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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 645:  M/B MMF SWEATERS
                     Data in Doz., 30.80 M2 per Doz . 

                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           801427    615761     581387     301387    -48.16    646133     437546     385094     335761     -48.04  100.00

 CHINA P         215138    237955     227168      86699    -61.83    247909     170823     128415      97486     -60.68   29.03

 BNGLDSH         187688    170274     166653      90356    -45.78    178245     122845     110685      93977     -47.28   27.99

 INDNSIA          63807     20514      19858      29735     49.74     22822      25409      27824      30391      33.17    9.05

 MEXICO           20862     22024      15991      21215     32.67     19474      27713      27567      27248      39.92    8.12

 JORDAN            3268      2714       2714      18220    571.33      4444       3528      12780      18220     309.99    5.43

 ISRAEL           10105     34063      27822       4727    -83.01     29469      18725      16442      10968     -62.78    3.27

 EGYPT             3305      7520       7520       9477     26.02      7698       3185       8147       9477      23.11    2.82

 CHINA T          92055     19435      18094       6717    -62.88     21719      14160       9342       8058     -62.90    2.40

 VIETNAM           6376      7443       5220       2146    -58.89     10198       7163       4596       4369     -57.16    1.30

 INDIA            15789      6652       5933       3268    -44.92      9189       5162       4678       3987     -56.61    1.19

 CANADA            7542      6600       5114       1612    -68.48      7116       3976       3666       3098     -56.46    0.92

 SALVADR           9067     10778      10622       2790    -73.73     14766       6142       4164       2946     -80.05    0.88

 PHIL R           13421      6017       6017       2906    -51.70      6273       3728       2627       2906     -53.67    0.87

 CAMBOD            6916      6877       6877         60    -99.13      6877       1209        458         60     -99.13    0.02

 MAURIT               1         0          0          *       *           0          *          *          *        *       *  


 _ASEAN           95368     46234      43135      38279    -11.26     52460      41367      39404      41378     -21.12   12.32

 _SUB-SAHARA       1288     35329      35329       3539    -89.98     35329       3212       3209       3539     -89.98    1.05

 _CBI             11370     10894      10732       3140    -70.74     15216       6405       4519       3302     -78.30    0.98

 _CAFTA           11312     10859      10697       3079    -71.22     15181       6344       4458       3241     -78.65    0.97