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                                          |                                         |                              January 19, 2012
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  GHANA    |                            | Preliminary 12/2011 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 12/2011
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2009      2010    12/2010   12/2011  % Change   12/2010   10/2011   11/2011   12/2011  % Change % Share

                                                           (P)                                               (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 200 Yarns / Sew Thrd      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 218 Fab, Color Yarn       0.001     0.001     0.001     0.029   5337.59     0.001     0.029     0.029     0.029  5337.59    0.08
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      0.004     0.006     0.006     0.003    -51.39     0.006     0.003     0.003     0.003   -51.39    0.00
 224 Pile/Tufted Fab.      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      0.004     0.000     0.000     0.008       *       0.000     0.008     0.008     0.008      *      0.01
 227 Oxford Cloth          0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 229 Special Fabric        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001    -13.73     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -13.73    0.00

Cotton:
 313 Cotton Sheeting       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.       0.002     0.003     0.003      *          *       0.003      *         *         *         *       *  
 315 Printcloth Fab.       0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 326 Sateen Fabric         0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001     -8.33     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001    -8.33    0.00
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.032     0.021     0.021     0.032     49.20     0.021     0.032     0.032     0.032    49.20    0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.000     0.030     0.030     0.000    -99.84     0.030     0.000     0.000     0.000   -99.84    0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -70.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -70.00    0.00
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.002     0.003     0.003     0.007    150.36     0.003     0.007     0.007     0.007   150.36    0.00
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.005     0.007     0.007     0.006    -11.44     0.007     0.006     0.006     0.006   -11.44    0.00
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.007     0.007     0.007     0.009     33.40     0.007     0.009     0.009     0.009    33.40    0.01
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -70.83     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -70.83    0.00
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 352 Cotton Underwear      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.036     0.042     0.042     0.030    -29.10     0.042     0.035     0.029     0.030   -29.10    0.01
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.008     0.008     0.008     0.008     -1.81     0.008     0.007     0.007     0.008    -1.81    0.00

Wool:
 410 Wool Woven Fab.       0.002     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.029       *       0.000     0.029     0.029     0.029      *      0.10
 440 NK Shirts,Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.01
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   2500.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000  2500.00    0.00
 465 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  

Man-Made Fiber:
 611 Wov>85% Art Stp       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     32.10     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    32.10    0.00
 617 MMF Twill/Sateen      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 618 Wov Artif Filam       0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001    -16.93     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -16.93    0.00
 620 Oth Synth Filam       0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000    873.68     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   873.68    0.00
 629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -81.50     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -81.50    0.00
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.043       *       0.000     0.042     0.042     0.043      *      0.01
 635 Coats, W/G            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.026       *       0.000     0.026     0.026     0.026      *      0.01
 636 Dresses               0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.000     0.147     0.147      *          *       0.147      *         *         *         *       *  
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     66.67     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    66.67    0.00
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001    450.00     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   450.00    0.00
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.024     0.022     0.022     1.442   6311.01     0.022     0.885     1.191     1.442  6311.01    0.07
 666 Other Furnishing      0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -77.50     0.001      *         *        0.000   -77.50    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 831 Gloves Silk/Veg       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 836 S/V Dresses           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        0.002     0.001     0.001     0.001    -28.57     0.001     0.000     0.001     0.001   -28.57    0.00
 842 S/V Skirts            0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00