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                                          |                                         |                              January 19, 2012
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  LEBANON  |                            | Preliminary 12/2011 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 12/2011
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2009      2010    12/2010   12/2011  % Change   12/2010   10/2011   11/2011   12/2011  % Change % Share

                                                           (P)                                               (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 218 Fab, Color Yarn       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 219 Duck Fabric           0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 229 Special Fabric        0.002     0.001     0.001     0.005    458.82     0.001     0.005     0.005     0.005   458.82    0.00
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002       *       0.000     0.002     0.002     0.002      *      0.01

Cotton:
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001    500.00     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   500.00    0.00
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.000     0.002     0.002     0.004     69.84     0.002     0.004     0.004     0.004    69.84    0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.003     0.004     0.004     0.004    -21.52     0.004     0.002     0.004     0.004   -21.52    0.00
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     50.00     0.000      *         *        0.000    50.00    0.00
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    183.33     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   183.33    0.00
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 352 Cotton Underwear      0.012     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.000     0.001     0.001     0.008    777.88     0.001     0.008     0.008     0.008   777.88    0.00
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 363 Pile Towels           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.006     0.005     0.005     0.003    -41.59     0.005     0.004     0.003     0.003   -41.59    0.00

Wool:
 436 Wool Dresses          0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001     46.15     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001    46.15    0.01
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -82.46     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -82.46    0.00
 442 Wool Skirts           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 444 Wool Suits,W/G        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 465 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -95.23     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -95.23    0.00
 469 Oth. Wool Manuf.      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  

Man-Made Fiber:
 618 Wov Artif Filam       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 619 Poly Fil Fab          0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 620 Oth Synth Filam       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 624 Wov MMF Fabric        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 632 Hosiery               1.083     1.192     1.192     1.224      2.76     1.192     1.253     1.189     1.224     2.76    0.21
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.000     0.002     0.002     0.000    -98.00     0.002     0.000     0.000     0.000   -98.00    0.00
 635 Coats, W/G            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002   2850.00     0.000     0.002     0.002     0.002  2850.00    0.00
 636 Dresses               0.012     0.021     0.021     0.041     96.36     0.021     0.041     0.041     0.041    96.36    0.00
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.000     0.002     0.002     0.001    -40.16     0.002     0.002     0.001     0.001   -40.16    0.00
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       0.002     0.000     0.000     0.001    170.00     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   170.00    0.00
 642 Skirts                0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     -9.68     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -9.68    0.00
 644 MMF W/G Suits         0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001    -38.31     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -38.31    0.00
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     75.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    75.00    0.00
 650 Dress Gown,Robe       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 651 Nightwear/PJs         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      *         *         *         *       *  
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.021     0.031     0.031     0.023    -24.30     0.031     0.032     0.023     0.023   -24.30    0.00
 665 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    127.27     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   127.27    0.00
 666 Other Furnishing      0.007     0.006     0.006     0.009     63.02     0.006     0.011     0.008     0.009    63.02    0.00
 669 Other MMF Manuf       0.017     0.000     0.000     0.018       *       0.000     0.018     0.018     0.018      *      0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 810 S/V Woven Fabric      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 836 S/V Dresses           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.004   1112.50     0.000     0.004     0.004     0.004  1112.50    0.02
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     50.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    50.00    0.00
 842 S/V Skirts            0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 845 Sweaters, Veg.        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.000     0.002     0.002     0.003     47.33     0.002     0.003     0.003     0.003    47.33    0.01
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.001     0.001     0.001     0.002    168.59     0.001     0.002     0.002     0.002   168.59    0.00