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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  ETHIOP   |                            | 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:
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -89.36     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -72.34    0.00

Cotton:
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.003     0.006     0.005     0.007     34.27     0.006     0.008     0.008     0.008    33.93    0.00
 335 W/G Cot. Coats        0.352     0.077     0.077      *          *       0.132     0.001     0.001     0.001   -99.61    0.00
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.003     0.005     0.003     0.003    -14.46     0.003     0.004     0.004     0.004    32.18    0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.020     0.098     0.089     0.013    -85.41     0.089     0.039     0.039     0.022   -75.63    0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.015     0.000     0.000     0.000    587.50     0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001  1275.00    0.00
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.007     0.221     0.220     0.016    -92.64     0.222     0.020     0.020     0.017   -92.21    0.00
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.025     0.024     0.000    -98.95     0.024     0.006     0.004     0.001   -96.30    0.00
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    125.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   325.00    0.00
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.00
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.031     0.037     0.035     0.013    -64.02     0.036     0.020     0.020     0.014   -60.67    0.00
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.      0.152     0.054     0.054      *          *       0.078     0.005     0.001     0.000   -99.75    0.00
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *        0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.003     0.019     0.018     0.010    -47.49     0.018     0.015     0.014     0.010   -43.07    0.00
 360 Pillowcases           0.156     0.024     0.024     0.003    -88.13     0.103     0.003     0.003     0.003   -97.29    0.00
 361 Cotton Sheets         0.202     0.034     0.034      *          *       0.054      *         *         *         *       *  
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt        0.138     0.007     0.007      *          *       0.022      *         *         *         *       *  
 363 Pile Towels           0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -64.29     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -64.29    0.00
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.001     0.005     0.004     0.003    -33.99     0.004     0.004     0.004     0.003   -25.54    0.00

Wool:
 436 Wool Dresses          0.004     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 465 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  

Man-Made Fiber:
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.005     0.014     0.013     0.027    114.48     0.013     0.008     0.034     0.028   125.41    0.01
 635 Coats, W/G            0.006     0.092     0.092      *          *       0.092      *         *         *         *       *  
 636 Dresses               0.010     0.029     0.024     0.013    -46.88     0.029     0.019     0.019     0.017   -40.49    0.00
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.525     1.255     1.149     0.685    -40.44     1.186     0.886     0.855     0.790   -33.36    0.14
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.021     0.020     0.020     0.013    -32.80     0.020     0.032     0.024     0.013   -33.65    0.00
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.072     0.086     0.082     0.093     12.89     0.090     0.100     0.100     0.097     7.72    0.08
 641 N-K Blouses, WG       0.134     0.158     0.134     0.131     -2.59     0.143     0.158     0.170     0.155     7.92    0.09
 642 Skirts                0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.179     0.577     0.563     0.394    -30.00     0.598     0.468     0.445     0.409   -31.67    0.10
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.401     0.347     0.329     0.202    -38.50     0.480     0.245     0.252     0.221   -54.00    0.07
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup       0.016     0.026     0.026     0.019    -25.91     0.026     0.019     0.019     0.019   -25.91    0.01
 659 Oth. MMF App.         0.932     2.096     1.814     1.410    -22.26     1.905     1.612     1.808     1.692   -11.15    0.10
 666 Other Furnishing      0.001     0.006     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.005     0.005     0.005  1270.37    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.003       *       0.000     0.003     0.003     0.003      *      0.02
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.001     0.006     0.006     0.003    -58.49     0.007     0.001     0.003     0.003   -60.19    0.01
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.000     0.003     0.003     0.000    -98.39     0.003     0.000     0.000     0.000   -98.39    0.00