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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 635:  W/G MMF COATS
                     Data in Doz., 34.50 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         12785225  14413060   14413060   15021822      4.22  14413060   15158274   14982545   15021822       4.22  100.00

 CHINA P        7767500   8504883    8504883    8735503      2.71   8504883    8783727    8721529    8735503       2.71   58.15

 VIETNAM        2122504   2441785    2441785    2530698      3.64   2441785    2511423    2507618    2530698       3.64   16.85

 INDNSIA         611700    797656     797656     826949      3.67    797656     858576     829315     826949       3.67    5.50

 BNGLDSH         450329    552536     552536     687257     24.38    552536     680054     680493     687257      24.38    4.58

 PHIL R          167633    182320     182320     313074     71.72    182320     308878     308806     313074      71.72    2.08

 CANADA          254583    229847     229847     246432      7.22    229847     273089     267806     246432       7.22    1.64

 CAMBOD           93958    274188     274188     196161    -28.46    274188     210711     197224     196161     -28.46    1.31

 JORDAN          117141    216903     216903     193477    -10.80    216903     254939     196857     193477     -10.80    1.29

 SALVADR         156136    175780     175780     179482      2.11    175780     174180     177740     179482       2.11    1.19

 MEXICO          108792    112675     112675     128924     14.42    112675     127463     130864     128924      14.42    0.86

 SRI LKA          97587     97877      97877     104858      7.13     97877     103554     105593     104858       7.13    0.70

 GUATMAL          79456     94633      94633      97601      3.14     94633      98324      99219      97601       3.14    0.65

 MALAYSA         109234     71195      71195      79199     11.24     71195      71526      72020      79199      11.24    0.53

 INDIA            43285     54229      54229      70108     29.28     54229      63348      63970      70108      29.28    0.47

 DOM REP          31436     61104      61104      63743      4.32     61104      63171      62855      63743       4.32    0.42


 _ASEAN         3175553   3847119    3847119    4006607      4.15   3847119    4032180    3979763    4006607       4.15   26.67

 _CBI            342546    409787     409787     430417      5.03    409787     417303     425305     430417       5.03    2.87

 _CAFTA          339214    405857     405857     422046      3.99    405857     410463     417626     422046       3.99    2.81

 _SUB-SAHARA     137945     79319      79319     121255     52.87     79319     122276     122424     121255      52.87    0.81