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  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  _CAFTA   |                            | 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      0.336     0.914     0.664     0.652     -1.77     0.721     0.782     0.897     0.903    25.15    0.84
 201 Specialty Yarns      18.699    12.876    11.477    10.639     -7.30    16.031    11.976    11.725    12.038   -24.91    6.72
 218 Fab, Color Yarn       0.589     0.042     0.037     0.068     81.96     0.038     0.073     0.073     0.073    88.95    0.10
 219 Duck Fabric           0.061     0.015     0.014     0.002    -84.96     0.069     0.002     0.002     0.003   -95.64    0.00
 220 Spec. Weave, Fab      0.265     0.175     0.163     0.083    -49.17     0.219     0.072     0.066     0.095   -56.84    0.07
 222 Knit Fabric           2.578     8.166     7.425     2.041    -72.51     7.810     2.931     2.774     2.782   -64.38    0.27
 223 Non-Woven Fabric      0.785     4.730     3.350     6.902    106.01     3.359     9.241     9.346     8.282   146.59    0.33
 224 Pile/Tufted Fab.      0.068     0.167     0.150     0.070    -53.62     0.178     0.110     0.106     0.086   -51.64    0.04
 225 Blue Denim Fab.       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.003       *       0.000     0.000     0.001     0.003      *      0.01
 226 Cheesecloth,Bati      0.209     0.416     0.416     0.523     25.83     0.416     0.481     0.481     0.523    25.83    1.23
 227 Oxford Cloth          0.022     0.001     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.001     0.001     0.001      *      0.01
 229 Special Fabric        3.659     2.558     2.180     2.051     -5.91     2.535     2.512     2.556     2.429    -4.18    0.15
 237 Playsuit,Sunsuit      3.143     5.367     4.637     4.513     -2.66     5.073     5.671     5.414     5.243     3.36   15.71
 239 Baby Garm / Acc      37.516    35.047    29.824    33.715     13.05    35.089    38.011    38.899    38.938    10.97    4.48

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Yarn      1.203     0.273     0.114     0.432    280.28     0.116     0.399     0.457     0.591   407.71    0.42
 301 Combed Cot. Yarn      0.454     2.037     2.037     0.000    -99.99     2.039     0.769     0.494     0.000   -99.99    0.00
 313 Cotton Sheeting       0.078     0.021     0.020     0.170    762.62     0.098     0.164     0.170     0.171    74.86    0.06
 314 Poplin,Broadcl.       0.003     0.011     0.008     0.027    237.82     0.008     0.013     0.023     0.029   273.15    0.02
 315 Printcloth Fab.       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 317 Twill Fabric          0.082     0.176     0.171     0.205     19.86     0.180     0.237     0.238     0.210    16.66    0.23
 326 Sateen Fabric         0.067     0.044     0.044     0.000    -98.86     0.111     0.009     0.009     0.000   -99.55    0.00
 330 Cot.Handkerchief      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.008       *       0.000     0.008     0.008     0.008      *      0.09
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitten      1.296     1.312     1.218     0.771    -36.71     1.475     0.996     0.915     0.865   -41.36    0.63
 332 Cotton Hosiery      187.335   217.799   178.565   208.666     16.86   206.351   242.877   247.180   247.900    20.13   37.26
 333 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.227     0.139     0.119     0.127      6.63     0.154     0.146     0.149     0.146    -4.94    0.93
 334 Oth. Coats, MB        6.947     3.497     2.175     4.903    125.45     2.662     6.700     6.707     6.225   133.85    1.66
 335 W/G Cot. Coats       26.376    15.082    12.640    13.753      8.81    17.291    16.751    17.366    16.196    -6.34    2.53
 336 Cotton Dresses        6.712    11.119     8.870     8.531     -3.82    10.254    10.734    10.789    10.780     5.13    1.87
 338 Knit Shirts,MB      438.256   435.965   366.177   367.780      0.44   442.569   432.150   438.432   437.567    -1.13   38.90
 339 W/G Knit Blouse     356.546   345.526   290.190   292.709      0.87   345.484   346.848   350.224   348.044     0.74   24.64
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB      41.035    42.978    36.757    30.699    -16.48    44.721    37.194    37.417    36.921   -17.44    6.02
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      5.661     4.913     4.255     3.249    -23.65     5.020     4.042     4.025     3.907   -22.17    1.27
