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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 347/348 :  COTTON TROUSERS
                                            Data in Doz , 14.90 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    175522170 196190708   196190708  177051096     -9.76  196190708  181364536  178418827  177051096     -9.76  100.00

 O  CHINA P   47124518  61570207    61570207   51916268    -15.68   61570207   52753961   51893535   51916268    -15.68   29.32

 O  BNGLDSH   26498878  29098067    29098067   29303270      0.71   29098067   30516672   29827303   29303270      0.71   16.55

 O  MEXICO    16470463  17318965    17318965   15693577     -9.39   17318965   15896847   15838159   15693577     -9.39    8.86

 O  VIETNAM   14626339  16172116    16172116   14513335    -10.26   16172116   14575458   14316230   14513335    -10.26    8.20

 O  INDNSIA    9894178  11272395    11272395   11200292     -0.64   11272395   11369188   11349263   11200292     -0.64    6.33

 O  CAMBOD     8516374  10218942    10218942    9246812     -9.51   10218942    9575593    9352978    9246812     -9.51    5.22

 O  EGYPT      5651382   6014333     6014333    5387604    -10.42    6014333    5583876    5453479    5387604    -10.42    3.04

 O  PAKISTN    5520070   5804033     5804033    5332975     -8.12    5804033    5544382    5384114    5332975     -8.12    3.01

 O  NICARAG    3811072   4122025     4122025    4616356     11.99    4122025    4777079    4805280    4616356     11.99    2.61

 O  INDIA      6002187   5209329     5209329    4612305    -11.46    5209329    4911216    4700410    4612305    -11.46    2.61

 O  SRI LKA    4226199   3919236     3919236    3662238     -6.56    3919236    3713169    3682906    3662238     -6.56    2.07

 O  SALVADR    2221663   2864519     2864519    2749346     -4.02    2864519    2795575    2812883    2749346     -4.02    1.55

 O  KENYA      2453462   2525858     2525858    2264363    -10.35    2525858    2328636    2356239    2264363    -10.35    1.28

 O  HONDURA    3361610   2697952     2697952    2244822    -16.80    2697952    2297915    2262384    2244822    -16.80    1.27

 O  PHIL R     2317849   2269179     2269179    2115076     -6.79    2269179    2107665    2105425    2115076     -6.79    1.19


 O  _ASEAN    37442436  41570293    41570293   38243369     -8.00   41570293   38886923   38351214   38243369     -8.00   21.60

 O  _CBI      13354351  13530279    13530279   13161552     -2.73   13530279   13612871   13533485   13161552     -2.73    7.43

 O  _CAFTA    12548943  12870351    12870351   12162108     -5.50   12870351   12570561   12501979   12162108     -5.50    6.87

 O  _SUB-SAHA  7235666   6031399     6031399    5063670    -16.04    6031399    5147871    5100820    5063670    -16.04    2.86

 O  _ANDEAN     785888   1078322     1078322     631802    -41.41    1078322     682588     654237     631802    -41.41    0.36