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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| LEBANON | | 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:
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
229 Special Fabric 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.000 -76.47 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -45.38 0.00
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.001 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
Cotton:
333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.00
336 Cotton Dresses 0.002 0.001 0.000 0.000 -76.92 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -69.23 0.00
338 Knit Shirts,MB 0.016 0.057 0.034 0.000 -99.68 0.034 0.025 0.023 0.023 -31.96 0.00
339 W/G Knit Blouse 0.077 0.044 0.044 0.000 -99.01 0.074 0.000 0.000 0.000 -99.41 0.00
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 0.009 0.002 0.002 0.003 44.44 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.003 48.15 0.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -42.86 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -42.86 0.00
342 Cotton Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 300.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 200.00 0.00
345 Cotton Sweater 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 0.415 0.032 0.032 * * 0.075 * * * * *
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -71.43 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 -71.43 0.00
350 Dress. Gown etc 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 0.058 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
352 Cotton Underwear 1.038 0.263 0.223 0.012 -94.82 0.244 0.071 0.051 0.051 -78.95 0.00
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 -94.49 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -94.49 0.00
362 Bedsprds/Quilt 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.001 0.000 * * * *
363 Pile Towels 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 * * * *
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.005 244.58 0.002 0.005 0.005 0.005 97.24 0.00
Wool:
435 W/G Coats, Wool 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -75.00 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 0.000 * * * *
443 Wool Suits,M/B 0.001 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 * * * *
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
465 Floor Coverings 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -83.20 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -83.20 0.00
Man-Made Fiber:
632 Hosiery 1.374 0.965 0.907 0.825 -9.10 1.047 0.972 0.994 0.883 -15.70 0.23
635 Coats, W/G 0.001 0.008 0.008 0.000 -99.58 0.008 0.000 0.000 0.000 -99.58 0.00
636 Dresses 0.018 0.029 0.028 0.012 -59.33 0.029 0.013 0.012 0.012 -57.26 0.00
639 Knit Blouses,WG 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 -18.18 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 15.15 0.00
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.001 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 22.16 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.003 38.69 0.00
642 Skirts 0.001 0.003 0.003 0.000 -90.45 0.003 0.001 0.001 0.001 -81.59 0.00
643 MMF Suits, M/B 0.001 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
644 MMF W/G Suits 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.000 -94.78 0.002 0.001 0.000 0.000 -94.78 0.00
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 0.000 0.019 0.019 * * 0.019 * * * * *
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.001 0.004 0.004 * * 0.004 * * * * *
648 Slacks,etc. WG 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.000 -94.85 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 -91.18 0.00
650 Dress Gown,Robe 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 166.67 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 166.67 0.00
651 Nightwear/PJs 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 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 0.00
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.027 0.028 0.026 0.019 -27.48 0.026 0.029 0.022 0.021 -19.64 0.00
665 Floor Coverings 0.053 0.011 0.011 * * 0.022 0.001 * * * *
666 Other Furnishing 0.001 0.006 0.005 0.005 7.67 0.005 0.008 0.006 0.007 33.33 0.00
669 Other MMF Manuf 0.000 0.006 0.006 0.017 195.66 0.006 0.016 0.016 0.017 195.66 0.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
835 S/V Coats W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
836 S/V Dresses 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 -58.33 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -58.33 0.00
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 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 -92.86 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -92.86 0.00
842 S/V Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -87.50 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -87.50 0.00
847 S/V Trousers MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * *
852 S/V Underwear 0.002 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.000 0.002 0.002 * * 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 -99.40 0.00
899 Other S/V Manuf 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 -58.26 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -58.26 0.00