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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| CHINA P | | 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 16.875 18.658 16.378 14.335 -12.47 19.063 17.590 16.808 16.615 -12.84 16.73
201 Specialty Yarns 14.210 13.380 11.473 9.009 -21.48 13.468 11.496 10.667 10.916 -18.95 6.21
218 Fab, Color Yarn 38.989 33.273 29.123 19.136 -34.29 34.994 23.399 22.959 23.286 -33.46 47.52
219 Duck Fabric 0.806 1.282 1.145 1.615 41.06 1.252 1.583 1.769 1.752 39.96 3.69
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 69.118 72.879 57.535 77.024 33.87 67.670 86.179 90.715 92.368 36.50 68.48
222 Knit Fabric 135.170 137.283 116.576 429.276 268.24 137.170 397.975 425.084 449.983 228.05 40.09
223 Non-Woven Fabric 431.814 437.971 381.037 366.550 -3.80 448.169 428.577 429.724 423.483 -5.51 18.06
224 Pile/Tufted Fab. 100.430 111.553 96.795 73.923 -23.63 115.618 93.539 89.978 88.681 -23.30 52.90
225 Blue Denim Fab. 12.325 13.059 11.517 9.291 -19.33 14.232 10.481 10.686 10.834 -23.88 35.19
226 Cheesecloth,Bati 13.847 12.378 10.384 10.723 3.26 11.898 11.262 12.114 12.717 6.88 38.13
227 Oxford Cloth 0.285 0.174 0.142 0.204 44.08 0.238 0.247 0.239 0.237 -0.56 25.52
229 Special Fabric 145.861 201.006 165.898 197.408 18.99 194.679 236.518 236.035 232.515 19.44 14.11
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 24.299 6.651 5.830 7.490 28.48 8.859 7.522 7.977 8.311 -6.19 31.83
239 Baby Garm / Acc 631.293 514.534 433.564 386.241 -10.91 535.913 470.707 469.779 467.212 -12.82 57.41
Cotton:
300 Carded Cot. Yarn 17.317 7.947 7.149 2.920 -59.15 7.410 4.782 4.007 3.719 -49.81 3.30
301 Combed Cot. Yarn 1.232 6.565 6.526 1.541 -76.38 6.666 1.511 1.285 1.581 -76.29 0.81
313 Cotton Sheeting 109.335 124.193 109.793 59.850 -45.49 126.248 83.212 78.574 74.250 -41.19 37.05
314 Poplin,Broadcl. 89.354 84.233 74.022 51.386 -30.58 90.937 67.295 63.565 61.598 -32.26 62.64
315 Printcloth Fab. 59.269 39.772 33.488 23.266 -30.53 41.982 30.936 30.069 29.549 -29.61 47.75
317 Twill Fabric 28.965 46.429 40.883 15.803 -61.35 46.625 25.388 22.579 21.349 -54.21 43.03
326 Sateen Fabric 15.395 11.274 9.795 13.177 34.53 13.087 13.906 15.191 14.657 11.99 37.00
330 Cot.Handkerchief 11.029 8.421 7.268 6.703 -7.77 8.591 7.903 7.834 7.857 -8.55 93.23
331 Cot.Glove/Mitten 89.209 79.935 68.267 41.410 -39.34 83.293 58.167 55.530 53.078 -36.28 63.70
332 Cotton Hosiery 81.121 87.518 78.640 88.352 12.35 89.533 89.814 93.302 97.231 8.60 14.75
333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 12.188 9.579 8.335 5.518 -33.81 10.368 7.768 6.996 6.762 -34.78 61.35
334 Oth. Coats, MB 205.290 213.857 188.478 136.991 -27.32 217.751 185.731 173.602 162.369 -25.43 51.03
335 W/G Cot. Coats 364.753 363.803 315.611 237.336 -24.80 380.090 294.974 282.039 285.527 -24.88 54.91
336 Cotton Dresses 265.736 290.846 252.013 260.807 3.49 291.974 293.079 296.079 299.641 2.63 47.56
338 Knit Shirts,MB 55.391 52.842 43.733 71.295 63.02 49.881 73.510 77.431 80.404 61.19 8.02
339 W/G Knit Blouse 127.040 140.424 111.757 208.169 86.27 128.525 212.735 222.408 236.836 84.27 18.37
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 113.431 127.742 106.647 130.306 22.18 123.970 141.814 146.440 151.401 22.13 27.27
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 144.630 142.101 123.987 129.338 4.32 144.799 142.859 144.906 147.453 1.83 48.47
342 Cotton Skirts 100.596 74.188 65.653 54.336 -17.24 74.920 60.648 60.360 62.871 -16.08 40.72
345 Cotton Sweater 171.073 159.818 135.824 205.619 51.39 155.081 197.424 218.421 229.614 48.06 81.25
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 93.636 98.604 80.221 158.847 98.01 85.949 158.466 168.058 177.231 106.20 17.12
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 235.795 258.676 212.321 413.782 94.89 231.744 418.606 438.962 460.137 98.55 30.15
349 Bras, & other 16.618 16.307 14.520 13.133 -9.55 17.186 14.683 14.968 14.920 -13.18 48.77
350 Dress. Gown etc 190.817 195.623 168.186 132.487 -21.23 199.816 165.189 162.645 159.924 -19.96 49.87
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 530.913 525.499 455.894 367.786 -19.33 524.990 456.459 450.370 437.391 -16.69 55.88
352 Cotton Underwear 111.846 96.869 81.634 126.977 55.54 91.636 136.708 141.658 142.212 55.19 7.97
353 Down Coats,M/B 0.272 0.527 0.458 0.292 -36.17 0.501 0.495 0.368 0.362 -27.83 82.82
354 Down Coats,W/G 0.233 0.086 0.085 0.067 -21.15 0.114 0.068 0.066 0.068 -40.39 62.51
359 Oth. Cot. App. 170.586 146.966 120.903 138.440 14.51 142.013 163.989 165.371 164.504 15.84 45.77
360 Pillowcases 75.282 75.511 65.121 49.613 -23.81 77.312 60.531 60.320 60.003 -22.39 30.77
361 Cotton Sheets 455.713 486.843 408.943 306.223 -25.12 488.775 394.051 386.482 384.123 -21.41 32.05
362 Bedsprds/Quilt 65.346 80.020 68.307 51.507 -24.60 78.026 62.428 61.127 63.219 -18.98 20.07
363 Pile Towels 40.103 43.629 37.749 38.825 2.85 43.653 43.961 43.882 44.705 2.41 17.07
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 1002.038 944.348 803.743 721.292 -10.26 961.284 873.278 867.015 861.897 -10.34 33.95
Wool:
400 Wool Yarns 3.350 1.901 1.513 2.105 39.11 1.762 2.081 2.434 2.493 41.52 11.33
410 Wool Woven Fab. 3.236 3.348 2.991 1.486 -50.31 3.479 2.092 2.012 1.844 -47.01 18.58
414 Oth Wool Fabric 0.711 0.607 0.589 0.560 -4.97 0.607 0.493 0.427 0.578 -4.82 9.07
431 Wool Glov/Mitns 0.955 1.161 1.001 0.623 -37.74 1.141 0.773 0.816 0.783 -31.36 61.23
432 Wool Hosiery 0.272 0.384 0.363 0.304 -16.16 0.406 0.418 0.348 0.326 -19.88 24.02
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB 7.963 6.678 5.949 4.345 -26.97 6.775 5.467 5.168 5.074 -25.11 31.35
434 Oth. Coats, M/B 8.841 11.786 10.818 11.596 7.19 11.629 13.442 13.478 12.564 8.04 64.94
435 W/G Coats, Wool 43.994 49.642 45.855 37.626 -17.94 49.306 45.627 42.011 41.414 -16.01 60.96
