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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