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___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| CANADA | | Preliminary 10/2008 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.
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 10/2008
Ctrl, Cat, Product 2006 2007 10/2007 10/2008 % Change 10/2007 8/2008 9/2008 10/2008 % Change % Share
(P) (P)
Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
200 Yarns / Sew Thrd 16.535 17.039 14.427 10.329 -28.41 17.495 16.146 14.602 12.940 -26.04 12.07
201 Specialty Yarns 46.207 23.272 20.333 11.637 -42.77 29.132 16.792 15.398 14.577 -49.96 8.14
218 Fab, Color Yarn 1.156 0.727 0.625 0.356 -43.01 0.768 0.567 0.509 0.458 -40.42 0.64
219 Duck Fabric 1.924 2.718 2.408 0.906 -62.40 2.729 1.927 1.570 1.215 -55.49 1.95
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 3.206 3.422 3.040 1.557 -48.77 3.451 2.516 2.240 1.939 -43.81 1.38
222 Knit Fabric 416.420 180.281 174.539 19.899 -88.60 224.466 31.879 28.710 25.641 -88.58 2.45
223 Non-Woven Fabric 231.862 262.706 219.797 182.741 -16.86 254.632 279.986 254.179 225.650 -11.38 8.91
224 Pile/Tufted Fab. 3.624 2.769 2.381 1.343 -43.58 2.850 2.103 1.869 1.732 -39.24 0.78
225 Blue Denim Fab. 0.003 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
226 Cheesecloth,Bati 15.295 11.954 9.305 7.220 -22.40 11.990 11.429 10.608 9.870 -17.68 23.23
227 Oxford Cloth 0.037 0.034 0.022 0.005 -77.08 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.017 -32.53 0.13
229 Special Fabric 396.215 370.140 320.394 163.562 -48.95 380.719 275.571 244.117 213.308 -43.97 13.15
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.046 0.048 0.047 0.027 -41.55 0.050 0.036 0.031 0.028 -43.71 0.08
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.431 0.476 0.420 0.323 -23.06 0.461 0.451 0.417 0.379 -17.83 0.04
Cotton:
300 Carded Cot. Yarn 67.016 44.747 42.043 0.730 -98.26 50.765 8.809 5.761 3.433 -93.24 2.43
301 Combed Cot. Yarn 19.835 4.892 4.572 0.855 -81.30 6.167 2.088 1.687 1.175 -80.95 0.33
313 Cotton Sheeting 0.092 0.016 0.016 0.000 -98.44 0.054 0.005 0.001 0.001 -98.93 0.00
314 Poplin,Broadcl. 0.470 0.158 0.152 0.029 -81.12 0.183 0.057 0.057 0.034 -81.37 0.02
315 Printcloth Fab. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 * 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 * 0.00
317 Twill Fabric 1.258 1.126 1.017 0.852 -16.24 1.253 1.149 1.015 0.961 -23.27 1.06
326 Sateen Fabric 0.019 0.119 0.084 0.085 0.90 0.084 0.133 0.126 0.120 42.88 0.25
330 Cot.Handkerchief 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 12.20 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 12.20 0.00
331 Cot.Glove/Mitten 0.080 0.031 0.027 0.032 17.31 0.045 0.043 0.039 0.036 -19.44 0.03
332 Cotton Hosiery 3.460 0.437 0.405 0.032 -92.11 0.589 0.163 0.136 0.065 -88.99 0.01
333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.059 0.038 0.033 0.026 -19.67 0.045 0.038 0.035 0.032 -28.66 0.20
334 Oth. Coats, MB 0.238 0.229 0.169 0.130 -22.92 0.205 0.226 0.211 0.190 -7.28 0.05
335 W/G Cot. Coats 1.178 0.972 0.885 0.532 -39.90 1.008 0.750 0.680 0.619 -38.62 0.10
336 Cotton Dresses 0.291 0.433 0.419 0.199 -52.38 0.431 0.238 0.226 0.214 -50.30 0.04
338 Knit Shirts,MB 2.536 2.184 1.906 1.278 -32.96 2.257 1.972 1.787 1.556 -31.07 0.14
339 W/G Knit Blouse 12.865 7.487 6.982 1.792 -74.34 8.547 2.903 2.573 2.296 -73.13 0.16
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 0.945 0.741 0.656 0.380 -42.01 0.850 0.589 0.526 0.465 -45.25 0.08
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.321 0.302 0.279 0.183 -34.36 0.306 0.232 0.225 0.206 -32.70 0.07
