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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  INDIA    |                            | 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      6.239     4.239     3.628     3.057    -15.74     4.228     2.983     3.427     3.668   -13.23    3.69
 201 Specialty Yarns      10.937    13.723    10.682    10.141     -5.06    12.148    12.532    13.205    13.182     8.51    7.49
 218 Fab, Color Yarn       7.601     6.185     5.208     4.444    -14.68     6.240     5.542     5.504     5.421   -13.14   11.06
 219 Duck Fabric          22.089    23.834    19.861    12.734    -35.89    23.757    18.153    17.783    16.706   -29.68   35.16
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      3.229     3.950     2.384     2.364     -0.87     2.780     3.994     3.825     3.929    41.33    2.91
 222 Knit Fabric         101.604   163.565   145.794    96.258    -33.98   161.578   135.933   125.146   114.028   -29.43   10.16
 223 Non-Woven Fabric      4.983    30.387    25.615    31.731     23.88    27.288    33.643    34.873    36.502    33.77    1.56
 224 Pile/Tufted Fab.      4.298     3.709     3.201     1.904    -40.52     4.093     2.622     2.489     2.413   -41.06    1.44
 225 Blue Denim Fab.       0.162     0.080     0.080     0.259    222.79     0.096     0.110     0.182     0.259   170.39    0.84
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      8.298     6.815     6.003     3.653    -39.14     6.087     3.976     4.223     4.466   -26.63   13.39
 227 Oxford Cloth          0.014     0.019     0.019     0.004    -78.29     0.019     0.004     0.004     0.004   -78.29    0.43
 229 Special Fabric       59.176    46.837    39.719    44.902     13.05    53.071    50.911    49.903    52.021    -1.98    3.16
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit      1.808     1.969     1.571     1.961     24.81     1.755     2.525     2.417     2.359    34.38    9.03
 239 Baby Garm / Acc      30.610    32.046    25.862    32.843     26.99    30.959    35.929    37.761    39.027    26.06    4.80

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Yarn     16.214    14.693    13.374     8.980    -32.85    14.482    10.540    10.052    10.299   -28.88    9.15
 301 Combed Cot. Yarn     68.180    60.352    56.046    21.129    -62.30    62.952    30.781    27.362    25.436   -59.59   13.01
 313 Cotton Sheeting       7.003     4.613     3.888     2.703    -30.49     5.006     3.871     3.391     3.428   -31.52    1.71
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.       1.199     2.238     1.855     0.669    -63.96     2.123     1.195     1.126     1.052   -50.46    1.07
 315 Printcloth Fab.       4.890     4.188     3.806     3.330    -12.51     4.804     3.783     4.051     3.712   -22.72    6.00
 317 Twill Fabric          2.096     2.668     2.399     1.388    -42.12     2.715     1.621     1.676     1.658   -38.93    3.34
 326 Sateen Fabric         1.551     1.756     1.592     0.399    -74.92     1.867     0.618     0.672     0.563   -69.85    1.42
 330 Cot.Handkerchief      0.322     0.235     0.208     0.181    -13.22     0.217     0.261     0.253     0.208    -4.32    2.47
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitten      1.311     0.593     0.563     0.763     35.66     0.805     0.736     0.742     0.794    -1.37    0.95
 332 Cotton Hosiery        4.848     1.785     1.625     1.803     10.97     2.751     2.051     1.959     1.963   -28.65    0.30
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.616     0.605     0.423     0.373    -11.88     0.465     0.640     0.611     0.555    19.29    5.03
 334 Oth. Coats, MB       10.070     8.326     6.756     7.704     14.03     8.237     9.212     9.514     9.273    12.59    2.91
 335 W/G Cot. Coats       20.672    18.802    16.665    13.415    -19.50    19.634    16.483    15.931    15.552   -20.79    2.99
 336 Cotton Dresses       77.512    84.385    75.640    97.481     28.88    82.096   103.607   105.202   106.227    29.39   16.86
 338 Knit Shirts,MB       72.201    68.511    58.899    53.139     -9.78    68.770    62.311    63.458    62.750    -8.75    6.26
 339 W/G Knit Blouse      54.404    54.746    46.102    47.339      2.68    52.945    57.028    56.775    55.983     5.74    4.34
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB      58.407    52.420    45.187    34.417    -23.83    52.810    44.363    43.091    41.650   -21.13    7.50
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse     66.539    54.884    48.938    49.724      1.61    56.168    52.658    54.433    55.670    -0.89   18.30
 342 Cotton Skirts        24.144    17.010    15.500    23.729     53.09    16.802    24.876    25.029    25.239    50.22   16.35
 345 Cotton Sweater        3.701     1.230     1.107     1.189      7.48     1.542     1.239     1.328     1.313   -14.84    0.46
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers     41.348    39.489    35.217    25.850    -26.60    40.331    30.671    30.277    30.122   -25.31    2.91
