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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 348:  W/G COTTON TROUSERS/SLACKS/SHORTS
                     Data in Doz., 14.90 M2 per Doz . 

                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        105538298 117075943  117075943  103260348    -11.80 117075943  105064736  103776914  103260348     -11.80  100.00

 CHINA P       34124532  44509584   44509584   37775546    -15.13  44509584   37802767   37585327   37775546     -15.13   36.58

 VIETNAM       10696811  11655048   11655048   10488221    -10.01  11655048   10440720   10341291   10488221     -10.01   10.16

 BNGLDSH        9889570  10052817   10052817    9673553     -3.77  10052817   10103337    9880978    9673553      -3.77    9.37

 INDNSIA        7492690   8582369    8582369    8153830     -4.99   8582369    8216973    8208998    8153830      -4.99    7.90

 CAMBOD         6203914   7340466    7340466    6565764    -10.55   7340466    6782889    6628134    6565764     -10.55    6.36

 MEXICO         4516472   4274879    4274879    3503286    -18.05   4274879    3666091    3558686    3503286     -18.05    3.39

 INDIA          4030200   3518400    3518400    3039548    -13.61   3518400    3282662    3149359    3039548     -13.61    2.94

 EGYPT          2953008   3527502    3527502    2816382    -20.16   3527502    3056128    2937405    2816382     -20.16    2.73

 SRI LKA        2736025   2484435    2484435    2466775     -0.71   2484435    2458941    2434440    2466775      -0.71    2.39

 PAKISTN        2241844   2375483    2375483    2433777      2.45   2375483    2471460    2437670    2433777       2.45    2.36

 NICARAG        2444341   2126202    2126202    2149717      1.11   2126202    2310987    2312997    2149717       1.11    2.08

 KENYA          1968589   1819083    1819083    1902119      4.56   1819083    1917497    1943630    1902119       4.56    1.84

 JORDAN         1886310   2147053    2147053    1727498    -19.54   2147053    1721281    1656165    1727498     -19.54    1.67

 PHIL R         1760244   1745492    1745492    1645679     -5.72   1745492    1650533    1643583    1645679      -5.72    1.59

 SALVADR        1351849   1937130    1937130    1543473    -20.32   1937130    1565599    1590889    1543473     -20.32    1.49


 _ASEAN        27625789  30406859   30406859   27583223     -9.29  30406859   27885862   27593260   27583223      -9.29   26.71

 _CBI           7695547   7480351    7480351    7156197     -4.33   7480351    7426919    7418533    7156197      -4.33    6.93

 _CAFTA         7421467   7231930    7231930    6579503     -9.02   7231930    6843732    6839066    6579503      -9.02    6.37

 _SUB-SAHARA    5038128   3643840    3643840    3068208    -15.80   3643840    3071880    3064077    3068208     -15.80    2.97

 _ANDEAN         361060    498771     498771     264706    -46.93    498771     287328     271609     264706     -46.93    0.26