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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| SWAZLND | | 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 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
222 Knit Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
229 Special Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -70.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -70.00 0.00
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.005 * 0.000 0.005 0.005 0.005 * 0.02
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.413 0.210 0.057 0.331 478.03 0.077 0.470 0.459 0.484 526.77 0.06
Cotton:
334 Oth. Coats, MB 0.021 0.102 0.006 0.013 104.97 0.010 0.096 0.109 0.109 1040.58 0.03
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.103 0.678 0.427 0.064 -84.95 0.427 0.356 0.325 0.315 -26.14 0.06
338 Knit Shirts,MB 2.429 0.874 0.804 0.337 -58.05 1.298 0.405 0.402 0.407 -68.61 0.04
339 W/G Knit Blouse 3.719 2.872 2.312 1.347 -41.74 2.829 2.083 1.948 1.907 -32.62 0.15
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 2.177 2.607 2.233 1.540 -31.04 2.332 1.983 1.898 1.914 -17.92 0.34
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.156 0.113 0.093 0.125 34.30 0.094 0.142 0.134 0.145 53.87 0.05
342 Cotton Skirts 0.055 0.002 0.002 * * 0.002 * * * * *
345 Cotton Sweater 1.612 0.002 0.002 * * 0.002 * * * * *
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 6.166 4.600 3.598 3.222 -10.44 4.405 4.476 4.298 4.224 -4.11 0.41
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 6.050 11.096 9.440 7.303 -22.64 9.761 12.174 10.797 8.958 -8.22 0.59
350 Dress. Gown etc 0.031 0.026 0.026 0.053 101.80 0.026 0.044 0.046 0.053 101.80 0.02
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 0.336 0.320 0.320 0.223 -30.46 0.384 0.272 0.177 0.223 -42.05 0.03
352 Cotton Underwear 0.023 0.003 0.003 * * 0.003 0.001 * * * *
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.050 0.040 0.040 0.140 253.88 0.040 0.128 0.140 0.140 253.88 0.04
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
Wool:
414 Oth Wool Fabric 0.000 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
464 Wool Blankets 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
465 Floor Coverings 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -43.86 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -43.86 0.00
Man-Made Fiber:
607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn 0.000 0.008 0.000 * * 0.000 0.008 0.008 0.008 * 0.01
618 Wov Artif Filam 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
634 Other Coats, MB 0.221 0.939 0.880 0.231 -73.77 0.889 1.006 0.307 0.289 -67.46 0.09
635 Coats, W/G 0.976 1.021 0.914 0.795 -13.09 1.119 0.984 0.934 0.901 -19.48 0.21
636 Dresses 0.252 0.000 0.000 0.497 * 0.171 0.497 0.497 0.497 190.72 0.07
638 Knit Shirts, MB 1.634 1.686 1.536 1.215 -20.89 1.633 1.350 1.353 1.365 -16.42 0.25
639 Knit Blouses,WG 5.050 4.282 3.573 3.446 -3.55 4.904 4.204 4.135 4.155 -15.28 0.70
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.776 0.401 0.346 0.110 -68.15 0.420 0.243 0.217 0.166 -60.49 0.14
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.045 0.085 0.079 0.083 6.07 0.079 0.107 0.090 0.090 14.35 0.05
642 Skirts 0.756 0.404 0.404 * * 0.640 * * * * *
644 MMF W/G Suits 0.135 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 0.000 0.113 0.109 0.027 -75.32 0.109 0.048 0.041 0.031 -71.64 0.32
647 Trousers,etc MB 1.065 0.557 0.549 0.633 15.27 0.830 0.619 0.616 0.640 -22.83 0.15
648 Slacks,etc. WG 5.064 4.169 3.854 3.198 -17.03 4.202 3.813 3.512 3.513 -16.41 1.06
650 Dress Gown,Robe 0.013 0.000 0.000 0.043 * 0.000 0.043 0.043 0.043 * 0.02
651 Nightwear/PJs 0.184 0.348 0.298 0.304 2.12 0.337 0.340 0.326 0.354 5.21 0.06
652 M-MF Underwear 0.003 0.003 0.003 * * 0.003 * * * * *
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.330 2.259 1.633 0.570 -65.07 1.805 1.743 1.562 1.197 -33.69 0.07
666 Other Furnishing 0.000 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 0.001 0.001 * * *
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
899 Other S/V Manuf 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 -71.83 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 -71.83 0.00