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| | January 19, 2012
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| WORLD | | Preliminary 12/2011 Data in Million M2 |
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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.
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 12/2011
Ctrl, Cat, Product 2009 2010 12/2010 12/2011 % Change 12/2010 10/2011 11/2011 12/2011 % Change % Share
(P) (P)
Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
200 Yarns / Sew Thrd 104.530 119.846 119.846 124.658 4.01 119.846 125.797 126.675 124.658 4.01 100.00
201 Specialty Yarns 166.954 203.165 203.165 229.284 12.86 203.165 225.932 226.662 229.284 12.86 100.00
218 Fab, Color Yarn 46.383 50.545 50.545 37.674 -25.47 50.545 42.905 42.958 37.674 -25.47 100.00
219 Duck Fabric 46.695 52.455 52.455 41.632 -20.63 52.455 44.051 42.940 41.632 -20.63 100.00
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 135.067 134.773 134.773 108.240 -19.69 134.773 103.728 104.471 108.240 -19.69 100.00
222 Knit Fabric 1219.642 1519.446 1519.446 1554.659 2.32 1519.446 1527.923 1550.905 1554.659 2.32 100.00
223 Non-Woven Fabric 2408.740 2873.696 2873.696 2802.025 -2.49 2873.696 2828.872 2811.814 2802.025 -2.49 100.00
224 Pile/Tufted Fab. 160.468 197.207 197.207 171.577 -13.00 197.207 174.091 171.247 171.577 -13.00 100.00
225 Blue Denim Fab. 31.004 30.771 30.771 23.732 -22.87 30.771 23.466 23.167 23.732 -22.87 100.00
226 Cheesecloth,Bati 35.678 63.305 63.305 139.738 120.74 63.305 133.446 133.243 139.738 120.74 100.00
227 Oxford Cloth 0.944 1.177 1.177 0.566 -51.86 1.177 0.631 0.547 0.566 -51.86 100.00
229 Special Fabric 1697.428 2182.340 2182.340 2327.672 6.66 2182.340 2301.427 2312.331 2327.672 6.66 100.00
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 26.994 48.968 48.968 43.227 -11.72 48.968 42.976 42.783 43.227 -11.72 100.00
239 Baby Garm / Acc 817.327 886.787 886.787 781.816 -11.84 886.787 806.615 794.762 781.816 -11.84 100.00
Cotton:
300 Carded Cot. Yarn 118.296 188.792 188.792 149.442 -20.84 188.792 160.133 154.173 149.442 -20.84 100.00
301 Combed Cot. Yarn 209.299 232.371 232.371 168.512 -27.48 232.371 161.449 167.498 168.512 -27.48 100.00
313 Cotton Sheeting 197.030 259.250 259.250 233.508 -9.93 259.250 235.813 233.244 233.508 -9.93 100.00
314 Poplin,Broadcl. 103.740 126.401 126.401 118.441 -6.30 126.401 121.503 118.058 118.441 -6.30 100.00
315 Printcloth Fab. 58.927 64.256 64.256 57.159 -11.05 64.256 58.620 57.532 57.159 -11.05 100.00
317 Twill Fabric 46.534 79.484 79.484 74.541 -6.22 79.484 78.769 75.742 74.541 -6.22 100.00
326 Sateen Fabric 38.129 39.681 39.681 29.441 -25.81 39.681 30.634 30.743 29.441 -25.81 100.00
330 Cot.Handkerchief 8.133 8.559 8.559 6.518 -23.84 8.559 7.233 6.905 6.518 -23.84 100.00
331 Cot.Glove/Mitten 81.094 107.361 107.361 113.251 5.49 107.361 112.669 112.689 113.251 5.49 100.00
332 Cotton Hosiery 668.309 793.531 793.531 661.457 -16.64 793.531 699.404 677.455 661.457 -16.64 100.00
333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 10.058 11.781 11.781 14.766 25.34 11.781 14.840 14.430 14.766 25.34 100.00
