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                                          |                                         |                              November 5, 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             9/2008   10/2008    8/2009       |   9/2009   10/2009        8/08      8/22      9/05      9/19     10/03     10/17     10/31
                                                                 (P)       (P)          (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 200 Yarns / Sew Th Kg.  1348947   1535835   1344172       |   1156071   1086819      448630    560381    561101    535576    479083    494035    443794
 201 Specialty Yarn Kg.  2313202   2286952   1715713       |   1360131   1286116      802033    812169    587080    592252    698501    419550    707162
 218 Fab, Color Yar M2.  5168816   4304536   3722871       |   4069527   5043435     2176769   2478167   2156996   1919736   1642616   2671086   1991630
 219 Duck Fabric    M2.  4724576   5970344   3197863       |   4411701   3460345     1443472   1551459   2358011   1887157   1878940   1928455   1413477
 220 Spec. Weave, F M2.  9107253  13634042  10958536       |  11594692  13272332     5080647   4393399   6680462   6313000   3345333   5039312   7786215
 222 Knit Fabric    Kg.  6858172   6228974   7626436       |   7265735   6595360     4042460   3154542   2979899   3209973   3475873   2776671   3174355
 223 Non-Woven Fabr Kg. 14327624  15141258  13144376       |  13265950  14480289     5849586   5386375   5322356   6493201   6042810   6830939   6461120
 224 Pile/Tufted Fa M2. 18646687  16967536  14571243       |  15499492  17857928     9966536   8859217   8252201   7200736   7998138   7675769   7644807
 225 Blue Denim Fab M2.  2294816   2820999   2845282       |   2337841   2518472     1268090   1367094   1211411   1059235   1090706    799972   1355766
 226 Cheesecloth,Ba M2.  3767569   2801617   3027701       |   2295677   2386601     1079436   1258527    845573   1169270   1332482   1252397    786198
 227 Oxford Cloth   M2.   357312    272843     82892       |     64056     80634       32445     33213     21228     18299     44375     80019       615
 229 Special Fabric Kg.  9734087   9773628  10803886       |   9042418   8967048     4493707   4821866   4374705   4196233   3615574   4587640   3649007
 237 Playsuit,Sunsu Doz    88383     83815     87142       |     73851     72651       44560     38267     36396     28892     48308     31456     28260
 239 Baby Garm / Ac Kg. 13276321  11383055  13763603       |  13017664  10779073     6620202   6098633   6186805   5831266   6068238   4767464   4854395

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Ya Kg.  1375685   2049204   1358019       |   1297294   1233424      492342    699700    462151    563929    675530    549374    600816
 301 Combed Cot. Ya Kg.  3833503   3248473   2467166       |   2042028   1872981     1193021    889131    866969   1088207    840978    870126    883609
 313 Cotton Sheetin M2. 22690288  23743959  16220309       |  15244881  14909410     7646757   7886152   7249039   6898968   6922394   7400776   6444004
 314 Poplin,Broadcl M2. 12806997  11279333   9590812       |   9543558   8497380     4507784   4344098   5067224   4042386   3881482   3589684   4055746
 315 Printcloth Fab M2.  4978328   5318172   3348311       |   3393412   4446896     2022087   1314482   2045429   1439742   1956309   1499076   2595613
 317 Twill Fabric   M2.  8153381   6641977   2997479       |   2637549   5120127     1362148   1407583   1398920   1167684   1775191   2167846   2164790
 326 Sateen Fabric  M2.  4414200   4291757   4036002       |   4362421   3284670     1796993   1555858   2229447   2004827   1621910   1617178   1296243
 330 Cot.Handkerchi Doz   562923    521540    687683       |    530655    519142      273264    340263    191900    182520    248842    145628    357099
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitt Dpr  3704192   4067683   1990551       |   2464798   2290546      891152    820541   1273669   1046771   1127690    897364   1161558
 332 Cotton Hosiery Dpr 14877427  16184628  15458929       |  14376583  15782676     6870189   6480219   7648487   6214917   6410755   7362350   7371157
 333 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz    65975     64068     53460       |     37647     44314       25178     22265     20639     17085     17710     18535     20521
 334 Oth. Coats, MB Doz  1852686   1594560   1342341       |   1515615   1236854      542225    623377    743280    655710    702326    558071    545296
 335 W/G Cot. Coats Doz  2237613   2257255   1671759       |   1774089   2161194      803499    641874    879688    745663    843234   1167873    854785
 336 Cotton Dresses Doz   577969    638156    856369       |    707378    767839      474567    339224    350587    338436    322521    313889    388012
 338 Knit Shirts,MB Doz 16060567  16822010  14589124       |  14535719  13777016     7162987   6074345   7171696   6505065   6829146   5902931   6255538
 339 W/G Knit Blous Doz 18379406  18665918  17132903       |  17441981  18661947     8118690   7447677   7941414   7492944   8380725   8791534   8063342
 340 N-Knt Shirts,M Doz  2980748   3268186   2585215       |   3016217   2832517     1254675   1097506   1285253   1248541   1561960   1360099   1147860
 341 W/G N-Knt Blou Doz  1304434   1245401   2052375       |   1711801   1598439      988896    850988    926967    750206    733067    712767    748975
 342 Cotton Skirts  Doz   271926    271625    491965       |    271861    462432      236918    183805    177906    119651    143336    197917    225962
 345 Cotton Sweater Doz  1963068   2213391   1536632       |   1968593   1899375      697484    654349    725675    864674   1021150   1031617    673667
 347 Cot.M/B Trouse Doz  5520430   5751652   5854188       |   5548354   5339611     2805418   2653867   2501121   2433061   2703612   2357195   2405052
 348 W/G Slacks, et Doz  8045221   8088337   7976340       |   8120484   8071593     3815748   3340067   3896201   3556321   3882353   3594614   3676799
 349 Bras, & other  Doz   666094    561463    683485       |    578488    442438      293192    377714    222369    270718    256940    185003    238211
 350 Dress. Gown et Doz   766309    866451    548049       |    614539    802926      229717    202540    343394    283011    298712    338124    372823
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ Doz  2755463   2652302   1910725       |   2211150   1931711      819151    836615   1167510    982567    965877    902238    818367
 352 Cotton Underwe Doz 20942358  22877076  14753612       |  16409629  17438463     7174585   6953825   7402525   7463763   7596624   7812431   7999631
 353 Down Coats,M/B Doz     4609      3047      1869       |      1770      2900          66       955       731       927       858       904      1502
 354 Down Coats,W/G Doz      616       627       654       |       582       836          19       292       363       353       354       381       269
 359 Oth. Cot. App. Kg.  3975186   4413283   4473181       |   4320370   3739297     1902091   1991072   2323713   1964262   1929569   1678893   1632311
 360 Pillowcases    Nos 19359405  24205231  21187360       |  19812902  21210398     8001500  10389677  10970376   7969200   9694151  10230983   9324414
 361 Cotton Sheets  Nos 21330654  25703664  20502618       |  20027743  22298652     8374759  10131413  11016794   7825822   9677387  10675511   9814937
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt Nos  3902082   4989225   4448042       |   3821397   4871440     1889553   2231603   1777370   1624913   2011491   2563220   1835102
 363 Pile Towels    Nos 62696199  69672983  62002006       |  60677468  57968995    26486165  26449327  27896462  28080852  27527112  26910457  26806926
 369 Oth. Cot. Manu Kg. 29041031  31406812  28213774       |  27227016  26736916    12418642  12961475  13116431  12170603  12454542  12320070  12114970

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns     Kg.   609616    693483    552943       |    498217    427873      188875    136219    220549    161976    322685    160973    240036
 410 Wool Woven Fab M2.  1106224   1347326    589330       |    609080    756585      320138    211768    233150    253492    350262    382843    282515
 414 Oth Wool Fabri Kg.   258026    237592    213300       |    150526    230258      118906     70279     51295     80042     58863    132700     84153
 431 Wool Glov/Mitn Dpr   208134     87659    148987       |     87608    106089       24245     39838     36923     41621     44834     64088     28075
 432 Wool Hosiery   Dpr   143518    172712     85382       |    103700    105393       30357     40340     32146     32777     64975     75297     27578
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB Doz    68258     64485     60903       |     52758     46865       23731     30066     23010     19893     28952     21529     20050
 434 Oth. Coats, M/ Doz   113330    112131     86157       |    113405     91630       32757     44153     44124     57514     49872     38901     38936
 435 W/G Coats, Woo Doz   459164    320060    284130       |    332631    255858      127549    131257    175922    148143    157929    127205     80678
 436 Wool Dresses   Doz    69600     55937     66568       |     46573     43019       22453     23188     34065     21397     19306     26988     13525
 438 K Shirts,Blous Doz   417855    392715    288814       |    326608    358259      127082    126528    159414    145722    152732    191280    137491
 439 Babies' garmen Kg.    26642      9592     16373       |     15503      9452        2608      7781      7868      7864      7059      5013      2460
 440 NK Shirts,Blou Doz     2875      3828      3941       |     17817      8024        1852      1932      2961      2200     14325      4514      2894
 442 Wool Skirts    Doz    54650     30352     38147       |     40225     26398       23360     15606     18166     13812     17421     18406      6614
 443 Wool Suits,M/B Nos   424258    493744    521397       |    566278    345834      270676    230513    219126    245479    248562    161261    143297
 444 Wool Suits,W/G Nos    30196     32635     56178       |     28615     39934       23834     32248     16254     14510      5346     35343      4534
 445 Wool Sweater,M Doz   125180    149193     80584       |    102437     99053       31653     40055     41312     40249     56442     63451     23997
 446 Wool Sweater,W Doz   636860    673225    298225       |    403405    442159      103748    153740    175053    193135    203721    250013    142327
 447 Wool Trousers, Doz   104719    101177     99070       |    101966     88129       49495     38090     51533     37539     51288     38592     38173
 448 Wool Slacks,W/ Doz    87886     61283     78145       |     47728     43752       33253     28921     39744     20704     16856     25987     15772
 459 Oth.Wool Appar Kg.   606971    513230    374296       |    489081    466517      139242    164057    200275    212400    261474    199422    215613
 464 Wool Blankets  Kg.   161722    121203     98646       |    104645    135225       41014     61165     55432     54775     58168     47596     42254
 465 Floor Covering M2.  1926654   2140395   1340064       |   1383319   1614667      603129    647531    649092    594630    686666    601617    865257
 469 Oth. Wool Manu Kg.    44356     42346     42113       |     37810     32930       17907     16934     12815      9338     28555     16569     11433

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn  Kg.  6982395   7422920   8315111       |   3390647   2932963     1546962   1560225   1513608   1336049   1877865   1551639   1151426
 603 Yarn>85% artif Kg.  1451043   1395620   1385023       |   1214120    998070      571549    745883    314418    548695    655276    523994    405770
 604 Yarn>85% Synth Kg.  2278268   2540017   1548282       |   1390137   1639585      630494    583541    603393    629987    643911    788449    724442
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn Kg.  4467704   4086542   2907452       |   2722159   2629524     1213188   1195835   1210775   1384617   1077478   1317201   1228435
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Y Kg.   894877    957315   1012131       |    956278    638211      407712    466546    353803    422324    517990    199171    366601
 611 Wov>85% Art St M2.   362313    474072    343021       |    453136    386547      127782    129899    203701    268140     87867    241181    142851
 613 MMF Sheeting F M2.   694391    636741    839072       |    579427    654568      241515    518696    191205     92268    492538     74134    500520
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclt M2.  3492100   4017610   2222453       |   3632509   2777855     1073246   1195083   1405805   1732166   1408045   1625234   1012520
 615 MMF Printcloth M2.   384364    795070    300420       |    193260    177837      282032    114901     37188    150413    150357    156401       835
 617 MMF Twill/Sate M2.  2172666   1919597   1625209       |   1497031   2080274      900683    666674    703001    721115    548681    980165   1072405
 618 Wov Artif Fila M2.  1544987   1412154   1341959       |    756689   1559096      678820    448823    269748    394505    593782    561091    716541
 619 Poly Fil Fab   M2. 18414989  16965924  15831501       |  15003004  13893590     8556647   6939909   6856783   6732501   6316376   7545442   5462797
 620 Oth Synth Fila M2. 56781612  59633815  46174314       |  42691340  44426830    22196562  16828815  21164624  16747993  21959366  19733955  20343889
 621 Impression Fab Kg.    21357     14207     11381       |      2867      2994        4767      9496      1232       764      1963      2197       597
 624 Wov MMF Fabric M2.   277921    284081     69147       |     70374    222209       51609     27595     37401      7463     47875     59584    157931
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/ M2.  2106949   1655055   2038896       |   2485040   1672106     1173457    569991   1219729    892758    719336   1488607    171614
 626 Printclth Stp/ M2.  1158623   1800462    646843       |    516282   1212107       18935    684926    155720    352040     37408    526092    686015
 627 Sheeting Stap/ M2.   284668    579019    151875       |    160066    655134       23474    128662     49280     70163    200118    443227     69878
 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/F M2.  2814582   2371801   1757208       |   2903970   3618469     1429275   1501539   1440607   1406528   1282599   1726048   1766855
 629 Oth Stap/Fil F M2.  4573469   3961844   3494064       |   2478887   2328985     1559190   1145100   1492660   1165566    954166   1213939    918909
 630 Handkerchiefs  Doz    37825     86046     74294       |     72202    254775       27443     48576     42052     33166     46744     37748    195297
 631 Gloves/Mittens Dpr  5111999   5319826   4119324       |   4500027   3881310     1521004   1914003   1968607   2101316   1777076   1755252   1882917
 632 Hosiery        Dpr 10551984  10050512   9758321       |  10100511  11539661     4578934   4117685   4808546   4197576   5698215   4939233   4801827
 633 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz    55968     37439     41728       |     40810     33301       16589     21570     20332     21563     16839     14724     14362
 634 Other Coats, M Doz  1716951   1414072   1426612       |   1426051    954230      657392    623100    664404    707810    563836    441542    407177
 635 Coats, W/G     Doz  2449244   1980082   2100364       |   2015974   1653254      893542    974658   1007457    949780    833761    781007    716228
 636 Dresses        Doz  1492962   1329148   1622387       |   1470235   1337721      864300    689980    707880    633937    684629    601222    596517
 638 Knit Shirts, M Doz  4007791   4370748   2660425       |   2654881   2907690     1127854   1175556   1373328   1222055   1158532   1113559   1530178
 639 Knit Blouses,W Doz  4652834   4761690   4754181       |   5045428   5203906     2282191   1885621   2314549   2361035   2344916   2163140   2505751
 640 N-K Shirts, MB Doz   511249    569909    465197       |    454253    471682      222359    209728    246589    182346    219625    213266    215850
 641 N-K Blouses, W Doz  1300302   1283020   1262820       |   1130923    979955      587181    569539    518694    510479    546772    435696    425115
 642 Skirts         Doz   446448    353947    529371       |    405077    441666      249892    226258    219248    169131    205670    174160    218376
 643 MMF Suits, M/B Nos   373021    453235    341275       |    446528    395549      166254    171959    189862    228151    209814    188135    164965
 644 MMF W/G Suits  Nos  1208968   1044156    739149       |    697386   1101859      408954    350330    322110    183748    432015    661434    388483
 645 MMF M/B Sweate Doz    58403     41017     32899       |     86011     86698       11643     18449     27785     31641     36908     72497     11963
 646 MMF Sweaters,W Doz  1056620   1194601    716533       |   1120237    860937      322193    316312    423496    458116    572470    475973    318586
 647 Trousers,etc M Doz  2290580   2558474   2303155       |   2366449   2210160      980451    993095   1119800   1057772   1130122    956045   1015763
 648 Slacks,etc. WG Doz  2584123   2343982   2303022       |   2052718   2154128     1039807    954464   1097693    903031    931314    965921    982602
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Su Doz  3428563   2860649   3448996       |   3295266   3062249     1583472   1557388   1533633   1570096   1418483   1453409   1353046
 650 Dress Gown,Rob Doz  1108241    994736    684571       |    953587   1027252      236891    277413    516872    437470    401063    470244    474677
 651 Nightwear/PJs  Doz  2401301   1935972   1839766       |   2803831   1812094      742967    800362   1175921   1228232   1352669    937378    621662
 652 M-MF Underwear Doz  3652238   3869972   3456338       |   3855966   3395464     1394157   1637311   1812447   1689809   1623821   1602058   1550004
 653 Down Coats, M/ Doz    68855     41589     48711       |     61898     28230       15932     23577     29977     32689     20418     16183      9177
 654 Down Coats, W/ Doz   188649    131895    129082       |    167713    114014       55463     69820     61204     78508     87609     57425     35885
 659 Oth. MMF App.  Kg. 11197100  10625305  12728677       |  13610796  11977111     5504106   6260461   6125145   6269312   6109567   5511858   5297319
 665 Floor Covering M2.  7738385   7674783   7390863       |   7101017   7256709     3670184   2994438   3030172   3416743   3409806   2763080   3527961
 666 Other Furnishi Kg. 30669558  31308005  28591817       |  32678787  35149401    13183442  12597245  14398178  14297557  15872706  15945093  16309384
 669 Other MMF Manu Kg. 17649568  19929749  15694699       |  13657225  13942883     7122534   6949446   6547400   6074106   6545865   6117039   6535945
 670 Flat Goods, et Kg.        .         .         .       |        92         .           .         .         .         .        87         .         .

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 800 S/V Yarns      Kg.    38500     45973     27202       |     20931     11906       22825     19997      7696      7878     11769      3365      8495
 810 S/V Woven Fabr M2. 13477644   8964320   1487831       |   3619293   2840385     1152606    665143    831464   1122850   2143070   1726997   1015120
 831 Gloves Silk/Ve Dpr   127409    194309    104960       |     99126    173358       77459     12328     39709     63362     50227     78623     64283
 832 Hosiery Slk/Ve Dpr    75532     76213     57282       |    101607     61572        5711     10994     62250     56148     24125     44684     14914
 833 S/V S-T CoatsM Doz      532      1471       276       |       499       686         145       144       239       365       155       295       340
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/ Doz     7690      4600     14366       |      6594      4968        6653     10450      3118      4127      2520      1890      2992
 835 S/V Coats W/G  Doz    20513     25621     10957       |      7462     10018        4208      3526      6826      2475      5788      3737      4635
 836 S/V Dresses    Doz    11778     15950     18994       |      7260     14704        7035      9561     13509      1970      2113      5060      9333
 838 S/V K Shirts/B Doz   168116    192296     87722       |     89381     89397       40481     27715     49512     43317     32640     40516     42419
 839 Baby Silk/Veg  Kg.    95440    136392     29829       |     33892     26219       17642     12885      6448     18367     15858      9738     14172
 840 S/V Wov Shirts Doz    57276     74199     30099       |     36610     53069       15117     13901     13228     17989     17632     22242     24689
 842 S/V Skirts     Doz    31403     27819      8686       |      5389     11124        3836      2209      4476      2855      3763      5065      3918
 843 S/V Suits, M/B Nos     1648      2455      1227       |      9151      1595         130       617      5145      3994      1595       723       636
 844 WG Suits S/V   Nos    11222      7704      3509       |      1387      1735        1779      2328       244       442       770      1177       552
 845 Sweaters, Veg. Doz   105808    126097     82006       |     79852     72142       40747     31622     38772     35527     36399     29544     33371
 846 Sweaters, Silk Doz     5042     10633      4720       |      4408      2225        2606      3238       659      1888      2359       968      1169
 847 S/V Trousers M Doz   888510    781738    395992       |    397834    412734      194594    188066    162502    188286    230393    179749    148957
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gw Doz     1158       637       315       |       556       169         285        71       114       232       327        87        79
 851 S/V Nightwear  Doz     1223      1576      2239       |      2829      5094          69       251      2017        80      2901      2567      2345
 852 S/V Underwear  Doz     2503      4862      2814       |      2621      1877        1145      6057       612       589      2157       996       418
 858 S/V Neckwear   Kg.    72075     91069     13272       |     15660     16153        4967      9929      5437      4664     11870      6789      7546
 859 Oth. S/V Appar Kg.   168248    157821     94680       |    110734    129414       45497     43861     41494     44080     63955     64321     51271
 863 Towels Silk/Ve Nos   983387   1397448   2036040       |   2222360   1637172      575167   1293758   1331124   1201110    865397    777553    302958
 871 HBags FGoods S Kg.        .         .         .       |         .         .           .         .         .         .         .         .         .
 899 Other S/V Manu Kg.  1736860   1351256    599190       |    516320    529708      226141    256363    305834    211236    267399    212796    270442