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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 342/642 :  SKIRTS
                                            Data in Doz , 14.90 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     15842705  16321403    16321403   16474397      0.94   16321403   15842747   16086064   16474397      0.94  100.00

 O  CHINA P    6674157   7007926     7007926    6868284     -1.99    7007926    6497671    6665346    6868284     -1.99   41.69

 O  VIETNAM    1592781   2143184     2143184    2086213     -2.66    2143184    2060303    2041795    2086213     -2.66   12.66

 O  INDNSIA    1536022   1865888     1865888    1929757      3.42    1865888    1901987    1898871    1929757      3.42   11.71

 O  INDIA      1954777   1539339     1539339    1657675      7.69    1539339    1593798    1615137    1657675      7.69   10.06

 O  BNGLDSH    1163323    809192      809192     841280      3.97     809192     842873     854788     841280      3.97    5.11

 O  CAMBOD      473031    554398      554398     695140     25.39     554398     617266     637534     695140     25.39    4.22

 O  PHIL R      333004    357753      357753     406131     13.52     357753     375971     394328     406131     13.52    2.47

 O  MEXICO      243687    274681      274681     336985     22.68     274681     321359     323886     336985     22.68    2.05

 O  GUATMAL     393279    346826      346826     317537     -8.44     346826     308492     314019     317537     -8.44    1.93

 O  SRI LKA     304261    263260      263260     196111    -25.51     263260     188771     192116     196111    -25.51    1.19

 O  THAILND     156819    144055      144055     122809    -14.75     144055     121593     118939     122809    -14.75    0.75

 O  MALAYSA      98393     81108       81108     117386     44.73      81108     108599     114444     117386     44.73    0.71

 O  CHINA T     108039    142726      142726     110308    -22.71     142726     116163     115053     110308    -22.71    0.67

 O  SALVADR      29654     76163       76163     101534     33.31      76163      88687      99076     101534     33.31    0.62

 O  CANADA       58991     82399       82399      85726      4.04      82399      88486      88575      85726      4.04    0.52


 O  _ASEAN     4217505   5155776     5155776    5378600      4.32    5155776    5212202    5232259    5378600      4.32   32.65

 O  _CBI        643500    580347      580347     570530     -1.69     580347     554668     571696     570530     -1.69    3.46

 O  _CAFTA      640685    579191      579191     568974     -1.76     579191     553333     570093     568974     -1.76    3.45

 O  _SUB-SAHA    59696     71972       71972      66036     -8.25      71972      69879      69049      66036     -8.25    0.40