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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| BOTSWAN | | 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 * * * * *
Cotton:
334 Oth. Coats, MB 0.052 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
336 Cotton Dresses 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
338 Knit Shirts,MB 0.995 0.839 0.707 0.544 -23.00 0.831 0.741 0.741 0.676 -18.66 0.07
339 W/G Knit Blouse 1.184 0.947 0.722 0.578 -19.95 0.859 0.889 0.805 0.803 -6.59 0.06
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 0.106 0.000 0.000 * * 0.010 * * * * *
345 Cotton Sweater 0.127 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 0.088 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.075 0.000 0.000 0.014 * 0.000 0.014 0.014 0.014 * 0.00
352 Cotton Underwear 0.058 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.00
Man-Made Fiber:
634 Other Coats, MB 0.029 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
635 Coats, W/G 0.290 0.308 0.308 * * 0.308 0.017 * * * *
638 Knit Shirts, MB 0.127 0.092 0.092 0.205 121.39 0.092 0.111 0.164 0.205 121.39 0.04
639 Knit Blouses,WG 1.041 0.142 0.142 * * 0.160 0.028 * * * *
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 0.042 0.034 0.034 * * 0.034 * * * * *
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.105 0.107 0.107 0.386 260.37 0.107 0.175 0.289 0.386 260.37 0.09
648 Slacks,etc. WG 1.130 0.493 0.477 0.598 25.29 0.505 0.582 0.570 0.614 21.62 0.18
666 Other Furnishing 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
899 Other S/V Manuf 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *