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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 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                     Data in M2..,  1.00 M2 per M2. . 

                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        615588678 829287028  829287028   1.0138E9     22.25 829287028  994761462  1.00413E9   1.0138E9      22.25  100.00

 INDIA        206916054 291111379  291111379  365720664     25.63 291111379  356276571  362859838  365720664      25.63   36.07

 CHINA P       64375100  99221446   99221446  153725465     54.93  99221446  149292720  151764496  153725465      54.93   15.16

 S ARAB        31543738  84650933   84650933  108486336     28.16  84650933  111454307  108567945  108486336      28.16   10.70

 TURKEY        40398057  50578330   50578330  100069367     97.85  50578330   88271269   93890806  100069367      97.85    9.87

 CHINA T       36563338  42660816   42660816   45219724      6.00  42660816   45486817   45424997   45219724       6.00    4.46

 CANADA        44897090  37796391   37796391   40448492      7.02  37796391   41505165   43100805   40448492       7.02    3.99

 KOR REP       18952733  28740581   28740581   31968464     11.23  28740581   32992164   32817647   31968464      11.23    3.15

 VIETNAM        7591845  13414764   13414764   24391066     81.82  13414764   21445701   22409227   24391066      81.82    2.41

 ARAB EM       47134704  55215766   55215766   21292035    -61.44  55215766   22513543   21358772   21292035     -61.44    2.10

 GREECE        27139453  25243082   25243082   20781827    -17.67  25243082   20393390   20382981   20781827     -17.67    2.05

 MEXICO        12719640  25791373   25791373   20255856    -21.46  25791373   22659260   20964095   20255856     -21.46    2.00

 U KING        11544728  16366322   16366322   17970991      9.80  16366322   17053661   16938086   17970991       9.80    1.77

 BELGIUM       10521378  19696102   19696102   16203746    -17.73  19696102   19275957   15520583   16203746     -17.73    1.60

 THAILND       16472092   8297993    8297993   13520304     62.93   8297993   14040092   13978367   13520304      62.93    1.33

 MALAYSA        3347382   4274402    4274402    6812573     59.38   4274402    6688269    6664060    6812573      59.38    0.67


 _ASEAN        29963156  27496540   27496540   46305201     68.40  27496540   43653099   44640564   46305201      68.40    4.57

 _CBI           1769952    983916     983916    1054036      7.13    983916    1185037    1118493    1054036       7.13    0.10

 _CAFTA         1769952    882853     882853    1054036     19.39    882853    1185037    1118493    1054036      19.39    0.10

 _SUB-SAHARA     283777    532970     532970     944128     77.14    532970     760164     869379     944128      77.14    0.09