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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  KOR REP  |                            | 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      0.436     0.469     0.448     0.514     14.69     0.469     0.597     0.599     0.534    13.91    0.54
 201 Specialty Yarns       6.695     7.102     6.204     4.417    -28.81     7.110     5.953     5.637     5.315   -25.25    3.02
 218 Fab, Color Yarn       0.405     0.156     0.145     0.138     -4.85     0.354     0.101     0.116     0.149   -58.00    0.30
 219 Duck Fabric           0.134     0.101     0.062     0.209    237.49     0.072     0.154     0.248     0.248   244.70    0.52
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      2.901     2.748     2.390     2.449      2.47     2.726     2.800     2.734     2.807     2.98    2.08
 222 Knit Fabric         487.221   409.836   366.091   315.719    -13.76   434.070   360.553   360.487   359.464   -17.19   32.02
 223 Non-Woven Fabric     89.128    65.651    57.340    28.036    -51.11    73.408    38.809    38.257    36.346   -50.49    1.55
 224 Pile/Tufted Fab.     10.832     8.456     7.406     6.515    -12.03     8.798     7.674     7.487     7.565   -14.02    4.51
 225 Blue Denim Fab.       0.007     0.045     0.044     0.011    -75.52     0.044     0.001     0.012     0.012   -72.49    0.04
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      2.166     2.535     1.840     1.765     -4.05     2.407     2.409     2.407     2.460     2.23    7.38
 227 Oxford Cloth          0.017     0.019     0.019     0.006    -70.61     0.025     0.006     0.006     0.006   -76.88    0.62
 229 Special Fabric      297.438   257.488   210.640   269.725     28.05   264.008   305.062   311.971   316.573    19.91   19.21
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit      0.027     0.054     0.051     0.110    113.79     0.064     0.096     0.101     0.112    73.44    0.43
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       6.308     5.292     4.597     2.287    -50.25     5.518     3.889     3.478     2.982   -45.96    0.37

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Yarn      2.494     0.958     0.921     3.528    282.97     1.438     1.746     2.807     3.565   147.88    3.17
 301 Combed Cot. Yarn     38.728    69.560    65.110    50.346    -22.68    72.222    57.165    54.396    54.795   -24.13   28.02
 313 Cotton Sheeting      58.350    54.732    46.279    39.539    -14.56    55.528    48.996    48.861    47.992   -13.57   23.95
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.       4.325     2.257     2.026     1.542    -23.91     2.497     1.583     1.588     1.772   -29.03    1.80
 315 Printcloth Fab.       6.919     3.621     3.109     3.394      9.18     4.141     3.520     3.726     3.906    -5.66    6.31
 317 Twill Fabric          0.928     0.535     0.438     0.251    -42.73     0.558     0.350     0.346     0.348   -37.68    0.70
 326 Sateen Fabric         0.949     1.146     1.060     0.584    -44.92     1.196     0.678     0.671     0.670   -43.97    1.69
 330 Cot.Handkerchief      0.004     0.004     0.002     0.002      5.76     0.002     0.004     0.004     0.004   115.00    0.05
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitten      3.805     2.848     2.350     3.109     32.29     2.951     3.499     3.625     3.607    22.24    4.33
 332 Cotton Hosiery       57.109    46.888    40.193    29.475    -26.67    48.830    39.488    36.829    36.169   -25.93    5.49
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.015     0.002     0.002     0.001    -66.67     0.007     0.001     0.001     0.001   -89.67    0.01
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.339     0.146     0.056     0.058      3.33     0.098     0.143     0.145     0.148    51.28    0.05
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        2.768     1.208     1.123     0.297    -73.59     1.350     0.498     0.373     0.382   -71.74    0.07
 336 Cotton Dresses        1.994     1.428     1.190     1.128     -5.23     1.275     1.430     1.467     1.366     7.14    0.22
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        3.660     1.943     1.753     1.002    -42.85     2.207     1.235     1.237     1.192   -45.99    0.12
 339 W/G Knit Blouse      11.655     8.740     8.178     2.176    -73.39     9.773     4.084     3.361     2.737   -71.99    0.21
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       8.030     2.985     2.593     1.664    -35.82     3.345     2.028     2.018     2.056   -38.53    0.37
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.741     0.327     0.276     0.163    -41.04     0.349     0.203     0.222     0.214   -38.61    0.07
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.276     0.093     0.086     0.065    -24.53     0.111     0.076     0.075     0.072   -35.06    0.05
