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 |           |                            | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |  World    |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
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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.


                        ----------- Official Data -------- | --------------- Preliminary Data (unofficial) --------------------------------------------|
                                                    Monthly Data                          Two Weeks-ending Data  (2011)     
                        --------------------------------------------------------   ---------------------------------------------------------------------   
 Cat, Product            12/2010    1/2011   11/2011       |  12/2011    1/2012       11/12     11/26     12/10     12/24      1/07      1/21      2/04
                                                                 (P)       (P)          (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 200 Yarns / Sew Th Kg.  1493189   1413137   1651537       |   1161909   1035483      493809    523038    545745    636505    278627    519067    580869
 201 Specialty Yarn Kg.  2796970   3807951   2429462       |   2949370   4793412      945410   1266296   1218892   1331854   1383123   1573843   2984935
 218 Fab, Color Yar M2.  8263679   3520764   3455942       |   2964409   2978061     2371362   1521550   1037055   1552453   1213807   1460436   1666345
 219 Duck Fabric    M2.  4110585   2950613   3183884       |   2630492   3115855     1234896   1282473   1688909   1196769   1377587   1223850   1553481
 220 Spec. Weave, F M2.  7520809   7559029  10270010       |  11242244  12851185     4306023   6361912   4980102   5151911   5268785   5762871   6406960
 222 Knit Fabric    Kg. 11290167  12016207  10092394       |  11461115  13057694     3510629   4274559   5772834   5392220   4850644   6218701   6324106
 223 Non-Woven Fabr Kg. 15308928  17098365  15854416       |  14248239  15878828     5319213   6872207   7942866   5742545   6801999   7090706   7523579
 224 Pile/Tufted Fa M2. 14613125  15019309  14054526       |  14303795  17994830     8153697   8008638   6580881   7349674   6630667   7415471   7589025
 225 Blue Denim Fab M2.  2094561   1630468   2159615       |   2635738   2466961      875965    774881   1408589   1309301    855136   1409931   1163347
 226 Cheesecloth,Ba M2.  8494607   9210361   9157289       |  14889301  15531389     3653772   4492453   7723689   4640134   4795387  10679788   5661617
 227 Oxford Cloth   M2.    56825     37839     14332       |     74319     84456         596     14361     31079     39196     41156     38952     12877
 229 Special Fabric Kg. 12565265  14878739  13740302       |  13556715  10875665     5830785   5326567   7028509   6353421   4482264   5069931   4894984
 237 Playsuit,Sunsu Doz   177010    296759    121017       |    199188    258094       31794     76361     96299     72913     96543    110164    174149
 239 Baby Garm / Ac Kg. 12393424  11110294   9272871       |  10216404   9896300     3191149   4143294   5567447   4414260   3473874   4107772   5816547

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Ya Kg.  1420438   1287935   1255974       |    863193   1274135      561343    418746    527503    499727    331126    704790    549926
 301 Combed Cot. Ya Kg.  1080778   1578680   2032648       |   1191911   1553052      895922    763527    828181    702583    406849    653478    834523
 313 Cotton Sheetin M2. 21777391  21322621  19499172       |  21936432  20160534     7656249   9299208   9480688  10086750  10146236   9566400   9043996
 314 Poplin,Broadcl M2. 11028151  10081481   8938892       |  11359177   9905194     2002187   4990366   5385795   5426935   4279506   4186507   4945958
 315 Printcloth Fab M2.  4897177   5633242   5128252       |   4523713   6868938     1299024   1926971   2776118   2160617   2527348   2277378   3858075
 317 Twill Fabric   M2.  6686793   7086459   5176717       |   5405268   5905842     2013277   2038916   2682873   1735737   3457014   2646215   2473600
 326 Sateen Fabric  M2.  3405822   2381694   2673872       |   2060757   2400619     1374792    790513   1044514    893341    861440   1156685    980340
 330 Cot.Handkerchi Doz   568129    489519    204599       |    291510    378742      109395     95929    132850     83055    125295    191988    224570
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitt Dpr  2901761   3906011   3565692       |   3088673   3250178     1277428   1706733   1498198   1679598   1321967   1532729   1527052
