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                                          |                                         |                               October 9, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  OMAN     |                            | Preliminary  9/2009 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  9/2009
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2007      2008     9/2008    9/2009  % Change    9/2008    7/2009    8/2009    9/2009  % Change % Share

                                                           (P)                                               (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 229 Special Fabric        0.077     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.077      *         *         *         *       *  

Cotton:
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.058     0.060     0.060      *          *       0.060      *         *         *         *       *  
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.010     0.000     0.000     0.003       *       0.000     0.003     0.003     0.003      *      0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.010     0.014     0.013      *          *       0.013     0.001     0.001     0.001   -89.44    0.00
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.700     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.002      *         *         *         *       *  
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.045     0.000     0.000     0.014       *       0.012     0.014     0.014     0.014    18.97    0.00
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.109     0.048     0.048      *          *       0.078      *         *         *         *       *  
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs       1.571     0.417     0.417      *          *       0.741      *         *         *         *       *  
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.003     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 360 Pillowcases           0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt        0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.001     0.001      *         *       *  
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -90.91     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.000   -90.91    0.00

Wool:
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 465 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000      *         *         *       *  

Man-Made Fiber:
 620 Oth Synth Filam       0.241     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.241      *         *         *         *       *  
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.011     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 636 Dresses               0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 651 Nightwear/PJs         0.014     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.008      *         *         *         *       *  
 666 Other Furnishing      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.025       *       0.000     0.025     0.025     0.025      *      0.00