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| | November 6, 2008
___________ | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
| | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
| GHANA | | 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 0.001 0.000 * * 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 * 0.00
218 Fab, Color Yarn 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 220.00 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 220.00 0.00
220 Spec. Weave, Fab 0.001 0.003 0.002 0.002 6.33 0.002 0.004 0.004 0.003 97.68 0.00
222 Knit Fabric 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.002 * 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.002 * 0.00
223 Non-Woven Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
224 Pile/Tufted Fab. 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
226 Cheesecloth,Bati 0.000 0.006 0.006 * * 0.006 * * * * *
229 Special Fabric 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.000 -96.77 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 -60.00 0.00
237 Playsuit,Sunsuit 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
239 Baby Garm / Acc 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.001 -59.60 0.003 0.001 0.001 0.001 -56.73 0.00
Cotton:
313 Cotton Sheeting 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 -80.72 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -80.72 0.00
314 Poplin,Broadcl. 0.000 0.004 0.004 0.000 -96.54 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.000 -96.54 0.00
326 Sateen Fabric 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
330 Cot.Handkerchief 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
332 Cotton Hosiery 3.689 2.167 1.937 0.053 -97.27 2.607 0.526 0.469 0.284 -89.12 0.04
334 Oth. Coats, MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.005 14800.00 0.000 0.005 0.005 0.005 14800.00 0.00
335 W/G Cot. Coats 0.000 0.002 0.001 0.003 186.67 0.001 0.004 0.004 0.004 256.67 0.00
336 Cotton Dresses 0.043 0.053 0.052 0.049 -5.51 0.058 0.052 0.050 0.050 -12.43 0.01
338 Knit Shirts,MB 0.300 0.203 0.203 0.036 -82.16 0.283 0.036 0.036 0.036 -87.16 0.00
339 W/G Knit Blouse 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -10.53 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -15.00 0.00
340 N-Knt Shirts,MB 0.009 0.007 0.007 0.006 -14.62 0.008 0.006 0.006 0.006 -26.78 0.00
341 W/G N-Knt Blouse 0.007 0.008 0.007 0.005 -30.36 0.008 0.006 0.006 0.006 -31.28 0.00
342 Cotton Skirts 0.005 0.010 0.009 0.008 -6.69 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.009 -5.19 0.01
347 Cot.M/B Trousers 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.003 36.19 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.003 36.19 0.00
348 W/G Slacks, etc. 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -8.89 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -25.45 0.00
350 Dress. Gown etc 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 22.22 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 55.56 0.00
351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJs 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
352 Cotton Underwear 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 200.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 200.00 0.00
359 Oth. Cot. App. 0.014 0.013 0.012 0.021 77.36 0.014 0.020 0.021 0.022 56.70 0.01
362 Bedsprds/Quilt 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
369 Oth. Cot. Manuf. 0.002 0.009 0.006 0.008 29.23 0.006 0.012 0.012 0.011 75.10 0.00
Wool:
414 Oth Wool Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
440 NK Shirts,Blouse 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
442 Wool Skirts 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 0.003 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
Man-Made Fiber:
611 Wov>85% Art Stp 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 -93.54 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -93.54 0.00
613 MMF Sheeting Fab 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
618 Wov Artif Filam 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 13.51 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 13.51 0.00
620 Oth Synth Filam 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
629 Oth Stap/Fil Fab 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -33.95 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -33.95 0.00
632 Hosiery 3.110 1.525 1.525 * * 2.074 * * * * *
634 Other Coats, MB 0.007 0.000 0.000 * * 0.006 * * * * *
635 Coats, W/G 0.000 0.002 0.002 * * 0.002 * * * * *
636 Dresses 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * *
638 Knit Shirts, MB 0.011 0.131 0.102 0.089 -12.80 0.104 0.173 0.143 0.118 13.26 0.02
640 N-K Shirts, MB 0.000 0.156 0.156 0.004 -97.53 0.157 0.004 0.004 0.004 -97.53 0.00
641 N-K Blouses, WG 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
643 MMF Suits, M/B 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
644 MMF W/G Suits 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
647 Trousers,etc MB 0.016 0.002 0.002 * * 0.002 * * * * *
659 Oth. MMF App. 0.035 1.239 0.901 0.020 -97.78 0.903 0.898 0.604 0.358 -60.40 0.02
666 Other Furnishing 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 * 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 * 0.00
669 Other MMF Manuf 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 0.00
Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
810 S/V Woven Fabric 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
834 S/VOth.CoatsM/B 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
836 S/V Dresses 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.00
839 Baby Silk/Veg Ga 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
840 S/V Wov Shirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 133.33 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 177.78 0.00
842 S/V Skirts 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
843 S/V Suits, M/B 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 * * * * *
844 WG Suits S/V 0.000 0.001 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -59.02 0.01
847 S/V Trousers MB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 * * 0.000 * 0.00
850 EG S/V Drss.Gwn 0.000 0.000 0.000 * * 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 * 0.03
859 Oth. S/V Apparel 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 32.18 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 32.18 0.01
899 Other S/V Manuf 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.001 281.82 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 281.82 0.00