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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| LAOS | | 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:
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
222 Knit Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 * * * *
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.001 0.540 0.387 0.865 123.30 0.387 1.059 1.034 1.018 162.77 0.13
Cotton:
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 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.000 0.004 0.004 0.000 -99.13 0.004 0.004 * 0.000 -99.13 0.00
336 Cotton Dresses 0.038 0.038 0.038 0.100 160.08 0.039 0.108 0.088 0.100 154.30 0.02
338 Knit Shirts,MB 0.148 1.254 1.050 0.370 -64.80 1.084 0.845 0.638 0.573 -47.10 0.06
339 W/G Knit Blouse 0.266 0.223 0.193 0.011 -94.04 0.208 0.112 0.054 0.041 -80.06 0.00
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 0.325 0.279 0.279 0.003 -99.05 0.380 0.013 0.007 0.003 -99.30 0.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.020 0.087 0.087 0.004 -95.63 0.100 0.046 0.046 0.004 -96.22 0.00
342 Cotton Skirts 0.000 0.015 0.015 0.001 -90.88 0.015 0.004 0.002 0.002 -90.01 0.00
345 Cotton Sweater 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.002 1600.00 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.002 750.00 0.00
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 0.008 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.012 0.235 0.118 0.324 175.22 0.118 0.448 0.431 0.442 273.90 0.03
350 Dress. Gown etc 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.102 * 0.000 0.102 0.102 0.102 * 0.03
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.255 25434.78 0.001 0.023 0.255 0.255 25434.78 0.03
352 Cotton Underwear 3.779 12.178 10.253 8.145 -20.55 10.644 10.226 10.167 10.071 -5.38 0.56
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.034 * 0.000 0.034 0.034 0.034 * 0.01
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 * 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 700.00 0.00
Wool:
435 W/G Coats, Wool 0.001 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
436 Wool Dresses 0.000 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *
438 K Shirts,Blouses 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -84.62 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -84.62 0.00
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
445 Wool Sweater,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -63.33 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -33.33 0.00
Man-Made Fiber:
632 Hosiery 0.005 0.012 0.009 0.003 -64.00 0.009 0.008 0.006 0.006 -26.65 0.00
634 Other Coats, MB 0.026 0.042 0.025 0.001 -95.94 0.025 0.017 0.017 0.017 -31.94 0.01
635 Coats, W/G 0.002 0.012 0.012 * * 0.012 * * * * *
636 Dresses 0.102 0.003 0.003 * * 0.003 * * * * *
638 Knit Shirts, MB 0.754 0.940 0.713 0.306 -57.11 0.772 0.697 0.550 0.533 -30.96 0.10
639 Knit Blouses,WG 0.076 0.446 0.390 0.045 -88.38 0.393 0.198 0.100 0.101 -74.26 0.02
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.000 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.000 0.098 0.098 * * 0.098 * * * * *
642 Skirts 0.102 0.176 0.176 * * 0.176 * * * * *
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 -86.21 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -86.21 0.00
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 0.217 0.112 0.112 0.076 -32.26 0.112 0.070 0.075 0.076 -32.26 0.02
648 Slacks,etc. WG 0.011 0.121 0.121 0.021 -82.72 0.121 0.021 0.021 0.021 -82.72 0.01
649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.053 * 0.000 0.053 0.053 0.053 * 0.04
653 Down Coats, M/B 0.000 0.003 0.002 * * 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.001 -52.00 0.01
654 Down Coats, W/G 0.000 0.002 0.002 * * 0.002 0.002 0.002 * * *
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.067 0.038 0.038 0.001 -98.17 0.038 0.001 0.001 0.001 -98.18 0.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
810 S/V Woven Fabric 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 -85.18 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -85.18 0.00
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
840 S/V Wov Shirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
845 Sweaters, Veg. 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.000 -82.54 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 -82.54 0.00
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 * 0.00