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___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| CYPRUS | | Preliminary 7/2008 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.
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 7/2008
Ctrl, Cat, Product 2006 2007 7/2007 7/2008 % Change 7/2007 5/2008 6/2008 7/2008 % Change % Share
(P) (P)
Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.280 0.247 0.181 0.135 -25.36 0.183 0.289 0.223 0.202 10.00 0.02
Cotton:
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 13.46 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.003 -16.67 0.00
336 Cotton Dresses 0.000 0.002 0.001 0.001 12.12 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 26.19 0.00
338 Knit Shirts,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 * 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 * 0.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 28.57 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -10.00 0.00
342 Cotton Skirts 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 -52.08 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -54.90 0.00
345 Cotton Sweater 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 54.69 0.002 0.001 0.002 0.002 -0.93 0.00
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 612.50 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 612.50 0.00
Wool:
435 W/G Coats, Wool 0.004 0.001 0.000 0.001 112.50 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 -44.74 0.00
436 Wool Dresses 0.001 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -96.77 0.00
442 Wool Skirts 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 18.75 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -52.38 0.01
446 Wool Sweater,WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 100.00 0.00
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.001 111.76 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -12.31 0.01
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 72.73 0.00
Man-Made Fiber:
633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.369 0.000 0.000 * * 0.369 * * * * *
634 Other Coats, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.00
635 Coats, W/G 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.000 -91.67 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -45.59 0.00
636 Dresses 0.001 0.005 0.002 0.004 148.89 0.002 0.006 0.007 0.007 226.32 0.00
639 Knit Blouses,WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 14.29 0.00
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -18.75 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -27.78 0.00
642 Skirts 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 19.23 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -20.37 0.00
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 50.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 75.00 0.00
648 Slacks,etc. WG 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.001 230.77 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 37.78 0.00
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
835 S/V Coats W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 250.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 250.00 0.00
836 S/V Dresses 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.00
842 S/V Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
847 S/V Trousers MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00