 342 Cotton Skirts        10.476    12.467    10.460     5.782    -44.72    12.002     7.686     7.703     7.789   -35.10    5.10
 345 Cotton Sweater        4.069     8.517     7.142     0.606    -91.51     7.666     6.317     3.168     1.981   -74.15    0.65
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers    180.898   146.061   124.427    99.672    -19.90   153.283   129.161   125.678   121.305   -20.86   11.12
 348 W/G Slacks, etc.    160.620   147.227   125.828   113.455     -9.83   152.077   137.268   137.062   134.854   -11.32    8.38
 349 Bras, & other         1.743     1.246     1.082     0.703    -35.02     1.357     0.965     0.926     0.867   -36.10    2.35
 350 Dress. Gown etc      13.009    13.136    11.654     5.749    -50.67    12.926     7.549     7.590     7.232   -44.05    1.94
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs      26.755    25.627    24.149    17.057    -29.37    29.164    18.711    17.751    18.536   -36.44    2.00
 352 Cotton Underwear   1025.859   984.646   825.701   849.355      2.86   991.329   998.868  1005.591  1008.301     1.71   47.54
 353 Down Coats,M/B        0.001     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 354 Down Coats,W/G        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 359 Oth. Cot. App.       10.487    12.939    11.383     6.690    -41.23    13.036     8.842     8.678     8.246   -36.74    2.36
 360 Pillowcases           0.010     0.009     0.009     0.005    -48.74     0.009     0.004     0.004     0.005   -45.42    0.00
 361 Cotton Sheets         0.080     0.009     0.009     0.013     49.33     0.009     0.011     0.011     0.013    49.33    0.00
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt        1.520     0.506     0.402     0.100    -75.09     0.450     0.272     0.198     0.204   -54.65    0.06
 363 Pile Towels           1.318     1.412     1.202     1.268      5.51     1.472     1.353     1.433     1.478     0.40    0.51
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      7.548     3.109     2.647     2.637     -0.36     3.373     3.051     2.909     3.100    -8.12    0.11

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns            0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 410 Wool Woven Fab.       0.001     0.003     0.003     0.003     14.35     0.003     0.004     0.003     0.003    14.91    0.02
 414 Oth Wool Fabric       0.000     0.009     0.001     0.000    -63.57     0.001     0.008     0.009     0.009  1100.78    0.09
 432 Wool Hosiery          0.059     0.014     0.014     0.001    -94.83     0.026     0.001     0.001     0.001   -97.25    0.04
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB        1.457     1.034     0.877     0.312    -64.48     1.062     0.564     0.503     0.468   -55.90    2.27
 434 Oth. Coats, M/B       1.069     0.500     0.368     0.050    -86.52     0.521     0.374     0.325     0.182   -65.15    0.95
 435 W/G Coats, Wool       6.890     7.068     6.443     6.315     -1.99     7.139     6.829     6.838     6.940    -2.78    8.48
 436 Wool Dresses          0.041     0.262     0.147     0.112    -23.44     0.152     0.329     0.239     0.228    49.69    1.56
 438 K Shirts,Blouses      0.054     0.178     0.175     0.244     39.52     0.175     0.263     0.248     0.247    41.17    1.03
 439 Babies' garments      0.022     0.018     0.017     0.010    -43.99     0.017     0.010     0.010     0.010   -41.53    2.05
 440 NK Shirts,Blouse      0.052     0.022     0.018     0.016    -11.04     0.059     0.020     0.021     0.020   -66.72    2.45
 442 Wool Skirts           0.039     0.056     0.051     0.024    -52.98     0.064     0.040     0.031     0.030   -53.42    0.71
 443 Wool Suits,M/B        1.529     1.221     1.126     0.254    -77.44     1.404     0.458     0.387     0.348   -75.17    1.64
 444 Wool Suits,W/G        0.001     0.001     0.000     0.002       *       0.000     0.003     0.003     0.003      *      0.13
 445 Wool Sweater,MB       0.033     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   100.00    0.00
 446 Wool Sweater,WG       0.002     0.003     0.000     0.004   1219.23     0.000     0.007     0.007     0.007  2018.52    0.02
 447 Wool Trousers,MB      1.257     0.941     0.778     0.469    -39.78     1.058     0.701     0.672     0.631   -40.36    3.49
 448 Wool Slacks,W/G       0.444     0.370     0.318     0.123    -61.43     0.409     0.241     0.207     0.175   -57.24    1.78
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.023     0.093     0.062     0.077     23.84     0.070     0.128     0.124     0.108    52.90    0.97
