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| | November 6, 2008
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| MCDONIA | | 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 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -38.00 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -55.56 0.00
223 Non-Woven Fabric 0.000 0.079 0.031 0.607 1879.23 0.031 0.495 0.654 0.656 2037.06 0.03
229 Special Fabric 0.171 0.087 0.087 * * 0.090 * * * * *
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -33.33 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -33.33 0.00
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
Cotton:
331 Cot.Glove/Mitten 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.023 0.000 0.000 0.000 300.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -69.23 0.00
334 Oth. Coats, MB 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 -90.63 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 -87.50 0.00
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.001 0.005 0.005 0.002 -52.11 0.005 0.002 0.003 0.002 -53.33 0.00
336 Cotton Dresses 0.009 0.003 0.001 0.003 246.15 0.010 0.006 0.006 0.006 -44.15 0.00
338 Knit Shirts,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 5500.00 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 5575.00 0.00
339 W/G Knit Blouse 0.005 0.000 0.000 0.000 -32.69 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -21.15 0.00
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 0.037 0.182 0.159 0.087 -45.19 0.179 0.115 0.113 0.110 -38.76 0.02
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 1.114 0.323 0.322 0.049 -84.92 0.405 0.052 0.053 0.049 -87.85 0.02
342 Cotton Skirts 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.002 -41.24 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 -45.05 0.00
345 Cotton Sweater 0.017 0.000 0.000 0.000 60.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 120.00 0.00
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 0.009 0.008 0.006 0.008 35.99 0.007 0.009 0.008 0.010 43.53 0.00
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.047 0.007 0.007 0.007 2.20 0.008 0.006 0.007 0.007 -9.51 0.00
350 Dress. Gown etc 0.176 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 0.596 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
352 Cotton Underwear 0.053 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.001 0.004 0.004 0.006 68.63 0.004 0.006 0.006 0.006 41.51 0.00
363 Pile Towels 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 21.43 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 21.43 0.00
Wool:
431 Wool Glov/Mitns 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
432 Wool Hosiery 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.01
433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB 0.194 0.041 0.041 0.002 -94.10 0.043 0.002 0.003 0.002 -94.35 0.01
434 Oth. Coats, M/B 0.285 0.000 0.000 * * 0.065 * * * * *
435 W/G Coats, Wool 0.098 0.117 0.114 0.102 -10.60 0.122 0.116 0.106 0.105 -13.93 0.13
436 Wool Dresses 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 15.38 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 15.38 0.00
438 K Shirts,Blouses 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 10.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 10.00 0.00
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 80.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 80.00 0.05
442 Wool Skirts 0.005 0.001 0.001 0.000 -71.15 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 -38.46 0.01
443 Wool Suits,M/B 0.007 0.001 0.001 * * 0.001 * * * * *
444 Wool Suits,W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 398.77 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.002 398.77 0.07
446 Wool Sweater,WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -42.86 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -42.86 0.00
447 Wool Trousers,MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 * * * *
448 Wool Slacks,W/G 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 -64.00 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -70.27 0.00
459 Oth.Wool Apparel 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.001 -33.62 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -33.62 0.01
Man-Made Fiber:
633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB 0.083 0.002 0.002 0.000 -98.04 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 -98.04 0.00
635 Coats, W/G 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.003 64.00 0.002 0.003 0.004 0.003 38.33 0.00
636 Dresses 0.005 0.006 0.006 0.004 -33.94 0.007 0.004 0.005 0.004 -37.85 0.00
638 Knit Shirts, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
639 Knit Blouses,WG 0.004 0.002 0.002 0.001 -39.13 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -40.96 0.00
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 -17.86 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -20.69 0.00
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.006 0.003 0.003 0.008 219.12 0.003 0.009 0.009 0.008 222.81 0.00
642 Skirts 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -3.66 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -17.00 0.00
646 MMF Sweaters,WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * *
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 90.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 11.76 0.00
648 Slacks,etc. WG 0.018 0.004 0.004 0.005 35.50 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.006 -2.04 0.00
650 Dress Gown,Robe 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
652 M-MF Underwear 0.130 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
654 Down Coats, W/G 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
666 Other Furnishing 0.000 0.005 0.005 * * 0.005 * * * * *
669 Other MMF Manuf 0.001 0.003 0.002 0.000 -74.81 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -26.24 0.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
833 S/V S-T CoatsMB 0.000 0.009 0.009 0.000 -99.66 0.009 0.000 0.000 0.000 -99.66 0.00
835 S/V Coats W/G 0.000 0.003 0.003 0.000 -95.95 0.003 0.000 0.000 0.000 -95.95 0.00
836 S/V Dresses 0.000 0.003 0.003 0.000 -92.86 0.003 0.000 0.000 0.000 -92.86 0.00
838 S/V K Shirts/Bls 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
840 S/V Wov Shirts 0.105 0.042 0.042 0.001 -97.28 0.056 0.001 0.001 0.001 -97.92 0.00
842 S/V Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
847 S/V Trousers MB 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 -51.85 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -46.91 0.00
850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
899 Other S/V Manuf 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *