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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| MAURIT | | 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:
218 Fab, Color Yarn 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.598 * 0.000 0.509 0.598 0.598 * 1.22
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * *
222 Knit Fabric 0.000 0.002 0.002 * * 0.002 * * * * *
226 Cheesecloth,Bati 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.043 0.002 0.001 0.009 1284.85 0.001 0.010 0.010 0.010 1251.28 0.04
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.003 0.015 0.003 0.019 623.53 0.004 0.032 0.031 0.031 781.77 0.00
Cotton:
314 Poplin,Broadcl. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
317 Twill Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
331 Cot.Glove/Mitten 0.004 0.007 0.005 0.003 -31.95 0.007 0.006 0.005 0.005 -25.59 0.01
332 Cotton Hosiery 0.003 0.007 0.005 0.003 -38.35 0.006 0.005 0.005 0.005 -20.71 0.00
333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
334 Oth. Coats, MB 0.013 0.012 0.012 0.006 -48.53 0.014 0.016 0.006 0.006 -55.58 0.00
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.131 0.073 0.073 0.069 -5.36 0.106 0.141 0.141 0.069 -34.82 0.01
336 Cotton Dresses 0.001 0.006 0.005 0.020 341.18 0.005 0.022 0.021 0.022 361.60 0.00
338 Knit Shirts,MB 2.148 0.624 0.604 0.093 -84.60 0.867 0.149 0.118 0.113 -87.02 0.01
339 W/G Knit Blouse 0.767 0.257 0.246 0.091 -62.85 0.295 0.116 0.109 0.102 -65.35 0.01
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 11.198 11.610 9.841 9.043 -8.11 11.562 10.261 10.783 10.813 -6.48 1.95
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.075 0.099 0.085 0.098 14.94 0.094 0.103 0.103 0.112 19.93 0.04
342 Cotton Skirts 0.022 0.018 0.013 0.061 364.85 0.013 0.066 0.066 0.066 402.83 0.04
345 Cotton Sweater 0.059 0.013 0.009 0.037 315.81 0.019 0.018 0.030 0.041 112.34 0.01
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 1.664 1.166 0.907 1.378 51.96 0.966 1.561 1.543 1.637 69.37 0.16
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.944 1.289 1.061 1.814 71.01 1.172 2.098 1.996 2.042 74.25 0.13
349 Bras, & other 0.024 0.029 0.019 0.000 -99.67 0.019 0.014 0.012 0.010 -48.96 0.03
350 Dress. Gown etc 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 0.024 0.030 0.024 0.088 259.86 0.029 0.082 0.082 0.094 220.72 0.01
352 Cotton Underwear 0.030 0.000 0.000 0.002 19300.00 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.002 19300.00 0.00
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.071 0.006 0.006 0.013 133.79 0.006 0.019 0.015 0.013 131.69 0.00
Wool:
410 Wool Woven Fab. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
431 Wool Glov/Mitns 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
435 W/G Coats, Wool 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 -96.30 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 -96.43 0.00
436 Wool Dresses 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 -88.89 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -88.89 0.00
438 K Shirts,Blouses 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 15.79 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 13.79 0.00
439 Babies' garments 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 * * * *
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -33.33 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 -33.33 0.01
443 Wool Suits,M/B 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 * 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.002 * 0.01
444 Wool Suits,W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
445 Wool Sweater,MB 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.011 1866.67 0.001 0.007 0.011 0.011 1847.83 0.21
446 Wool Sweater,WG 0.006 0.003 0.003 0.001 -44.19 0.003 0.001 0.002 0.002 -41.20 0.01
447 Wool Trousers,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.014 0.011 0.011 0.000 -96.20 0.013 0.007 0.000 0.000 -96.43 0.00
464 Wool Blankets 0.009 0.010 0.009 0.007 -16.99 0.009 0.009 0.010 0.008 -8.67 0.30
465 Floor Coverings 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 366.67 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 366.67 0.00
469 Oth. Wool Manuf. 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.002 721.25 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.003 773.75 0.20
Man-Made Fiber:
631 Gloves/Mittens 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
634 Other Coats, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 0.00
635 Coats, W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003 8200.00 0.000 0.003 0.003 0.003 8200.00 0.00
636 Dresses 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.002 -15.09 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 -15.09 0.00
638 Knit Shirts, MB 0.190 0.002 0.002 0.008 382.76 0.002 0.006 0.007 0.008 382.76 0.00
639 Knit Blouses,WG 0.763 0.143 0.143 0.023 -83.62 0.149 0.024 0.022 0.023 -84.24 0.00
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.000 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 -50.77 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -50.77 0.00
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 * 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.002 * 0.00
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.002 0.005 0.004 0.002 -42.09 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.003 -28.97 0.00
648 Slacks,etc. WG 0.039 0.045 0.045 0.010 -76.97 0.049 0.022 0.011 0.011 -78.06 0.00
649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup 0.030 0.088 0.061 0.000 -99.68 0.062 0.037 0.032 0.027 -56.28 0.02
650 Dress Gown,Robe 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 30.00 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 30.00 0.00
651 Nightwear/PJs 0.001 0.006 0.006 0.005 -13.70 0.006 0.007 0.008 0.005 -13.70 0.00
652 M-MF Underwear 0.894 0.029 0.029 0.006 -78.11 0.029 0.032 0.014 0.006 -77.74 0.00
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.005 0.008 0.008 0.003 -65.32 0.008 0.009 0.009 0.003 -65.32 0.00
666 Other Furnishing 0.000 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
833 S/V S-T CoatsMB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 * 0.000 0.001 0.002 0.002 * 0.12
836 S/V Dresses 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 1528.57 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 1528.57 0.01
840 S/V Wov Shirts 0.007 0.003 0.002 0.001 -51.35 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -50.00 0.00
842 S/V Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
846 Sweaters, Silk 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.02
847 S/V Trousers MB 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.004 154.31 0.002 0.004 0.004 0.004 154.31 0.00
851 S/V Nightwear 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 522.58 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.002 522.58 0.01