 464 Wool Blankets         0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -95.16     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -65.67    0.00
 465 Floor Coverings       0.006     0.007     0.006     0.008     25.87     0.008     0.009     0.009     0.009    17.39    0.03
 469 Oth. Wool Manuf.      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.03

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn         0.006     0.872     0.747     0.625    -16.26     0.747     1.103     1.112     0.750     0.38    0.14
 603 Yarn>85% artif.       0.000     0.004     0.004      *          *       0.004      *         *         *         *       *  
 604 Yarn>85% Synth.       0.128     0.000     0.000     0.023       *       0.002     0.023     0.023     0.023  1144.54    0.01
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn        0.848     0.061     0.056     0.049    -13.05     0.135     0.042     0.039     0.054   -60.41    0.01
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Yrn      0.000     0.018     0.018     0.110    504.21     0.018     0.021     0.110     0.110   504.21    0.15
 611 Wov>85% Art Stp       0.013     0.000     0.000     0.001      4.53     0.001     0.000     0.001     0.001   -45.44    0.01
 613 MMF Sheeting Fab      0.056     0.020     0.020     0.008    -60.60     0.020     0.015     0.006     0.008   -60.60    0.10
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclth       0.942     1.126     1.021     0.777    -23.84     1.321     0.930     0.908     0.882   -33.20    1.84
 615 MMF Printcloth        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 617 MMF Twill/Sateen      0.009     0.010     0.010     0.041    309.16     0.010     0.010     0.010     0.041   309.16    0.13
 618 Wov Artif Filam       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000      *         *         *       *  
 619 Poly Fil Fab          0.516     0.502     0.496     0.483     -2.63     0.506     0.532     0.494     0.489    -3.25    0.21
 620 Oth Synth Filam       8.994     6.079     5.766     2.403    -58.32     7.200     2.223     2.345     2.717   -62.27    0.41
 624 Wov MMF Fabric        0.000     0.108     0.108      *          *       0.108      *         *         *         *       *  
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/Fl      0.001     0.002     0.002      *          *       0.002      *         *         *         *       *  
 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/Fil      0.003     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab      0.024     3.057     2.401     1.092    -54.51     2.401     2.418     2.204     1.749   -27.16    3.16
 630 Handkerchiefs         0.008     0.005     0.004     0.007     64.77     0.005     0.007     0.007     0.008    47.45    0.45
 631 Gloves/Mittens        0.432     0.527     0.486     0.285    -41.22     0.585     0.370     0.349     0.327   -44.10    0.32
 632 Hosiery              29.083    26.339    22.191    20.351     -8.29    26.476    25.709    25.363    24.498    -7.47    6.69
 633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      1.493     1.451     1.151     0.829    -28.02     1.514     1.210     1.211     1.128   -25.46    8.26
 634 Other Coats, MB      17.988    20.380    17.449    28.469     63.15    21.885    25.895    28.290    31.401    43.48    8.58
 635 Coats, W/G           25.230    21.713    18.574    18.696      0.66    22.199    19.409    21.622    21.836    -1.64    4.68
 636 Dresses              14.290    24.932    21.605    13.184    -38.98    24.374    18.148    17.399    16.511   -32.26    2.67
 638 Knit Shirts, MB     223.589   256.747   204.163   317.599     55.56   240.353   349.808   362.343   370.183    54.02   51.97
 639 Knit Blouses,WG      42.338    37.639    31.619    37.434     18.39    37.516    43.005    43.711    43.455    15.83    7.90
 640 N-K Shirts, MB       44.723    44.775    37.754    33.504    -11.26    45.194    40.887    40.898    40.526   -10.33   26.24
 641 N-K Blouses, WG      10.985    10.921     9.080     7.768    -14.46    11.004     9.940     9.885     9.608   -12.69    5.17
 642 Skirts               10.065     6.066     5.539     4.113    -25.74     6.693     4.904     4.798     4.640   -30.67    5.73
 643 MMF Suits, M/B        4.121     3.626     3.101     2.902     -6.45     3.977     3.309     3.410     3.426   -13.85   17.89
 644 MMF W/G Suits         0.021     0.009     0.000     0.088  232920.0     0.000     0.052     0.076     0.097 256580.0    0.22
