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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 336/636 :  DRESSES
                                            Data in Doz , 37.90 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     36079851  42333017    42333017   46545573      9.95   42333017   45740152   46075515   46545573      9.95  100.00

 O  CHINA P   19166035  22634405    22634405   23105424      2.08   22634405   22551389   22805130   23105424      2.08   49.64

 O  VIETNAM    4146602   4775676     4775676    5750982     20.42    4775676    5670183    5690241    5750982     20.42   12.36

 O  INDIA      3472747   3985116     3985116    4082557      2.45    3985116    4103583    4104944    4082557      2.45    8.77

 O  INDNSIA    2187141   2779949     2779949    3841412     38.18    2779949    3763828    3788465    3841412     38.18    8.25

 O  PHIL R     1698971   1651746     1651746    2242530     35.77    1651746    2178631    2218479    2242530     35.77    4.82

 O  CAMBOD      777772   1395810     1395810    1902179     36.28    1395810    1870393    1861248    1902179     36.28    4.09

 O  BNGLDSH     972460   1380357     1380357    1323325     -4.13    1380357    1347841    1333464    1323325     -4.13    2.84

 O  SRI LKA     819147    821840      821840    1021889     24.34     821840     966351     988598    1021889     24.34    2.20

 O  MEXICO      544545    537907      537907     694919     29.19     537907     703218     699112     694919     29.19    1.49

 O  GUATMAL     321268    368229      368229     570151     54.84     368229     558377     558246     570151     54.84    1.22

 O  TURKEY      127033    159400      159400     203827     27.87     159400     200471     200252     203827     27.87    0.44

 O  PAKISTN     220602    157063      157063     183458     16.81     157063     192309     192663     183458     16.81    0.39

 O  THAILND     180014    212711      212711     172192    -19.05     212711     159435     162557     172192    -19.05    0.37

 O  SALVADR     209015    197952      197952     171630    -13.30     197952     199283     188057     171630    -13.30    0.37

 O  CHINA T     200360    203567      203567     154850    -23.93     203567     154960     152964     154850    -23.93    0.33


 O  _ASEAN     9168058  10960777    10960777   14048554     28.17   10960777   13782952   13864318   14048554     28.17   30.18

 O  _CBI        617222    707866      707866     815264     15.17     707866     827945     816865     815264     15.17    1.75

 O  _CAFTA      609576    705759      705759     806777     14.31     705759     819357     808375     806777     14.31    1.73

 O  _ANDEAN     122892    126720      126720     135797      7.16     126720     137649     135758     135797      7.16    0.29

 O  _SUB-SAHA    71971     33577       33577      80525    139.82      33577      83678      83244      80525    139.82    0.17