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                                          |                                         |                              January 19, 2012
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  ALBANIA  |                            | 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:
 224 Pile/Tufted Fab.      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001   1173.33     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001  1173.33    0.00

Cotton:
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 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       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.001     0.000     0.000     0.002       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.002      *      0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     85.71     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    85.71    0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    325.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   325.00    0.00
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.002     0.010     0.010     0.003    -64.92     0.010     0.005     0.005     0.003   -64.92    0.00
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -68.42     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -68.42    0.00
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -21.74     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -21.74    0.00
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.004     0.007     0.007     0.014     87.35     0.007     0.011     0.011     0.014    87.35    0.00
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.005     0.011     0.011     0.013     21.24     0.011     0.013     0.014     0.013    21.24    0.00
 349 Bras, & other         0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 352 Cotton Underwear      0.000     0.002     0.002      *          *       0.002     0.002      *         *         *       *  
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -67.27     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -67.27    0.00
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns            0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 435 W/G Coats, Wool       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001    -39.13     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -39.13    0.00
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 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      *         *         *         *       *  
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.019     0.009     0.009     0.011     15.07     0.009     0.010     0.012     0.011    15.07    0.18
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      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       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.001     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.01
 465 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  

Man-Made Fiber:
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 635 Coats, W/G            0.154     0.754     0.754     0.395    -47.52     0.754     0.384     0.341     0.395   -47.52    0.08
 636 Dresses               0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001    -48.15     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -48.15    0.00
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.000     0.002     0.002     0.012    548.44     0.002     0.009     0.012     0.012   548.44    0.00
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -96.92     0.001      *         *        0.000   -96.92    0.00
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       0.001     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     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    333.33     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   333.33    0.00
 645 MMF M/B Sweaters      0.000     0.017     0.017     0.017     -3.56     0.017     0.018     0.020     0.017    -3.56    0.12
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001   2200.00     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001  2200.00    0.00
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -86.84     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -86.84    0.00
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 652 M-MF Underwear        0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.001      *         *         *       *  
 654 Down Coats, W/G       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.000     0.003     0.003     0.031    921.85     0.003     0.031     0.032     0.031   921.85    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.000     0.001     0.001     0.024   1976.47     0.001     0.022     0.024     0.024  1976.47    0.15
 836 S/V Dresses           0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 838 S/V K Shirts/Bls      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 842 S/V Skirts            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 843 S/V Suits, M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.01
 844 WG Suits S/V          0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.02
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.008     0.150     0.150     0.091    -39.18     0.150     0.089     0.072     0.091   -39.18    0.30