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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 638:  M/B MMF KNIT SHIRTS
                     Data in Doz., 15.00 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         35432456  47317444   47317444   53181601     12.39  47317444   52999186   53426371   53181601      12.39  100.00

 HONDURA        6527208   9937706    9937706   10166650      2.30   9937706   10598533   10610081   10166650       2.30   19.12

 SALVADR        4952414   6442062    6442062    6697190      3.96   6442062    6513786    6604215    6697190       3.96   12.59

 NICARAG        4337034   5305503    5305503    6265859     18.10   5305503    6550182    6618009    6265859      18.10   11.78

 CHINA P        3397078   5154493    5154493    5305848      2.94   5154493    5227677    5245490    5305848       2.94    9.98

 MEXICO         3222738   4150243    4150243    4800763     15.67   4150243    4725391    4756555    4800763      15.67    9.03

 VIETNAM        1959533   2719670    2719670    3467652     27.50   2719670    3338140    3339743    3467652      27.50    6.52

 INDNSIA        1473427   1904324    1904324    2290083     20.26   1904324    2267332    2251522    2290083      20.26    4.31

 JORDAN         1093165   1268367    1268367    1808279     42.57   1268367    1685639    1719072    1808279      42.57    3.40

 HAITI          1038695   1642462    1642462    1573712     -4.19   1642462    1702576    1676229    1573712      -4.19    2.96

 EGYPT           939732   1053420    1053420    1483581     40.83   1053420    1389147    1418087    1483581      40.83    2.79

 GUATMAL         592527    759256     759256    1051264     38.46    759256    1004229    1051683    1051264      38.46    1.98

 CAMBOD          462209    497506     497506     939655     88.87    497506     889515     931817     939655      88.87    1.77

 THAILND        1104902   1139388    1139388     933185    -18.10   1139388     988957     956343     933185     -18.10    1.75

 BNGLDSH         365811    805992     805992     805469     -0.06    805992     809820     801897     805469      -0.06    1.51

 DOM REP         473562    634522     634522     737154     16.17    634522     483385     618464     737154      16.17    1.39


 _CBI          17954822  24742961   24742961   26517098      7.17  24742961   26878748   27204065   26517098       7.17   49.86

 _CAFTA        16907610  23100413   23100413   24942343      7.97  23100413   25175468   25526927   24942343       7.97   46.90

 _ASEAN         6071130   7456852    7456852    8839435     18.54   7456852    8661545    8652299    8839435      18.54   16.62

 _SUB-SAHARA    1069027    976020     976020    1358505     39.19    976020    1342094    1352124    1358505      39.19    2.55

 _ANDEAN         268125    429211     429211     509893     18.80    429211     531332     524617     509893      18.80    0.96