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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 338/339 :  COTTON KNIT SHIRTS
                                            Data in Doz ,  6.00 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    383062771 429190857   429190857  393009719     -8.43  429190857  405923179  399638726  393009719     -8.43  100.00

 O  CHINA P   57409307  74991312    74991312   66773541    -10.96   74991312   68127691   67162245   66773541    -10.96   16.99

 O  HONDURA   35586625  43075970    43075970   45419624      5.44   43075970   46504639   46457138   45419624      5.44   11.56

 O  VIETNAM   37546697  42354308    42354308   37053283    -12.52   42354308   38669358   37530145   37053283    -12.52    9.43

 O  INDNSIA   29236995  33150923    33150923   31056151     -6.32   33150923   31467378   31361092   31056151     -6.32    7.90

 O  SALVADR   21261976  26169517    26169517   22345309    -14.61   26169517   23742936   23147272   22345309    -14.61    5.69

 O  NICARAG   18881989  19687540    19687540   21044846      6.89   19687540   21461521   21344321   21044846      6.89    5.35

 O  GUATMAL   23436895  23169397    23169397   20977143     -9.46   23169397   21743423   21479643   20977143     -9.46    5.34

 O  HAITI     18369703  16835214    16835214   20817906     23.66   16835214   21067901   21145355   20817906     23.66    5.30

 O  MEXICO    22714592  23939971    23939971   20749719    -13.33   23939971   21386693   20896349   20749719    -13.33    5.28

 O  INDIA     19536710  22333897    22333897   20302323     -9.10   22333897   21444547   20794063   20302323     -9.10    5.17

 O  CAMBOD    18616800  21040174    21040174   19312039     -8.21   21040174   19969150   19623984   19312039     -8.21    4.91

 O  PAKISTN   17647569  20108623    20108623   17490879    -13.02   20108623   18320492   17784967   17490879    -13.02    4.45

 O  BNGLDSH   17324679  17771693    17771693   14154829    -20.35   17771693   14874856   14547136   14154829    -20.35    3.60

 O  PERU       6512129   6676964     6676964    6023989     -9.78    6676964    6042918    5990018    6023989     -9.78    1.53

 O  DOM REP    2828199   6445007     6445007    5951703     -7.65    6445007    6231762    6122239    5951703     -7.65    1.51


 O  _CBI     120448537 135416149   135416149  136580548      0.86  135416149  140776900  139720589  136580548      0.86   34.75

 O  _CAFTA   102048498 118555164   118555164  115742552     -2.37  118555164  119687897  118554814  115742552     -2.37   29.45

 O  _ASEAN    98719204 108432832   108432832   96866915    -10.67  108432832  100098015   98263256   96866915    -10.67   24.65

 O  _ANDEAN    6892563   6995086     6995086    6357598     -9.11    6995086    6402541    6342429    6357598     -9.11    1.62

 O  _SUB-SAHA  5054136   3885717     3885717    2824807    -27.30    3885717    2916740    2893935    2824807    -27.30    0.72