 345 Cotton Sweater        7.581     8.175     6.837     1.838    -73.12     8.274     6.930     5.776     3.176   -61.61    1.12
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      1.958     1.382     1.334     0.119    -91.08     1.587     0.173     0.170     0.166   -89.51    0.02
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      4.811     2.301     2.154     0.737    -65.77     2.422     1.072     1.027     0.884   -63.50    0.06
 349 Bras, & other         0.001     0.001     0.001     0.002     89.09     0.001     0.002     0.002     0.002   113.22    0.01
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.485     1.237     1.236     0.041    -96.71     1.427     0.734     0.457     0.042   -97.07    0.01
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs       1.322     2.775     2.707     3.708     36.96     2.843     4.237     4.218     3.775    32.80    0.48
 352 Cotton Underwear      0.707     0.665     0.546     0.426    -22.03     0.705     0.577     0.576     0.545   -22.71    0.03
 353 Down Coats,M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.06
 354 Down Coats,W/G        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        2.513     2.439     1.919     1.416    -26.21     2.214     2.129     1.946     1.936   -12.55    0.54
 360 Pillowcases           0.021     0.006     0.004     0.015    288.53     0.004     0.017     0.017     0.017   322.19    0.01
 361 Cotton Sheets         0.070     0.011     0.009     0.054    474.96     0.009     0.056     0.055     0.055   489.13    0.00
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt        0.125     0.041     0.031     0.505   1515.04     0.037     0.182     0.519     0.515  1304.43    0.16
 363 Pile Towels           0.053     0.092     0.086     0.074    -13.96     0.088     0.104     0.111     0.080    -9.35    0.03
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      1.772     1.570     1.312     0.798    -39.20     1.577     1.214     1.109     1.055   -33.08    0.04

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns            0.005     0.009     0.009     0.001    -92.50     0.009     0.001     0.001     0.001   -91.67    0.00
 410 Wool Woven Fab.       0.449     0.409     0.375     0.355     -5.32     0.425     0.390     0.370     0.389    -8.44    3.92
 414 Oth Wool Fabric       0.420     0.437     0.394     0.277    -29.65     0.523     0.347     0.341     0.320   -38.81    5.02
 431 Wool Glov/Mitns       0.006     0.006     0.006     0.008     20.42     0.008     0.009     0.007     0.008    -9.30    0.59
 432 Wool Hosiery          0.946     0.544     0.504     0.296    -41.35     0.664     0.469     0.467     0.336   -49.44   24.79
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB        0.111     0.111     0.106     0.040    -62.70     0.124     0.078     0.051     0.045   -63.86    0.28
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       0.027     0.011     0.010     0.007    -30.30     0.011     0.006     0.008     0.007   -35.04    0.04
 435 W/G Coats, Wool       0.114     0.055     0.049     0.021    -56.82     0.059     0.028     0.026     0.027   -54.86    0.04
 436 Wool Dresses          0.033     0.063     0.058     0.052    -10.16     0.062     0.034     0.057     0.057    -8.12    0.45
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.043     0.031     0.027     0.021    -20.95     0.031     0.024     0.025     0.025   -19.96    0.12
 439 Babies' garments      0.047     0.085     0.079     0.055    -29.75     0.080     0.080     0.067     0.061   -23.51   14.15
 440 NK Shirts,Blouse      0.008     0.002     0.002     0.002     24.74     0.006     0.003     0.002     0.002   -62.42    0.33
 442 Wool Skirts           0.039     0.005     0.005     0.007     34.15     0.006     0.004     0.004     0.007    18.75    0.23
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        0.913     0.621     0.594     0.054    -90.98     0.725     0.186     0.122     0.081   -88.82    0.45
 444 Wool Suits,W/G        0.002     0.003     0.001     0.009    655.84     0.001     0.010     0.011     0.011   784.54    0.81
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.002     0.009     0.006     0.005    -19.87     0.006     0.011     0.008     0.008    25.48    0.16
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.021     0.018     0.018     0.014    -20.29     0.020     0.015     0.016     0.015   -26.75    0.06
 447 Wool Trousers,MB      0.342     0.029     0.028     0.026     -9.70     0.037     0.036     0.027     0.026   -30.10    0.18
 448 Wool Slacks,W/G       0.031     0.013     0.013     0.006    -53.66     0.015     0.004     0.006     0.006   -56.98    0.11
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.022     0.040     0.037     0.026    -29.49     0.039     0.034     0.036     0.029   -25.46    0.29
 464 Wool Blankets         0.000     0.004     0.003     0.002    -44.56     0.003     0.002     0.002     0.002   -41.58    0.07