436 Wool Dresses 8.744 10.125 9.058 7.855 -13.28 10.146 9.971 9.428 8.922 -12.07 71.18
438 K Shirts,Blouses 18.611 19.622 17.700 15.618 -11.76 19.701 18.770 17.713 17.540 -10.97 84.88
439 Babies' garments 0.245 0.234 0.223 0.176 -21.24 0.232 0.261 0.196 0.186 -19.74 43.19
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.352 0.235 0.219 0.181 -17.29 0.266 0.212 0.210 0.197 -26.00 26.99
442 Wool Skirts 2.201 1.962 1.744 1.303 -25.28 1.863 1.692 1.629 1.521 -18.38 50.89
443 Wool Suits,M/B 4.905 5.613 5.094 5.131 0.73 5.906 5.463 5.649 5.650 -4.34 31.70
444 Wool Suits,W/G 1.997 1.626 1.512 0.910 -39.85 1.903 1.030 0.997 1.023 -46.22 78.43
445 Wool Sweater,MB 6.426 5.109 4.899 3.454 -29.50 5.542 4.463 4.170 3.664 -33.88 70.62
446 Wool Sweater,WG 30.354 27.448 24.588 17.939 -27.04 28.427 25.617 23.291 20.799 -26.84 90.90
447 Wool Trousers,MB 2.649 2.198 1.893 2.862 51.17 2.176 2.600 2.890 3.167 45.56 21.78
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 4.510 2.995 2.727 1.783 -34.62 3.132 2.311 2.122 2.051 -34.51 37.09
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 6.807 8.074 6.868 6.039 -12.06 8.090 7.852 7.412 7.246 -10.44 71.77
464 Wool Blankets 0.685 0.390 0.294 0.268 -8.87 0.481 0.363 0.374 0.364 -24.26 13.03
465 Floor Coverings 6.678 6.021 5.044 2.607 -48.32 6.195 3.971 3.735 3.584 -42.15 18.58
469 Oth. Wool Manuf. 0.841 0.773 0.674 0.509 -24.46 0.790 0.598 0.591 0.608 -23.11 47.63
Man-Made Fiber:
600 Text Fil Yarn 20.328 17.892 13.092 17.912 36.82 15.423 21.628 22.273 22.712 47.27 4.31
603 Yarn>85% artif. 19.659 12.405 11.367 7.224 -36.45 14.835 9.057 8.236 8.263 -44.30 8.48
604 Yarn>85% Synth. 21.955 20.476 17.723 13.007 -26.61 22.548 17.317 16.489 15.759 -30.11 10.25
606 N-Text Fil Yrn 194.239 225.244 187.937 139.532 -25.76 229.520 197.646 187.503 176.840 -22.95 23.96
607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn 3.967 2.598 1.918 7.468 289.47 2.700 6.703 7.327 8.149 201.82 12.61
611 Wov>85% Art Stp 2.624 5.514 5.333 1.165 -78.15 5.880 1.194 1.368 1.346 -77.10 32.85
613 MMF Sheeting Fab 13.383 3.311 2.981 2.484 -16.70 4.224 3.116 2.892 2.813 -33.40 31.30
614 MMF Pop/Brdclth 36.472 28.343 24.856 20.683 -16.79 29.744 25.611 25.513 24.169 -18.74 62.71
615 MMF Printcloth 1.797 1.750 1.646 0.588 -64.24 2.080 1.048 0.995 0.693 -66.70 18.53
617 MMF Twill/Sateen 15.141 10.912 8.521 7.831 -8.10 10.518 9.730 9.821 10.221 -2.82 46.63
618 Wov Artif Filam 2.285 1.525 1.391 1.404 0.91 1.610 1.247 1.223 1.537 -4.51 9.44
619 Poly Fil Fab 40.753 60.185 53.271 55.671 4.50 62.101 60.935 60.522 62.585 0.78 34.02
620 Oth Synth Filam 26.452 39.304 32.414 50.927 57.12 37.545 53.753 55.897 57.818 54.00 9.24
621 Impression Fab 0.044 0.795 0.555 0.308 -44.46 0.561 0.845 0.614 0.548 -2.45 50.37
624 Wov MMF Fabric 0.814 0.572 0.496 0.381 -23.18 0.593 0.463 0.382 0.457 -23.01 28.71
625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl 15.441 10.225 9.376 2.497 -73.36 10.808 4.254 3.945 3.347 -69.03 19.25
626 Printclth Stp/Fl 6.069 5.233 4.976 1.216 -75.57 6.066 2.840 1.997 1.472 -75.73 12.50
627 Sheeting Stap/Fl 0.976 0.542 0.443 1.342 202.92 0.598 1.118 1.086 1.441 141.00 39.28
628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil 21.918 22.595 19.460 16.678 -14.29 24.322 18.207 18.254 19.813 -18.54 74.42
629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab 19.407 19.682 16.461 12.919 -21.52 20.375 16.828 16.590 16.139 -20.79 40.69
630 Handkerchiefs 1.032 1.660 1.355 1.137 -16.14 1.490 1.115 1.187 1.441 -3.25 89.83
631 Gloves/Mittens 65.245 66.411 57.004 47.403 -16.84 67.300 59.800 59.368 56.810 -15.59 72.11
632 Hosiery 200.201 193.116 170.663 248.692 45.72 192.046 249.849 255.084 271.144 41.19 71.06
633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 8.597 8.194 7.150 4.936 -30.97 8.356 6.610 6.057 5.979 -28.44 51.44
634 Other Coats, MB 215.105 177.345 155.671 151.974 -2.38 182.019 181.766 180.691 173.647 -4.60 52.65
635 Coats, W/G 303.719 272.297 238.741 232.747 -2.51 275.569 277.727 272.617 266.303 -3.36 61.21
636 Dresses 289.404 358.686 312.793 357.711 14.36 357.734 398.005 401.511 403.604 12.82 57.98
638 Knit Shirts, MB 39.474 35.771 30.877 42.814 38.66 34.528 44.260 46.644 47.708 38.17 8.70
639 Knit Blouses,WG 172.838 149.859 127.261 200.961 57.91 146.209 207.135 217.001 223.558 52.90 37.45
640 N-K Shirts, MB 38.465 33.094 28.597 25.955 -9.24 34.547 30.007 30.409 30.451 -11.86 25.27
641 N-K Blouses, WG 107.927 96.548 83.001 77.476 -6.66 96.865 93.228 92.714 91.024 -6.03 54.49
642 Skirts 46.821 33.121 29.579 31.139 5.28 34.403 33.309 33.558 34.681 0.81 45.13
643 MMF Suits, M/B 16.649 13.804 11.419 9.159 -19.79 14.398 11.699 11.812 11.544 -19.82 74.87
644 MMF W/G Suits 32.858 22.452 19.109 14.112 -26.15 23.695 18.131 17.917 17.455 -26.33 49.12
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 7.329 2.973 2.761 3.229 16.95 3.093 2.542 3.009 3.441 11.25 35.39
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 96.014 67.355 60.885 73.588 20.86 66.549 75.086 80.558 80.058 20.30 60.92
647 Trousers,etc MB 67.048 69.284 57.370 76.263 32.93 64.661 86.026 89.112 88.177 36.37 20.58
648 Slacks,etc. WG 74.365 64.456 53.869 62.411 15.86 62.152 72.346 72.497 72.998 17.45 21.95
649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup 74.120 80.563 67.991 72.665 6.87 81.352 82.458 83.291 85.237 4.77 56.82
650 Dress Gown,Robe 160.969 174.884 143.887 138.269 -3.90 165.108 166.659 167.626 169.267 2.52 73.40
651 Nightwear/PJs 347.532 360.876 312.744 351.406 12.36 364.140 374.544 395.189 399.538 9.72 66.49
652 M-MF Underwear 146.709 160.162 130.341 193.263 48.27 150.183 212.110 219.791 223.084 48.54 41.89
653 Down Coats, M/B 8.844 7.224 6.706 5.506 -17.90 7.128 6.674 6.498 6.023 -15.49 72.72
