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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