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.     54.212    66.795    58.980    52.120    -11.63    66.106    56.802    58.442    59.935    -9.34    3.93
 349 Bras, & other         0.031     0.026     0.023     0.018    -18.30     0.024     0.018     0.016     0.022    -7.85    0.07
 350 Dress. Gown etc      49.039    21.656    17.725    23.551     32.86    21.517    30.055    29.277    27.481    27.72    8.57
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs      53.409    60.767    53.582    44.711    -16.56    61.373    53.642    53.583    51.895   -15.44    6.63
 352 Cotton Underwear    109.469   161.872   128.223   138.940      8.36   147.566   176.261   176.899   172.589    16.96    9.67
 353 Down Coats,M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.11
 354 Down Coats,W/G        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.29
 359 Oth. Cot. App.       13.637    17.172    14.412    16.023     11.18    15.995    17.816    18.619    18.783    17.43    5.23
 360 Pillowcases          28.055    36.918    30.942    31.500      1.80    35.421    36.195    37.061    37.476     5.80   19.22
 361 Cotton Sheets       145.931   176.214   146.758   146.191     -0.39   169.292   171.135   173.738   175.647     3.75   14.65
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt       17.311    15.349    12.473    14.091     12.97    14.792    16.161    16.605    16.966    14.70    5.39
 363 Pile Towels          67.252    69.585    60.418    57.975     -4.04    72.051    67.735    67.743    67.143    -6.81   25.64
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.    606.401   561.115   477.534   474.332     -0.67   574.060   559.574   562.953   557.913    -2.81   21.98

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns            1.660     1.342     1.230     0.720    -41.46     1.380     1.084     0.993     0.832   -39.69    3.78
 410 Wool Woven Fab.       0.416     0.342     0.305     0.173    -43.10     0.352     0.212     0.183     0.210   -40.22    2.12
 414 Oth Wool Fabric       0.443     0.181     0.161     0.080    -50.51     0.218     0.127     0.123     0.100   -54.16    1.56
 431 Wool Glov/Mitns       0.001     0.001     0.000     0.001    271.96     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   583.18    0.10
 432 Wool Hosiery          0.004     0.000     0.000     0.002   3930.00     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.002   374.12    0.14
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB        1.588     1.438     1.210     1.137     -6.03     1.420     1.358     1.339     1.365    -3.88    8.43
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       2.428     2.380     2.037     2.534     24.40     2.311     2.572     2.763     2.877    24.47   14.87
 435 W/G Coats, Wool       2.000     2.028     1.925     2.102      9.23     2.060     2.257     2.367     2.206     7.08    3.25
 436 Wool Dresses          0.055     0.126     0.121     0.123      1.70     0.124     0.091     0.107     0.128     3.18    1.02
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.028     0.048     0.043     0.010    -76.99     0.048     0.024     0.018     0.016   -67.66    0.08
 439 Babies' garments      0.041     0.028     0.027     0.063    134.00     0.027     0.030     0.043     0.064   137.08   14.80
 440 NK Shirts,Blouse      0.033     0.015     0.014     0.082    495.16     0.014     0.036     0.067     0.083   497.26   11.42
 442 Wool Skirts           0.237     0.242     0.234     0.115    -50.70     0.248     0.175     0.136     0.123   -50.38    4.12
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        1.005     0.867     0.688     0.724      5.17     0.826     0.878     0.959     0.903     9.37    5.07
 444 Wool Suits,W/G        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001    111.27     0.000     0.001     0.000     0.001   111.27    0.04
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.073     0.032     0.028     0.007    -73.49     0.032     0.016     0.009     0.012   -63.91    0.22
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.042     0.016     0.011     0.003    -70.31     0.014     0.011     0.007     0.008   -40.05    0.04
 447 Wool Trousers,MB      2.747     1.698     1.491     1.316    -11.76     1.874     1.511     1.545     1.523   -18.75   10.47
 448 Wool Slacks,W/G       0.602     0.709     0.666     0.401    -39.76     0.886     0.478     0.388     0.444   -49.88    8.03
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.487     0.616     0.531     0.535      0.64     0.597     0.660     0.626     0.619     3.80    6.13
 464 Wool Blankets         1.733     2.682     2.397     1.713    -28.54     2.778     2.027     1.911     1.998   -28.06   71.52
 465 Floor Coverings      13.018    11.217     9.386     7.511    -19.98    11.630     9.507     9.479     9.342   -19.68   48.42
 469 Oth. Wool Manuf.      0.853     0.557     0.487     0.413    -15.07     0.559     0.525     0.525     0.483   -13.54   37.87

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn        36.587    28.888    25.470    17.923    -29.63    31.704    23.167    22.311    21.341   -32.69    4.05
 603 Yarn>85% artif.       9.361     6.175     4.993     4.920     -1.46     6.383     6.217     6.107     6.102    -4.40    6.26
 604 Yarn>85% Synth.      20.008    17.265    14.115    12.676    -10.19    18.355    15.965    16.115    15.826   -13.78   10.29
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn       20.344    21.998    18.179    18.157     -0.12    21.031    20.992    20.951    21.977     4.50    2.98
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn      4.910     3.446     2.470     3.363     36.17     3.085     3.423     3.995     4.339    40.63    6.71
 611 Wov>85% Art Stp       0.044     0.089     0.064     0.017    -73.50     0.067     0.045     0.044     0.042   -37.26    1.03
 613 MMF Sheeting Fab      1.695     0.006     0.006     0.001    -78.64     0.220     0.001     0.001     0.001   -99.44    0.01
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclth       0.808     0.123     0.122     0.933    663.98     0.127     0.682     0.696     0.934   634.11    2.42
 615 MMF Printcloth        0.006     0.025     0.015     0.006    -60.18     0.015     0.031     0.016     0.016     4.97    0.43
 617 MMF Twill/Sateen      0.258     0.137     0.128     0.124     -2.80     0.128     0.132     0.140     0.133     4.43    0.61
 618 Wov Artif Filam       0.391     0.250     0.209     0.095    -54.45     0.282     0.175     0.167     0.136   -51.83    0.83
 619 Poly Fil Fab          8.920     9.307     7.611     7.403     -2.73     8.806     9.756     9.391     9.099     3.34    4.95
 620 Oth Synth Filam     153.556   192.722   161.070   171.893      6.72   182.850   202.720   204.985   203.545    11.32   32.53
 621 Impression Fab        0.004     0.005     0.005      *          *       0.007     0.002     0.002      *         *       *  
 624 Wov MMF Fabric        0.205     0.187     0.179     0.086    -51.91     0.202     0.046     0.047     0.093   -53.70    5.87
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl      0.010     0.002     0.002     0.024   1102.44     0.003     0.012     0.024     0.024   840.00    0.14
 626 Printclth Stp/Fl      0.000     0.016     0.014      *          *       0.014     0.011     0.006     0.002   -88.22    0.01
 627 Sheeting Stap/Fl      0.008     0.010     0.010     0.000    -97.44     0.010     0.000     0.000     0.000   -97.44    0.01
 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil      0.040     0.093     0.066     0.011    -83.45     0.067     0.051     0.043     0.038   -42.80    0.14
 629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab      2.824     1.305     1.075     2.299    113.81     1.379     2.268     2.283     2.528    83.32    6.37
 630 Handkerchiefs         0.044     0.036     0.023     0.092    294.30     0.023     0.115     0.111     0.105   351.44    6.53
 631 Gloves/Mittens        0.015     0.021     0.021     0.016    -25.25     0.021     0.008     0.009     0.016   -25.25    0.02
 632 Hosiery               3.675     4.398     3.591     3.543     -1.34     4.465     4.478     4.529     4.350    -2.58    1.14
 633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.160     0.365     0.287     0.378     31.88     0.298     0.490     0.476     0.456    52.85    3.93
 634 Other Coats, MB       1.474     0.367     0.314     0.386     22.96     0.450     0.411     0.445     0.439    -2.35    0.13
 635 Coats, W/G            3.641     2.519     2.232     1.361    -39.04     2.726     2.043     1.747     1.648   -39.55    0.38
 636 Dresses              19.324    19.737    17.017    20.696     21.62    19.439    24.312    24.025    23.416    20.46    3.36
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       2.184     1.525     1.281     1.719     34.21     1.586     1.707     1.765     1.963    23.79    0.36
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       6.871     6.448     5.602     6.139      9.60     6.538     6.828     6.938     6.985     6.83    1.17
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        3.351     1.950     1.801     0.963    -46.52     2.275     1.112     1.085     1.112   -51.10    0.92
 641 N-K Blouses, WG      10.191     7.011     5.856     7.104     21.31     7.002     8.311     8.502     8.259    17.95    4.94
 642 Skirts                6.320     2.947     2.690     3.021     12.32     3.213     3.175     3.187     3.278     2.02    4.27
 643 MMF Suits, M/B        0.054     0.067     0.065     0.084     29.48     0.065     0.095     0.092     0.086    31.69    0.56
 644 MMF W/G Suits         0.060     0.067     0.065     0.016    -74.72     0.083     0.043     0.043     0.018   -77.89    0.05
 645 MMF M/B Sweaters      0.205     0.112     0.101     0.157     56.20     0.123     0.186     0.165     0.168    37.00    1.73
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG       0.348     0.153     0.125     0.082    -34.38     0.218     0.088     0.101     0.110   -49.61    0.08
 647 Trousers,etc MB       5.636     3.837     3.272     3.586      9.59     3.829     4.041     4.097     4.151     8.40    0.97
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        2.983     2.643     2.377     1.964    -17.35     2.835     2.380     2.171     2.231   -21.33    0.67
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup       2.123     1.744     1.557     1.460     -6.23     1.914     1.642     1.577     1.647   -13.91    1.10
 650 Dress Gown,Robe       0.346     0.893     0.723     0.758      4.88     0.730     1.006     1.045     0.928    27.15    0.40
 651 Nightwear/PJs         2.138     1.026     0.533     4.046    658.99     0.642     2.911     3.871     4.539   606.76    0.76
 652 M-MF Underwear        2.644     1.700     1.551     1.001    -35.46     1.865     1.254     1.272     1.151   -38.31    0.22
 653 Down Coats, M/B       0.006     0.049     0.049      *          *       0.050     0.003      *         *         *       *  
 654 Down Coats, W/G       0.003     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 659 Oth. MMF App.        25.907    38.316    28.241    41.070     45.42    31.891    51.141    52.523    51.144    60.37    3.10
 665 Floor Coverings       1.938     1.890     1.477     1.727     16.92     1.778     1.942     2.032     2.140    20.36    2.34
 666 Other Furnishing     57.621    42.149    35.896    26.868    -25.15    43.064    35.925    34.906    33.121   -23.09    0.85
 669 Other MMF Manuf     240.301   282.124   231.243   197.262    -14.69   270.337   266.075   258.044   248.143    -8.21    7.66

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 800 S/V Yarns             1.142     1.389     1.372     0.947    -30.96     1.534     1.120     1.119     0.964   -37.16   24.50
 810 S/V Woven Fabric      1.193     1.035     0.885     0.886      0.06     1.191     0.852     0.777     1.036   -13.02    2.96
 831 Gloves Silk/Veg       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.006  11005.00     0.000     0.005     0.006     0.006  7558.62    0.19
 832 Hosiery Slk/Veg       0.000     0.488     0.216     0.601    178.35     0.216     1.033     0.921     0.873   304.48   29.84
 833 S/V S-T CoatsMB       0.074     0.032     0.032     0.068    115.69     0.032     0.068     0.068     0.068   115.69    5.20
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B       0.009     0.005     0.005     0.011    131.69     0.005     0.012     0.012     0.012   124.00    0.46
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.428     0.398     0.384     0.380     -0.91     0.429     0.387     0.385     0.395    -7.96    2.32
 836 S/V Dresses           0.732     0.810     0.789     0.626    -20.64     0.799     0.652     0.654     0.647   -19.02    4.83
 838 S/V K Shirts/Bls      0.063     0.273     0.205     0.219      6.96     0.212     0.335     0.348     0.287    35.70    1.97
 839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga      0.043     0.057     0.049     0.078     58.16     0.049     0.085     0.085     0.086    73.04    2.48
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        2.478     2.333     2.264     1.027    -54.66     2.446     1.101     1.096     1.095   -55.23    3.11
 842 S/V Skirts            0.398     0.272     0.272     0.162    -40.32     0.275     0.149     0.148     0.163   -40.94    2.07
 843 S/V Suits, M/B        0.000     0.002     0.000     0.006       *       0.000     0.006     0.006     0.008      *      2.36
 844 WG Suits S/V          0.002     0.005     0.004     0.011    200.84     0.004     0.010     0.010     0.012   232.32    1.25
 845 Sweaters, Veg.        0.011     0.022     0.022     0.009    -57.98     0.026     0.006     0.006     0.009   -64.24    0.05
 846 Sweaters, Silk        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     11.11     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    22.22    0.03
 847 S/V Trousers MB       2.413     2.384     2.335     1.328    -43.12     2.452     1.366     1.372     1.377   -43.85    1.05
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn       0.010     0.006     0.004     0.002    -45.63     0.007     0.002     0.004     0.004   -40.46    1.14
 851 S/V Nightwear         0.060     0.043     0.041     0.007    -82.02     0.043     0.019     0.007     0.010   -77.14    1.58
 852 S/V Underwear         0.001     0.003     0.003     0.001    -80.92     0.004     0.003     0.003     0.001   -77.61    0.19
 858 S/V Neckwear          0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -92.31     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -94.83    0.00
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.653     1.094     0.918     1.213     32.11     1.022     1.506     1.414     1.389    35.87    7.09
 863 Towels Silk/Veg       0.023     0.004     0.004     0.202   5510.20     0.004     0.118     0.203     0.202  5103.01    2.14
 899 Other S/V Manuf      16.292    11.175    10.337     6.381    -38.27    11.933     7.925     7.950     7.220   -39.49    7.00