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                                          | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |                              January 19, 2012
                                          |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
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                                          |  By Category,  Preliminary 12/2011 Data |
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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 200:  YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD
                     Data in Kg..,  6.60 M2 per Kg. . 

                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)

 WORLD         15837814  18158526   18158526   18887520      4.01  18158526   19060204   19193132   18887520       4.01  100.00

 TURKEY         4274964   4756715    4756715    5232268     10.00   4756715    5067731    5217917    5232268      10.00   27.70

 CHINA P        2721161   3541373    3541373    4323754     22.09   3541373    4225469    4313198    4323754      22.09   22.89

 CANADA         2808625   2898341    2898341    2776691     -4.20   2898341    3014428    3056588    2776691      -4.20   14.70

 MEXICO         2830334   3264779    3264779    2532835    -22.42   3264779    2679501    2577439    2532835     -22.42   13.41

 THAILND         910358    985865     985865    1077283      9.27    985865    1127899    1097016    1077283       9.27    5.70

 INDIA           595744    548099     548099     595493      8.65    548099     573635     557271     595493       8.65    3.15

 EGYPT            90471    348482     348482     429938     23.37    348482     490009     470061     429938      23.37    2.28

 GERMANY         265460    385903     385903     406409      5.31    385903     421146     408256     406409       5.31    2.15

 ITALY           120112    125687     125687     178124     41.72    125687     166004     170296     178124      41.72    0.94

 HONDURA         158345    171471     171471     165356     -3.57    171471     140671     139256     165356      -3.57    0.88

 KOR REP          79967     81947      81947     154205     88.18     81947     149933     154406     154205      88.18    0.82

 PERU             87604    136196     136196      88867    -34.75    136196      95648      89412      88867     -34.75    0.47


 _ASEAN         1111660   1163014    1163014    1209210      3.97   1163014    1269644    1234730    1209210       3.97    6.40

 _CBI            217750    202103     202103     170721    -15.53    202103     150548     148716     170721     -15.53    0.90

 _CAFTA          217747    202103     202103     170401    -15.69    202103     150228     148396     170401     -15.69    0.90

 _ANDEAN          87618    136212     136212      88871    -34.76    136212      95664      89412      88871     -34.76    0.47