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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 641:  W/G NOT-KNIT MMF SHIRTS / BLOUSES
                     Data in Doz., 12.10 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         13787500  14576512   14576512   18081249     24.04  14576512   17375750   17764969   18081249      24.04  100.00

 CHINA P        7488510   7913654    7913654    9146728     15.58   7913654    8874828    9045257    9146728      15.58   50.59

 INDNSIA        2237997   2343443    2343443    2902075     23.84   2343443    2670522    2749257    2902075      23.84   16.05

 VIETNAM         959572   1183597    1183597    1646803     39.14   1183597    1620452    1674673    1646803      39.14    9.11

 INDIA           658911    683778     683778    1474651    115.66    683778    1327733    1415213    1474651     115.66    8.16

 PHIL R          176997    244216     244216     469261     92.15    244216     389311     433133     469261      92.15    2.60

 BNGLDSH         373209    400919     400919     446398     11.34    400919     465969     458787     446398      11.34    2.47

 CAMBOD          135204    231416     231416     416126     79.82    231416     409075     402172     416126      79.82    2.30

 MEXICO          454353    429418     429418     365410    -14.91    429418     387702     375049     365410     -14.91    2.02

 HONDURA         216296    246684     246684     243035     -1.48    246684     248747     249736     243035      -1.48    1.34

 EGYPT           126819    117345     117345     125862      7.26    117345     138663     127096     125862       7.26    0.70

 GUATMAL          89075     87832      87832     122639     39.63     87832     123099     119652     122639      39.63    0.68

 DOM REP          75940     89991      89991     120084     33.44     89991     122260     122965     120084      33.44    0.66

 HAITI            97362     77416      77416      83739      8.17     77416      82776      85949      83739       8.17    0.46

 NICARAG          72204     45710      45710      70095     53.35     45710      69754      71467      70095      53.35    0.39

 SALVADR         113627    106636     106636      66814    -37.34    106636      64120      63083      66814     -37.34    0.37


 _ASEAN         3554370   4054677    4054677    5471653     34.95   4054677    5132951    5300054    5471653      34.95   30.26

 _CBI            667048    655717     655717     716480      9.27    655717     720875     722966     716480       9.27    3.96

 _CAFTA          567150    577981     577981     623751      7.92    577981     629068     627986     623751       7.92    3.45

 _SUB-SAHARA     132293     56485      56485      38822    -31.27     56485      33838      36172      38822     -31.27    0.21