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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 810:  WOVEN FAB, SILK BLD/N-COT VEG FIB
                     Data in M2..,  1.00 M2 per M2. . 

                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         77422178  99036539   79094905  133512402     68.80  95020316  143924779  150688292  153454036      61.50  100.00

 CHINA P       61725517  83439830   66766012  118081842     76.86  79985125  126885511  132754112  134755660      68.48   87.81

 CHINA T         118448    402934     189418    3305432   1645.05    226371    2542281    3126080    3518948    1454.50    2.29

 KOR REP        1033862    846868     720199    2405190    233.96    852202    2314464    2463708    2531859     197.10    1.65

 INDIA          1318102   1192924     887660    1605428     80.86   1086151    1145905    1314959    1910692      75.91    1.25

 BELGIUM        1910685   1519057    1250383    1363707      9.06   1554564    1629801    1640909    1632381       5.01    1.06

 BELARUS        2668580   1080635     935384    1318134     40.92   1262346    1493728    1493773    1463385      15.93    0.95

 ITALY          1524412   1571876    1236128    1053485    -14.78   1554879    1419042    1410087    1389233     -10.65    0.91

 RUSSIA         1597470   1559717    1205455     704699    -41.54   1607161    1084557    1072640    1058961     -34.11    0.69

 U KING         1026952   1684115    1266007     593058    -53.16   1386894    1032360    1026888    1011166     -27.09    0.66

 IRELAND          24311     14137      10671     509497   4674.60     10972     420191     511566     512963    4575.20    0.33

 BRAZIL          428030    536202     445942     388858    -12.80    513959     443449     481014     479118      -6.78    0.31

 POLAND         1226624    842089     703932     211358    -69.97    917180     419167     371108     349515     -61.89    0.23

 FRANCE          297468    676496     611918     190266    -68.91    673379     255851     254858     254844     -62.15    0.17

 TURKEY          235766    600604     592923      25939    -95.63    595194      46109      38135      33620     -94.35    0.02


 _ASEAN          112684    526947     498618     201551    -59.58    521866     220246     232294     229880     -55.95    0.15