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                                          | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
                                          |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
                                          |         Preliminary 12/2011 Data        |
                                          |            By Merged-Category           |
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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.


                                           Category 334/634 :  COATS
                                            Data in Doz , 34.50 M2 per Doz

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date                        Year-Endings                      YE 12/2011
   Country      2009       2010      12/2010    12/2011  % Change    12/2010    10/2011    11/2011    12/2011  % Change % Share 

                                                   (P)                                                  (P)


 O  WORLD     18289981  20929431    20929431   20658018     -1.30   20929431   21053332   20719935   20658018     -1.30  100.00

 O  CHINA P    9596500  11090756    11090756   10425017     -6.00   11090756   10692666   10484344   10425017     -6.00   50.46

 O  VIETNAM    1789665   2202843     2202843    2247219      2.01    2202843    2234110    2238067    2247219      2.01   10.88

 O  PAKISTN    1505662   1364431     1364431    1508838     10.58    1364431    1618573    1553154    1508838     10.58    7.30

 O  BNGLDSH    1307776   1553542     1553542    1309686    -15.70    1553542    1379120    1334574    1309686    -15.70    6.34

 O  INDNSIA     821124   1252859     1252859    1285166      2.58    1252859    1265812    1261801    1285166      2.58    6.22

 O  HONDURA     784975    827131      827131     833215      0.74     827131     878256     857902     833215      0.74    4.03

 O  MEXICO      407739    469003      469003     682020     45.42     469003     597187     653701     682020     45.42    3.30

 O  CAMBOD      358750    486987      486987     557863     14.55     486987     572712     558687     557863     14.55    2.70

 O  PHIL R      201409    251715      251715     274577      9.08     251715     262968     256411     274577      9.08    1.33

 O  THAILND     153513    212270      212270     216607      2.04     212270     230495     221262     216607      2.04    1.05

 O  INDIA       280750    253728      253728     200734    -20.89     253728     209305     188996     200734    -20.89    0.97

 O  MALAYSA     107945    120203      120203     171682     42.83     120203     158255     163975     171682     42.83    0.83

 O  EGYPT       114102    103676      103676     143445     38.36     103676     146789     144087     143445     38.36    0.69

 O  SALVADR     131466     91303       91303     131748     44.30      91303     118255     124437     131748     44.30    0.64

 O  NICARAG      52218     80995       80995     109312     34.96      80995     102285     111628     109312     34.96    0.53


 O  _ASEAN     3434613   4532384     4532384    4757777      4.97    4532384    4732061    4705118    4757777      4.97   23.03

 O  _CBI       1073106   1082961     1082961    1178179      8.79    1082961    1208158    1197255    1178179      8.79    5.70

 O  _CAFTA     1069294   1080172     1080172    1173656      8.65    1080172    1204487    1193616    1173656      8.65    5.68

 O  _SUB-SAHA   121207     47510       47510      60812     28.00      47510      62487      62251      60812     28.00    0.29