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| BI-WEEKLY |
| PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS | November 20, 2008
| HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! |
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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)
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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 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 . .