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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 351/651 :  Cotton and MMF Night
                                            Data in Doz , 43.50 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     31995100  36091766    36091766   32523146     -9.89   36091766   33559073   32714970   32523146     -9.89  100.00

 O  CHINA P   19558469  21524826    21524826   18909261    -12.15   21524826   19679063   18980054   18909261    -12.15   58.14

 O  CAMBOD     3726429   4830493     4830493    4789922     -0.84    4830493    4795069    4849358    4789922     -0.84   14.73

 O  VIETNAM    1123855   1556594     1556594    1820249     16.94    1556594    1882574    1851434    1820249     16.94    5.60

 O  BNGLDSH    1735487   1936095     1936095    1265894    -34.62    1936095    1367207    1281574    1265894    -34.62    3.89

 O  INDIA      1356150   1408846     1408846    1134616    -19.46    1408846    1074386    1094211    1134616    -19.46    3.49

 O  PAKISTN     944783   1027555     1027555     958474     -6.72    1027555    1049611    1004326     958474     -6.72    2.95

 O  INDNSIA     671658    851633      851633     891670      4.70     851633     856778     851707     891670      4.70    2.74

 O  PHIL R      586036    645856      645856     798543     23.64     645856     798415     774969     798543     23.64    2.46

 O  MALAYSA     261661    332563      332563     406467     22.22     332563     449016     431351     406467     22.22    1.25

 O  MEXICO      273312    243007      243007     272316     12.06     243007     270308     273345     272316     12.06    0.84

 O  THAILND     373611    471386      471386     243840    -48.27     471386     332688     307365     243840    -48.27    0.75

 O  SRI LKA     180554    214052      214052     169621    -20.76     214052     186355     184137     169621    -20.76    0.52

 O  GUATMAL      77313     40323       40323     140414    248.22      40323     105204     121752     140414    248.22    0.43

 O  KOR REP     101939    105514      105514      99847     -5.37     105514     100166     100164      99847     -5.37    0.31

 O  SALVADR     138680    122795      122795      82694    -32.66     122795      77966      80685      82694    -32.66    0.25


 O  _ASEAN     6754268   8701510     8701510    8972990      3.12    8701510    9132972    9086319    8972990      3.12   27.59

 O  _CBI        403979    319952      319952     377730     18.06     319952     338826     356989     377730     18.06    1.16

 O  _CAFTA      373283    297005      297005     330914     11.42     297005     300929     312826     330914     11.42    1.02

 O  _ANDEAN      57559     53196       53196      57582      8.24      53196      55854      59475      57582      8.24    0.18