334 Oth. Coats, MB 311.088 335.567 335.567 306.608 -8.63 335.567 320.726 310.017 306.608 -8.63 100.00
335 W/G Cot. Coats 517.333 528.069 528.069 407.147 -22.90 528.069 443.571 419.690 407.147 -22.90 100.00
336 Cotton Dresses 650.752 757.151 757.151 654.188 -13.60 757.151 669.477 666.142 654.188 -13.60 100.00
338 Knit Shirts,MB 996.762 1155.338 1155.338 1132.818 -1.95 1155.338 1165.843 1151.471 1132.818 -1.95 100.00
339 W/G Knit Blouse 1301.614 1419.807 1419.807 1225.240 -13.70 1419.807 1269.696 1246.362 1225.240 -13.70 100.00
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 563.105 709.819 709.819 677.246 -4.59 709.819 698.065 683.158 677.246 -4.59 100.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 317.093 339.474 339.474 235.180 -30.72 339.474 251.317 243.307 235.180 -30.72 100.00
342 Cotton Skirts 155.742 136.975 136.975 128.279 -6.35 136.975 125.152 125.998 128.279 -6.35 100.00
345 Cotton Sweater 285.460 313.496 313.496 290.766 -7.25 313.496 294.081 287.554 290.766 -7.25 100.00
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 1042.760 1178.810 1178.810 1099.482 -6.73 1178.810 1136.867 1112.165 1099.482 -6.73 100.00
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 1572.521 1744.432 1744.432 1538.579 -11.80 1744.432 1565.465 1546.276 1538.579 -11.80 100.00
349 Bras, & other 30.916 40.696 40.696 31.117 -23.54 40.696 33.901 32.466 31.117 -23.54 100.00
350 Dress. Gown etc 323.150 348.680 348.680 339.260 -2.70 348.680 348.846 337.927 339.260 -2.70 100.00
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 777.313 870.343 870.343 693.628 -20.30 870.343 731.706 701.718 693.628 -20.30 100.00
352 Cotton Underwear 1764.087 2201.534 2201.534 1916.610 -12.94 2201.534 2024.861 1974.506 1916.610 -12.94 100.00
353 Down Coats,M/B 0.374 0.382 0.382 0.330 -13.72 0.382 0.323 0.328 0.330 -13.72 100.00
354 Down Coats,W/G 0.111 0.147 0.147 0.262 78.36 0.147 0.233 0.249 0.262 78.36 100.00
359 Oth. Cot. App. 353.761 372.324 372.324 368.128 -1.13 372.324 375.024 371.587 368.128 -1.13 100.00
360 Pillowcases 194.533 212.805 212.805 171.349 -19.48 212.805 176.195 172.620 171.349 -19.48 100.00
361 Cotton Sheets 1168.757 1271.722 1271.722 990.646 -22.10 1271.722 1016.916 998.124 990.646 -22.10 100.00
362 Bedsprds/Quilt 320.930 391.339 391.339 278.590 -28.81 391.339 296.492 288.889 278.590 -28.81 100.00
363 Pile Towels 268.402 305.600 305.600 265.003 -13.28 305.600 272.970 268.354 265.003 -13.28 100.00
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 2568.092 2793.139 2793.139 2290.213 -18.01 2793.139 2341.788 2315.312 2290.213 -18.01 100.00
Wool:
400 Wool Yarns 21.779 28.662 28.662 29.087 1.48 28.662 29.200 28.815 29.087 1.48 100.00
410 Wool Woven Fab. 9.515 10.353 10.353 12.793 23.57 10.353 11.403 12.948 12.793 23.57 100.00
414 Oth Wool Fabric 6.479 8.260 8.260 7.801 -5.56 8.260 8.108 7.991 7.801 -5.56 100.00
431 Wool Glov/Mitns 1.344 1.206 1.206 1.121 -6.98 1.206 1.139 1.156 1.121 -6.98 100.00
432 Wool Hosiery 1.408 2.258 2.258 3.168 40.32 2.258 3.084 3.212 3.168 40.32 100.00
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB 16.203 17.815 17.815 17.807 -0.04 17.815 18.045 18.000 17.807 -0.04 100.00
434 Oth. Coats, M/B 20.131 27.552 27.552 28.612 3.85 27.552 29.189 28.322 28.612 3.85 100.00
435 W/G Coats, Wool 68.250 75.752 75.752 63.477 -16.20 75.752 64.534 63.154 63.477 -16.20 100.00
436 Wool Dresses 12.733 15.122 15.122 14.406 -4.74 15.122 14.349 14.314 14.406 -4.74 100.00
438 K Shirts,Blouses 21.338 27.902 27.902 27.322 -2.08 27.902 28.225 27.689 27.322 -2.08 100.00
439 Babies' garments 0.445 0.413 0.413 0.345 -16.56 0.413 0.339 0.345 0.345 -16.56 100.00
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.636 0.732 0.732 0.891 21.67 0.732 0.877 0.868 0.891 21.67 100.00
442 Wool Skirts 2.870 3.321 3.321 3.237 -2.54 3.321 3.119 3.190 3.237 -2.54 100.00
443 Wool Suits,M/B 18.257 18.954 18.954 20.896 10.24 18.954 20.601 20.870 20.896 10.24 100.00
444 Wool Suits,W/G 1.364 1.763 1.763 1.609 -8.70 1.763 1.685 1.599 1.609 -8.70 100.00
445 Wool Sweater,MB 5.125 5.939 5.939 6.117 3.01 5.939 5.953 6.099 6.117 3.01 100.00
446 Wool Sweater,WG 22.224 28.270 28.270 27.284 -3.49 28.270 27.090 27.166 27.284 -3.49 100.00
447 Wool Trousers,MB 15.186 17.398 17.398 16.974 -2.43 17.398 17.312 17.210 16.974 -2.43 100.00
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 5.141 5.335 5.335 5.260 -1.40 5.335 5.314 5.267 5.260 -1.40 100.00
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 9.917 10.034 10.034 9.082 -9.49 10.034 9.001 9.046 9.082 -9.49 100.00
464 Wool Blankets 2.832 3.124 3.124 2.659 -14.90 3.124 2.615 2.550 2.659 -14.90 100.00
465 Floor Coverings 18.018 21.329 21.329 20.899 -2.02 21.329 20.955 20.703 20.899 -2.02 100.00
469 Oth. Wool Manuf. 1.297 1.421 1.421 2.087 46.86 1.421 2.009 2.047 2.087 46.86 100.00
Man-Made Fiber:
600 Text Fil Yarn 586.977 672.805 672.805 613.940 -8.75 672.805 656.049 642.302 613.940 -8.75 100.00
603 Yarn>85% artif. 100.183 149.296 149.296 105.673 -29.22 149.296 106.225 108.196 105.673 -29.22 100.00
604 Yarn>85% Synth. 158.561 221.294 221.294 215.548 -2.60 221.294 211.552 216.210 215.548 -2.60 100.00
606 N-Text Fil Yrn 700.968 773.732 773.732 821.954 6.23 773.732 815.585 820.530 821.954 6.23 100.00
607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn 66.090 91.206 91.206 78.332 -14.12 91.206 81.824 81.816 78.332 -14.12 100.00
611 Wov>85% Art Stp 5.208 10.605 10.605 13.605 28.28 10.605 12.265 13.171 13.605 28.28 100.00
613 MMF Sheeting Fab 9.833 8.025 8.025 5.250 -34.58 8.025 5.108 4.920 5.250 -34.58 100.00
614 MMF Pop/Brdclth 38.383 51.958 51.958 43.369 -16.53 51.958 46.616 44.273 43.369 -16.53 100.00
615 MMF Printcloth 4.189 2.855 2.855 4.295 50.40 2.855 3.900 4.012 4.295 50.40 100.00
617 MMF Twill/Sateen 21.370 22.553 22.553 17.903 -20.62 22.553 17.400 17.494 17.903 -20.62 100.00
618 Wov Artif Filam 16.829 20.500 20.500 15.835 -22.75 20.500 16.230 15.826 15.835 -22.75 100.00
619 Poly Fil Fab 179.809 195.638 195.638 234.949 20.09 195.638 220.916 226.159 234.949 20.09 100.00
620 Oth Synth Filam 615.589 829.287 829.287 1013.796 22.25 829.287 994.761 1004.129 1013.796 22.25 100.00