 465 Floor Coverings       0.002     0.000     0.000     0.004   3210.00     0.000     0.004     0.004     0.004  3040.88    0.02

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn         5.751     6.084     5.185     3.218    -37.94     5.751     4.150     4.298     4.117   -28.41    0.78
 603 Yarn>85% artif.       4.397     2.560     2.499     4.680     87.29     3.345     4.322     4.761     4.742    41.77    4.86
 604 Yarn>85% Synth.       1.752     0.822     0.822     0.740     -9.98     0.833     0.964     0.823     0.740   -11.14    0.48
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn      460.102   380.222   294.122   256.094    -12.93   350.385   364.978   349.261   342.194    -2.34   46.37
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn      5.124     3.360     2.628     2.942     11.95     2.798     3.454     3.449     3.674    31.29    5.69
 611 Wov>85% Art Stp       0.608     0.893     0.777     0.789      1.65     0.873     0.788     0.835     0.906     3.85   22.11
 613 MMF Sheeting Fab      0.038     0.004     0.004     0.006     52.65     0.007     0.006     0.006     0.007    -1.41    0.07
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclth       0.336     0.160     0.151     0.097    -35.60     0.180     0.108     0.121     0.106   -40.85    0.28
 615 MMF Printcloth        0.013     0.022     0.022     0.003    -87.38     0.022     0.003     0.003     0.003   -86.73    0.08
 617 MMF Twill/Sateen      1.517     0.116     0.084     0.028    -66.17     0.117     0.101     0.064     0.061   -48.17    0.28
 618 Wov Artif Filam      13.091    15.698    14.292     7.805    -45.39    19.598     8.981     9.019     9.211   -53.00   56.57
 619 Poly Fil Fab         77.620    69.304    56.850    50.654    -10.90    69.531    64.418    64.468    63.109    -9.24   34.30
 620 Oth Synth Filam      51.420    32.137    28.032    15.911    -43.24    34.102    21.748    20.718    20.015   -41.31    3.20
 621 Impression Fab        0.348     0.366     0.366     0.192    -47.67     0.366     0.286     0.282     0.192   -47.67   17.64
 624 Wov MMF Fabric        0.004     0.006     0.004     0.004    -16.18     0.004     0.005     0.005     0.005    20.16    0.34
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl      0.453     0.557     0.475     0.194    -59.22     0.522     0.257     0.276     0.276   -47.21    1.59
 626 Printclth Stp/Fl      0.036     0.007     0.002     0.007    186.53     0.003     0.010     0.012     0.012   320.21    0.10
 627 Sheeting Stap/Fl      0.090     0.143     0.141     0.005    -96.31     0.149     0.011     0.006     0.008   -94.76    0.21
 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil      3.535     2.671     2.369     2.265     -4.39     2.748     2.939     2.775     2.567    -6.56    9.64
 629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab      2.226     2.406     2.065     0.992    -51.97     2.592     1.518     1.495     1.333   -48.56    3.36
 630 Handkerchiefs         0.056     0.034     0.032     0.019    -41.80     0.042     0.031     0.027     0.021   -50.28    1.29
 631 Gloves/Mittens        5.578     5.552     4.668     2.071    -55.64     5.857     3.426     3.211     2.955   -49.55    3.75
 632 Hosiery              30.716    38.837    32.305    11.587    -64.13    37.209    22.013    20.484    18.118   -51.31    4.75
 633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.007     0.022     0.021     0.002    -89.00     0.023     0.004     0.004     0.003   -86.29    0.03
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.904     0.754     0.679     0.173    -74.52     0.758     0.356     0.255     0.247   -67.36    0.07
 635 Coats, W/G            0.901     0.359     0.332     0.370     11.56     0.635     0.356     0.359     0.397   -37.50    0.09
 636 Dresses               3.789     2.449     2.186     2.978     36.21     2.512     2.896     3.052     3.240    29.00    0.47
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       3.717     2.691     2.371     0.493    -79.20     2.843     0.997     0.873     0.813   -71.40    0.15
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       9.058     9.540     9.027     3.262    -63.86     9.985     4.862     4.362     3.776   -62.18    0.63
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        9.595     2.906     2.631     1.131    -57.03     3.517     1.338     1.350     1.406   -60.02    1.17
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       1.018     0.720     0.599     0.388    -35.35     0.631     0.572     0.559     0.508   -19.39    0.30
 642 Skirts                0.310     0.168     0.150     0.124    -17.33     0.208     0.138     0.137     0.142   -31.76    0.18
 643 MMF Suits, M/B        0.203     0.014     0.014     0.025     74.85     0.014     0.025     0.025     0.025    74.85    0.16
 644 MMF W/G Suits         0.087     0.003     0.002     0.003     85.80     0.017     0.003     0.004     0.004   -74.21    0.01
 645 MMF M/B Sweaters      0.159     0.096     0.088     0.156     77.92     0.088     0.146     0.164     0.165    87.02    1.69
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG       0.656     0.394     0.305     0.093    -69.60     0.376     0.306     0.361     0.181   -51.73    0.14
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.717     1.025     1.010     0.114    -88.76     1.109     0.120     0.122     0.128   -88.45    0.03
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        1.711     1.421     1.243     0.218    -82.46     1.475     0.513     0.442     0.396   -73.19    0.12
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup       0.075     0.055     0.047     0.044     -7.85     0.054     0.047     0.053     0.051    -4.84    0.03
 650 Dress Gown,Robe       0.136     0.115     0.107     0.062    -42.43     0.107     0.125     0.074     0.069   -35.18    0.03
 651 Nightwear/PJs         0.507     0.168     0.139     0.319    128.92     0.157     0.371     0.282     0.347   121.24    0.06
 652 M-MF Underwear        0.239     0.189     0.188     0.038    -79.76     0.204     0.042     0.046     0.039   -80.97    0.01
 653 Down Coats, M/B       0.025     0.019     0.019      *          *       0.019     0.019     0.019      *         *       *  
 654 Down Coats, W/G       0.003     0.091     0.091     0.000    -99.70     0.091     0.059     0.059     0.000   -99.70    0.00
 659 Oth. MMF App.         9.982    10.811     9.540     7.394    -22.49    11.552     9.477     9.233     8.665   -24.99    0.53
 665 Floor Coverings       2.163     1.859     1.643     0.723    -56.01     1.909     0.947     0.928     0.939   -50.82    1.03
 666 Other Furnishing     37.205    21.686    15.728     8.986    -42.86    26.216    16.610    15.835    14.945   -42.99    0.38
 669 Other MMF Manuf      50.983    51.749    45.187    25.746    -43.02    52.610    37.264    34.687    32.308   -38.59    1.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 800 S/V Yarns             0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001    134.48     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   134.48    0.01
 810 S/V Woven Fabric      0.847     2.661     2.390     0.631    -73.58     2.517     1.208     0.995     0.902   -64.14    2.58
 831 Gloves Silk/Veg       0.044     0.063     0.055     0.026    -53.45     0.063     0.039     0.036     0.033   -46.61    1.00
 832 Hosiery Slk/Veg       0.423     0.364     0.317     0.094    -70.43     0.337     0.181     0.201     0.141   -58.24    4.80
 833 S/V S-T CoatsMB       0.000     0.002     0.002      *          *       0.002      *         *         *         *       *  
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B       0.017     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.02
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.022     0.004     0.003     0.004     43.84     0.003     0.006     0.005     0.005    70.00    0.03
 836 S/V Dresses           0.054     0.007     0.007     0.003    -55.93     0.018     0.003     0.003     0.003   -82.97    0.02
 838 S/V K Shirts/Bls      0.185     0.107     0.107     0.001    -99.23     0.120     0.001     0.001     0.001   -99.09    0.01
 839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        0.207     0.018     0.015     0.028     85.23     0.025     0.029     0.027     0.031    24.28    0.09
 842 S/V Skirts            0.007     0.019     0.019     0.000    -99.06     0.019     0.006     0.000     0.000   -98.16    0.00
 843 S/V Suits, M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.006   1211.48     0.000     0.006     0.006     0.006  1211.48    1.89
 844 WG Suits S/V          0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 845 Sweaters, Veg.        0.172     0.002     0.001     0.003    154.55     0.086     0.004     0.004     0.004   -95.34    0.02
 847 S/V Trousers MB       0.017     0.004     0.004     0.007     81.40     0.004     0.004     0.007     0.007    84.41    0.01
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn       0.002     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 851 S/V Nightwear         0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 852 S/V Underwear         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001   1150.00     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001  1150.00    0.19
 858 S/V Neckwear          0.015     0.057     0.057     0.001    -98.79     0.058     0.001     0.001     0.001   -98.82    0.04
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.261     0.257     0.232     0.263     13.23     0.316     0.324     0.335     0.288    -8.80    1.47
 863 Towels Silk/Veg       0.043     0.038     0.037     0.018    -49.80     0.050     0.012     0.017     0.020   -59.19    0.21
 899 Other S/V Manuf       3.610     2.358     2.318     0.936    -59.60     3.854     1.494     1.204     0.977   -74.66    0.95