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                                          | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |                              November 6, 2008
                                          |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
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                                          |  By Category,  Preliminary 10/2008 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.

                                           Category 644:  W/G MMF SUITS
                     Data in Nos.,  3.76 M2 per Nos . 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 10/2008
 Country        2006       2007      10/2007    10/2008  % Change   10/2007     8/2008     9/2008    10/2008   % Change % Share

                                                   (P)                                                  (P)

 WORLD         17429612  14580600   12565240    9547811    -24.01  15491180   11680606   11599908   11563171     -25.36  100.00

 CHINA P        9812342   8738944    7519135    5080872    -32.43   8995806    6646088    6426352    6300681     -29.96   54.49

 VIETNAM        5479796   4829066    4154648    3798068     -8.58   5319354    4235615    4405754    4472486     -15.92   38.68

 SRI LKA         685466    243491     218004     171247    -21.45    355047     231334     206074     196734     -44.59    1.70

 CAMBOD          171145     21709      12782     150076   1074.12     12782     142523     139868     159003    1143.96    1.38

 THAILND         528936    326395     296512     106638    -64.04    324648     140209     146811     136521     -57.95    1.18

 INDNSIA         354341    125193     109142      60967    -44.14    138639      85967      78900      77018     -44.45    0.67

 PHIL R           66739     72281      72281      66620     -7.83     91298      67380      63462      66620     -27.03    0.58

 HG KONG          50969     58063      53721      19732    -63.27     67897      27791      25669      24074     -64.54    0.21

 GUATMAL           5440         6          6      23251  387416.7         6      11376      17908      23251   387416.7    0.20

 INDIA            52944     15864      10916      17424     59.62     15083      17477      16411      22372      48.33    0.19

 JORDAN             376       513        513      20624   3920.27       513        291        146      20624    3920.27    0.18

 PAKISTN          10423     25997       9077       2974    -67.24     18822      25608      27756      19894       5.70    0.17

 ITALY            12870     11034       8875       6980    -21.35     12662       9576       9546       9139     -27.82    0.08

 ROMANIA           1236      2809       2786       7547    170.89      2786       7505       7501       7570     171.72    0.07

 MACAU              650      1803          0       4778       *           0       6581       6581       6581        *      0.06


 _ASEAN         6641837   5375504    4646225    4182411     -9.98   5890157    4671736    4834837    4911690     -16.61   42.48

 _CBI              5502      2376         10      23303  232930.0        10      13791      20325      25669   256590.0    0.22

 _CAFTA            5502      2376         10      23302  232920.0        10      13790      20324      25668   256580.0    0.22

 _SUB-SAHARA       8270     35996      35996        114    -99.68     36000        114        114        114     -99.68    0.00