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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 350/650 :  DRESSING GOWNS
                                            Data in Doz , 42.60 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     12856000  14304416    14304416   14391715      0.61   14304416   14687865   14381357   14391715      0.61  100.00

 O  CHINA P    7657945   9022776     9022776    8043371    -10.85    9022776    8267681    8063260    8043371    -10.85   55.89

 O  VIETNAM    1737098   1790369     1790369    1795433      0.28    1790369    1830279    1816967    1795433      0.28   12.48

 O  CAMBOD      745311    924173      924173    1568270     69.69     924173    1501347    1512418    1568270     69.69   10.90

 O  INDIA       635124    632675      632675     879059     38.94     632675     880281     833390     879059     38.94    6.11

 O  INDNSIA     657594    525581      525581     491839     -6.42     525581     501624     490764     491839     -6.42    3.42

 O  BNGLDSH     212436    190980      190980     268133     40.40     190980     277276     273579     268133     40.40    1.86

 O  PHIL R      182394    159342      159342     224019     40.59     159342     211915     205591     224019     40.59    1.56

 O  PAKISTN     171477    239100      239100     215015    -10.07     239100     218531     202023     215015    -10.07    1.49

 O  GUATMAL      45029     51039       51039     147123    188.26      51039     185981     189485     147123    188.26    1.02

 O  NICARAG       3185      1149        1149     124628  10746.65       1149     108598     109991     124628  10746.65    0.87

 O  THAILND      43458     52584       52584     104350     98.44      52584     116234     118474     104350     98.44    0.73

 O  MALAYSA     166941    206955      206955      94537    -54.32     206955     145324     134531      94537    -54.32    0.66

 O  SRI LKA     228246    128167      128167      88422    -31.01     128167      83094      85753      88422    -31.01    0.61

 O  EGYPT        59396     63849       63849      75223     17.81      63849      73677      73117      75223     17.81    0.52

 O  TURKEY       83708    114188      114188      75045    -34.28     114188      78285      75283      75045    -34.28    0.52


 O  _ASEAN     3537450   3663078     3663078    4282505     16.91    3663078    4311872    4282893    4282505     16.91   29.76

 O  _CBI        151943    119659      119659     335725    180.57     119659     350902     354603     335725    180.57    2.33

 O  _CAFTA      150673    119659      119659     333013    178.30     119659     348314     351965     333013    178.30    2.31