.67     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -46.67    0.00
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     90.91     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    90.91    0.00
 440 NK Shirts,Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -93.33     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -93.33    0.00
 442 Wool Skirts           0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000     78.57     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -19.35    0.01
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 444 Wool Suits,W/G        0.000     0.002     0.002     0.001    -63.86     0.002     0.001     0.001     0.001   -63.86    0.04
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -50.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -50.00    0.00
 447 Wool Trousers,MB      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 448 Wool Slacks,W/G       0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000     29.41     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     4.76    0.01
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.002     0.001     0.001     0.000    -71.10     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -71.10    0.00

Man-Made Fiber:
 633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.002     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 635 Coats, W/G            0.002     0.003     0.003     0.001    -47.50     0.003     0.001     0.001     0.001   -48.15    0.00
 636 Dresses               0.006     0.004     0.004     0.001    -64.49     0.004     0.002     0.002     0.002   -61.11    0.00
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.002     0.001     0.001     0.012    892.63     0.001     0.012     0.012     0.012   907.37    0.00
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000    -31.82     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000   -31.82    0.00
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       0.003     0.009     0.008     0.002    -72.57     0.008     0.003     0.003     0.003   -63.56    0.00
 642 Skirts                0.001     0.001     0.001     0.000    -70.42     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -69.33    0.00
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG       0.000     0.001     0.000     0.002       *       0.000     0.003     0.003     0.003      *      0.00
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.004     0.006     0.005     0.004    -25.88     0.006     0.004     0.004     0.004   -21.62    0.00
 652 M-MF Underwear        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 654 Down Coats, W/G       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.000     0.001     0.000     0.001    115.85     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   127.62    0.00
 666 Other Furnishing      0.005     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 669 Other MMF Manuf       0.003     0.002     0.000      *          *       0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -23.08    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 833 S/V S-T CoatsMB       0.009     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.003     0.000     0.000     0.000    166.67     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   166.67    0.00
 836 S/V Dresses           0.003     0.000     0.000     0.000      0.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.00    0.00
 838 S/V K Shirts/Bls      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        0.042     0.003     0.001     0.000    -68.12     0.001     0.002     0.002     0.002    60.00    0.01
 842 S/V Skirts            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 847 S/V Trousers MB       0.001     0.001     0.001     0.000    -71.79     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -74.42    0.00
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00