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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 351:  COTTON NIGHTWEAR/PAJAMAS
                     Data in Doz., 43.50 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         17869263  20007882   20007882   15945478    -20.30  20007882   16820834   16131445   15945478     -20.30  100.00

 CHINA P       10101286  11241117   11241117    8521154    -24.20  11241117    9033494    8578292    8521154     -24.20   53.44

 CAMBOD         1125993   1810313    1810313    1527628    -15.62   1810313    1699309    1629223    1527628     -15.62    9.58

 INDIA          1247917   1386850    1386850    1107796    -20.12   1386850    1048169    1067838    1107796     -20.12    6.95

 BNGLDSH        1444574   1623745    1623745    1023918    -36.94   1623745    1099517    1022455    1023918     -36.94    6.42

 PAKISTN         912892   1007644    1007644     938295     -6.88   1007644    1030299     984197     938295      -6.88    5.88

 VIETNAM         642507    819136     819136     866359      5.76    819136     943119     878561     866359       5.76    5.43

 MALAYSA         247321    309098     309098     396755     28.36    309098     438781     420574     396755      28.36    2.49

 INDNSIA         372233    375091     375091     381524      1.72    375091     297748     337764     381524       1.72    2.39

 THAILND         307184    306886     306886     214508    -30.10    306886     266279     259166     214508     -30.10    1.35

 MEXICO          187348    197660     197660     189164     -4.30    197660     189349     191072     189164      -4.30    1.19

 PHIL R          329221    179154     179154     177453     -0.95    179154     183205     173990     177453      -0.95    1.11

 GUATMAL          75537     39494      39494     103852    162.96     39494      87248      91749     103852     162.96    0.65

 KOR REP          91916    104134     104134      99089     -4.84    104134      99340      99323      99089      -4.84    0.62

 SRI LKA          80816     91164      91164      69476    -23.79     91164      81090      78818      69476     -23.79    0.44

 TURKEY          120872     85920      85920      67323    -21.64     85920      55843      57623      67323     -21.64    0.42


 _ASEAN         3035476   3806435    3806435    3575157     -6.08   3806435    3836146    3709187    3575157      -6.08   22.42

 _CBI            257145    182203     182203     204113     12.03    182203     193327     190837     204113      12.03    1.28

 _CAFTA          247191    179002     179002     187829      4.93    179002     181434     176271     187829       4.93    1.18

 _ANDEAN          42756     43413      43413      50095     15.39     43413      48149      52074      50095      15.39    0.31