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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