621 Impression Fab 1.202 1.684 1.684 6.679 296.69 1.684 4.755 5.877 6.679 296.69 100.00
624 Wov MMF Fabric 1.584 2.038 2.038 2.189 7.45 2.038 2.164 2.246 2.189 7.45 100.00
625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl 18.491 14.371 14.371 12.047 -16.17 14.371 11.439 11.747 12.047 -16.17 100.00
626 Printclth Stp/Fl 11.585 5.499 5.499 7.175 30.48 5.499 8.367 8.302 7.175 30.48 100.00
627 Sheeting Stap/Fl 3.457 3.385 3.385 3.269 -3.41 3.385 2.906 3.121 3.269 -3.41 100.00
628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil 25.651 22.068 22.068 21.510 -2.53 22.068 18.361 19.014 21.510 -2.53 100.00
629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab 39.711 43.800 43.800 41.887 -4.37 43.800 41.510 41.235 41.887 -4.37 100.00
630 Handkerchiefs 1.659 1.904 1.904 2.165 13.68 1.904 2.255 2.169 2.165 13.68 100.00
631 Gloves/Mittens 78.211 99.278 99.278 108.828 9.62 99.278 110.525 109.964 108.828 9.62 100.00
632 Hosiery 400.774 518.787 518.787 587.314 13.21 518.787 573.806 579.671 587.314 13.21 100.00
633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 12.656 20.012 20.012 25.544 27.65 20.012 26.089 25.719 25.544 27.65 100.00
634 Other Coats, MB 319.917 386.498 386.498 406.094 5.07 386.498 405.614 404.821 406.094 5.07 100.00
635 Coats, W/G 441.090 497.251 497.251 518.253 4.22 497.251 522.960 516.898 518.253 4.22 100.00
636 Dresses 716.674 847.270 847.270 1109.889 31.00 847.270 1064.075 1080.120 1109.889 31.00 100.00
638 Knit Shirts, MB 531.487 709.762 709.762 797.724 12.39 709.762 794.988 801.396 797.724 12.39 100.00
639 Knit Blouses,WG 615.123 710.292 710.292 856.747 20.62 710.292 825.524 835.798 856.747 20.62 100.00
640 N-K Shirts, MB 120.974 139.689 139.689 140.661 0.70 139.689 142.103 141.737 140.661 0.70 100.00
641 N-K Blouses, WG 166.829 176.376 176.376 218.783 24.04 176.376 210.247 214.956 218.783 24.04 100.00
642 Skirts 80.315 106.214 106.214 117.189 10.33 106.214 110.905 113.684 117.189 10.33 100.00
643 MMF Suits, M/B 14.990 16.812 16.812 17.739 5.52 16.812 17.913 17.821 17.739 5.52 100.00
644 MMF W/G Suits 33.892 28.898 28.898 23.679 -18.06 28.898 26.057 24.361 23.679 -18.06 100.00
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 10.073 12.057 12.057 13.517 12.12 12.057 13.857 13.601 13.517 12.12 100.00
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 137.739 143.925 143.925 164.863 14.55 143.925 162.544 162.440 164.863 14.55 100.00
647 Trousers,etc MB 427.459 521.553 521.553 578.293 10.88 521.553 609.160 588.828 578.293 10.88 100.00
648 Slacks,etc. WG 331.863 394.539 394.539 422.872 7.18 394.539 421.713 419.739 422.872 7.18 100.00
649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup 151.941 179.749 179.749 174.377 -2.99 179.749 175.915 174.896 174.377 -2.99 100.00
650 Dress Gown,Robe 224.516 260.688 260.688 273.827 5.04 260.688 276.857 274.719 273.827 5.04 100.00
651 Nightwear/PJs 614.474 699.649 699.649 721.129 3.07 699.649 728.113 721.383 721.129 3.07 100.00
652 M-MF Underwear 526.658 668.815 668.815 655.009 -2.06 668.815 661.568 660.130 655.009 -2.06 100.00