 332 Cotton Hosiery Dpr 15680874  14644845  12641392       |  11364440  12302439     4800963   5986025   5623292   6123953   2645994   6582289   6516188
 333 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz    18251     44405     24152       |     27857     46081       11292      7438     14607     13525     12170     23607     21608
 334 Oth. Coats, MB Doz   503604    416559    714861       |    400088    305900      346932    245252    224760    180043    137618    142953    142387
 335 W/G Cot. Coats Doz  1199347   1117599    994528       |    813441    879854      457732    393714    470148    365960    356098    422920    409912
 336 Cotton Dresses Doz  1440974   2175191    894084       |   1112414   1837527      286783    410105    533909    516327    569827    825733   1021379
 338 Knit Shirts,MB Doz 15870362  14473142  14333244       |  12443669  13464794     5337500   6488138   6784589   5547734   4132658   6243265   7418347
 339 W/G Knit Blous Doz 17331349  19476193  13907369       |  13456588  17049296     4958781   6189214   6747877   6195511   5846453   8149912   8943082
 340 N-Knt Shirts,M Doz  2658600   3364668   2517953       |   2318055   2871710      976490    980950   1079040   1029178   1085488   1356593   1432355
 341 W/G N-Knt Blou Doz  1892265   2400949    933854       |   1168127   1750947      375020    422899    514682    517727    626804    792721    836465
 342 Cotton Skirts  Doz   568324    964227    426325       |    697347   1043751      123679    237309    310993    315328    319459    471670    646393
 345 Cotton Sweater Doz   442832    423588    946230       |    539608    550534      462487    317826    279088    246564    251422    255304    229352
 347 Cot.M/B Trouse Doz  6092928   6820163   5208188       |   5170274   6172390     1784404   2058919   2659368   2220029   2219077   2753068   3270532
 348 W/G Slacks, et Doz  7999876   9762720   6787784       |   7341318  10068140     2592197   3017397   3562698   3320845   3639664   4709677   5180125
 349 Bras, & other  Doz   743963    917698    427865       |    403826    689592      146412    205770    135039    192308    215473    315740    382076
 350 Dress. Gown et Doz   685458    765682    735177       |    707924    666312      314207    320013    325378    335680    251174    383658    385365
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ Doz  1268760   1340063   1339500       |   1064850   1192446      536803    525799    615161    466724    371907    539162    671826
 352 Cotton Underwe Doz 19153485  17362902  14559487       |  12753287  14281293     5207948   6526887   6609513   5893116   4542407   6043052   8488202
 353 Down Coats,M/B Doz      148       206       465       |       208        65         399        53       116        91        21        41        24
 354 Down Coats,W/G Doz      381      1122       611       |       764       602         190       269       281       496        47       122       475
 359 Oth. Cot. App. Kg.  3301937   3409259   3080799       |   2853561   3122720     1143840   1321910   1387638   1295317   1171535   1344737   1584498
 360 Pillowcases    Nos 15287147  14676141  16056720       |  13781418  15101007     6570923   6745822   7297214   6532343   5220892   7425831   7328811
 361 Cotton Sheets  Nos 15025640  13506494  16425730       |  13509628  15513800     7636361   7017983   7105122   6581506   5260720   7582081   7548108
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt Nos  5265919   3932899   3528595       |   3475564   4353383     1502013   1548947   1695611   1799211   1351268   1933401   2284713
 363 Pile Towels    Nos 53553654  52365267  50659898       |  44482248  50181549    19080982  21774878  23369165  19368641  18399014  24554376  24725508
 369 Oth. Cot. Manu Kg. 23214462  24031559  22485071       |  19807078  21997461     8542232   9976568  10815575   8752020   7904822  10438599  10217577

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns     Kg.   494532    669666    642470       |    538725    561714      242446    225740    269103    251607    278432    243551    250147
 410 Wool Woven Fab M2.   834462    760760   2490942       |    673978    714410      311445    270722   2060303    296832    315219    236138    308689
 414 Oth Wool Fabri Kg.   240789    218331    242284       |    163212    182518      108319     88805    105057     81352     42630     94074     86969
 431 Wool Glov/Mitn Dpr    36338     13684     53262       |     16837     12440       16240     23722      8166      7397      6511      3106     10788
 432 Wool Hosiery   Dpr    83901     97408    143072       |     64121     54257       95316     44388     23175     36080     21321     30161     38449
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB Doz    44183     38425     51909       |     37485     42647       19213     17472     27209     17517     12905     17573     26410
 434 Oth. Coats, M/ Doz    10542      4213     32442       |     16804      8000       16296     10246      9058      7729      3893      4440      3143
 435 W/G Coats, Woo Doz    24610     18768     71968       |     31427     17983       36149     17866     15617     14819     11210      6955      8012
 436 Wool Dresses   Doz    10906     11753     31257       |     13008     17114       16550     10633      6772      6210      5864      7024      8690
 438 K Shirts,Blous Doz    96953     66010    162480       |     66971     35314       66702     73199     40766     24572     18313     16175     12805
 439 Babies' garmen Kg.     2969       422      3272       |      2810      1178        1589      1238      1555      1874       449       377      1001
 440 NK Shirts,Blou Doz     1344      1617      3575       |      2347      4521        1583      2070      1341      1077       710      1963      2409
 442 Wool Skirts    Doz     9453      8607     11639       |     12517      7443        6678      3212      5006      6348      4005      3003      4347
 443 Wool Suits,M/B Nos   414301    377954    500988       |    417920    454858      148961    239604    227065    209335    135566    230192    219034
 444 Wool Suits,W/G Nos    38239     52695     14128       |     39696     32019        5747      8170      3687     23059     18643      7938     25479
 445 Wool Sweater,M Doz     8273      4247     35300       |      9614      7061       14456     13010      8566      3402      3600      3362      1995
 446 Wool Sweater,W Doz    32923     20833    215777       |     41658     21972       88848     68130     30479     12545     12954     10849      8304
 447 Wool Trousers, Doz    91948     78396     97716       |     75030     71183       41410     33335     49734     34259     25401     27850     39749
 448 Wool Slacks,W/ Doz    21041     26044     22676       |     20523     18292        9622      7615     14817      8918      8177      6520      9904
 459 Oth.Wool Appar Kg.    83233     70640    198868       |     92252     78316      103413     64154     55735     44365     27027     32281     39461
 464 Wool Blankets  Kg.    96743    106446     95056       |    142048    109732       18266     43453     37082     84687     58677     15496     71066
 465 Floor Covering M2.  1868897   1698710   1863202       |   2046678   1630112      641164    936857    859741   1168326    669717    738163    707288
 469 Oth. Wool Manu Kg.    18421     18067     33825       |     29202     26066       19815     19493      7969     21220      7572     11764     16449

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn  Kg.  7710358   9053052   7224494       |   3312362   4285387     1588530   1544724   1654510   1466226   1583750   1966959   2272863
 603 Yarn>85% artif Kg.  1571825   2290540   1515101       |   1171304   1981793      542028    909894    727185    450885    663652    932405    852534
 604 Yarn>85% Synth Kg.  2036220   2575946   2535278       |   1947607   2415653     1136111   1058714   1022667    811298    878605   1126499   1271426
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn Kg.  3305303   3116557   3575678       |   3335833   3502003     1410278   1428057   1789047   1488017   1474066   1548665   1535941
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Y Kg.  1204796   1005206   1186136       |    668739    743333      614447    446649    378972    269203    232159    332330    428515
 611 Wov>85% Art St M2.   958982   1077044   1649113       |   1327893   2136642      473458    985906    423526    785999    774432    927323    903416
 613 MMF Sheeting F M2.   322455    299302    267017       |    636692    668719       49611    274098    325413    285666    271535    322428    334968
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclt M2.  4651284   4900118   2606960       |   3734906   4762986      554876   1756396   2257098   1172217   2032554   2123527   2589430
 615 MMF Printcloth M2.   278732    204994    647277       |    561074    234250       30374      1164    434350     88100    137547     10514    447977
 617 MMF Twill/Sate M2.  1292659   1197016   1757627       |   1701169   2645638      757772    963953    692682    632390   1074321    919470   1230987
 618 Wov Artif Fila M2.  1520018   1387316   1136252       |   1496675   1626992      380128    384778   1013536    656181    400270    821754   1368938
 619 Poly Fil Fab   M2. 16604654  17593746  24183127       |  25141964  26251920     9075292   9138479  13741289  10343280  10459613  10276130  14872081
