_________________________________________
                                          |                                         |
                                          |                BI-WEEKLY                |
                                          | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |                             November 20, 2008
                                          |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
                                          |                                         |
                                          |               By Category               |
                                          |_________________________________________|

                                           Category 224:  PILE / TUFTED FABRICS
                                                      Data in M2..

(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)     
                        --------------------------------------------------------   ---------------------------------------------------------------------   
 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                  18142005  18603693  18615368       |  22170039         .    10932729  10452279   9437204   9506725  10939269   8493070   6881661

 China                   8188090   9013485  11693793       |  10593351         .     5683147   6383109   5600371   5522523   4548163   3835875   3412029

 Malta and Gozo          2135850   3208614   2452524       |   2460989         .     1225728   1848057         .   1236801   1248211   1212778    598543

 France                   213888    757370    306267       |   2387512         .     1033852    512304   1732061   1041365    586134   1800143    733636

 Pakistan                1618463    730798     97894       |   2119960         .           .     97522         .      3787   2107494     12466     68632

 Taiwan                  3408814   2713949   2025220       |   1581865         .     1316137    899141    956117    848190    558676    776001    294159

 Turkey                   121243    103440     92713       |   1070283         .      780093     19799     61853     20323   1023077     35480    997140

 Korea, South             897093    779544    853888       |    645771         .      478047    336092    473247    456479    231262    230098    210010

 India                    277708    423248    305292       |    324316         .      126535    105223    164469    156409    184440    112308    161123

 Mexico                   343310    268305    224834       |    298994         .      119806    144740    113033     79152    138816    138929    134971

 Germany                   41362     22346     16791       |    222520         .        3990      5059      8232      9030    182971     36061      9480

 Sri Lanka                     .         .         .       |    111089         .       52158         .     34157         .     34126     76963     27152

 Italy                    442459    124986     60805       |     95054         .       45113     26939     26650     25555     45318     45900     50350

 Thailand                   1060      1039     46149       |     76781         .         151      6223     37141      7528       605     74654         .

 Belgium / Luxembourg          .         .         .       |     65448         .       21035     20803     29504     36354     25313     30717     43976

 Brazil                     1394       446     47242       |     46113         .       17573      8939     44472      5851        32     40231     69621

 _ASEAN                    38504      1489    140434       |     79390         .         151      6224    131635      7528       632     77236      9281

 _ANDEAN (ATPA)            11624      6573      1660       |      3941         .        1469      4419       650      1179       711      3223      2909

 _CBI                      20437      9172      3872       |       790         .           .         .      3798         .         .       790     12922

 _CAFTA                    20437      9172      3779       |       790         .           .         .      3798         .         .       790     12922

 _SUB-SAHARA                   0         0         0       |       522         .         155         .         .         .       522         .         .