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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| REP SAF | | 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 0.001 0.005 0.005 0.001 -79.60 0.005 0.002 0.002 0.001 -76.64 0.00
201 Specialty Yarns 0.020 0.007 0.002 0.009 267.57 0.002 0.013 0.013 0.013 465.12 0.01
218 Fab, Color Yarn 0.050 0.020 0.019 0.041 115.93 0.027 0.051 0.044 0.042 54.75 0.09
219 Duck Fabric 0.007 0.002 0.002 0.012 667.20 0.003 0.012 0.012 0.012 335.10 0.03
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 0.194 0.064 0.063 0.007 -89.12 0.095 0.023 0.015 0.007 -92.33 0.01
222 Knit Fabric 1.534 1.298 1.136 0.578 -49.10 1.530 0.786 0.922 0.740 -51.62 0.07
223 Non-Woven Fabric 0.070 0.436 0.233 1.016 335.98 0.255 0.961 1.073 1.219 377.93 0.05
224 Pile/Tufted Fab. 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -33.87 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -33.87 0.00
226 Cheesecloth,Bati 0.007 0.007 0.005 0.003 -25.37 0.006 0.006 0.007 0.006 -2.87 0.02
229 Special Fabric 7.115 18.091 16.922 4.147 -75.49 20.803 7.420 6.436 5.317 -74.44 0.32
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.152 0.003 0.000 0.108 62466.67 0.000 0.054 0.054 0.111 64044.44 0.42
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.070 0.011 0.007 0.009 18.72 0.008 0.012 0.012 0.012 56.87 0.00
Cotton:
313 Cotton Sheeting 0.010 0.010 0.003 0.000 -86.22 0.005 0.009 0.009 0.007 64.48 0.00
314 Poplin,Broadcl. 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.001 -60.74 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.001 -60.74 0.00
317 Twill Fabric 0.026 0.011 0.011 0.001 -87.80 0.021 0.005 0.002 0.001 -93.64 0.00
331 Cot.Glove/Mitten 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
332 Cotton Hosiery 0.028 0.001 0.000 0.002 477.88 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.003 280.50 0.00
333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.00
334 Oth. Coats, MB 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.087 * 0.000 0.038 0.038 0.087 84433.33 0.03
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.053 6036.00 0.001 0.043 0.043 0.053 6044.00 0.01
336 Cotton Dresses 0.036 0.031 0.026 0.011 -56.41 0.027 0.016 0.016 0.016 -40.45 0.00
338 Knit Shirts,MB 1.269 1.125 1.052 0.335 -68.14 1.297 0.569 0.541 0.408 -68.51 0.04
339 W/G Knit Blouse 1.691 0.799 0.638 0.180 -71.85 0.800 0.331 0.316 0.341 -57.41 0.03
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 0.002 0.005 0.005 0.001 -77.78 0.005 0.002 0.002 0.001 -71.37 0.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.079 0.061 0.058 0.009 -84.96 0.067 0.023 0.017 0.012 -82.37 0.00
342 Cotton Skirts 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 -76.81 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -62.86 0.00
345 Cotton Sweater 0.007 0.190 0.190 0.001 -99.63 0.190 0.001 0.001 0.001 -99.63 0.00
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 0.200 0.098 0.096 0.057 -40.89 0.144 0.049 0.045 0.059 -59.12 0.01
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.172 0.098 0.096 0.029 -69.53 0.156 0.026 0.035 0.031 -79.83 0.00
350 Dress. Gown etc 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 200.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 100.00 0.00
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.002 -2.17 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.003 14.81 0.00
352 Cotton Underwear 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.015 0.060 0.058 0.003 -94.28 0.060 0.006 0.005 0.005 -91.44 0.00
360 Pillowcases 0.003 0.001 0.000 0.000 -11.82 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -24.78 0.00
361 Cotton Sheets 0.005 0.002 0.002 0.003 65.61 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.003 21.46 0.00
362 Bedsprds/Quilt 0.013 0.001 0.000 0.001 167.09 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 93.81 0.00
363 Pile Towels 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.002 -35.71 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 -32.94 0.00
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 0.037 0.014 0.013 0.010 -22.80 0.019 0.011 0.010 0.011 -42.95 0.00
Wool:
400 Wool Yarns 0.628 0.299 0.282 0.244 -13.58 0.361 0.228 0.229 0.261 -27.78 1.19
410 Wool Woven Fab. 0.028 0.093 0.076 0.041 -46.85 0.078 0.085 0.063 0.057 -27.41 0.57
414 Oth Wool Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -39.04 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 -39.04 0.00
432 Wool Hosiery 0.024 0.098 0.048 0.044 -8.59 0.050 0.093 0.084 0.094 86.58 6.91
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB 0.007 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *
434 Oth. Coats, M/B 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
