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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  ALBANIA  |                            | 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:
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      9.52     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    38.10    0.00

Cotton:
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      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      0.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.00    0.00
 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        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001   1900.00     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001  1900.00    0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000    -68.75     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -3.13    0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000    -65.52     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -62.07    0.00
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.002     0.002     0.002     0.002     49.33     0.002     0.003     0.003     0.003    70.89    0.00
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -14.29     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -14.29    0.00
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    900.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000  1700.00    0.00
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.008     0.012     0.012     0.003    -77.59     0.012     0.004     0.004     0.003   -75.28    0.00
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.009     0.008     0.007     0.004    -40.08     0.008     0.006     0.006     0.005   -38.57    0.00
 352 Cotton Underwear      0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000    -91.84     0.000     0.000      *        0.000   -91.84    0.00
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.002     0.001     0.001     0.000    -77.78     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -73.20    0.00

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns            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     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 436 Wool Dresses          0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 442 Wool Skirts           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -80.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -80.00    0.00
 444 Wool Suits,W/G        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.000     0.015     0.012     0.012      3.20     0.012     0.016     0.013     0.015    28.56    0.30
 448 Wool Slacks,W/G       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -60.98     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -52.60    0.01

Man-Made Fiber:
 632 Hosiery               0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 635 Coats, W/G            0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 636 Dresses               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      *         *         *         *       *  
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.003     0.000     0.000     0.000    350.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   350.00    0.00
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001    -23.53     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -25.71    0.00
 642 Skirts                0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    200.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   200.00    0.00
 645 MMF M/B Sweaters      0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -96.30    0.00
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 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        0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000    350.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   350.00    0.00
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup       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     66.67     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   160.00    0.00
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.000     0.008     0.008     0.000    -99.64     0.008     0.003     0.000     0.000   -95.63    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 836 S/V Dresses           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     0.000      0.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -25.00    0.00
 842 S/V Skirts            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -82.35     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -76.47    0.00
 847 S/V Trousers MB       0.000     0.002     0.002      *          *       0.002      *         *         *         *       *  
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000      *         *         *       *