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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