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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 436:  WOOL DRESSES
                     Data in Doz., 41.10 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           309800    367944     367944     350516     -4.74    367944     349117     348269     350516      -4.74  100.00

 CHINA P         217587    256328     256328     248125     -3.20    256328     244256     249410     248125      -3.20   70.79

 ITALY            15177     18179      18179      28607     57.36     18179      25436      26982      28607      57.36    8.16

 PHIL R           10747     10689      10689       7767    -27.34     10689       6610       6709       7767     -27.34    2.22

 CAMBOD             151      1012       1012       7707    661.56      1012       7707       7707       7707     661.56    2.20

 INDIA             3745      6613       6613       7165      8.35      6613       6207       6841       7165       8.35    2.04

 MEXICO            1257      2713       2713       6996    157.87      2713       7319       7649       6996     157.87    2.00

 INDNSIA           5011      6961       6961       5395    -22.50      6961       4804       5135       5395     -22.50    1.54

 VIETNAM          29919     11471      11471       5372    -53.17     11471       5363       5148       5372     -53.17    1.53

 ROMANIA           1688      2094       2094       4059     93.84      2094       3603       3830       4059      93.84    1.16

 FRANCE            2321      2823       2823       3573     26.57      2823       3568       3571       3573      26.57    1.02

 BNGLDSH           1185     28483      28483       3386    -88.11     28483      12867       3386       3386     -88.11    0.97

 HG KONG           4011      1343       1343       2469     83.84      1343       2344       2420       2469      83.84    0.70

 MAURIT               1         4          4         15    275.00         4         18         15         15     275.00    0.00


 _ASEAN           47849     32312      32312      27163    -15.94     32312      25181      25503      27163     -15.94    7.75

 _CBI              2141      3001       3001       1399    -53.38      3001       1847       1877       1399     -53.38    0.40

 _CAFTA            2141      2994       2994       1398    -53.31      2994       1841       1877       1398     -53.31    0.40