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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  BAHRAIN  |                            | 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:
 218 Fab, Color Yarn       0.150     0.174     0.093     0.080    -13.80     0.187     0.199     0.161     0.161   -13.82    0.33
 219 Duck Fabric           2.010     3.932     3.758     2.420    -35.61     4.607     2.346     2.334     2.594   -43.69    5.46
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      0.409     0.810     0.721     0.281    -61.08     0.869     0.728     0.728     0.370   -57.46    0.27
 225 Blue Denim Fab.       0.383     0.755     0.698     0.406    -41.84     0.853     0.581     0.522     0.463   -45.79    1.50
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      0.000     0.261     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.261     0.261     0.261      *      0.78
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       0.639     0.573     0.526      *          *       0.585     0.116     0.098     0.047   -92.04    0.01

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Yarn      0.144     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 301 Combed Cot. Yarn      0.014     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 313 Cotton Sheeting       0.000     0.766     0.766     0.428    -44.07     0.766     0.546     0.494     0.428   -44.07    0.21
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.       0.291     1.704     1.704     0.870    -48.93     1.995     0.923     0.912     0.870   -56.38    0.88
 315 Printcloth Fab.       0.246     0.238     0.141     0.316    124.82     0.141     0.414     0.414     0.414   194.47    0.67
 317 Twill Fabric          1.505     1.944     1.568     0.839    -46.50     2.060     1.697     1.366     1.214   -41.05    2.45
 326 Sateen Fabric         1.821     5.464     4.456     1.445    -67.57     5.009     3.394     2.687     2.454   -51.01    6.19
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -52.03     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.000   -52.03    0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.400     0.168     0.168     0.115    -31.65     0.168     0.115     0.115     0.115   -31.65    0.07
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.035     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      2.913     2.100     1.849     0.793    -57.13     1.970     1.240     1.183     1.044   -47.03    0.10
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      7.358     9.470     8.274     6.248    -24.48     9.724     8.373     8.120     7.445   -23.44    0.49
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.000     0.053     0.053     0.000    -99.92     0.053      *         *        0.000   -99.92    0.00
 352 Cotton Underwear      0.000     0.460     0.276     0.541     95.98     0.276     0.955     0.863     0.725   162.68    0.04
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.005   2466.67     0.000     0.005     0.005     0.005  2466.67    0.00
 360 Pillowcases           5.946     4.858     3.996     5.626     40.80     5.354     5.919     6.371     6.488    21.18    3.33
 361 Cotton Sheets        29.474    26.742    22.027    29.861     35.56    26.329    33.200    34.694    34.576    31.32    2.88
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt        4.065     5.250     3.876     6.192     59.76     4.412     7.722     7.548     7.566    71.49    2.40
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      4.376     4.776     3.299     6.962    111.04     3.587     8.879     8.911     8.440   135.27    0.33

Wool:
 410 Wool Woven Fab.       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 447 Wool Trousers,MB      0.061     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 464 Wool Blankets         0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 465 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  

Man-Made Fiber:
 613 MMF Sheeting Fab      0.162     0.001     0.001     0.020   2759.94     0.160     0.020     0.020     0.020   -87.22    0.23
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclth       0.000     0.283     0.283     0.703    148.83     0.283     0.720     0.624     0.703   148.83    1.83
 617 MMF Twill/Sateen      1.204     8.599     8.154     4.420    -45.79     9.358     5.525     5.143     4.865   -48.01   22.19
 624 Wov MMF Fabric        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl      0.000     0.337     0.337      *          *       0.337     0.310      *         *         *       *  
 626 Printclth Stp/Fl      2.325     6.565     5.760     3.914    -32.05     5.976     5.352     5.352     4.719   -21.03   40.05
 627 Sheeting Stap/Fl      0.000     0.939     0.567     0.252    -55.58     0.567     0.914     0.760     0.624    10.22   17.02
 629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab      0.244     0.000     0.000     0.620       *       0.000     0.620     0.620     0.620      *      1.56
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.000     0.042     0.000     0.216       *       0.000     0.102     0.112     0.258      *      0.08
 635 Coats, W/G            0.000     0.140     0.140     0.231     65.29     0.140     0.256     0.231     0.231    65.29    0.05
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.038     0.066     0.057     0.042    -26.51     0.057     0.047     0.068     0.050   -11.75    0.01
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.038     0.028     0.028     0.016    -43.06     0.049     0.021     0.021     0.016   -67.02    0.00
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.005     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 642 Skirts                0.003     0.016     0.016     0.031     95.87     0.016     0.035     0.031     0.031    95.87    0.04
 643 MMF Suits, M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 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       0.753     1.290     1.065     0.156    -85.38     1.196     0.734     0.586     0.381   -68.15    0.09
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.090     0.795     0.531     1.978    272.22     0.531     1.861     2.033     2.242   321.89    0.67
 652 M-MF Underwear        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 659 Oth. MMF App.         2.742     2.601     2.367     0.971    -58.95     3.622     1.245     1.205     1.205   -66.72    0.07
 666 Other Furnishing      0.245     2.307     2.302     0.122    -94.70     2.546     0.589     0.262     0.128   -94.97    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 847 S/V Trousers MB       0.095     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.021      *         *         *         *       *