435 W/G Coats, Wool 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 100.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 200.00 0.00
439 Babies' garments 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.00 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.00 0.15
442 Wool Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
443 Wool Suits,M/B 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
446 Wool Sweater,WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
447 Wool Trousers,MB 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -34.72 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -34.72 0.00
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.004 0.002 0.001 0.002 15.59 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 -9.02 0.02
464 Wool Blankets 0.003 0.005 0.004 0.002 -40.53 0.004 0.005 0.004 0.003 -23.55 0.11
465 Floor Coverings 0.153 0.236 0.201 0.072 -64.02 0.234 0.118 0.123 0.107 -54.16 0.56
469 Oth. Wool Manuf. 0.001 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
Man-Made Fiber:
600 Text Fil Yarn 0.002 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
603 Yarn>85% artif. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
604 Yarn>85% Synth. 0.018 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
606 N-Text Fil Yrn 0.170 0.014 0.014 * * 0.015 * * * * *
611 Wov>85% Art Stp 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 0.00
618 Wov Artif Filam 0.002 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
619 Poly Fil Fab 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
620 Oth Synth Filam 0.485 3.160 2.775 0.108 -96.13 2.775 1.367 0.900 0.493 -82.24 0.08
621 Impression Fab 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
624 Wov MMF Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 * * * *
629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab 0.006 0.010 0.010 0.000 -95.89 0.010 0.000 0.000 0.000 -95.33 0.00
631 Gloves/Mittens 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
632 Hosiery 0.386 0.554 0.425 0.412 -2.99 0.506 0.529 0.554 0.541 6.96 0.14
634 Other Coats, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.147 * 0.000 0.147 0.147 0.147 * 0.04
635 Coats, W/G 0.379 0.261 0.255 0.206 -19.42 0.320 0.248 0.234 0.211 -33.99 0.05
636 Dresses 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.003 277.78 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.003 277.78 0.00
638 Knit Shirts, MB 0.029 0.020 0.020 0.003 -84.04 0.022 0.018 0.017 0.004 -82.98 0.00
639 Knit Blouses,WG 0.014 0.001 0.001 0.001 -33.33 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -13.33 0.00
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.004 0.002 0.002 0.020 995.65 0.003 0.020 0.020 0.020 637.96 0.02
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.009 0.001 0.001 0.000 -63.33 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -78.85 0.00
642 Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
643 MMF Suits, M/B 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.001 0.004 0.004 0.000 -87.29 0.004 0.000 0.000 0.000 -88.42 0.00
648 Slacks,etc. WG 0.007 0.002 0.001 0.000 -65.59 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -64.84 0.00
650 Dress Gown,Robe 0.065 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.00
652 M-MF Underwear 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
654 Down Coats, W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.243 0.027 0.021 0.013 -40.94 0.024 0.020 0.017 0.018 -23.49 0.00
665 Floor Coverings 0.014 0.067 0.067 0.057 -14.83 0.074 0.075 0.052 0.057 -21.94 0.06
666 Other Furnishing 0.020 0.008 0.008 0.001 -89.38 0.013 0.001 0.002 0.001 -92.87 0.00
669 Other MMF Manuf 0.413 0.396 0.321 0.115 -64.26 0.390 0.343 0.366 0.190 -51.35 0.01
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
800 S/V Yarns 0.000 0.012 0.012 * * 0.012 * * * * *
810 S/V Woven Fabric 0.000 0.002 0.002 * * 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 -96.58 0.00
834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.01
835 S/V Coats W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
836 S/V Dresses 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 0.002 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -43.75 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -43.75 0.00
840 S/V Wov Shirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
842 S/V Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
847 S/V Trousers MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 50.00 0.000 * * 0.000 50.00 0.00
850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.004 0.007 0.007 0.003 -62.05 0.007 0.004 0.004 0.003 -61.59 0.01
899 Other S/V Manuf 0.336 0.368 0.272 0.226 -17.09 0.279 0.383 0.387 0.321 15.04 0.31