654 Down Coats, W/G 33.838 21.435 19.273 18.745 -2.74 21.949 20.955 21.396 20.907 -4.75 80.43
659 Oth. MMF App. 652.454 713.173 602.528 806.313 33.82 702.474 845.788 889.030 916.959 30.53 55.60
665 Floor Coverings 31.986 31.611 27.603 27.220 -1.39 32.544 30.567 30.744 31.228 -4.04 34.20
666 Other Furnishing 3370.270 3104.834 2622.446 2750.398 4.88 3220.367 3141.325 3171.114 3232.785 0.39 83.25
669 Other MMF Manuf 2240.349 2318.455 2052.938 1609.776 -21.59 2330.420 1936.777 1904.366 1875.293 -19.53 57.87
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
800 S/V Yarns 1.054 2.009 1.581 1.376 -12.98 2.146 1.961 1.835 1.804 -15.93 45.85
810 S/V Woven Fabric 83.440 127.557 117.692 16.221 -86.22 134.366 42.714 32.284 26.086 -80.59 74.50
831 Gloves Silk/Veg 2.491 2.968 2.657 2.352 -11.49 3.034 2.678 2.668 2.663 -12.22 79.63
832 Hosiery Slk/Veg 0.363 0.232 0.174 0.550 216.39 0.181 0.391 0.521 0.608 235.15 20.78
833 S/V S-T CoatsMB 1.189 1.312 1.101 0.556 -49.46 1.252 0.763 0.766 0.768 -38.65 58.46
834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B 2.319 2.077 1.974 2.137 8.27 2.091 2.256 2.219 2.240 7.14 88.96
835 S/V Coats W/G 28.618 24.754 21.776 10.749 -50.64 25.929 14.682 14.244 13.726 -47.06 80.73
836 S/V Dresses 16.471 15.024 13.511 8.692 -35.66 15.349 10.584 10.440 10.205 -33.51 76.22
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 28.752 19.301 16.685 10.594 -36.50 19.951 15.460 14.400 13.211 -33.78 90.70
839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga 4.417 4.898 4.415 1.740 -60.60 5.686 3.156 2.798 2.223 -60.91 64.33
840 S/V Wov Shirts 49.933 37.599 33.742 21.779 -35.45 38.725 26.337 26.057 25.636 -33.80 72.72
842 S/V Skirts 17.011 9.428 8.524 5.578 -34.56 10.302 7.126 6.747 6.482 -37.08 82.48
843 S/V Suits, M/B 0.466 0.342 0.317 0.223 -29.83 0.333 0.215 0.246 0.247 -25.81 77.72
844 WG Suits S/V 1.896 1.622 1.558 0.666 -57.23 1.752 0.781 0.755 0.730 -58.32 76.43
845 Sweaters, Veg. 37.807 25.377 22.625 15.604 -31.03 26.578 20.647 19.867 18.357 -30.93 96.18
846 Sweaters, Silk 3.181 2.119 1.901 0.915 -51.87 2.338 1.410 1.399 1.133 -51.54 93.38
847 S/V Trousers MB 189.668 180.141 157.762 88.173 -44.11 187.361 123.458 115.915 110.552 -41.00 84.04
850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn 1.088 0.228 0.173 0.223 29.20 0.196 0.342 0.297 0.279 42.20 72.20
851 S/V Nightwear 0.486 0.252 0.220 0.332 50.94 0.253 0.321 0.308 0.364 43.97 58.33
852 S/V Underwear 0.239 0.239 0.177 0.296 66.85 0.197 0.393 0.392 0.358 81.66 79.71
858 S/V Neckwear 5.853 3.789 3.533 1.396 -60.50 4.268 2.509 2.137 1.651 -61.31 88.92
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 14.915 15.259 12.565 10.170 -19.07 14.218 13.699 12.955 12.863 -9.53 65.63
863 Towels Silk/Veg 1.968 2.141 1.857 2.375 27.84 2.058 2.493 2.475 2.658 29.12 28.16
899 Other S/V Manuf 90.441 84.232 70.448 42.651 -39.46 83.601 61.759 58.171 56.435 -32.49 54.74