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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 335/635 :  COATS
                                            Data in Doz , 34.50 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     27780394  29719405    29719405   26823180     -9.75   29719405   28015407   27147462   26823180     -9.75  100.00

 O  CHINA P   15857314  15985428    15985428   14699633     -8.04   15985428   15106872   14826375   14699633     -8.04   54.80

 O  VIETNAM    3861761   4257410     4257410    3887458     -8.69    4257410    4001088    3910217    3887458     -8.69   14.49

 O  INDNSIA    2118900   2656522     2656522    2212977    -16.70    2656522    2463665    2266409    2212977    -16.70    8.25

 O  BNGLDSH     876836   1011561     1011561    1074782      6.25    1011561    1106381    1075749    1074782      6.25    4.01

 O  CAMBOD      852404   1389244     1389244     918873    -33.86    1389244    1065313     960295     918873    -33.86    3.43

 O  PHIL R      380073    387949      387949     584085     50.56     387949     582521     581764     584085     50.56    2.18

 O  PAKISTN     462404    473205      473205     484473      2.38     473205     525024     505456     484473      2.38    1.81

 O  INDIA       499750    455893      455893     313800    -31.17     455893     332831     321936     313800    -31.17    1.17

 O  JORDAN      244763    419924      419924     301979    -28.09     419924     409929     333569     301979    -28.09    1.13

 O  SRI LKA     333802    239116      239116     291849     22.05     239116     282363     298232     291849     22.05    1.09

 O  CANADA      271774    267184      267184     283153      5.98     267184     313889     306681     283153      5.98    1.06

 O  GUATMAL     283156    223927      223927     269743     20.46     223927     277608     271932     269743     20.46    1.01

 O  SALVADR     278673    283013      283013     222707    -21.31     283013     220478     221741     222707    -21.31    0.83

 O  MEXICO      200348    220591      220591     185054    -16.11     220591     179079     185047     185054    -16.11    0.69

 O  THAILND     168862    171712      171712     160213     -6.70     171712     170378     162318     160213     -6.70    0.60


 O  _ASEAN     7575818   9062682     9062682    7923067    -12.57    9062682    8447947    8039811    7923067    -12.57   29.54

 O  _CBI        771205    991542      991542     665871    -32.84     991542     697970     663098     665871    -32.84    2.48

 O  _CAFTA      767823    985941      985941     657189    -33.34     985941     690815     655108     657189    -33.34    2.45

 O  _SUB-SAHA   169242    113711      113711     143277     26.00     113711     140378     144381     143277     26.00    0.53