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                                          |                                         |                              January 19, 2012
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  LAOS     |                            | 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:
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 229 Special Fabric        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    250.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   250.00    0.00
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit      0.000     0.009     0.009      *          *       0.009     0.009     0.009      *         *       *  
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       0.942     1.618     1.618     0.137    -91.51     1.618     0.232     0.229     0.137   -91.51    0.02

Cotton:
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.000     0.012     0.012     0.032    168.31     0.012     0.038     0.037     0.032   168.31    0.01
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.113     0.064     0.064     0.019    -69.52     0.064     0.046     0.023     0.019   -69.52    0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.587     1.536     1.536     1.334    -13.14     1.536     1.634     1.545     1.334   -13.14    0.12
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.016     0.122     0.122     0.258    111.42     0.122     0.267     0.298     0.258   111.42    0.02
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.034     0.423     0.423     0.392     -7.32     0.423     0.325     0.389     0.392    -7.32    0.06
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.004     0.044     0.044     0.201    357.81     0.044     0.221     0.220     0.201   357.81    0.09
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.002     0.103     0.103     0.170     65.40     0.103     0.268     0.265     0.170    65.40    0.13
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.002     0.004     0.004     0.001    -80.15     0.004     0.001     0.001     0.001   -80.15    0.00
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.000     0.001     0.001     0.240  37360.47     0.001     0.240     0.240     0.240 37360.47    0.02
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.356     0.343     0.343     0.298    -12.88     0.343     0.437     0.432     0.298   -12.88    0.02
 349 Bras, & other         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.112     0.005     0.005     0.050    947.79     0.005     0.050     0.050     0.050   947.79    0.01
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs       0.360     0.006     0.006     0.189   2871.92     0.006     0.052     0.151     0.189  2871.92    0.03
 352 Cotton Underwear      8.972    16.155    16.155    11.724    -27.43    16.155    13.984    13.131    11.724   -27.43    0.61
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.034     0.006     0.006     0.001    -85.96     0.006     0.001     0.001     0.001   -85.96    0.00
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.001     0.000     0.000     0.006   1813.16     0.000     0.006     0.006     0.006  1813.16    0.00

Wool:
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  

Man-Made Fiber:
 620 Oth Synth Filam       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.041       *       0.000     0.041     0.041     0.041      *      0.00
 632 Hosiery               0.003     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.001     0.001     0.001     0.000    -96.43     0.001      *         *        0.000   -96.43    0.00
 635 Coats, W/G            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -66.67     0.000      *         *        0.000   -66.67    0.00
 636 Dresses               0.000     0.009     0.009      *          *       0.009      *         *         *         *       *  
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.314     0.206     0.206     0.357     73.25     0.206     0.387     0.381     0.357    73.25    0.04
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.052     0.865     0.865     0.974     12.67     0.865     1.150     1.019     0.974    12.67    0.11
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.000     0.004     0.004      *          *       0.004     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 642 Skirts                0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 645 MMF M/B Sweaters      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.004       *       0.000     0.004     0.004     0.004      *      0.00
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.075     0.020     0.020     0.034     69.40     0.020     0.040     0.040     0.034    69.40    0.01
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.021     0.008     0.008     0.002    -80.73     0.008     0.001     0.002     0.002   -80.73    0.00
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup       0.053     0.001     0.001     0.000    -79.72     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -79.72    0.00
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.001     0.005     0.005     0.007     38.33     0.005     0.007     0.007     0.007    38.33    0.00
 669 Other MMF Manuf       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 810 S/V Woven Fabric      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -28.57     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -28.57    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
 842 S/V Skirts            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 845 Sweaters, Veg.        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 847 S/V Trousers MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -63.64     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -63.64    0.00
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *