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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 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                     Data in Kg.., 14.00 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        172052853 205264023  205264023  200144615     -2.49 205264023  202062254  200843866  200144615      -2.49  100.00

 CHINA P       31328812  44737883   44737883   49681404     11.05  44737883   47823839   48646965   49681404      11.05   24.82

 CANADA        16410277  18617845   18617845   19402787      4.22  18617845   20701551   20791230   19402787       4.22    9.69

 MEXICO        18137588  18645280   18645280   16621909    -10.85  18645280   16776060   16796479   16621909     -10.85    8.30

 GERMANY       10679607  14525698   14525698   14830312      2.10  14525698   15496003   15289024   14830312       2.10    7.41

 ISRAEL        19817618  18868100   18868100   13853042    -26.58  18868100   14571006   13782705   13853042     -26.58    6.92

 INDIA          3036918   7233192    7233192   12813264     77.15   7233192   12304146   12558509   12813264      77.15    6.40

 FRANCE         4643562   8703326    8703326    8254880     -5.15   8703326    8359432    8245441    8254880      -5.15    4.12

 JAPAN          8707809   7461748    7461748    7558916      1.30   7461748    7065727    7384248    7558916       1.30    3.78

 KOR REP        2494605   4640081    4640081    6467624     39.39   4640081    6299399    6301758    6467624      39.39    3.23

 ITALY          3745021   4917734    4917734    5575359     13.37   4917734    5801653    5705015    5575359      13.37    2.79

 TURKEY         3564531   4449826    4449826    5317670     19.50   4449826    4980715    5238554    5317670      19.50    2.66

 LUXMBRG        5254069   5921030    5921030    4990822    -15.71   5921030    5357999    4823178    4990822     -15.71    2.49

 CHINA T        3060790   3803605    3803605    3427639     -9.88   3803605    3481637    3437181    3427639      -9.88    1.71

 POLAND         1628934   2224427    2224427    2974067     33.70   2224427    2878633    2914995    2974067      33.70    1.49

 BRAZIL        15961182  16062883   16062883    2928257    -81.77  16062883    4679432    3425389    2928257     -81.77    1.46


 _ASEAN         3432349   3695757    3695757    5450421     47.48   3695757    4275425    5007914    5450421      47.48    2.72

 _CBI            387906    449775     449775     592038     31.63    449775     556656     591876     592038      31.63    0.30

 _CAFTA          387906    446934     446934     586915     31.32    446934     554356     586753     586915      31.32    0.29

 _SUB-SAHARA     106139    170116     170116     581027    241.55    170116     617319     606509     581027     241.55    0.29