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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 645/646 :  M-MF SWEATERS
                                            Data in Doz , 30.80 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      4799099   5064325     5064325    5791584     14.36    5064325    5727289    5715595    5791584     14.36  100.00

 O  CHINA P    3010294   3232754     3232754    3967224     22.72    3232754    3884197    3896594    3967224     22.72   68.50

 O  BNGLDSH     918526    981060      981060     931205     -5.08     981060     935900     924748     931205     -5.08   16.08

 O  INDNSIA     178289    162914      162914     149859     -8.01     162914     153042     154963     149859     -8.01    2.59

 O  MEXICO       62335    124749      124749     139934     12.17     124749     133513     134004     139934     12.17    2.42

 O  JORDAN      143245    148419      148419     111409    -24.94     148419     128353     118560     111409    -24.94    1.92

 O  SALVADR      69119     80104       80104     104395     30.32      80104      99804     101361     104395     30.32    1.80

 O  GUATMAL      86309     86209       86209      90827      5.36      86209     107016      94503      90827      5.36    1.57

 O  CAMBOD       19434     27526       27526      73147    165.74      27526      57077      73723      73147    165.74    1.26

 O  CHINA T      81333     50489       50489      29667    -41.24      50489      35673      29770      29667    -41.24    0.51


 O  _ASEAN      256435    241630      241630     296584     22.74     241630     277929     295558     296584     22.74    5.12

 O  _CBI        159676    169942      169942     203061     19.49     169942     214935     205663     203061     19.49    3.51

 O  _CAFTA      159601    169516      169516     203054     19.78     169516     214933     205661     203054     19.78    3.51