 620 Oth Synth Fila M2. 61441449  67539705  82065956       |  70975355  74172453    25579966  38628123  33466904  34209430  36115563  37434052  23445601
 621 Impression Fab Kg.     5261      8667     78879       |     60931     42055        1353     46174     16809     53425      4697     23609     18246
 624 Wov MMF Fabric M2.   236564    272691    231398       |    179855    243378       72459     90386     89096    114292    104079     77704     89280
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/ M2.   886613    967568   1584024       |   1187003    642533      549494    879095    659271    921035     18046    453045    266163
 626 Printclth Stp/ M2.  1204109    564032    761636       |     77057    164396      252879    253513    292652      1302    150955     32079    285908
 627 Sheeting Stap/ M2.   170362    476447    595610       |    251179    639553      308950    237032     49183    153225    428007     35106    242444
 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/F M2.  1496401   1556007   1986653       |   3902981   4737918     2087160   2379944   1646983   2173767   1728655   2090104   1883513
 629 Oth Stap/Fil F M2.  2614352   3104028   3021447       |   3036651   4100928     1441648   1202465   1609218   1532491   1399717   1944896   1654729
 630 Handkerchiefs  Doz    56574    158152    114846       |     53334    170829       12626     76708     43006      8308     72565     71908     60287
 631 Gloves/Mittens Dpr  2607842   2035374   3625933       |   2174889   2288968     1584141   1603005   1100826   1004274   1042197   1080819   1130817
 632 Hosiery        Dpr 10297150  11176238  13650955       |  12026823  15171184     5565366   5098960   6583831   4949306   5281532   7709010   7050442
 633 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz    56482     72737     70302       |     50627     71661       20376     22060     19446     26037     25410     32472     35543
 634 Other Coats, M Doz   686248    593461    883304       |    715801    611428      389057    370895    378009    342691    243738    310145    285542
 635 Coats, W/G     Doz   783831    758419   1062050       |    809904    691430      440107    433996    397653    365389    319951    328527    341912
 636 Dresses        Doz  1665627   2424720   1873632       |   2413654   3384109      727809    800091   1001022   1117453   1162967   1537361   1872357
 638 Knit Shirts, M Doz  4001440   3936843   4357306       |   3719989   4277365     1535943   1881060   1997200   1770398   1154782   2101920   2440274
 639 Knit Blouses,W Doz  3999397   5042350   5354745       |   5564299   7003616     2088846   2208501   2560428   2583257   2534526   2979853   3947128
 640 N-K Shirts, MB Doz   583025    690342    504572       |    509232    584195      179238    191590    251337    245867    212121    236260    340085
 641 N-K Blouses, W Doz  1263264   1554049   1419761       |   1550257   2185354      568335    619828    665895    726663    756958    978451   1146909
 642 Skirts         Doz   462814    583771    595044       |    680659    924951      179804    320985    289630    309714    330826    436301    462385
 643 MMF Suits, M/B Nos   368201    416137    398737       |    331916    374672      115364    210254    157848    142788    119183    169870    274718
 644 MMF W/G Suits  Nos   616426    825146    415012       |    434615    625255      200699    194329    168861    193203    222959    270688    327815
 645 MMF M/B Sweate Doz    18504     13424     23404       |     15785     17774       10863     10114      6680      6465      9125      1939     12759
 646 MMF Sweaters,W Doz   146677    171382    384030       |    223050    208935      167875    138907    113843     97790     87866     99414    105616
 647 Trousers,etc M Doz  3480049   3850250   2431449       |   2727379   3140780      874466   1029171   1237772   1270184   1121386   1493265   1667961
 648 Slacks,etc. WG Doz  1910869   2428259   1945086       |   2077690   2484895      765867    813119    894225    923085    961075   1208790   1274537
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Su Doz  3591429   3766069   3496511       |   3426611   4188284     1296196   1557088   1670456   1666058   1454444   1840899   2147525
 650 Dress Gown,Rob Doz   319001    330262    641653       |    295432    373287      339294    204937    181736    116371    122788    170713    184610
 651 Nightwear/PJs  Doz   898563    913677   1378311       |    886711    985191      542839    562228    510951    369817    393187    352515    648390
 652 M-MF Underwear Doz  4260237   4014946   4012848       |   3802665   4488356     1540361   1842640   1889352   1950780   1484467   2198233   2226166
