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| | August 28, 2008
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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.
----------- Official Data -------- | --------------- Preliminary Data (unofficial) --------------------------------------------|
Monthly Data Two Weeks-ending Data (2007 - 2008)
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Cat, Product 7/2007 8/2007 6/2008 | 7/2008 8/2008 5/31 6/14 6/28 7/12 7/26 8/09 8/23
(P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P)
Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
200 Yarns / Sew Th Kg. 1502808 1398352 1629210 | 1343549 . 669973 693737 609236 741962 495208 595107 666912
201 Specialty Yarn Kg. 2127306 2016277 2165646 | 2585307 . 1028608 992049 1031906 1178223 999106 1091720 994306
218 Fab, Color Yar M2. 6410171 7607997 6578072 | 4797049 . 3360912 3895182 2526555 1944683 2266864 2308870 2177153
219 Duck Fabric M2. 6698041 6715944 5086811 | 5290192 . 1501053 2513091 2410370 1658944 2456471 2299089 2271635
220 Spec. Weave, F M2. 20551059 13580428 10699941 | 14577553 . 9818859 8218423 6346102 6750869 7808263 5326467 6225403
222 Knit Fabric Kg. 9498912 6458842 8019432 | 8050878 . 3459319 3936453 3463646 3590967 3510527 3150199 3023731
223 Non-Woven Fabr Kg. 16970033 17127199 14064586 | 14346489 . 5995321 6113730 5962442 6012032 6235340 7284292 6537032
224 Pile/Tufted Fa M2. 18971325 16719637 18275680 | 24741886 . 9154836 10285533 9964335 9838082 11423390 9285921 10970170
225 Blue Denim Fab M2. 3902084 2854182 3599748 | 3891404 . 2059957 1989327 1559402 2153556 1317999 1662216 1558524
226 Cheesecloth,Ba M2. 3596535 3404698 4079865 | 3987951 . 1284765 2000502 1693112 1308580 1876134 1758506 1584159
227 Oxford Cloth M2. 875442 761882 247713 | 344857 . 36896 121930 95290 115251 224792 273628 391283
229 Special Fabric Kg. 11339629 11693805 9747811 | 9669451 . 3810813 3981832 4079508 3689894 5035002 3635709 5080979
237 Playsuit,Sunsu Doz 180053 180102 133732 | 123169 . 57175 58825 62801 56985 59056 46241 35681
239 Baby Garm / Ac Kg. 16611052 16402856 11767285 | 14385355 . 5298905 5612635 5971885 5905394 6703990 6533276 6385543
Cotton:
300 Carded Cot. Ya Kg. 2107233 2063726 1134972 | 1318320 . 563010 578018 499115 430984 604435 680377 899905
301 Combed Cot. Ya Kg. 3926754 4070330 3591724 | 4032697 . 2030625 1712629 1774894 1757281 1966669 1958235 2086294
313 Cotton Sheetin M2. 22130249 27786894 24668194 | 30758801 . 10791787 11672789 11143308 14214884 12796395 12407947 12287299
314 Poplin,Broadcl M2. 15523821 17001587 12260607 | 13234091 . 2965027 6934003 5175930 5485513 5118182 7002561 6284785
315 Printcloth Fab M2. 10447316 10497747 8916904 | 8817071 . 4015651 4498762 2709519 4617346 3159031 4167824 2673458
317 Twill Fabric M2. 4920449 5198322 7535346 | 7239580 . 2878174 4096789 3240271 2963790 2823037 4187312 3589482
326 Sateen Fabric M2. 2624811 4068300 3435163 | 4304009 . 1382310 1611796 1565441 2118725 1948998 1704976 1341588
330 Cot.Handkerchi Doz 675320 971925 533812 | 673334 . 222720 228542 304487 316191 212787 262418 362654
331 Cot.Glove/Mitt Dpr 4966770 4157615 3579700 | 4675550 . 2625113 1735149 2029958 1557630 2652791 1505247 2024392
332 Cotton Hosiery Dpr 15827254 16258016 15919383 | 16423192 . 7436999 7722062 7307112 6262482 8143818 7507977 6961925
333 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz 77741 92270 35019 | 61956 . 9628 18498 17508 20995 30768 34303 28337
334 Oth. Coats, MB Doz 1298761 1819186 1001389 | 1427126 . 306864 462051 540505 574463 645035 675902 745016
335 W/G Cot. Coats Doz 2042859 2284962 1387265 | 2170413 . 490844 684401 670812 840997 1003059 1091823 952069
336 Cotton Dresses Doz 825956 571999 1196123 | 863386 . 589122 596859 530425 422752 364313 317375 283567
338 Knit Shirts,MB Doz 17311574 17401282 17024123 | 17413803 . 7320182 8134975 7646902 7750095 7461004 7472467 6947629
339 W/G Knit Blous Doz 20262182 19779816 21549586 | 20889605 . 8721901 10244456 10292623 9259485 9294618 8968431 8339510
340 N-Knt Shirts,M Doz 3064181 3537971 2179670 | 3093543 . 864909 1076146 1087590 1180138 1474181 1269398 1250704
341 W/G N-Knt Blou Doz 2428493 1933261 2138980 | 2203603 . 1047045 1012173 1045069 988807 946430 940589 650668
342 Cotton Skirts Doz 805780 500046 1021287 | 663221 . 510514 467736 487742 356344 257330 222730 164728
345 Cotton Sweater Doz 1115322 1609062 519820 | 1023001 . 144403 224257 274745 353821 481778 568935 635166
347 Cot.M/B Trouse Doz 6674328 6488363 6807525 | 6786820 . 3005122 3277899 3145331 3070943 2903359 2896758 2851187
348 W/G Slacks, et Doz 9096667 9331432 9962622 | 9896532 . 4220450 4840772 4555411 4389124 4351504 4138913 3520152
349 Bras, & other Doz 718645 817918 866522 | 841373 . 484549 468528 432923 323593 470146 383811 374618
350 Dress. Gown et Doz 886561 767499 845372 | 687955 . 221301 399789 380058 329351 290995 366376 266829
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ Doz 1996377 2318625 1610214 | 1860580 . 650939 837313 688338 756997 898154 850648 971118
352 Cotton Underwe Doz 19587332 19924492 23309900 | 24254538 . 10080037 11233408 10805619 10765586 10331502 10492104 8574893
353 Down Coats,M/B Doz 1073 1577 722 | 1891 . . 168 517 577 764 2468 2195
354 Down Coats,W/G Doz 1664 2216 163 | 985 . . 87 58 634 303 253 18
359 Oth. Cot. App. Kg. 4356370 4729492 3677257 | 4270046 . 1489235 1681296 1845974 1706309 1947156 2030896 1928961
360 Pillowcases Nos 26007688 27799500 20299312 | 21985285 . 9010256 9116194 10382400 8800835 9933099 10731456 10658640
361 Cotton Sheets Nos 24710651 27204015 20901758 | 23437005 . 9998295 9383543 11263673 9989313 10081305 10710171 11052571
362 Bedsprds/Quilt Nos 4911629 4234246 5201055 | 5120304 . 2228498 2985462 2506009 1987066 2422598 2294892 2478176
363 Pile Towels Nos 59789335 62543108 55718438 | 56956138 . 28995464 24633135 25832642 23525579 23629588 29327955 27823376
369 Oth. Cot. Manu Kg. 30915568 32998654 25640185 | 29604138 . 12106873 12725564 12744799 12051031 13009916 13576909 15026641
Wool:
400 Wool Yarns Kg. 954889 930178 734013 | 753157 . 366794 370363 201480 333660 326820 367189 384955
410 Wool Woven Fab M2. 1695387 1610392 1673967 | 1276890 . 845378 630599 809334 582691 551080 678063 538585
414 Oth Wool Fabri Kg. 323460 268768 259538 | 247836 . 126658 93214 112792 131027 113475 85115 93675
431 Wool Glov/Mitn Dpr 105692 103916 17133 | 47486 . 91146 8980 5789 21991 15141 27645 39873
432 Wool Hosiery Dpr 72177 122798 57730 | 80270 . 18140 15877 46347 25088 46015 23932 37720
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB Doz 69729 87838 44749 | 64685 . 20095 20145 19876 25589 28227 36013 33410
434 Oth. Coats, M/ Doz 30732 68532 19209 | 47691 . 4960 8377 11453 22358 17027 30936 32958
435 W/G Coats, Woo Doz 232438 357899 128092 | 269325 . 36956 54115 74494 93498 136112 139850 160798
436 Wool Dresses Doz 53064 61058 28585 | 59149 . 13690 10522 20406 21959 29856 24579 28966
438 K Shirts,Blous Doz 261152 371272 153443 | 273522 . 21029 43612 114781 84941 136239 139914 178218
439 Babies' garmen Kg. 9077 18618 8305 | 17735 . 1001 1861 8544 4164 8688 7590 4349
440 NK Shirts,Blou Doz 8025 6517 2939 | 4777 . 1922 1123 1485 1343 2672 2335 2739
442 Wool Skirts Doz 55955 82074 20983 | 54552 . 6462 8913 12204 15541 32174 27032 21591
443 Wool Suits,M/B Nos 501171 617242 323582 | 414103 . 311369 152995 139466 155114 181025 228812 187715
444 Wool Suits,W/G Nos 113882 117059 45322 | 38685 . 15622 25229 16482 29405 20961 29999 27539
445 Wool Sweater,M Doz 78172 133717 18850 | 89061 . 8171 7734 10364 33454 41292 37248 52315
446 Wool Sweater,W Doz 302113 469309 97992 | 316831 . 25231 34314 61830 113751 156708 159366 181385
447 Wool Trousers, Doz 115657 132141 92448 | 100500 . 33231 42761 36584 35545 48100 52815 54963
448 Wool Slacks,W/ Doz 130292 173786 61416 | 95048 . 16479 25494 35497 33830 41029 50312 46605
459 Oth.Wool Appar Kg. 286286 492645 227037 | 402292 . 42594 118978 103078 142178 171219 218164 233820
464 Wool Blankets Kg. 111798 86994 98560 | 147371 . 85785 23562 69270 53320 73693 100244 79769
465 Floor Covering M2. 2742405 3102428 2232411 | 2539290 . 1303504 1417249 6336269 1222488 1112494 1100426 824945
469 Oth. Wool Manu Kg. 47425 68137 48434 | 38795 . 16940 17040 29281 13433 21545 17750 13974
Man-Made Fiber:
600 Text Fil Yarn Kg. 9287227 8879882 6220886 | 3858454 . 1520326 1662356 1835237 1737284 1865229 1464092 1551147
603 Yarn>85% artif Kg. 1265111 1247773 992203 | 1172981 . 439367 504891 431581 413249 600310 518563 677617
604 Yarn>85% Synth Kg. 2401062 2722332 1904785 | 2116524 . 905508 867172 761610 731057 1017805 1113156 1144530
606 N-Text Fil Yrn Kg. 4598347 4233232 3351449 | 4011216 . 1507268 1670647 1433550 1560339 1898382 2083736 1738166
607 Oth Stpl Fib Y Kg. 1058989 1194174 1100709 | 937388 . 557071 388041 586656 379541 530110 264649 439339
611 Wov>85% Art St M2. 452201 494738 267572 | 204932 . 144457 77141 125018 126602 75404 107728 170632
613 MMF Sheeting F M2. 2069794 1353694 436333 | 611960 . 137122 152629 541103 125960 477799 514140 134145
614 MMF Pop/Brdclt M2. 6020023 6510458 3389554 | 4196930 . 1430844 2592116 845124 2120261 1587493 1218804 2341823
615 MMF Printcloth M2. 444298 449925 580335 | 246254 . 80205 311737 255178 79103 166939 93748 303736
617 MMF Twill/Sate M2. 2238703 2558581 3232440 | 2998264 . 1027734 1099379 1716896 1106339 919488 2080707 919307
618 Wov Artif Fila M2. 1965854 1710601 1697662 | 1501057 . 1008210 671773 717999 539537 659357 617155 473318
619 Poly Fil Fab M2. 22518789 21413052 22169379 | 22183900 . 10073531 10895558 10266181 9552648 10674278 8875752 8254220
620 Oth Synth Fila M2. 54081203 59521947 62313456 | 52409048 . 23828284 27835268 27176321 25546315 22029403 26726976 27502906
621 Impression Fab Kg. 20810 3532 17043 | 5040 . 691 9978 6029 3122 2754 6464 7747
624 Wov MMF Fabric M2. 462223 217893 284304 | 276097 . 138685 148221 99764 103811 160412 107677 107976
625 Pop,Broad Stp/ M2. 2484572 2787651 2880758 | 1380935 . 258100 1779895 635495 858008 581284 963556 309967
626 Printclth Stp/ M2. 1253656 738646 1686262 | 1169402 . 940557 465106 1481978 468030 689768 244360 597251
627 Sheeting Stap/ M2. 466689 253881 313314 | 330861 . 308816 121699 49674 71330 197599 282442 64678
628 Twl/Satn/Stp/F M2. 2649895 2394223 2913488 | 3056353 . 1616435 1207171 1229732 1124343 1477441 1179982 932772
629 Oth Stap/Fil F M2. 5376144 5355333 4925375 | 3457789 . 1434861 1628231 1702646 1274312 1752399 1312337 1577886
630 Handkerchiefs Doz 40302 74343 30207 | 41729 . 25153 12711 28849 19482 19064 11263 13369
631 Gloves/Mittens Dpr 3489288 5066155 2006943 | 3307986 . 985525 1047221 921483 1174896 1575352 2065599 2087962
632 Hosiery Dpr 9220306 10048335 8689273 | 9034194 . 4463456 3939757 3905531 3737959 3698084 4769796 5376858
633 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz 60217 60811 30173 | 63860 . 11280 13789 15852 22244 25673 30785 21759
634 Other Coats, M Doz 1503515 1923612 862990 | 1416976 . 293195 365307 457924 501152 655167 764882 735684
635 Coats, W/G Doz 1894994 2512147 932365 | 1747565 . 267033 389255 521719 642313 810182 949458 1019947
636 Dresses Doz 1443151 1431149 1389824 | 1687053 . 667175 624701 708387 735752 781138 718564 691291
638 Knit Shirts, M Doz 3356058 4184842 4302435 | 4139093 . 1880968 2078884 1841785 1883650 1833570 1825059 1919102
639 Knit Blouses,W Doz 4238126 4736592 3720799 | 4544895 . 1521387 1735048 1942945 1886690 2105504 2033157 1929152
640 N-K Shirts, MB Doz 759702 805830 523926 | 627124 . 242187 260107 210818 282012 263730 243911 277629
641 N-K Blouses, W Doz 1763366 1814694 1254820 | 1448927 . 601906 560182 599908 630619 669150 661669 552072
642 Skirts Doz 795430 763661 527261 | 587305 . 225043 246873 279249 265130 246942 257147 239897
643 MMF Suits, M/B Nos 403164 541319 303549 | 426547 . 167288 171626 160658 186028 213947 181775 210707
644 MMF W/G Suits Nos 1703471 1532595 761763 | 1386711 . 380587 485850 444004 538814 671188 658170 536379
645 MMF M/B Sweate Doz 84890 117510 30127 | 48471 . 9555 16992 12935 9970 24467 22143 30945
646 MMF Sweaters,W Doz 763663 1081094 242583 | 539206 . 102654 100056 134213 197489 242060 293795 332588
647 Trousers,etc M Doz 2488595 2749255 2279246 | 2389601 . 1043373 1168802 1009780 1107999 1018742 1026191 989533
648 Slacks,etc. WG Doz 2778220 2959086 2088899 | 2721096 . 773958 973587 985800 1216662 1220001 1224094 1192822
649 Bras/Ot Bod Su Doz 3545704 3379119 3657963 | 3730594 . 1563768 1811729 1792072 1611056 1656291 1514457 1687963
650 Dress Gown,Rob Doz 398302 735129 337721 | 411442 . 190215 208037 134172 154257 193757 211068 308230
651 Nightwear/PJs Doz 1100045 1770520 958839 | 1150156 . 447673 532187 382417 457486 561826 516320 782644
652 M-MF Underwear Doz 3458235 3286767 3782937 | 3569412 . 1797743 1872187 1786813 1634943 1547996 1709665 1580788
653 Down Coats, M/ Doz 56949 80209 42631 | 45392 . 8097 5964 26638 17837 22400 15635 16478
654 Down Coats, W/ Doz 202682 248776 76059 | 136933 . 12730 24685 51727 53800 60101 68405 83178
659 Oth. MMF App. Kg. 8956807 10413980 6679271 | 9042286 . 2833614 3147176 3408922 3449225 4249136 4498957 4590947
665 Floor Covering M2. 10672433 9997265 9328194 | 8182982 . 3661730 3982719 4535398 3579692 3447777 3283931 4025763
666 Other Furnishi Kg. 27135288 30618186 19676995 | 27046406 . 8894591 9229182 9411049 11119051 11299407 12657559 13890843
669 Other MMF Manu Kg. 20968091 19514733 25618862 | 20445572 . 11605139 12002821 11093553 9415276 8412585 8412847 8227590
670 Flat Goods, et Kg. . . . | . . . . . . . . 14
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
800 S/V Yarns Kg. 203322 82475 56410 | 40869 . 38133 31483 37061 29579 8180 57176 87923
810 S/V Woven Fabr M2. 7523303 6647140 12691792 | 13998317 . 8409309 6858201 5638182 6018131 6367872 7375707 5621930
831 Gloves Silk/Ve Dpr 84938 95356 77638 | 207956 . 60197 57670 42381 110872 48370 74265 33544
832 Hosiery Slk/Ve Dpr 86437 44079 45417 | 22141 . 7351 13891 25027 11624 7164 39059 34955
833 S/V S-T CoatsM Doz 1316 614 2002 | 574 . 934 1509 391 303 256 191 141
834 S/VOth.CoatsM/ Doz 13995 7279 4470 | 20800 . 1110 495 3893 7489 8814 5817 7951
835 S/V Coats W/G Doz 45877 30281 56906 | 56706 . 21598 34127 22472 22549 32001 11498 20980
836 S/V Dresses Doz 14715 11843 13640 | 22894 . 12198 7747 6870 10578 10902 5219 6381
838 S/V K Shirts/B Doz 272339 193583 119566 | 165752 . 33019 62216 56619 66871 67003 95424 56970
839 Baby Silk/Veg Kg. 36414 72929 95719 | 85007 . 17023 51422 73332 85892 18237 35096 36791
840 S/V Wov Shirts Doz 106514 65360 115605 | 87949 . 72198 62379 51819 33561 46277 26734 27139
842 S/V Skirts Doz 34760 30282 41538 | 34085 . 23624 26322 12860 15776 19005 8389 13982
843 S/V Suits, M/B Nos 1762 2950 1950 | 4358 . 1183 1291 436 1349 3138 111 924
844 WG Suits S/V Nos 7714 17793 13111 | 4632 . 13784 9177 4196 1982 3289 288 2508
845 Sweaters, Veg. Doz 116485 193308 59326 | 84807 . 17732 22922 36032 28345 57315 32967 75144
846 Sweaters, Silk Doz 12647 9750 1497 | 11625 . 444 637 1499 4508 3411 7260 2250
847 S/V Trousers M Doz 1058204 886182 1422344 | 1206596 . 611258 787264 660814 568434 567484 414146 353686
850 EG S/V Drss.Gw Doz 771 3209 755 | 822 . 242 373 142 620 141 83 20
851 S/V Nightwear Doz 1723 1070 842 | 1940 . 1152 620 139 243 1701 199 535
852 S/V Underwear Doz 1853 3201 2499 | 3238 . 474 1243 1207 1442 1654 2120 955
858 S/V Neckwear Kg. 106099 78347 23650 | 38120 . 15228 12286 12100 9677 27084 14295 23412
859 Oth. S/V Appar Kg. 114398 142413 161614 | 169692 . 52462 70651 85575 57525 89605 85819 81459
863 Towels Silk/Ve Nos 679167 437403 518399 | 675053 . 264050 198738 250417 422525 223909 195543 519380
899 Other S/V Manu Kg. 1255042 1526873 1013686 | 1183997 . 437656 439625 479979 576986 435711 579136 1056112