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                                          | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
                                          |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
                                          |         Preliminary 12/2011 Data        |
                                          |            By Merged-Category           |
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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.


                                           Category 300/301 :  COTTON YARNS
                                            Data in KG. ,  8.50 M2 per KG.

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date                        Year-Endings                      YE 12/2011
   Country      2009       2010      12/2010    12/2011  % Change    12/2010    10/2011    11/2011    12/2011  % Change % Share 

                                                   (P)                                                  (P)


 O  WORLD     38540533  49548524    49548524   37406361    -24.51   49548524   37833251   37843648   37406361    -24.51  100.00

 O  PAKISTN    8959202  11099738    11099738    9207643    -17.05   11099738   10119327    9505524    9207643    -17.05   24.62

 O  MEXICO     6658344   9247088     9247088    7581474    -18.01    9247088    8067748    7882765    7581474    -18.01   20.27

 O  KOR REP    8373785  10034122    10034122    5691791    -43.28   10034122    5096204    5427118    5691791    -43.28   15.22

 O  INDIA      4298922   5416196     5416196    5623058      3.82    5416196    5179383    5496632    5623058      3.82   15.03

 O  INDNSIA    2695341   4175452     4175452    2601098    -37.70    4175452    2565855    2575759    2601098    -37.70    6.95

 O  VIETNAM     744717   2392967     2392967    2228745     -6.86    2392967    2145522    2243362    2228745     -6.86    5.96

 O  THAILND    4011518   2757585     2757585    1630993    -40.85    2757585    1703224    1813566    1630993    -40.85    4.36

 O  CHINA P     691916   2054620     2054620     814180    -60.37    2054620     828534     822502     814180    -60.37    2.18

 O  EGYPT       709115   1101797     1101797     537261    -51.24    1101797     663899     583238     537261    -51.24    1.44

 O  SPAIN       249867    220714      220714     376205     70.45     220714     324145     330992     376205     70.45    1.01

 O  UZBEKIS          0         0           0     307691       *            0     307691     307691     307691       *      0.82

 O  CANADA      208785    259007      259007     174031    -32.81     259007     190962     185789     174031    -32.81    0.47


 O  _ASEAN     7451576   9388003     9388003    6519385    -30.56    9388003    6492897    6713246    6519385    -30.56   17.43

 O  _CAFTA      296646    217979      217979      97862    -55.10     217979     115673      97862      97862    -55.10    0.26

 O  _CBI        296646    217979      217979      97862    -55.10     217979     115673      97862      97862    -55.10    0.26