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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 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER
                     Data in Kg..,  7.60 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         20863308  29117694   29117694   28361546     -2.60  29117694   27835800   28448659   28361546      -2.60  100.00

 INDNSIA       12307015  16352943   16352943   15450771     -5.52  16352943   15252938   15665523   15450771      -5.52   54.48

 INDIA          2031168   3462305    3462305    3783581      9.28   3462305    3225306    3254136    3783581       9.28   13.34

 CHINA P        2046133   3144678    3144678    3124118     -0.65   3144678    3110305    3208034    3124118      -0.65   11.02

 VIETNAM         347525    959695     959695    1415251     47.47    959695    1263758    1456085    1415251      47.47    4.99

 CANADA         1369185   1623341    1623341    1319954    -18.69   1623341    1509621    1410639    1319954     -18.69    4.65

 TURKEY          511213    395958     395958     811283    104.89    395958     846650     880383     811283     104.89    2.86

 PHIL R          114685    426693     426693     587624     37.72    426693     578347     588769     587624      37.72    2.07

 THAILND         427570    599748     599748     340507    -43.22    599748     344132     362832     340507     -43.22    1.20

 MALAYSA         157482    160171     160171     245950     53.55    160171     259662     222878     245950      53.55    0.87

 ROMANIA         342150    535619     535619     233948    -56.32    535619     288893     255966     233948     -56.32    0.82

 MEXICO          255011    266610     266610     214546    -19.53    266610     239851     241219     214546     -19.53    0.76

 JAPAN           107202     65891      65891     193559    193.76     65891     202177     199143     193559     193.76    0.68

 GERMANY          52722    332547     332547     122251    -63.24    332547     136490     125043     122251     -63.24    0.43

 CHINA T         339453    325103     325103     102917    -68.34    325103     103382     104411     102917     -68.34    0.36


 _ASEAN        13414153  18562184   18562184   18097624     -2.50  18562184   17779190   18376440   18097624      -2.50   63.81