342 Cotton Skirts 0.343 0.281 0.231 0.133 -42.48 0.243 0.196 0.188 0.183 -24.75 0.12
345 Cotton Sweater 0.744 0.737 0.671 0.281 -58.11 0.866 0.452 0.394 0.346 -60.01 0.11
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 0.637 0.679 0.602 0.428 -28.87 0.661 0.639 0.552 0.506 -23.56 0.05
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 3.331 1.846 1.636 0.635 -61.19 1.913 1.115 0.988 0.845 -55.84 0.05
349 Bras, & other 0.040 0.020 0.017 0.013 -23.58 0.021 0.018 0.017 0.016 -22.25 0.04
350 Dress. Gown etc 0.167 0.219 0.166 0.062 -62.77 0.174 0.171 0.128 0.115 -34.03 0.03
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 0.426 0.433 0.301 0.100 -66.78 0.400 0.317 0.297 0.232 -42.05 0.03
352 Cotton Underwear 26.772 18.836 15.919 6.848 -56.98 19.751 12.957 11.571 9.765 -50.56 0.46
353 Down Coats,M/B 0.002 0.018 0.018 0.003 -85.08 0.018 0.019 0.019 0.003 -83.86 0.51
354 Down Coats,W/G 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -14.29 0.14
359 Oth. Cot. App. 2.389 2.321 1.887 1.247 -33.93 2.335 2.117 1.933 1.680 -28.03 0.48
360 Pillowcases 0.043 0.010 0.010 0.001 -94.73 0.012 0.001 0.001 0.001 -92.43 0.00
361 Cotton Sheets 0.346 0.087 0.085 0.034 -60.14 0.106 0.051 0.044 0.036 -65.84 0.00
362 Bedsprds/Quilt 0.558 0.570 0.484 0.287 -40.71 0.609 0.503 0.417 0.373 -38.69 0.11
363 Pile Towels 2.082 2.209 1.894 1.319 -30.33 2.214 2.018 1.843 1.634 -26.19 0.57
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 16.655 11.831 10.090 6.117 -39.37 12.207 10.194 8.935 7.858 -35.63 0.28
Wool:
400 Wool Yarns 2.590 1.979 1.712 2.158 26.03 2.116 2.845 2.614 2.425 14.60 8.09
410 Wool Woven Fab. 1.658 1.539 1.258 0.930 -26.06 1.620 1.590 1.417 1.212 -25.20 7.31
414 Oth Wool Fabric 1.154 1.187 0.998 0.649 -34.99 1.153 1.011 0.935 0.838 -27.28 8.64
431 Wool Glov/Mitns 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.000 -92.40 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.000 -87.43 0.02
432 Wool Hosiery 0.087 0.053 0.032 0.042 31.67 0.058 0.076 0.068 0.064 9.63 3.26
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB 2.141 1.567 1.308 1.004 -23.23 1.623 1.537 1.398 1.263 -22.18 6.11
434 Oth. Coats, M/B 0.222 0.121 0.090 0.067 -26.09 0.132 0.121 0.114 0.097 -26.18 0.51
435 W/G Coats, Wool 0.391 0.381 0.327 0.264 -19.14 0.375 0.453 0.372 0.319 -15.07 0.39
436 Wool Dresses 0.025 0.027 0.025 0.015 -39.87 0.026 0.023 0.020 0.017 -35.38 0.12
438 K Shirts,Blouses 0.040 0.026 0.019 0.005 -75.66 0.027 0.018 0.017 0.011 -58.41 0.05
439 Babies' garments 0.005 0.000 0.000 0.000 38.46 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 38.46 0.02
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.021 0.022 0.018 0.012 -34.64 0.019 0.024 0.023 0.015 -20.50 1.93
442 Wool Skirts 0.033 0.020 0.018 0.010 -43.72 0.022 0.017 0.014 0.012 -45.69 0.28
443 Wool Suits,M/B 4.021 3.218 2.816 1.434 -49.08 3.451 2.338 2.072 1.836 -46.80 8.67
444 Wool Suits,W/G 0.005 0.006 0.005 0.004 -34.62 0.006 0.005 0.004 0.004 -35.06 0.18
445 Wool Sweater,MB 0.004 0.005 0.004 0.002 -41.70 0.004 0.005 0.005 0.003 -20.72 0.04
446 Wool Sweater,WG 0.009 0.014 0.009 0.004 -59.30 0.010 0.014 0.012 0.009 -14.61 0.03
447 Wool Trousers,MB 2.046 1.519 1.301 1.105 -15.06 1.588 1.579 1.439 1.323 -16.67 7.33
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 0.056 0.030 0.027 0.017 -36.92 0.032 0.028 0.023 0.020 -35.97 0.21
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.056 0.052 0.036 0.025 -31.04 0.051 0.052 0.048 0.040 -20.31 0.36
464 Wool Blankets 0.022 0.030 0.024 0.023 -4.24 0.029 0.044 0.044 0.029 1.68 0.74
465 Floor Coverings 0.048 0.030 0.027 0.016 -42.33 0.031 0.024 0.020 0.019 -40.45 0.07
469 Oth. Wool Manuf. 1.219 0.085 0.085 0.079 -6.93 0.257 0.095 0.094 0.080 -69.09 4.84
Man-Made Fiber:
600 Text Fil Yarn 453.174 334.912 291.184 178.043 -38.86 336.905 273.163 249.271 221.771 -34.17 40.36
603 Yarn>85% artif. 2.617 2.706 2.298 0.680 -70.41 2.805 1.456 1.272 1.088 -61.24 0.92
604 Yarn>85% Synth. 45.926 29.223 26.232 13.182 -49.75 31.728 21.246 18.684 16.174 -49.02 7.86
606 N-Text Fil Yrn 53.167 43.627 38.382 35.503 -7.50 46.683 47.487 44.115 40.747 -12.71 4.32
607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn 16.323 11.103 9.275 4.911 -47.05 11.634 8.323 7.655 6.739 -42.08 9.19
611 Wov>85% Art Stp 0.048 0.635 0.540 0.301 -44.20 0.541 0.465 0.412 0.397 -26.74 4.18
613 MMF Sheeting Fab 0.935 1.544 1.245 0.396 -68.16 1.393 0.947 0.828 0.696 -50.07 8.56
614 MMF Pop/Brdclth 1.643 0.987 0.880 0.456 -48.19 1.158 0.745 0.659 0.562 -51.45 1.17
615 MMF Printcloth 0.058 0.111 0.046 0.000 -99.80 0.074 0.065 0.065 0.065 -12.71 1.13
617 MMF Twill/Sateen 3.691 3.380 2.904 2.082 -28.29 3.381 3.286 2.829 2.558 -24.32 8.00
618 Wov Artif Filam 4.300 6.066 4.876 3.349 -31.32 5.501 5.764 5.062 4.539 -17.49 14.55
619 Poly Fil Fab 12.353 9.484 8.365 2.730 -67.36 10.076 6.453 5.107 3.849 -61.80 1.67
620 Oth Synth Filam 60.848 57.801 49.501 35.440 -28.41 57.762 53.496 48.993 43.740 -24.28 6.53
621 Impression Fab 0.310 0.454 0.410 0.025 -93.99 0.439 0.189 0.112 0.068 -84.43 5.16
624 Wov MMF Fabric 0.676 0.544 0.533 0.096 -82.08 0.639 0.129 0.113 0.107 -83.31 3.24
625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl 0.108 0.100 0.100 0.123 22.86 0.122 0.133 0.123 0.123 0.56 0.45
626 Printclth Stp/Fl 0.001 0.017 0.010 0.012 18.79 0.010 0.025 0.022 0.019 90.48 0.11
627 Sheeting Stap/Fl 2.115 1.131 1.078 0.086 -92.06 1.256 0.315 0.181 0.139 -88.97 3.65
628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil 0.087 0.107 0.104 0.023 -78.28 0.157 0.043 0.041 0.025 -83.85 0.08
629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab 24.639 24.734 21.756 13.149 -39.56 25.366 20.344 18.426 16.127 -36.42 29.15
630 Handkerchiefs 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 -41.64 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -44.68 0.04
631 Gloves/Mittens 0.228 0.186 0.173 0.047 -72.88 0.203 0.076 0.067 0.059 -70.89 0.06
632 Hosiery 1.869 1.632 1.257 0.926 -26.34 1.518 1.627 1.471 1.300 -14.36 0.36
633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.071 0.065 0.056 0.024 -56.61 0.068 0.043 0.038 0.033 -52.20 0.24
634 Other Coats, MB 1.351 1.009 0.850 0.455 -46.44 1.116 0.869 0.717 0.614 -45.00 0.17
635 Coats, W/G 13.651 12.937 11.401 7.627 -33.10 13.352 11.622 10.065 9.163 -31.37 1.96
636 Dresses 1.969 2.258 2.025 1.114 -45.00 2.289 1.646 1.516 1.347 -41.16 0.22
638 Knit Shirts, MB 3.911 3.346 3.047 1.216 -60.08 3.675 2.218 1.886 1.516 -58.76 0.21
639 Knit Blouses,WG 16.824 7.292 6.586 3.521 -46.54 8.187 4.967 4.608 4.227 -48.37 0.77
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.686 0.502 0.430 0.223 -48.04 0.548 0.370 0.343 0.295 -46.09 0.19
641 N-K Blouses, WG 1.256 0.812 0.738 0.288 -60.92 0.838 0.454 0.418 0.363 -56.67 0.20
642 Skirts 1.900 1.273 1.160 0.543 -53.17 1.315 0.828 0.740 0.656 -50.12 0.81
643 MMF Suits, M/B 0.024 0.007 0.007 0.002 -73.77 0.008 0.002 0.002 0.002 -75.08 0.01
644 MMF W/G Suits 0.024 0.026 0.024 0.010 -59.38 0.026 0.016 0.013 0.012 -54.47 0.03
645 MMF M/B Sweaters 0.232 0.203 0.158 0.050 -68.48 0.219 0.122 0.113 0.095 -56.46 0.92