 645 MMF M/B Sweaters      0.348     0.334     0.329     0.095    -71.22     0.468     0.195     0.137     0.100   -78.65    0.97
 646 MMF Sweaters,WG       4.626     4.051     3.148     3.553     12.89     3.815     4.558     4.796     4.456    16.80    3.13
 647 Trousers,etc MB      86.266    98.379    83.266    75.003     -9.92    99.039    88.646    89.039    90.116    -9.01   19.60
 648 Slacks,etc. WG       60.871    56.305    48.595    46.131     -5.07    59.137    51.601    52.770    53.841    -8.96   14.53
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup      27.803    23.964    19.991    18.686     -6.53    24.754    22.335    22.398    22.659    -8.46   13.89
 650 Dress Gown,Robe       9.716     7.102     6.588     4.567    -30.68     8.239     5.186     5.239     5.080   -38.34    2.18
 651 Nightwear/PJs        17.980    11.621     9.155     7.252    -20.78    12.311     9.830     9.986     9.718   -21.06    1.64
 652 M-MF Underwear      102.610    94.080    78.734    93.250     18.44    96.590   104.903   106.106   108.596    12.43   19.72
 653 Down Coats, M/B       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 654 Down Coats, W/G       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.001       *       0.000      *         *        0.001      *      0.00
 659 Oth. MMF App.       102.153    97.811    80.347    77.541     -3.49    96.656    94.643    95.112    95.005    -1.71    6.37
 665 Floor Coverings       0.006     0.011     0.010     0.003    -74.39     0.010     0.009     0.004     0.004   -63.80    0.00
 666 Other Furnishing     11.517     3.446     2.948    18.577    530.18     4.344    14.159    16.860    19.075   339.12    0.48
 669 Other MMF Manuf      28.742    23.556    20.237    23.550     16.37    21.920    22.953    24.348    26.869    22.58    0.70

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 810 S/V Woven Fabric      0.129     0.062     0.006     0.217   3437.20     0.017     0.209     0.241     0.272  1478.17    0.18
 831 Gloves Silk/Veg       0.078     0.049     0.042     0.046     10.19     0.052     0.053     0.053     0.053     1.47    1.32
 832 Hosiery Slk/Veg       0.005     0.000     0.000     0.004       *       0.005     0.004     0.004     0.004   -16.64    0.25
 833 S/V S-T CoatsMB       0.013     0.039     0.035     0.012    -64.44     0.038     0.017     0.017     0.017   -55.54    0.90
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B       0.005     0.004     0.004     0.002    -64.52     0.008     0.001     0.001     0.002   -80.85    0.07
 835 S/V Coats W/G         0.171     0.031     0.025     0.216    774.34     0.040     0.227     0.229     0.223   455.29    0.70
 836 S/V Dresses           0.012     0.014     0.013     0.187   1306.84     0.013     0.187     0.188     0.188  1292.98    0.96
 838 S/V K Shirts/Bls      0.047     0.155     0.019     0.006    -69.33     0.020     0.149     0.148     0.142   601.33    0.66
 839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga      0.005     0.002     0.002     0.004    124.92     0.005     0.005     0.005     0.005     0.82    0.07
 840 S/V Wov Shirts        0.200     0.071     0.056     0.111     98.63     0.108     0.127     0.126     0.126    17.32    0.26
 842 S/V Skirts            0.022     0.129     0.126     0.008    -93.90     0.126     0.008     0.008     0.011   -91.31    0.09
 843 S/V Suits, M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.05
 844 WG Suits S/V          0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 845 Sweaters, Veg.        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 847 S/V Trousers MB       0.463     0.097     0.090     0.353    291.06     0.095     0.360     0.361     0.360   280.76    0.17
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *        0.000     0.000      *      0.06
 851 S/V Nightwear         0.000     0.026     0.026     0.022    -15.96     0.026     0.018     0.020     0.022   -15.96    2.90
 852 S/V Underwear         0.010     0.006     0.006     0.003    -54.30     0.007     0.003     0.003     0.003   -60.09    0.81
 858 S/V Neckwear          0.019     0.002     0.002     0.001    -73.70     0.002      *         *        0.001   -73.70    0.01
 859 Oth. S/V Apparel      0.129     0.458     0.259     1.090    321.42     0.305     1.194     1.275     1.289   322.71    5.79
 863 Towels Silk/Veg       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.062     0.094     0.094     0.158     68.82     0.096     0.118     0.120     0.158    64.65    0.12