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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 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
Data in Kg.., 13.60 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 124810893 160466201 160466201 171152325 6.66 160466201 169222601 170024338 171152325 6.66 100.00
VIETNAM 23346775 44889699 44889699 54651815 21.75 44889699 52900941 53329520 54651815 21.75 31.93
CHINA P 17377004 22395041 22395041 31959362 42.71 22395041 29222633 30743952 31959362 42.71 18.67
KOR REP 23845097 21256968 21256968 20590083 -3.14 21256968 20787416 20761974 20590083 -3.14 12.03
CANADA 12780010 17320068 17320068 13610031 -21.42 17320068 15254384 14889916 13610031 -21.42 7.95
CHINA T 9797414 12672309 12672309 12337996 -2.64 12672309 12335225 12234157 12337996 -2.64 7.21
MEXICO 7625665 12022505 12022505 11382499 -5.32 12022505 11496414 11292093 11382499 -5.32 6.65
ISRAEL 10614779 10847495 10847495 8124005 -25.11 10847495 8537467 8169653 8124005 -25.11 4.75
JAPAN 3057964 4127655 4127655 3427389 -16.97 4127655 3487773 3466586 3427389 -16.97 2.00
INDIA 4285768 3605150 3605150 2863854 -20.56 3605150 2942640 2865435 2863854 -20.56 1.67
GERMANY 1451904 2067320 2067320 1523857 -26.29 2067320 1576081 1537654 1523857 -26.29 0.89
TURKEY 163849 591150 591150 1077942 82.35 591150 1011188 1027885 1077942 82.35 0.63
PORTUGL 2177478 1001073 1001073 1056320 5.52 1001073 1119404 1149028 1056320 5.52 0.62
ITALY 844834 809880 809880 877829 8.39 809880 791630 904027 877829 8.39 0.51
NETHLDS 263046 535620 535620 743804 38.87 535620 782840 752541 743804 38.87 0.43
THAILND 649441 522737 522737 652703 24.86 522737 607644 630738 652703 24.86 0.38
_ASEAN 25209490 46341093 46341093 56476287 21.87 46341093 54714871 55180939 56476287 21.87 33.00
_ANDEAN 300347 282824 282824 310219 9.69 282824 331670 318749 310219 9.69 0.18
_SUB-SAHARA 316370 362188 362188 235294 -35.04 362188 333552 275453 235294 -35.04 0.14
_CBI 84956 105904 105904 115207 8.78 105904 121165 125512 115207 8.78 0.07
_CAFTA 70866 89100 89100 98948 11.05 89100 101244 107711 98948 11.05 0.06