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 0.473 0.406 0.358 0.216 -39.78 0.420 0.367 0.315 0.264 -37.19 0.19
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.839 0.654 0.598 0.297 -50.25 0.683 0.483 0.429 0.354 -48.21 0.08
648 Slacks,etc. WG 7.445 6.119 5.474 2.369 -56.72 6.566 3.960 3.407 3.015 -54.09 0.81
649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup 0.302 0.318 0.239 0.274 14.56 0.292 0.421 0.392 0.353 20.97 0.22
650 Dress Gown,Robe 0.715 0.315 0.293 0.240 -18.38 0.386 0.370 0.347 0.261 -32.47 0.11
651 Nightwear/PJs 0.723 0.492 0.418 0.077 -81.55 0.537 0.293 0.191 0.151 -71.92 0.03
652 M-MF Underwear 3.197 3.143 2.672 2.524 -5.53 3.380 3.551 3.319 2.995 -11.41 0.54
653 Down Coats, M/B 0.036 0.037 0.024 0.024 -2.42 0.035 0.042 0.040 0.036 2.15 0.36
654 Down Coats, W/G 0.008 0.010 0.005 0.007 39.60 0.007 0.013 0.013 0.012 77.25 0.04
659 Oth. MMF App. 26.484 20.469 17.849 8.659 -51.48 21.435 13.949 12.608 11.279 -47.38 0.76
665 Floor Coverings 21.621 16.138 13.983 8.527 -39.02 17.122 13.113 11.939 10.681 -37.62 10.57
666 Other Furnishing 31.947 48.482 39.560 31.605 -20.11 47.998 49.256 44.910 40.527 -15.57 1.01
669 Other MMF Manuf 103.799 102.322 87.355 61.636 -29.44 99.032 91.749 84.789 76.603 -22.65 1.98
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
800 S/V Yarns 0.093 0.042 0.038 0.017 -54.73 0.064 0.027 0.027 0.022 -66.46 0.25
810 S/V Woven Fabric 0.023 0.047 0.031 0.011 -63.87 0.040 0.034 0.034 0.027 -32.06 0.02
831 Gloves Silk/Veg 0.311 0.186 0.184 0.009 -95.14 0.386 0.011 0.011 0.010 -97.36 0.25
832 Hosiery Slk/Veg 0.003 0.012 0.008 0.006 -28.72 0.009 0.012 0.010 0.009 0.37 0.54
833 S/V S-T CoatsMB 0.091 0.015 0.014 0.011 -21.67 0.015 0.012 0.012 0.011 -26.03 0.60
834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B 0.000 0.003 0.001 0.022 1379.07 0.002 0.023 0.023 0.023 1391.11 1.00
835 S/V Coats W/G 0.065 0.081 0.078 0.026 -66.33 0.081 0.030 0.029 0.029 -64.55 0.09
836 S/V Dresses 0.029 0.021 0.017 0.014 -17.42 0.018 0.020 0.019 0.018 0.00 0.09
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 0.004 0.031 0.027 0.024 -11.62 0.028 0.028 0.028 0.027 -1.35 0.13
839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -26.95 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -31.07 0.01
840 S/V Wov Shirts 0.129 0.098 0.097 0.013 -86.24 0.100 0.020 0.020 0.014 -85.74 0.03
842 S/V Skirts 0.026 0.017 0.016 0.006 -64.18 0.017 0.006 0.006 0.006 -63.45 0.05
843 S/V Suits, M/B 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.007 319.14 0.002 0.008 0.008 0.008 380.00 1.64
844 WG Suits S/V 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 125.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 135.00 0.01
845 Sweaters, Veg. 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -7.14 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -23.53 0.00
847 S/V Trousers MB 0.089 0.063 0.047 0.023 -51.69 0.048 0.039 0.039 0.039 -19.57 0.02
850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.000 -98.11 0.002 0.001 0.000 0.000 -92.45 0.06
851 S/V Nightwear 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.01
852 S/V Underwear 0.003 0.001 0.001 0.001 124.14 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.002 7.09 0.43
858 S/V Neckwear 0.007 0.009 0.009 0.000 -95.33 0.009 0.001 0.001 0.001 -94.46 0.01
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.343 0.573 0.343 0.542 58.07 0.400 0.934 0.895 0.772 92.90 3.47
863 Towels Silk/Veg 0.000 0.003 0.002 0.000 -83.84 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -64.67 0.03
899 Other S/V Manuf 1.010 1.484 1.294 0.960 -25.86 1.441 1.401 1.242 1.149 -20.24 0.84