 653 Down Coats, M/ Doz     7603      4194     20663       |      9859      6340       15402      9291      5962      4476      3200      4224      1085
 654 Down Coats, W/ Doz     7557      5305     58549       |     20547     12470       34986     21812     14083     12218      5079      7333      2352
 659 Oth. MMF App.  Kg. 11211530  12170143  11335906       |  11416127  12696937     4404577   4610853   5533057   5196305   4763500   5716086   6518603
 665 Floor Covering M2.  7940257   9965592  10037595       |   7709453  11323754     3085562   4484831   4017105   3335399   3876115   4783530   5842008
 666 Other Furnishi Kg. 27084310  24204267  34604247       |  25331468  25200287    13212877  13482699  14110100  11087238  10708823  11030569  11887148
 669 Other MMF Manu Kg. 20614699  26868978  18908057       |  19591340  23683301     7121402   8258153   9151514   9139927   8569319  11254106  11315564

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 800 S/V Yarns      Kg.    33664     29500     74413       |     56497     58936        6050     48810     52934      8448     27107     28953     30690
 810 S/V Woven Fabr M2.  5922116   3516098   2423556       |   3134034   3189431     1368715    822477   3652152   1540339   1124738   1382177   2213910
 831 Gloves Silk/Ve Dpr    89893    104453    228435       |    191246    193367       79506     73576     93906     82959    134508     79225     83112
 832 Hosiery Slk/Ve Dpr   144450    105921    121893       |    107329     55142        8906     63465     57313     35899     49921     22052     14530
 833 S/V S-T CoatsM Doz     4656      8301      4722       |      7408     10828        1157      2551      2305      4702      3852      4578      5491
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/ Doz     4492      8064      5882       |      5497      6366         564      2898       957      4224      3109      3340       800
 835 S/V Coats W/G  Doz    30094     90173     18554       |     30049     69413        3313      6944      7486     17387     14399     34506     41862
 836 S/V Dresses    Doz    21447     50507     10152       |     19364     51377        3400      4828      7992      7552     11243     23946     38682
 838 S/V K Shirts/B Doz    94108    135383     58114       |     62569    140414       21446     28242     22901     27719     39187     55419     82899
 839 Baby Silk/Veg  Kg.    25945     58221     29365       |     30006     34320        5408     14123     19274      9548     12592     12390     20002
 840 S/V Wov Shirts Doz   106888    189644     44703       |     77182    192522       20847     18065     31678     37115     37824     80617    127611
 842 S/V Skirts     Doz    20437     49588      6672       |      9832     35407        3147      3052      3010      4634      9658     16749     19784
 843 S/V Suits, M/B Nos     4883     17755     20437       |     17143      8574       10574     19225     10273     12167      1936      4417      3818
 844 WG Suits S/V   Nos     8658      9035       245       |      4575     37190          61       181      1453      1675      5461      8879     26974
 845 Sweaters, Veg. Doz    28587     58333     66455       |     69538     92694       28347     19017     43178     21220     37247     41507     58105
 846 Sweaters, Silk Doz     2600      1545       605       |      1661      1275          96       502       851       947       135       886      1013
 847 S/V Trousers M Doz   430718    860218    425841       |    544539    806080      144599    185816    232293    262895    242185    360031    466461
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gw Doz      329      1448       288       |      2282      3261          55        37       581      1042      2734       592      1228
 851 S/V Nightwear  Doz      283       326       294       |       392       348          48        60       161       179       113        95       260
 852 S/V Underwear  Doz     4256      2368      4044       |      1521      3784        1476       540      2616       540      1599       742      4248
 858 S/V Neckwear   Kg.    10687     19837      7502       |      6269     16293        3092      2985      4304      1628      1870     11550      4300
 859 Oth. S/V Appar Kg.   234302    252435    201710       |    171984    193912       75203     78384     85037     76174     67336     77246    125343
 863 Towels Silk/Ve Nos   946178   1328916   1552914       |   1097881   2571237      549420    306972    606168    530270    628828   1320595   1154399
 899 Other S/V Manu Kg.   667610    806952   1339346       |   1316920   2087395      399288    741742    563141    596664    715818    745498   1171972