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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 438:  WOOL KNIT SHIRTS/BLOUSES
                     Data in Doz., 12.50 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          1707075   2232132    2232132    2185794     -2.08   2232132    2257984    2215151    2185794      -2.08  100.00

 CHINA P        1441014   1977384    1977384    1786413     -9.66   1977384    1833395    1795275    1786413      -9.66   81.73

 MEXICO           46380     49703      49703     186316    274.86     49703     204551     198751     186316     274.86    8.52

 ITALY            67636     56889      56889      70536     23.99     56889      71009      70183      70536      23.99    3.23

 VIETNAM          23186     26791      26791      22317    -16.70     26791      26058      28378      22317     -16.70    1.02

 HG KONG          33291     14022      14022      20347     45.11     14022      22919      20795      20347      45.11    0.93

 CAMBOD            3478      5244       5244      13679    160.85      5244      14731      13727      13679     160.85    0.63

 TURKEY            4268      7737       7737       9146     18.21      7737       8426       8715       9146      18.21    0.42

 BNGLDSH           8040      7109       7109       8254     16.11      7109       9134       9221       8254      16.11    0.38

 ROMANIA           6022      4145       4145       6725     62.24      4145       6782       6501       6725      62.24    0.31

 IRELAND           3689      3610       3610       4652     28.86      3610       4730       4664       4652      28.86    0.21

 INDIA              930      1721       1721       4003    132.60      1721       3815       3680       4003     132.60    0.18

 SRI LKA           2098      1557       1557       3985    155.94      1557       3084       3830       3985     155.94    0.18

 PERU              6088      2147       2147       3765     75.37      2147       2901       3367       3765      75.37    0.17

 CHINA T            965      4355       4355       3530    -18.94      4355       2857       3480       3530     -18.94    0.16

 FRANCE            2525      4224       4224       3480    -17.61      4224       3603       3508       3480     -17.61    0.16


 _ASEAN           30520     47798      47798      42370    -11.36     47798      49836      50675      42370     -11.36    1.94

 _ANDEAN           8108      2642       2642       3991     51.07      2642       3187       3607       3991      51.07    0.18

 _CBI              2341       715        715       3085    331.47       715       2996       3074       3085     331.47    0.14

 _CAFTA            2341       623        623       3085    395.18       623       2996       3074       3085     395.18    0.14

 _SUB-SAHARA      13447     21780      21780       2407    -88.95     21780       2350       2409       2407     -88.95    0.11