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                                          |                                         |                              January 19, 2012
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  OMAN     |                            | 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:
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       0.018     0.060     0.060      *          *       0.060     0.016     0.010      *         *       *  

Cotton:
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.000     0.057     0.057      *          *       0.057      *         *         *         *       *  
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.003     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       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.317       *       0.000     0.184     0.317     0.317      *      0.05
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.001     0.001      *         *       *  
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.139     0.340     0.340     0.016    -95.23     0.340     0.013     0.005     0.016   -95.23    0.00
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.014     0.231     0.231     0.295     27.99     0.231     0.396     0.367     0.295    27.99    0.02
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 360 Pillowcases           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.004       *       0.000     0.004     0.004     0.004      *      0.00
 361 Cotton Sheets         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.023       *       0.000     0.023     0.023     0.023      *      0.00
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00

Wool:
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 465 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    137.50     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   137.50    0.00

Man-Made Fiber:
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.011     0.013     0.013      *          *       0.013      *         *         *         *       *  
 635 Coats, W/G            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 636 Dresses               0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.000     0.002     0.002      *          *       0.002     0.002     0.002      *         *       *  
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.021       *       0.000      *         *        0.021      *      0.01
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.001     0.001      *         *       *  
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.000     0.115     0.115     0.016    -85.95     0.115     0.064     0.022     0.016   -85.95    0.00
 650 Dress Gown,Robe       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 665 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 666 Other Furnishing      0.025     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 669 Other MMF Manuf       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.987       *       0.000     0.987     0.987     0.987      *      0.02