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                                          |                                         |                                 March 4, 2010
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  BAHRAIN  |                            | Preliminary  2/2010 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  2/2010
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2008      2009     2/2009    2/2010  % Change    2/2009   12/2009    1/2010    2/2010  % Change % Share

                                                           (P)                                               (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 218 Fab, Color Yarn       0.324     0.080     0.036     0.011    -69.73     0.210     0.080     0.091     0.055   -73.83    0.12
 219 Duck Fabric           5.942     3.199     0.789     0.430    -45.51     3.865     3.199     3.019     2.840   -26.52    6.33
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      1.220     0.610     0.088      *          *       0.898     0.610     0.526     0.523   -41.80    0.38
 225 Blue Denim Fab.       1.138     0.497     0.041     0.249    513.46     0.507     0.497     0.584     0.706    39.32    2.25
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      0.261     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.261      *         *         *         *       *  
 239 Baby Garm / Acc       1.212     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.484      *         *         *         *       *  

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Yarn      0.144     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 301 Combed Cot. Yarn      0.014     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 313 Cotton Sheeting       0.766     0.428     0.150      *          *       0.916     0.428     0.428     0.278   -69.66    0.14
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.       1.995     0.870     0.105      *          *       0.796     0.870     0.870     0.765    -3.91    0.70
 315 Printcloth Fab.       0.484     0.316     0.000      *          *       0.238     0.316     0.316     0.316    32.52    0.55
 317 Twill Fabric          3.448     0.941     0.431     0.043    -89.92     2.255     0.941     0.753     0.554   -75.43    1.10
 326 Sateen Fabric         7.285     1.810     0.213     0.749    251.13     5.074     1.810     2.133     2.345   -53.78    5.97
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.001     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -70.00    0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 342 Cotton Skirts         0.568     0.115     0.000     0.000       *       0.168     0.115     0.115     0.115   -31.54    0.07
 345 Cotton Sweater        0.035     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      5.014     0.899     0.173     0.075    -56.63     1.981     0.899     0.849     0.800   -59.60    0.08
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.     16.828     7.311     1.534     1.399     -8.80     9.353     7.311     7.479     7.176   -23.28    0.45
 350 Dress. Gown etc       0.053     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.053     0.000     0.000     0.000   -99.92    0.00
 352 Cotton Underwear      0.460     0.541     0.184      *          *       0.644     0.541     0.403     0.357   -44.60    0.02
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.000     0.005     0.005      *          *       0.005     0.005      *         *         *       *  
 360 Pillowcases          10.804     6.800     0.947     1.009      6.57     5.098     6.800     6.969     6.862    34.61    3.48
 361 Cotton Sheets        56.217    35.137     5.536     5.260     -4.98    28.112    35.137    36.068    34.861    24.01    2.95
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt        9.316     8.619     1.529     0.451    -70.53     6.093     8.619     8.308     7.541    23.77    2.35
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      9.153     7.303     1.906     0.735    -61.46     6.337     7.303     7.310     6.132    -3.25    0.24

Wool:
 410 Wool Woven Fab.       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 447 Wool Trousers,MB      0.061     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 464 Wool Blankets         0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 465 Floor Coverings       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -83.72    0.00

Man-Made Fiber:
 613 MMF Sheeting Fab      0.162     0.020     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.020     0.020     0.020      *      0.20
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclth       0.283     0.703     0.128      *          *       0.410     0.703     0.703     0.576    40.30    1.45
 617 MMF Twill/Sateen      9.803     5.455     0.518     1.481    185.71     7.912     5.455     6.112     6.418   -18.88   28.29
 624 Wov MMF Fabric        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl      0.337     0.226     0.000      *          *       0.337     0.226     0.226     0.226   -32.84    1.21
 626 Printclth Stp/Fl      8.889     4.158     1.708      *          *       7.762     4.158     2.975     2.451   -68.43   26.00
 627 Sheeting Stap/Fl      0.939     0.422     0.000     0.001       *       0.939     0.422     0.422     0.423   -54.95   12.08
 629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab      0.244     0.816     0.303      *          *       0.303     0.816     0.513     0.513    69.17    1.32
 634 Other Coats, MB       0.042     0.234     0.000      *          *       0.042     0.234     0.234     0.234   455.62    0.07
 635 Coats, W/G            0.140     0.231     0.108     0.128     19.47     0.247     0.231     0.242     0.252     1.86    0.06
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.103     0.042     0.000     0.037       *       0.066     0.042     0.079     0.079    21.06    0.02
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.066     0.016     0.000      *          *       0.028     0.016     0.016     0.016   -43.06    0.00
 640 N-K Shirts, MB        0.006     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 642 Skirts                0.019     0.055     0.000     0.007       *       0.016     0.055     0.056     0.062   289.49    0.07
 643 MMF Suits, M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 647 Trousers,etc MB       2.043     0.204     0.038      *          *       1.045     0.204     0.166     0.166   -84.14    0.04
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.886     2.183     0.469     0.594     26.48     1.234     2.183     2.086     2.307    86.90    0.68
 652 M-MF Underwear        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 659 Oth. MMF App.         5.342     0.971     0.443     0.817     84.33     1.583     0.971     1.551     1.345   -15.05    0.08
 666 Other Furnishing      2.552     0.144     0.000     0.032       *       2.000     0.144     0.174     0.176   -91.19    0.00

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 847 S/V Trousers MB       0.095     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *