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| | November 19, 2009
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| LESOTHO | | 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:
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.546 0.019 0.019 0.047 142.62 0.129 0.047 0.047 0.047 -63.58 0.18
239 Baby Garm / Acc 2.007 1.550 1.327 1.777 33.96 1.494 2.051 1.949 2.000 33.93 0.25
Cotton:
334 Oth. Coats, MB 1.003 1.387 0.919 0.544 -40.81 0.970 1.162 1.033 1.012 4.32 0.32
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.006 0.455 0.455 0.206 -54.74 0.455 0.208 0.268 0.206 -54.74 0.04
336 Cotton Dresses 0.061 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
338 Knit Shirts,MB 11.358 9.574 8.335 6.129 -26.47 9.585 7.586 7.445 7.368 -23.14 0.73
339 W/G Knit Blouse 15.369 10.913 9.503 5.488 -42.25 11.116 7.726 7.112 6.898 -37.94 0.53
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.006 * 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.006 * 0.00
342 Cotton Skirts 0.273 0.106 0.106 0.099 -7.11 0.178 0.099 0.099 0.099 -44.55 0.06
345 Cotton Sweater 1.278 0.018 0.018 0.006 -63.57 0.464 0.006 0.006 0.006 -98.62 0.00
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 22.666 20.339 17.190 12.854 -25.22 20.157 17.680 16.320 16.004 -20.61 1.55
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 19.391 18.888 15.424 14.728 -4.51 18.418 18.856 18.482 18.192 -1.23 1.19
352 Cotton Underwear 0.158 0.011 0.011 * * 0.011 * * * * *
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.050 0.013 0.013 0.046 262.03 0.013 0.046 0.046 0.046 262.03 0.01
Wool:
447 Wool Trousers,MB 0.000 0.011 0.011 * * 0.011 * * * * *
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 0.002 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
Man-Made Fiber:
633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
634 Other Coats, MB 0.806 0.170 0.170 0.001 -99.63 0.203 0.080 0.022 0.001 -99.69 0.00
635 Coats, W/G 1.249 1.623 1.461 1.372 -6.10 1.686 1.738 1.455 1.534 -9.01 0.35
636 Dresses 0.000 0.031 0.000 0.038 * 0.000 0.069 0.069 0.069 * 0.01
638 Knit Shirts, MB 5.108 8.302 6.782 5.659 -16.56 7.551 8.620 7.927 7.179 -4.93 1.31
639 Knit Blouses,WG 3.545 3.668 2.556 5.502 115.28 3.527 6.332 6.433 6.614 87.51 1.11
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.000 0.003 0.003 * * 0.003 * * * * *
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.014 0.016 0.001 0.007 865.00 0.001 0.015 0.022 0.022 2948.33 0.01
642 Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.085 * 0.000 0.043 0.043 0.085 * 0.11
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 1.078 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
647 Trousers,etc MB 2.639 3.544 3.246 3.095 -4.65 3.645 2.703 2.833 3.393 -6.91 0.79
648 Slacks,etc. WG 3.722 4.974 4.154 3.861 -7.05 4.249 5.494 4.508 4.681 10.17 1.41
650 Dress Gown,Robe 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.473 * 0.000 0.345 0.345 0.473 * 0.21
651 Nightwear/PJs 0.079 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
652 M-MF Underwear 0.031 0.115 0.115 0.099 -13.56 0.115 0.099 0.099 0.099 -13.56 0.02
659 Oth. MMF App. 2.680 0.926 0.912 0.616 -32.43 1.033 0.794 0.642 0.630 -38.95 0.04
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.022 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *