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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