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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  S ARAB   |                            | 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:
 200 Yarns / Sew Thrd      0.000     0.317     0.317      *          *       0.317     0.235     0.158      *         *       *  
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      2.071     0.000     0.000     0.000    125.00     0.118      *        0.000     0.000   -99.95    0.00
 222 Knit Fabric           0.076     0.000     0.000     0.125       *       0.000     0.125     0.125     0.125      *      0.01
 223 Non-Woven Fabric    110.883    65.509    49.532    50.180      1.31    63.423    70.543    68.117    66.157     4.31    2.82
 229 Special Fabric        0.005     0.296     0.149     1.039    597.19     0.149     1.188     1.186     1.186   695.70    0.07

Cotton:
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.006       *       0.000     0.006     0.006     0.006      *      0.01
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitten      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        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      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.008     0.007     0.007     0.003    -47.70     0.007     0.004     0.004     0.003   -47.70    0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        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     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.003     0.001     0.001     0.001   -57.14    0.00
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -42.86     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -42.86    0.00
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   400.00    0.00
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    400.00     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000   400.00    0.00
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs       0.001     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.005     0.009     0.005     0.012    125.53     0.005     0.015     0.015     0.015   184.07    0.00
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 363 Pile Towels           0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.033     0.006     0.006     0.004    -30.57     0.006     0.003     0.003     0.004   -32.05    0.00

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns            0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 440 NK Shirts,Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 442 Wool Skirts           0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 465 Floor Coverings       0.011     0.000     0.000     0.001    451.96     0.003     0.000     0.000     0.001   -82.26    0.00

Man-Made Fiber:
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn        0.691     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn      0.221     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.149      *         *         *         *       *  
 620 Oth Synth Filam      29.934    64.672    54.383    25.894    -52.39    59.997    39.333    35.774    36.183   -39.69    5.78
 629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab      0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 631 Gloves/Mittens        0.000     0.005     0.005      *          *       0.005      *         *         *         *       *  
 636 Dresses               0.036     0.044     0.040     0.040      0.85     0.041     0.033     0.044     0.045     7.90    0.01
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.000     0.003     0.003      *          *       0.003     0.002      *         *         *       *  
 642 Skirts                0.000     0.003     0.003      *          *       0.003     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 643 MMF Suits, M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 644 MMF W/G Suits         0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.001     0.001     0.000     0.001   9800.00     0.001     0.002     0.002     0.002   246.34    0.00
 650 Dress Gown,Robe       0.007     0.002     0.002     0.003     27.66     0.005     0.002     0.004     0.003   -44.44    0.00
 651 Nightwear/PJs         0.001     0.001     0.001     0.000    -76.92     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.000   -85.71    0.00
 652 M-MF Underwear        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.059     0.191     0.151     0.097    -35.95     0.154     0.190     0.127     0.137   -11.22    0.01
 665 Floor Coverings       1.551     2.150     1.623     0.568    -65.01     1.860     1.268     1.233     1.095   -41.12    1.20
 666 Other Furnishing      1.075     0.831     0.756     0.379    -49.93     0.908     0.456     0.531     0.453   -50.06    0.01
 669 Other MMF Manuf       8.273     8.212     7.502     7.211     -3.88     8.467     8.275     7.887     7.921    -6.46    0.24

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 836 S/V Dresses           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -62.50     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -62.50    0.00
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 852 S/V Underwear         0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.002     0.107     0.000     0.127       *       0.000     0.107     0.234     0.234      *      0.23