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                                          |                                         |                               October 9, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  GHANA    |                            | Preliminary  9/2009 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  9/2009
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2007      2008     9/2008    9/2009  % Change    9/2008    7/2009    8/2009    9/2009  % Change % Share

                                                           (P)                                               (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 200 Yarns / Sew Thrd      0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 218 Fab, Color Yarn       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      0.00     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.00    0.00
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      0.003     0.002     0.001     0.004    444.03     0.004     0.004     0.005     0.005    31.68    0.00
 222 Knit Fabric           0.000     0.002     0.002      *          *       0.002     0.002      *         *         *       *  
 223 Non-Woven Fabric      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      0.006     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 227 Oxford Cloth          0.000     0.003     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.003     0.003     0.003      *      0.28
 229 Special Fabric        0.002     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       0.003     0.001     0.001     0.001    -18.35     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -28.73    0.00

Cotton:
 313 Cotton Sheeting       0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.       0.004     0.000     0.000     0.001    825.74     0.003     0.001     0.001     0.001   -53.83    0.00
 315 Printcloth Fab.       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 326 Sateen Fabric         0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 330 Cot.Handkerchief      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 332 Cotton Hosiery        2.167     0.053     0.053      *          *       0.469      *         *         *         *       *  
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.000     0.005     0.005      *          *       0.005     0.002      *         *         *       *  
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.002     0.003     0.003     0.001    -62.35     0.004     0.001     0.001     0.001   -69.16    0.00
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.053     0.047     0.045     0.028    -38.42     0.048     0.029     0.029     0.029   -38.54    0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.203     0.036     0.036     0.000    -99.62     0.036     0.000     0.000     0.000   -99.49    0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -94.12    0.00
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.007     0.006     0.005     0.002    -52.77     0.006     0.003     0.003     0.003   -42.55    0.00
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.008     0.006     0.005     0.005      1.31     0.006     0.005     0.005     0.006     0.00    0.00
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.010     0.008     0.007     0.006    -12.68     0.009     0.007     0.007     0.008   -13.68    0.00
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.002     0.003     0.003     0.000    -85.96     0.003     0.001     0.000     0.000   -82.58    0.00
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000    -16.92     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -50.91    0.00
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000     12.50     0.001      *         *        0.000   -30.77    0.00
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 352 Cotton Underwear      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.013     0.027     0.019     0.019      2.15     0.020     0.027     0.027     0.028    37.38    0.01
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.009     0.008     0.006     0.007      5.03     0.012     0.005     0.005     0.008   -31.55    0.00

Wool:
 410 Wool Woven Fab.       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002       *       0.000     0.002     0.002     0.002      *      0.01
 414 Oth Wool Fabric       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 465 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00

Man-Made Fiber:
 611 Wov>85% Art Stp       0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000    140.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   140.00    0.00
 618 Wov Artif Filam       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001   1738.10     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001  1738.10    0.00
 620 Oth Synth Filam       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001    918.87     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001   918.87    0.00
 629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 632 Hosiery               1.525     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 635 Coats, W/G            0.002     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *        0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 636 Dresses               0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   200.00    0.00
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.131     0.089     0.089      *          *       0.143      *         *         *         *       *  
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.156     0.004     0.004      *          *       0.004      *         *         *         *       *  
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.002     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 659 Oth. MMF App.         1.239     0.020     0.020     0.019     -0.73     0.604     0.021     0.020     0.020   -96.72    0.00
 666 Other Furnishing      0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001    -6.00    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 810 S/V Woven Fabric      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 836 S/V Dresses           0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002    333.33     0.000     0.002     0.002     0.002   276.00    0.00
 842 S/V Skirts            0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 844 WG Suits S/V          0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.001     0.001     0.001     0.000    -95.24     0.001     0.001     0.001     0.001   -53.78    0.00
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -66.67     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -66.67    0.00