653 Down Coats, M/B 8.238 9.646 9.646 11.028 14.33 9.646 11.017 10.949 11.028 14.33 100.00
654 Down Coats, W/G 25.400 25.964 25.964 28.327 9.10 25.964 27.928 27.856 28.327 9.10 100.00
659 Oth. MMF App. 1698.627 2044.006 2044.006 2055.502 0.56 2044.006 2067.056 2049.451 2055.502 0.56 100.00
665 Floor Coverings 93.766 115.468 115.468 119.215 3.24 115.468 118.705 119.226 119.215 3.24 100.00
666 Other Furnishing 4078.865 5080.136 5080.136 5015.403 -1.27 5080.136 5014.216 5036.945 5015.403 -1.27 100.00
669 Other MMF Manuf 3228.044 4074.962 4074.962 4206.733 3.23 4074.962 4226.269 4215.566 4206.733 3.23 100.00
670 Flat Goods, etc. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 100.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
800 S/V Yarns 3.634 4.702 4.702 4.772 1.50 4.702 4.359 4.578 4.772 1.50 100.00
810 S/V Woven Fabric 30.100 34.734 34.734 39.065 12.47 34.734 42.136 41.763 39.065 12.47 100.00
831 Gloves Silk/Veg 3.558 3.440 3.440 5.501 59.95 3.440 4.814 5.202 5.501 59.95 100.00
832 Hosiery Slk/Veg 3.149 4.597 4.597 4.483 -2.47 4.597 4.576 4.625 4.483 -2.47 100.00
833 S/V S-T CoatsMB 1.186 1.207 1.207 1.674 38.74 1.207 1.503 1.591 1.674 38.74 100.00
834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B 2.518 2.806 2.806 2.968 5.76 2.806 2.909 2.924 2.968 5.76 100.00
835 S/V Coats W/G 15.539 14.235 14.235 16.252 14.17 14.235 16.301 16.252 16.252 14.17 100.00
836 S/V Dresses 13.025 16.581 16.581 15.680 -5.43 16.581 15.951 15.758 15.680 -5.43 100.00
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 13.234 13.767 13.767 13.081 -4.98 13.767 13.501 13.426 13.081 -4.98 100.00
839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga 3.222 1.797 1.797 2.899 61.34 1.797 2.831 2.873 2.899 61.34 100.00
840 S/V Wov Shirts 34.270 31.653 31.653 26.269 -17.01 31.653 26.920 26.743 26.269 -17.01 100.00
842 S/V Skirts 7.390 7.222 7.222 5.137 -28.86 7.222 5.507 5.294 5.137 -28.86 100.00
843 S/V Suits, M/B 0.327 0.496 0.496 0.414 -16.45 0.496 0.310 0.368 0.414 -16.45 100.00
844 WG Suits S/V 0.876 1.228 1.228 0.748 -39.12 1.228 0.801 0.760 0.748 -39.12 100.00
845 Sweaters, Veg. 18.670 16.187 16.187 18.537 14.52 16.187 16.440 17.271 18.537 14.52 100.00
846 Sweaters, Silk 1.089 0.884 0.884 0.500 -43.42 0.884 0.627 0.529 0.500 -43.42 100.00
847 S/V Trousers MB 121.428 107.397 107.397 122.478 14.04 107.397 121.957 120.619 122.478 14.04 100.00
850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn 0.343 1.050 1.050 0.477 -54.58 1.050 0.396 0.394 0.477 -54.58 100.00
851 S/V Nightwear 0.650 0.367 0.367 0.922 151.37 0.367 0.924 0.917 0.922 151.37 100.00
852 S/V Underwear 0.406 0.743 0.743 0.443 -40.40 0.743 0.486 0.474 0.443 -40.40 100.00
858 S/V Neckwear 1.819 1.130 1.130 1.212 7.30 1.130 1.258 1.231 1.212 7.30 100.00
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 18.688 30.752 30.752 30.214 -1.75 30.752 31.454 30.953 30.214 -1.75 100.00
863 Towels Silk/Veg 10.429 5.518 5.518 4.854 -12.04 5.518 4.781 4.793 4.854 -12.04 100.00
899 Other S/V Manuf 87.720 92.001 92.001 157.387 71.07 92.001 142.523 148.280 157.387 71.07 100.00