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                                          | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |                              November 6, 2008
                                          |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
                                          |         Preliminary 10/2008 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.

                                           Category 638/639 :  M-MF KNIT SHIRTS
                                                 Data in Doz

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 10/2008
   Country      2006       2007      10/2007    10/2008  % Change     10/2007     8/2008     9/2008    10/2008 % Change % Share

                                                   (P)                                                  (P)


 O  WORLD     88626852  86673851    73786997   78632639      6.57   87023736   91230738   91738724   91519493      5.17  100.00

 SL CHINA P   12951143  16458630    14699420   12293516    -16.37   17106928   14028802   13811817   14052726    -17.85   15.35

 O  HONDURA    9222833   9927348     7924171   10710976     35.17    9193736   12587196   12759534   12714153     38.29   13.89

 O  MEXICO    13258844   8402069     7076071    7096323      0.29    8738999    8579056    8577163    8422321     -3.62    9.20

 O  SALVADR    3898503   5662445     4480401    6117757     36.54    5213700    7016141    7245078    7299801     40.01    7.98

 O  VIETNAM    1600075   4085174     3226904    6092896     88.82    3333994    6572618    6717826    6951166    108.49    7.60

 O  INDNSIA    3918818   4270412     3653713    4272119     16.93    4280728    4859694    4985802    4888818     14.21    5.34

 O  NICARAG     949361   1217539      971126    3420243    252.19    1181963    2750234    3192620    3666656    210.22    4.01

 O  CAMBOD     2748111   3161763     2764636    3190892     15.42    3184513    3583709    3657754    3588019     12.67    3.92

 O  JORDAN     2634508   2943679     2580242    2835580      9.90    3008642    3319185    3271566    3199017      6.33    3.50

 O  THAILND    1985349   2243974     1860219    2056061     10.53    2185636    2558959    2506928    2439816     11.63    2.67

 O  PHIL R     2563364   2358263     1970193    1922080     -2.44    2374838    2425165    2313145    2310150     -2.72    2.52

 O  GUATMAL    2460371   2139477     1776273    1868996      5.22    2172390    2301105    2293331    2232200      2.75    2.44

 O  HAITI      5910316   5441957     4879290    1622627    -66.74    5990736    2845057    2548970    2185294    -63.52    2.39

 O  DOM REP    1666406   1072240      891917    1956765    119.39    1155538    2000280    2060788    2137088     84.94    2.34

 O  CHINA T    3699357   2544429     2236265    1726574    -22.79    2736456    2140890    2081575    2034738    -25.64    2.22


 O  _CBI      24244647  25627454    21069527   25800765     22.46   25069754   29648824   30232817   30358692     21.10   33.17

 O  _CAFTA    18292972  20127577    16140394   24168028     49.74   19024833   26760909   27653129   28155211     47.99   30.76

 O  _ASEAN    13838064  17333027    14477307   18592794     28.43   16461353   21384636   21517762   21448514     30.30   23.44

 O  _SUB-SAHA  2181386   2180110     1801421    2044307     13.48    2205170    2329619    2394054    2422996      9.88    2.65

 O  _ANDEAN     849186    682411      609270     577255     -5.25     742955     651061     661513     650396    -12.46    0.71