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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 341/641 :  NON-KNIT BLOUSES
                                            Data in Doz , 12.10 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     39993563  42632244    42632244   37517637    -12.00   42632244   38145712   37872968   37517637    -12.00  100.00

 O  CHINA P   20158530  20776295    20776295   16380846    -21.16   20776295   16705354   16576112   16380846    -21.16   43.66

 O  INDIA      5371584   6277314     6277314    5554423    -11.52    6277314    5651033    5636217    5554423    -11.52   14.80

 O  INDNSIA    4693943   4938919     4938919    5294702      7.20    4938919    5167580    5188856    5294702      7.20   14.11

 O  VIETNAM    2239661   2629126     2629126    2719725      3.45    2629126    2750210    2757752    2719725      3.45    7.25

 O  BNGLDSH    2498862   2949050     2949050    2354530    -20.16    2949050    2594509    2489029    2354530    -20.16    6.28

 O  CAMBOD      744760    809705      809705     885674      9.38     809705     894184     878743     885674      9.38    2.36

 O  PHIL R      446638    526236      526236     821326     56.08     526236     752295     791582     821326     56.08    2.19

 O  MEXICO      629601    640173      640173     566338    -11.53     640173     595323     578981     566338    -11.53    1.51

 O  SRI LKA     445492    360724      360724     387712      7.48     360724     400620     384141     387712      7.48    1.03

 O  HONDURA     322059    373366      373366     375572      0.59     373366     375678     379433     375572      0.59    1.00

 O  PAKISTN     387676    439134      439134     351996    -19.84     439134     401062     378939     351996    -19.84    0.94

 O  THAILND     446165    455377      455377     290985    -36.10     455377     310281     300820     290985    -36.10    0.78

 O  EGYPT       156959    146113      146113     158418      8.42     146113     170295     156600     158418      8.42    0.42

 O  NICARAG     155011    101950      101950     151471     48.57     101950     144521     149065     151471     48.57    0.40

 O  DOM REP     103826    120303      120303     148448     23.40     120303     152256     153457     148448     23.40    0.40


 O  _ASEAN     8687361   9512106     9512106   10139529      6.60    9512106   10002314   10041281   10139529      6.60   27.03

 O  _CBI        967512    963960      963960    1026884      6.53     963960    1020520    1028328    1026884      6.53    2.74

 O  _CAFTA      844554    851670      851670     906382      6.42     851670     902434     905703     906382      6.42    2.42

 O  _SUB-SAHA   214758    105087      105087     116891     11.23     105087     111896     114523     116891     11.23    0.31