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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| IRAN | | 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:
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 0.037 0.050 0.050 0.007 -85.45 0.050 0.051 0.057 0.008 -84.90 0.00
Wool:
410 Wool Woven Fab. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
465 Floor Coverings 1.580 0.926 0.771 0.609 -20.98 1.054 0.768 0.773 0.764 -27.49 3.96
469 Oth. Wool Manuf. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
Man-Made Fiber:
665 Floor Coverings 0.037 0.036 0.030 0.029 -3.25 0.030 0.038 0.035 0.035 16.10 0.04
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
899 Other S/V Manuf 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *