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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| SYRIA | | 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:
218 Fab, Color Yarn 0.015 0.000 0.000 0.003 3134.00 0.000 0.003 0.003 0.003 3134.00 0.01
224 Pile/Tufted Fab. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
226 Cheesecloth,Bati 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 * 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 * 0.00
229 Special Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 * 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 * 0.00
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.042 0.005 0.005 0.002 -61.90 0.006 0.002 0.002 0.002 -67.12 0.01
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.147 0.021 0.021 0.004 -81.79 0.046 0.004 0.004 0.004 -91.43 0.00
Cotton:
332 Cotton Hosiery 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.001 -63.55 0.003 0.001 0.001 0.001 -66.01 0.00
334 Oth. Coats, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 250.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 250.00 0.00
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.013 0.055 0.048 0.060 23.41 0.055 0.087 0.078 0.066 18.72 0.01
336 Cotton Dresses 0.006 0.004 0.004 0.003 -21.30 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.003 -32.06 0.00
338 Knit Shirts,MB 0.001 0.015 0.001 0.042 3173.11 0.002 0.055 0.055 0.055 2952.65 0.01
339 W/G Knit Blouse 0.344 0.195 0.186 0.045 -75.62 0.200 0.066 0.062 0.055 -72.59 0.00
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 0.003 0.000 0.000 0.001 188.24 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 188.24 0.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.001 -66.21 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -59.31 0.00
342 Cotton Skirts 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.004 218.60 0.001 0.004 0.004 0.004 229.07 0.00
345 Cotton Sweater 0.060 0.070 0.039 0.042 7.54 0.039 0.092 0.073 0.073 88.33 0.03
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.727 0.128 0.117 0.173 48.68 0.182 0.188 0.189 0.185 1.75 0.01
350 Dress. Gown etc 1.696 1.348 0.753 0.206 -72.63 1.138 0.801 0.802 0.801 -29.56 0.25
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 6.018 1.136 1.135 0.996 -12.27 1.469 1.138 0.997 0.997 -32.14 0.13
352 Cotton Underwear 1.822 1.152 1.106 0.701 -36.63 1.106 0.953 0.869 0.747 -32.40 0.04
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.007 0.008 0.007 0.021 189.17 0.009 0.022 0.022 0.022 143.33 0.01
362 Bedsprds/Quilt 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
363 Pile Towels 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 0.021 0.003 0.003 0.004 7.52 0.005 0.003 0.004 0.004 -24.04 0.00
Wool:
432 Wool Hosiery 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 -51.77 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.98 0.03
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB 0.001 0.000 0.000 * * 0.001 * * * * *
435 W/G Coats, Wool 0.002 0.000 0.000 * * 0.002 * * * * *
436 Wool Dresses 0.001 0.000 0.000 * * 0.001 * * * * *
438 K Shirts,Blouses 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
442 Wool Skirts 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -81.40 0.00
443 Wool Suits,M/B 0.048 0.000 0.000 0.001 3788.89 0.000 * 0.001 0.001 3788.89 0.01
444 Wool Suits,W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 * * * *
446 Wool Sweater,WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
447 Wool Trousers,MB 0.017 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.001 -60.00 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -60.00 0.01
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.001 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
465 Floor Coverings 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 173.53 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 394.12 0.00
469 Oth. Wool Manuf. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.01
Man-Made Fiber:
618 Wov Artif Filam 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
620 Oth Synth Filam 0.016 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
632 Hosiery 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
634 Other Coats, MB 0.001 0.006 0.006 0.001 -89.08 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.001 -82.76 0.00
635 Coats, W/G 0.003 0.027 0.011 0.005 -51.52 0.012 0.024 0.025 0.021 81.44 0.00
636 Dresses 0.012 0.011 0.008 0.008 -2.40 0.009 0.016 0.011 0.011 16.18 0.00
638 Knit Shirts, MB 0.000 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *
639 Knit Blouses,WG 0.025 0.030 0.030 0.068 128.14 0.038 0.066 0.073 0.069 81.11 0.01
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 209.52 0.000 0.002 0.001 0.001 209.52 0.00
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.004 91.23 0.002 0.005 0.004 0.004 97.08 0.00
642 Skirts 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.001 1100.00 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 1375.00 0.00
643 MMF Suits, M/B 0.005 0.003 0.003 0.001 -77.48 0.003 0.001 0.001 0.001 -77.48 0.00
644 MMF W/G Suits 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 0.010 0.023 0.023 * * 0.023 0.009 * * * *
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 0.000 0.018 0.000 0.095 * 0.000 0.113 0.113 0.113 * 0.09
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.034 0.003 0.003 0.000 -84.08 0.004 0.001 0.000 0.000 -87.50 0.00
648 Slacks,etc. WG 0.000 0.004 0.003 0.002 -32.13 0.003 0.005 0.005 0.003 3.17 0.00
650 Dress Gown,Robe 0.044 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
651 Nightwear/PJs 0.352 0.029 0.029 * * 0.029 0.001 * * * *
652 M-MF Underwear 0.156 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.223 0.265 0.220 0.143 -35.05 0.229 0.233 0.211 0.188 -18.02 0.01
665 Floor Coverings 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 -0.15 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 20.74 0.00
666 Other Furnishing 0.265 0.005 0.005 0.003 -43.38 0.009 0.004 0.003 0.003 -68.93 0.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
810 S/V Woven Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
835 S/V Coats W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
836 S/V Dresses 0.005 0.002 0.002 0.002 35.71 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 -8.64 0.02
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 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 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
842 S/V Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -81.48 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -81.48 0.00
843 S/V Suits, M/B 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.003 0.000 0.000 0.002 * 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.002 * 0.01
899 Other S/V Manuf 0.010 0.049 0.049 0.004 -91.32 0.058 0.004 0.004 0.004 -92.79 0.00