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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
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 |           |                            | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |  World    |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
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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.


                        ----------- Official Data -------- | --------------- Preliminary Data (unofficial) --------------------------------------------|
                                                    Monthly Data                          Two Weeks-ending Data  (2009)     
                        --------------------------------------------------------   ---------------------------------------------------------------------   
 Cat, Product            10/2008   11/2008    9/2009       |  10/2009   11/2009        8/22      9/05      9/19     10/03     10/17     10/31     11/14
                                                                 (P)       (P)          (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 200 Yarns / Sew Th Kg.  1535835   1078812   1505104       |   1075906         .      560381    561101    535576    479083    494035    432881    515550
 201 Specialty Yarn Kg.  2286952   2269561   1484182       |   1285256         .      812169    587080    592252    698501    419550    706302    868364
 218 Fab, Color Yar M2.  4304536   4184909   3361553       |   5038494         .     2478167   2156996   1919736   1642616   2671086   1986689   2256551
 219 Duck Fabric    M2.  5970344   5266616   5137078       |   3460319         .     1551459   2358011   1887157   1878940   1928455   1413451   1976171
 220 Spec. Weave, F M2. 13634042   9116256  12711335       |  13271124         .     4393399   6680462   6313000   3345333   5039312   7785007   6668133
 222 Knit Fabric    Kg.  6228974   5014009   7452047       |   6568388         .     3154542   2979899   3209973   3475873   2776671   3147383   4053388
 223 Non-Woven Fabr Kg. 15141258  13314985  14594720       |  14435764         .     5386375   5322356   6493201   6042810   6830939   6416595   5976718
 224 Pile/Tufted Fa M2. 16967536  13374806  14987914       |  17830633         .     8859217   8252201   7200736   7998138   7675769   7617512   9280423
 225 Blue Denim Fab M2.  2820999   1710329   2408259       |   2299985         .     1367094   1211411   1059235   1090706    799972   1137279   1209206
 226 Cheesecloth,Ba M2.  2801617   3497998   3178104       |   2339355         .     1258527    845573   1169270   1332482   1252397    738952   1421770
 227 Oxford Cloth   M2.   272843     22060     57308       |     80634         .       33213     21228     18299     44375     80019       615      8365
 229 Special Fabric Kg.  9773628   9282673  10200107       |   8949200         .     4821866   4374705   4196233   3615574   4587640   3631159   5024436
 237 Playsuit,Sunsu Doz    83815    118990     76034       |     72624         .       38267     36396     28892     48308     31456     28233     47341
 239 Baby Garm / Ac Kg. 11383055  10473229  13779176       |  10756773         .     6098633   6186805   5831266   6068238   4764540   4835019   4325072

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Ya Kg.  2049204   1668379   1246879       |   1233424         .      699700    462151    563929    675530    549374    600816    879006
 301 Combed Cot. Ya Kg.  3248473   2130883   1929619       |   1864449         .      889131    866969   1088207    840978    870126    875077   1332224
 313 Cotton Sheetin M2. 23743959  20837081  15607501       |  14817799         .     7886152   7249039   6898968   6922394   7400776   6352393   9108715
 314 Poplin,Broadcl M2. 11279333   7927090   9535390       |   8429580         .     4344098   5067224   4042386   3881482   3589684   3987946   4248038
 315 Printcloth Fab M2.  5318172   5584093   3804825       |   4434859         .     1314482   2045429   1439742   1956309   1499076   2583576   2327940
 317 Twill Fabric   M2.  6641977   5237702   2792073       |   5120127         .     1407583   1398920   1167684   1775191   2167846   2164790   2007231
 326 Sateen Fabric  M2.  4291757   4470843   4054040       |   3284670         .     1555858   2229447   2004827   1621910   1617178   1296243   1349782
 330 Cot.Handkerchi Doz   521540    482577    509441       |    518813         .      340263    191900    182520    248842    145628    356770    211601
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitt Dpr  4067683   2891721   2496749       |   2276850         .      820541   1272469   1046771   1127690    897364   1147862   1120836
 332 Cotton Hosiery Dpr 16184628  13179203  14560338       |  15763291         .     6480219   7648487   6214917   6410755   7362350   7351773   7106696
 333 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz    64068     37916     35763       |     43790         .       22265     20639     17085     17710     18535     19997      7649
 334 Oth. Coats, MB Doz  1594560    980375   1562220       |   1230507         .      623377    743280    655710    702326    556545    540475    374084
 335 W/G Cot. Coats Doz  2257255   1461457   1782002       |   2134958         .      641874    879688    745663    843234   1167811    828611    855875
 336 Cotton Dresses Doz   638156    819564    702835       |    763748         .      339224    350587    338436    322521    313889    383921    478368
 338 Knit Shirts,MB Doz 16822010  14271760  14586075       |  13747575         .     6074345   7171696   6505065   6829146   5902721   6226307   6703378
 339 W/G Knit Blous Doz 18665918  16556309  17459774       |  18511282         .     7447677   7941414   7492944   8380725   8729534   7974677   7853869
 340 N-Knt Shirts,M Doz  3268186   2150225   2890432       |   2823024         .     1097506   1285253   1248541   1561960   1358849   1139617   1155046
 341 W/G N-Knt Blou Doz  1245401   1292729   1775437       |   1590867         .      850988    926967    750206    733067    712652    741518    856381
 342 Cotton Skirts  Doz   271625    453635    278207       |    461790         .      183805    177906    119651    143336    197917    225320    220555
 345 Cotton Sweater Doz  2213391    890648   1979763       |   1898000         .      654349    725675    864674   1021150   1031615    672294    477621
 347 Cot.M/B Trouse Doz  5751652   4960889   5465366       |   5313841         .     2653867   2501121   2432939   2694177   2346563   2389914   2388343
 348 W/G Slacks, et Doz  8088337   6617095   8186618       |   8017864         .     3340067   3896201   3556321   3882353   3594575   3623109   3677344
 349 Bras, & other  Doz   561463    505161    614646       |    439954         .      377714    222369    270718    256940    184667    236063    271053
 350 Dress. Gown et Doz   866451    580207    670458       |    799672         .      202540    343394    283011    298712    338124    369569    424064
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ Doz  2652302   1758564   2338133       |   1918797         .      836615   1167510    982567    965877    902238    805453    790163
 352 Cotton Underwe Doz 22877076  19263147  17040042       |  17421175         .     6953825   7402525   7463763   7596624   7812095   7982679   8033325
 353 Down Coats,M/B Doz     3047      2107      1206       |      2900         .         955       731       927       858       904      1502        16
 354 Down Coats,W/G Doz      627        36       515       |       836         .         292       363       353       354       381       269       532
 359 Oth. Cot. App. Kg.  4413283   3241851   4219866       |   3717879         .     1991072   2323713   1964262   1929569   1678793   1610993   1366280
 360 Pillowcases    Nos 24205231  19831047  20626841       |  20992576         .    10389677  10970376   7969200   9694151  10230983   9106592   8813699
 361 Cotton Sheets  Nos 25703664  22117842  20497442       |  22154620         .    10131413  11016794   7825822   9677387  10675511   9670905   8959068
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt Nos  4989225   4235591   3875896       |   4867311         .     2231603   1777370   1624913   2011491   2563220   1830973   2542654
 363 Pile Towels    Nos 69672983  54822052  60122667       |  57910269         .    26449327  27896462  28080852  27527112  26910457  26748200  25052633
 369 Oth. Cot. Manu Kg. 31406812  23849533  27370869       |  26691976         .    12961475  13116276  12170603  12454542  12318608  12071491  11947223

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns     Kg.   693483    517010    541786       |    427873         .      136219    220549    161976    322685    160973    240036    129081
 410 Wool Woven Fab M2.  1347326    986920    748121       |    754135         .      211768    233150    253492    350262    382843    280065    288474
 414 Oth Wool Fabri Kg.   237592    224071    198286       |    230241         .       70279     51295     80042     58863    132700     84136    107480
 431 Wool Glov/Mitn Dpr    87659     47418    150627       |    105035         .       39838     36923     41621     44834     64088     27021     21737
 432 Wool Hosiery   Dpr   172712     68505    100626       |    105373         .       40340     32146     32777     64975     75297     27558     33013
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB Doz    64485     45389     49499       |     46269         .       30066     23010     19893     28952     21529     19454     21137
 434 Oth. Coats, M/ Doz   112131     31094    113998       |     89933         .       44153     44124     57514     49872     38901     37239     19561
 435 W/G Coats, Woo Doz   320060    102253    372002       |    253245         .      131257    175922    148143    157929    127205     78065     52602
 436 Wool Dresses   Doz    55937     25722     49682       |     42975         .       23188     34065     21397     19306     26988     13481     16682
 438 K Shirts,Blous Doz   392715    131196    326089       |    357378         .      126528    159414    145722    152732    191181    136709     76044
 439 Babies' garmen Kg.     9592      2799     13757       |      9452         .        7781      7868      7864      7059      5013      2460      3224
 440 NK Shirts,Blou Doz     3828      2113      3331       |      7024         .        1932      2961      2200     14325      4514      1894      4265
 442 Wool Skirts    Doz    30352     14775     39567       |     26387         .       15606     18166     13812     17421     18406      6603      6709
 443 Wool Suits,M/B Nos   493744    349163    541481       |    345611         .      230513    219126    245479    248562    161261    143074    147595
 444 Wool Suits,W/G Nos    32635     12066     27240       |     39934         .       32248     16254     14510      5346     35343      4534     18876
 445 Wool Sweater,M Doz   149193     33152     98403       |     99033         .       40055     41312     40249     56442     63451     23977     10411
 446 Wool Sweater,W Doz   673225    216554    439298       |    432159         .      153740    175053    193135    203721    249776    132564     99716
 447 Wool Trousers, Doz   101177     79750     99160       |     88011         .       38090     51533     37539     51288     38592     38055     46008
 448 Wool Slacks,W/ Doz    61283     33461     47844       |     43511         .       28921     39744     20704     16856     25987     15531     13215
 459 Oth.Wool Appar Kg.   513230    305327    504429       |    462673         .      164057    200275    212400    261474    199419    211772    110228
 464 Wool Blankets  Kg.   121203    137377    108742       |    135145         .       61165     55432     54775     58168     47596     42174     52432
 465 Floor Covering M2.  2140395   2175799   1443337       |   1608766         .      647531    649092    594630    686666    601617    859356    658134
 469 Oth. Wool Manu Kg.    42346     23131     33971       |     32509         .       16934     12815      9338     28555     16569     11012      5497

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn  Kg.  7422920   5727508   7336027       |   2932963         .     1560225   1513608   1336049   1877865   1551639   1151426   1948229
 603 Yarn>85% artif Kg.  1395620    922471   1203042       |    998070         .      745883    314418    548695    655276    523994    405770    434975
 604 Yarn>85% Synth Kg.  2540017   2078612   1408006       |   1621155         .      583541    603393    629987    643911    788449    706012    918358
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn Kg.  4086542   4459343   2886888       |   2620496         .     1195835   1210775   1384617   1077478   1317201   1219407   1375790
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Y Kg.   957315    954857   1021232       |    623695         .      466546    353803    422324    517990    199171    352085    284306
 611 Wov>85% Art St M2.   474072    364335    643563       |    386218         .      129899    203701    268140     87867    241181    142522    417642
 613 MMF Sheeting F M2.   636741    498286    366636       |    653899         .      518696    191205     92268    492538     74134    499851    411445
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclt M2.  4017610   2776778   4077229       |   2777855         .     1195083   1405805   1732166   1408045   1625234   1012520   1308823
 615 MMF Printcloth M2.   795070    296481    196341       |    177837         .      114901     37188    150413    150357    156401       835    319028
 617 MMF Twill/Sate M2.  1919597   2186630   1353933       |   2080274         .      666674    703001    721115    548681    980165   1072405   1194334
 618 Wov Artif Fila M2.  1412154   1384217   1153450       |   1559084         .      448823    269748    394505    593782    561091    716529    673381
 619 Poly Fil Fab   M2. 16965924  16431957  15235538       |  13855986         .     6939909   6856783   6732501   6316376   7545442   5425193   5693972
 620 Oth Synth Fila M2. 59633815  62417274  45943584       |  44145977         .    16828815  21164624  16747993  21959366  19733955  20063036  19558260
 621 Impression Fab Kg.    14207     11736      2582       |      2994         .        9496      1232       764      1963      2197       597      6332
 624 Wov MMF Fabric M2.   284081    135818     53211       |    220667         .       27595     37401      7463     47875     59584    156389     49019
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/ M2.  1655055   1164218   2244773       |   1672106         .      569991   1219729    892758    719336   1488607    171614   1363434
 626 Printclth Stp/ M2.  1800462    471915    547339       |   1212107         .      684926    155720    352040     37408    526092    686015    276181
 627 Sheeting Stap/ M2.   579019    445739    146952       |    655134         .      128662     49280     70163    200118    443227     69878    195627
 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/F M2.  2371801   2297275   2112188       |   3564924         .     1501539   1440607   1406528   1282599   1726048   1713310   1552442
 629 Oth Stap/Fil F M2.  3961844   3628015   3056935       |   2328016         .     1145100   1492660   1165566    954166   1213939    917940   1278417
 630 Handkerchiefs  Doz    86046    123417     83175       |    254436         .       48576     42052     33166     46744     37748    194958     63391
 631 Gloves/Mittens Dpr  5319826   2927463   4775256       |   3862310         .     1914003   1968607   2101316   1777076   1755006   1864163   1384132
 632 Hosiery        Dpr 10050512   6804107  10279937       |  11455560         .     4117685   4808546   4197576   5698215   4939233   4717725   4680273
 633 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz    37439     28839     41433       |     33285         .       21570     20332     21563     16839     14724     14346     13945
 634 Other Coats, M Doz  1414072    816222   1478394       |    949390         .      623100    664404    707810    563836    441542    402337    306713
 635 Coats, W/G     Doz  1980082   1018029   2130315       |   1635147         .      974658   1007457    949780    833761    780898    698230    556691
 636 Dresses        Doz  1329148   1013696   1455363       |   1334626         .      689980    707880    633937    684629    601222    593422    610143
 638 Knit Shirts, M Doz  4370748   3348995   2719924       |   2903929         .     1175556   1373326   1222055   1158532   1113559   1526417   1263976
 639 Knit Blouses,W Doz  4761690   3060459   5060302       |   5176225         .     1885621   2314549   2361035   2344916   2159561   2481649   1888905
 640 N-K Shirts, MB Doz   569909    503082    443721       |    469865         .      209728    246589    182346    219625    213266    214033    229470
 641 N-K Blouses, W Doz  1283020   1025584   1136757       |    977261         .      569539    518694    510479    546772    435696    422421    453479
 642 Skirts         Doz   353947    259635    410862       |    440421         .      226258    219248    169131    205670    174160    217131    153089
 643 MMF Suits, M/B Nos   453235    372419    410826       |    393434         .      171959    189862    228151    209814    188135    162850    208957
 644 MMF W/G Suits  Nos  1044156    784178    628990       |   1101842         .      350330    322110    183748    432015    661434    388466    275459
 645 MMF M/B Sweate Doz    41017     20623     80843       |     86173         .       18449     27785     31641     36908     72497     11438      4128
 646 MMF Sweaters,W Doz  1194601    330112   1049409       |    851567         .      316312    423496    458116    572470    475973    309216    196792
 647 Trousers,etc M Doz  2558474   2153467   2354067       |   2207017         .      993095   1119800   1057772   1130122    956045   1012620    941432
 648 Slacks,etc. WG Doz  2343982   1777060   2115362       |   2150663         .      954464   1097693    903031    931314    965880    979178    805355
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Su Doz  2860649   2714920   3349256       |   3025280         .     1557388   1533633   1570096   1418483   1453198   1316288   1576264
 650 Dress Gown,Rob Doz   994736    656469   1027303       |   1025577         .      277413    516872    437470    401063    470244    473002    329901
 651 Nightwear/PJs  Doz  1935972   1159228   2805186       |   1808745         .      800362   1175921   1228232   1352669    937378    618313    668075
 652 M-MF Underwear Doz  3869972   3388515   3885755       |   3373575         .     1637311   1812447   1689809   1623821   1601847   1528326   1492971
 653 Down Coats, M/ Doz    41589     16122     64343       |     28222         .       23577     29977     32689     20418     16183      9169      5434
 654 Down Coats, W/ Doz   131895     66288    183539       |    113983         .       69820     61204     78508     87609     57425     35854     20767
 659 Oth. MMF App.  Kg. 10625305   8206123  14146419       |  11911154         .     6260461   6125145   6269312   6109567   5511858   5231362   5018907
 665 Floor Covering M2.  7674783   7214934   7778341       |   7208906         .     2994438   3030172   3416743   3409806   2763078   3480160   4732566
 666 Other Furnishi Kg. 31308005  22653651  32679932       |  35059552         .    12597245  14398178  14297557  15872706  15917827  16246801  13898729
 669 Other MMF Manu Kg. 19929749  16101392  14242389       |  13877511         .     6949446   6547400   6074106   6545865   6117039   6470573   5962721
 670 Flat Goods, et Kg.        .         .         .       |         .         .           .         .         .        87         .         .         .

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 800 S/V Yarns      Kg.    45973     57033     17321       |     11906         .       19997      7696      7878     11769      3365      8495     14382
 810 S/V Woven Fabr M2.  8964320   6689581   2575538       |   2779219         .      665143    831464   1122850   2143070   1726997    953954   1502153
 831 Gloves Silk/Ve Dpr   194309     74034    118600       |    173356         .       12328     39709     63362     50227     78623     64281     97895
 832 Hosiery Slk/Ve Dpr    76213     63550     94932       |     61572         .       10994     62250     56148     24125     44684     14914     39326
 833 S/V S-T CoatsM Doz     1471      2320       633       |       686         .         144       239       365       155       295       340       266
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/ Doz     4600      2752      6237       |      4968         .       10450      3118      4127      2520      1890      2992      1655
 835 S/V Coats W/G  Doz    25621     20750      7409       |      9962         .        3526      6826      2475      5788      3737      4579      9382
 836 S/V Dresses    Doz    15950     11698     11315       |     14702         .        9561     13509      1970      2113      5060      9331      5211
 838 S/V K Shirts/B Doz   192296    115211     82931       |     89389         .       27715     49512     43317     32640     40516     42411     21059
 839 Baby Silk/Veg  Kg.   136392     42946     34889       |     26219         .       12885      6448     18367     15858      9738     14172      9150
 840 S/V Wov Shirts Doz    74199     97513     34945       |     51275         .       13901     13228     17989     17632     22242     22895     26864
 842 S/V Skirts     Doz    27819     29703      5406       |     11124         .        2209      4476      2855      3763      5065      3918      6441
 843 S/V Suits, M/B Nos     2455       509      9270       |      1595         .         617      5145      3994      1595       723       636       269
 844 WG Suits S/V   Nos     7704     14051      1379       |      1735         .        2328       244       442       770      1177       552       496
 845 Sweaters, Veg. Doz   126097     67008     74582       |     72140         .       31622     38772     35527     36399     29544     33369     17863
 846 Sweaters, Silk Doz    10633      4307      4544       |      2225         .        3238       659      1888      2359       968      1169      1287
 847 S/V Trousers M Doz   781738    796619    402951       |    409535         .      188066    162502    188286    230393    179749    145758    215260
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gw Doz      637       747       476       |       169         .          71       114       232       327        87        79       339
 851 S/V Nightwear  Doz     1576       419       741       |      5093         .         251      2017        80      2901      2567      2344       116
 852 S/V Underwear  Doz     4862      1591      2670       |      1877         .        6057       612       589      2157       996       418      1450
 858 S/V Neckwear   Kg.    91069     28157     15075       |     16145         .        9929      5437      4664     11870      6789      7538      6861
 859 Oth. S/V Appar Kg.   157821    145909     95868       |    129345         .       43861     41494     44080     63955     64321     51202     58786
 863 Towels Silk/Ve Nos  1397448   1156076   2690502       |   1635360         .     1293758   1331124   1201110    865397    776753    301946    706852
 871 HBags FGoods S Kg.        .         .         .       |         .         .           .         .         .         .         .         .         .
 899 Other S/V Manu Kg.  1351256   1088900    507170       |    528107         .      256363    305834    211236    267399    212796    268841    267604