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| BI-WEEKLY |
| PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS | November 20, 2008
| HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
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Category 201: SPECIALTY YARNS
Data in Kg..
(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.
----------- Official Data -------- | --------------- Preliminary Data (unofficial) --------------------------------------------|
Monthly Data Two Weeks-ending Data (2008)
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Country 10/2007 11/2007 9/2008 | 10/2008 11/2008 8/23 9/06 9/20 10/04 10/18 11/01 11/15
(P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P)
World 2230111 1734534 2313202 | 2386898 . 984063 851780 914766 1016828 957173 1157302 1105272
Mexico 407440 360430 682219 | 849281 . 377127 307620 302598 322012 355895 374244 342395
India 242997 93002 108834 | 154766 . 109741 43302 51848 57480 78481 69161 171553
Vietnam 205417 153983 106000 | 131866 . 73875 31307 74721 32226 52354 79466 36399
Korea, South 95526 51629 165065 | 128032 . 40241 49193 78199 86775 28527 70270 17818
Turkey 121163 50336 107643 | 122965 . 24687 867 30218 98636 4194 97580 66110
Portugal 0 6320 38296 | 116657 . 46857 896 . 38296 . 116657 58171
Costa Rica 40750 74665 49188 | 112015 . 17324 66327 15304 18891 36479 56645 16466
China 285051 148408 235619 | 110168 . 67221 81215 75280 108983 49406 52772 75872
Colombia 84341 117800 100084 | 99137 . 37163 79282 36938 48622 44112 46676 43540
Thailand 16422 50806 92988 | 96379 . 17651 29130 43567 36604 48075 48304 31542
Taiwan 109723 126549 73905 | 91635 . 48299 22710 24241 52358 37533 43635 35842
Germany 34149 11584 5782 | 84569 . 20870 11952 34548 3592 65957 15665 60869
Guatemala 112155 4500 16343 | 81981 . 20704 17818 . 24483 37098 20400 69208
France 51365 68167 12089 | 46059 . 17608 21406 4713 8117 31744 14091 21958
Italy 46720 34717 12672 | 35521 . 2591 16764 100 17728 24522 5258 5012
_ASEAN 279357 221755 241698 | 237479 . 102882 83883 136121 77436 101272 129007 68170
_CBI 152905 79258 65531 | 201096 . 38028 84145 15304 43374 80669 77053 85734
_CAFTA 152905 79258 65531 | 201096 . 38028 84145 15304 43374 80669 77053 85734
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 108177 122062 100135 | 124569 . 37163 79282 36938 48673 69245 46975 45302
_SUB-SAHARA 577 0 0 | . . . . . . . . .