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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| MALAWI | | 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:
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.017 * 0.000 0.017 0.017 0.017 * 0.00
336 Cotton Dresses 0.030 0.164 0.164 0.008 -95.39 0.164 0.008 0.008 0.008 -95.39 0.00
338 Knit Shirts,MB 0.008 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
339 W/G Knit Blouse 1.466 1.057 0.957 0.412 -56.96 1.420 0.640 0.543 0.512 -63.93 0.04
342 Cotton Skirts 0.000 0.044 0.000 * * 0.000 0.044 0.044 0.044 * 0.03
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 1.069 0.186 0.186 0.098 -47.66 0.295 0.102 0.102 0.098 -66.95 0.01
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.360 0.241 0.179 0.010 -94.44 0.224 0.220 0.162 0.073 -67.59 0.00
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.016 * 0.000 0.016 0.016 0.016 * 0.00
Wool:
447 Wool Trousers,MB 0.017 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
Man-Made Fiber:
635 Coats, W/G 0.034 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
636 Dresses 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.053 * 0.000 0.053 0.053 0.053 * 0.01
638 Knit Shirts, MB 0.160 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
639 Knit Blouses,WG 2.494 2.440 1.742 2.285 31.19 2.007 3.518 3.218 2.983 48.63 0.50
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.085 0.028 0.028 * * 0.062 * * * * *
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.078 0.038 0.038 0.014 -62.52 0.065 0.026 0.014 0.014 -78.25 0.00
648 Slacks,etc. WG 0.029 0.258 0.155 0.115 -25.77 0.155 0.248 0.218 0.218 40.32 0.07
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.036 0.000 0.000 * * 0.018 * * * * *
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
847 S/V Trousers MB 0.000 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *