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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)     
                        --------------------------------------------------------   ---------------------------------------------------------------------   
 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