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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 400:  WOOL YARNS
                     Data in Kg..,  3.70 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          5886266   7746586    7746586    7861447      1.48   7746586    7891772    7787800    7861447       1.48  100.00

 N ZEAL          648912   1204381    1204381    1286942      6.86   1204381    1247585    1232443    1286942       6.86   16.37

 CHINA P         632068    680933     680933     781905     14.83    680933     751705     761307     781905      14.83    9.95

 INDIA           224938    495996     495996     774049     56.06    495996     654795     712050     774049      56.06    9.85

 ITALY           597654    819058     819058     771258     -5.84    819058     813753     792463     771258      -5.84    9.81

 U KING          660612    603183     603183     738152     22.38    603183     693981     694215     738152      22.38    9.39

 PERU            508171    650274     650274     607527     -6.57    650274     651976     634537     607527      -6.57    7.73

 CANADA          755484    707467     707467     598951    -15.34    707467     642584     637843     598951     -15.34    7.62

 MALAYSA          97071    535134     535134     357524    -33.19    535134     420862     358101     357524     -33.19    4.55

 GERMANY         531389    367541     367541     334523     -8.98    367541     319351     320286     334523      -8.98    4.26

 MEXICO          234160    280181     280181     293577      4.78    280181     307574     305692     293577       4.78    3.73

 TURKEY          203313    241740     241740     288684     19.42    241740     322869     298781     288684      19.42    3.67

 AUSTRAL         134913     94186      94186     222957    136.72     94186     221811     226098     222957     136.72    2.84

 PORTUGL          46354    283092     283092     195398    -30.98    283092     223681     195398     195398     -30.98    2.49

 ROMANIA         109944    120438     120438     118669     -1.47    120438     123648     117801     118669      -1.47    1.51

 REP SAF          77987    114921     114921     114037     -0.77    114921      90065     110452     114037      -0.77    1.45


 _ANDEAN         511366    663090     663090     628505     -5.22    663090     667584     655596     628505      -5.22    7.99

 _ASEAN          144588    647358     647358     435665    -32.70    647358     513610     436242     435665     -32.70    5.54

 _SUB-SAHARA      77987    114921     114921     114038     -0.77    114921      90066     110453     114038      -0.77    1.45