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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 331/631 :  GLOVES & MITTENS
                                            Data in Doz ,  2.90 M2 per Doz

                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     54932778  71254845    71254845   76579152      7.47   71254845   76963509   76776871   76579152      7.47  100.00

 O  CHINA P   37629386  46936360    46936360   49900958      6.32   46936360   50291981   50060275   49900958      6.32   65.16

 P  PAKISTN    2780000   4580320     4580320    8327850     81.82    4580320    8108744    8337692    8327850     81.82   10.87

 O  MEXICO     2935253   4090359     4090359    4261709      4.19    4090359    4287920    4297535    4261709      4.19    5.57

 P  INDNSIA    2004591   3362650     3362650    2860586    -14.93    3362650    2998494    2794223    2860586    -14.93    3.74

 O  PHIL R     1751937   2354278     2354278    2495870      6.01    2354278    2457213    2467334    2495870      6.01    3.26

 O  KOR REP    2140624   2504423     2504423    2389037     -4.61    2504423    2262897    2340556    2389037     -4.61    3.12

 O  CHINA T    1200138   1548710     1548710    1487053     -3.98    1548710    1509809    1542961    1487053     -3.98    1.94

 O  SRI LKA    1020215   1258023     1258023    1211154     -3.73    1258023    1268665    1211439    1211154     -3.73    1.58

 O  VIETNAM     719127    973095      973095     911631     -6.32     973095     929937     949358     911631     -6.32    1.19

 O  BNGLDSH     456433   1014927     1014927     893443    -11.97    1014927     812969     845519     893443    -11.97    1.17

 O  HONDURA     255388    433565      433565     497903     14.84     433565     485721     494993     497903     14.84    0.65

 O  MALAYSA     437399    685239      685239     453103    -33.88     685239     487896     475712     453103    -33.88    0.59

 O  HG KONG     484127    425591      425591     143476    -66.29     425591     275795     194402     143476    -66.29    0.19

 O  THAILND     566114    457681      457681      61231    -86.62     457681     108970      84450      61231    -86.62    0.08


 O  _ASEAN     5496485   7850709     7850709    6843534    -12.83    7850709    7044702    6835060    6843534    -12.83    8.94

 O  _CBI        347877    546584      546584     652284     19.34     546584     621953     646036     652284     19.34    0.85

 O  _CAFTA      298836    546584      546584     652268     19.34     546584     621937     646020     652268     19.34    0.85