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                                          |                                         |                                  July 2, 2009
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 |           |                            | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |  China    |                            |         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  (2009)     
                        --------------------------------------------------------   ---------------------------------------------------------------------   
 Cat, Product             5/2008    6/2008    4/2009       |   5/2009    6/2009        4/04      4/18      5/02      5/16      5/30      6/13      6/27
                                                                 (P)       (P)          (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 200 Yarns / Sew Th Kg.   298391    270441    179825       |    317996    266606      132107    105918     78261    135603    168440    130729    125406
 201 Specialty Yarn Kg.   256455    122891    164343       |    164159    143320       40895     95049     85969     72940     89529     80056     59700
 218 Fab, Color Yar M2.  5615495   3339950   1661776       |   2905669   1771830      921863    627613    900996   1353371   1437712    907548    762753
 219 Duck Fabric    M2.    35454    279462    149543       |     86771     87224       25631     72897    121821     65699     21072     65822     21402
 220 Spec. Weave, F M2.  8306002   5882622   6892066       |   9295617   9982627     3273778   3216049   6303707   4340439   4904477   3523433   5839332
 222 Knit Fabric    Kg.  1184017    968371   6035072       |   4315064   4032560     2269794   3166868   2524902   2231261   1811258   1865386   1733903
 223 Non-Woven Fabr Kg.  3017270   2502187   3109301       |   3219959   2656570     1606109   1562792   1413516   1443793   1647889   1507319    946284
 224 Pile/Tufted Fa M2. 10133988   9510611   6417608       |   7820345   8285523     3171649   2988632   3447469   3529608   3857984   3229786   4186648
 225 Blue Denim Fab M2.  1526221    962413    893362       |    772532   1232255      378059    325540    510400    372274    370725    440048    602855
 226 Cheesecloth,Ba M2.  1716137   1714551    536927       |    297679    798173      524173    333768    229032    127964    163803    218396    155480
 227 Oxford Cloth   M2.    14007     24818     18948       |     21260     23539        1483     10816     15243      5038     16222         .     12574
 229 Special Fabric Kg.  1043937   1086412    951467       |    996915   1179173      382130    484173    706920    513103    454063    539127    514051
 237 Playsuit,Sunsu Doz    23488     11475     29291       |     32378     59857       20177     11761      7019     15402     16400     16514     39012
 239 Baby Garm / Ac Kg.  6794927   7155336   3764321       |   5494621   7408606     1932329   1682692   2016810   2087519   3284466   3458112   3353522

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Ya Kg.    89535     64973     65966       |     25960     68052       18837      2243     58038      9272     16688     42768     23834
 301 Combed Cot. Ya Kg.    96666    178627     13278       |     13952     24778         363         .     12494     13495       457      2699     22066
 313 Cotton Sheetin M2.  9970279  14173581   5111705       |   6221146   7778495     2010634   2315181   2451604   2409202   3479563   3254606   3190611
 314 Poplin,Broadcl M2.  6129541   8537780   6574536       |   5253301   5092364     2989544   3141493   2640609   2699507   2410779   2521188   2107885
 315 Printcloth Fab M2.  3761800   3409076   2769867       |   2079194   2637022      893322   1285427   1446912    797762   1232205   1249189   1209098
 317 Twill Fabric   M2.  2991727   4899441   1315028       |   1214874   1120760      604261    789600    441430    527279    624413    495812    571201
 326 Sateen Fabric  M2.  1123876    609313   1053448       |   1039729    978742      388466    516630    554981    504162    399773    359183    523267
 330 Cot.Handkerchi Doz   511310    505813    372793       |    364929    210655      126899    141379    221615    183103    174222    144430     53144
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitt Dpr  2874794   2157823   1001156       |   1138959   1624633      532880    535431    570305    508104    585095    626619    881150
 332 Cotton Hosiery Dpr  2467201   2549437   1955906       |   2998072   2449578      923293    801092   1336484   1648738   1297386   1384299    920866
 333 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz    18017     22914      8889       |      5672     20894        2737      3495      5426      2621      2882      4779      8853
 334 Oth. Coats, MB Doz   280078    609970    100176       |    268074    532147       34998     30605     63874     78269    179250    216493    259831
 335 W/G Cot. Coats Doz   765396    918653    318706       |    430369    755475      146905    139088    146339    195393    218963    336632    337026
 336 Cotton Dresses Doz   718868    595278    951242       |    788065    767281      432755    453262    377990    358232    400204    389004    315454
 338 Knit Shirts,MB Doz   580596    719249    968138       |   1121995   1362996      429102    454006    429905    590247    495805    617555    611354
 339 W/G Knit Blous Doz  1499381   1856560   2855057       |   2956999   4041476     1217406   1245138   1291378   1377199   1463614   1751231   1819501
 340 N-Knt Shirts,M Doz   392494    530121    492478       |    442473    675556      239127    216413    223347    164807    250759    261260    328261
 341 W/G N-Knt Blou Doz  1307400   1026380   1257990       |   1095382   1430531      506653    571009    545538    521056    526332    623035    677567
 342 Cotton Skirts  Doz   727163    611636    505716       |    452240    433116      247012    222978    192799    212400    221189    182726    216717
 345 Cotton Sweater Doz   104739    282760    115458       |    175140    444222       49228     55419     73733     81455     91591    145521    244826
 347 Cot.M/B Trouse Doz   507356    670086    927723       |   1192476   1351702      400111    401329    473333    468938    638556    551704    664202
 348 W/G Slacks, et Doz  1513961   1629253   2539408       |   2991634   3653474     1142192   1139319   1305767   1224671   1587334   1632864   1639209
 349 Bras, & other  Doz   505303    465210    253511       |    362953    450105      113631    131155    150836    111264    249947    191201    158584
 350 Dress. Gown et Doz   254106    499956    281695       |    304998    381291      112589    141489    152116    197424     97687    174877    168173
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ Doz   742126    881015    562289       |    527845    832200      285143    209513    256337    224251    286205    324830    398925
 352 Cotton Underwe Doz   837696    941770   1106649       |   1436686   1782657      454568    520385    729363    568215    840765    818321    805987
 353 Down Coats,M/B Doz      159       520         0       |        30       957          12         .         .         .        29       346       474
 354 Down Coats,W/G Doz       43        25         3       |       272         .           .         .         .        17       255         .         .
 359 Oth. Cot. App. Kg.  1253210   1450627   1115461       |   1196730   2096957      507552    477037    554643    523624    630612    765244   1039787
 360 Pillowcases    Nos  9328824   8152135   5001458       |   5558792   6230736     2067769   2068351   3004524   2750131   2334274   2860743   2815446
 361 Cotton Sheets  Nos 10750876   8972604   5058231       |   6599562   6550390     2211989   2171376   2744102   3264778   2915529   3199776   2842064
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt Nos  1635588   1400967    704831       |   1130524   1007035      299036    386780    407928    370969    669081    534287    411352
 363 Pile Towels    Nos 11005909   7467335  10342248       |   9071824   6883839     4367978   3281067   4413333   4043943   4428441   3188574   2734520
 369 Oth. Cot. Manu Kg. 10054057   9369395   7675414       |   8058131   8966927     3113413   3499595   4057801   3836070   3797982   3875916   3793672

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns     Kg.    61360     50835     27826       |     82184     87135       18320      9250     17596     32964     49220     21818     65011
 410 Wool Woven Fab M2.   249159    248521    108196       |     54909    287861       38777     31945     52948     41699     12813     57649    183926
 414 Oth Wool Fabri Kg.    23146      6457      3492       |      9211      7138        1238      4823      3159      6659      1971      2343      4658
 431 Wool Glov/Mitn Dpr    25139     11901      1726       |      3748     14979         334       285       860      1092      2515      8776      2298
 432 Wool Hosiery   Dpr     9958     10918      3816       |      8875      2005         128      1066      3584      3558      5317       265      1740
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB Doz    10220      8585     13537       |      5403      8553        5974      4853      4792      2582      2796      2756      4700
 434 Oth. Coats, M/ Doz     5782      8293      5115       |      4468     21373        2801      2667      1547      1459      2419      6195     10516
 435 W/G Coats, Woo Doz    39058     75725     10525       |     44083     85283        1564      4386      6518     19553     24028     33890     37889
 436 Wool Dresses   Doz     5233     20118      7550       |      7579     19962        2588      2143      6016      3151      4361      8047      9521
 438 K Shirts,Blous Doz    20214    128906      8441       |     34481    115562        2988      3770      9114      5035     28015     41249     62950
 439 Babies' garmen Kg.     1000      4441         0       |      3151      6143          39        18         .         .      3145      5477       663
 440 NK Shirts,Blou Doz     1429       929      1296       |       461       859          99      1072       166       145       223       370       422
 442 Wool Skirts    Doz     2975     10109      1345       |      2416      8899         748       462       597       706      1701      2450      5153
 443 Wool Suits,M/B Nos   114509     59408    122889       |    103509     97956       47303     71768     36253     53433     50022     31385     63125
 444 Wool Suits,W/G Nos    43825     42354      9638       |     18047     13764        6010     11180      7798      9914      8132      5032       304
 445 Wool Sweater,M Doz     8775     11657      1767       |      6085     12826         728       556      1048      3696      2323      3711      7249
 446 Wool Sweater,W Doz    30883     81720      7616       |     25084     93493        3641      3234      7621      7436     17243     29267     44398
 447 Wool Trousers, Doz     8781     11278     15401       |     12332     15155        9519      6544      5601      5901      6411      6250      5823
 448 Wool Slacks,W/ Doz     6887     19670      3485       |      3341      8678        1226      1788      1279      1290      2045      3415      3595
 459 Oth.Wool Appar Kg.    66873    151481     58222       |     53468    115420       48515     33643     25349     30333     21842     41882     54122
 464 Wool Blankets  Kg.     7677      7680      3631       |      7851      4338        1390       518      8240      3422      4428      1766      1692
 465 Floor Covering M2.   553661    586448    266593       |    355337    425619      155487    105974    153803    178959    147419    112570    293719
 469 Oth. Wool Manu Kg.    12664     23247     14608       |      4917     22822        2105      9708      4155      2432      2485     10878      9523

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn  Kg.   308656    153068    349553       |    358040    129298      147436    171408    155570    224908    133132     78254     51044
 603 Yarn>85% artif Kg.   114241    113622    192323       |    118124    172668       73614     62220    108281     80314     37810    126524     39251
 604 Yarn>85% Synth Kg.   260820    147956    268664       |    214875    219426      139338    139991     60805    155047     59597    135007     79847
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn Kg.   474758    503720    706086       |    451595    516533      426304    322963    267603    237520    208385    149261    311432
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Y Kg.    61298     15482    126889       |    100102    201797       77382     55924     54134     26381     73721     87482     92818
 611 Wov>85% Art St M2.  1463070     73842     51784       |     61597    163507       28157     23552     33707     50806     10791     42678    111067
 613 MMF Sheeting F M2.   381358    285626    640831       |    406308    212581       57654    201909    135697    128902    266631     86805    125776
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclt M2.  2637941   2054398   2089253       |   2866027   2822605      303494    676723   1483585   1779144   1058231   1250492   1186390
 615 MMF Printcloth M2.    90127    109495     17720       |     74100     37817       16802       170     29658     72445      1655     32359      5458
 617 MMF Twill/Sate M2.   818854    772154    529098       |   1034382    627372      268455    362807    391108    654965    353088    221130    399999
 618 Wov Artif Fila M2.   154541     57577     69396       |     53695    216904       18352     42177     17555     24351     29241     45866     50124
 619 Poly Fil Fab   M2.  6552320   5233770   5730062       |   5087064   6123565     2432800   2498508   2875536   2287455   2362192   2690708   2970026
 620 Oth Synth Fila M2.  3082506   3196503   4642869       |   6003249   4685024     2542104   1743603   2999957   2847188   2810349   2243455   1990678
 621 Impression Fab Kg.      555      3482       999       |      2033       160         692         .      1347         .      1685        74         .
 624 Wov MMF Fabric M2.    62190     34469     66242       |     13788     17919         727     36349     49950      2714     10235      9237      6147
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/ M2.  1347140   1056068     38374       |     62079    380101       14543      4997     25336     47600      8529     25991    358163
 626 Printclth Stp/ M2.   680425    403123     18461       |     31309         .      224485       878    191899     15000     16309         .         .
 627 Sheeting Stap/ M2.    17569      8975     66680       |     81012    161218       19801     36067     29749     53751     27261      2176    133923
 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/F M2.  3249655   2424751   1954788       |   2917038   3734331     1008276    817954    878448   1429334   1472526   1597658   1583833
 629 Oth Stap/Fil F M2.  1566687   1983636   1536099       |   1315011   1260250      857147    645944    772532    446606    789158    476533    662329
 630 Handkerchiefs  Doz   123203     22330     52502       |     50905     60996       11692     27941     34844     32075     17819     39167     21377
 631 Gloves/Mittens Dpr  1235741   1239598    520361       |    584611   1095399      310628    244337    202392    275304    300674    392785    531885
 632 Hosiery        Dpr  4480073   4447251   5733646       |   6524843   6676696     2335866   2620585   2902268   3915952   2491493   3516225   2258549
 633 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz    21154     18790     12532       |      9845     12249        3906      5399      5308      5197      4551      4910      5538
 634 Other Coats, M Doz   248426    405838    164239       |    244317    566207       54171     74970    102163    106065    128170    248733    257921
 635 Coats, W/G     Doz   269113    500214    134526       |    277286    786360       56888     56847     88247    117833    152413    292905    373790
 636 Dresses        Doz   803698    861892   1032143       |   1119063   1205610      428441    511358    471204    522207    523242    493870    567029
 638 Knit Shirts, M Doz   225497    263603    250307       |    297129    345781       87397    105999    166184    129638    156354    142111    161734
 639 Knit Blouses,W Doz   696504    867745   1184953       |   1344273   1771303      399534    569419    552051    601884    689407    825410    772955
 640 N-K Shirts, MB Doz   146469    126885    155067       |    113435     96287       75652     59225     76353     65124     42288     49254     38691
 641 N-K Blouses, W Doz   692023    676397    618118       |    654801    677335      262784    277421    283348    329369    298358    264692    333015
 642 Skirts         Doz   195537    218674    205444       |    205779    263159       79836     85807    108406     90492    105862    105947    128560
 643 MMF Suits, M/B Nos   244237    189799    181186       |    207504    188650       86968     63602     76381     96483    111007     39112    119633
 644 MMF W/G Suits  Nos   424406    521124    345691       |    256667    379719      132480    214453    122293    149177     96072    158235    161144
 645 MMF M/B Sweate Doz     2221     14990      3229       |      1410      7822         666      2132      1096       222       984      3046      2695
 646 MMF Sweaters,W Doz    27850     91611     20892       |     40655    135425        6990     11941      7655     15995     24516     44975     65328
 647 Trousers,etc M Doz   332500    289157    505678       |    468341    500007      251076    238593    149534    233218    210941    224721    227436
 648 Slacks,etc. WG Doz   220834    324534    279846       |    326398    438954      115666    153601    122141    133206    182165    175129    212049
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Su Doz  1815431   1891812   1701214       |   1688078   1915448      738133    834582    787648    821650    795575    851995    876232
 650 Dress Gown,Rob Doz   184583    249463    111858       |    173164    207247       56574     48641     60261     65730     96824    100657     99549
 651 Nightwear/PJs  Doz   468691    548671    313735       |    519235    607187      149579    177993    145300    221994    277175    262962    287364
 652 M-MF Underwear Doz   908394   1025897   1107111       |   1400467   1686918      457049    447972    617028    617520    695976    781732    768190
 653 Down Coats, M/ Doz    11974     36868       803       |      7744     17728          71       492       357      2701      4964      6793      8444
 654 Down Coats, W/ Doz    19133     61675      8815       |     37437     77329         264      4503      6817     15404     21667     23441     46714
 659 Oth. MMF App.  Kg.  3127284   3219206   4072666       |   3308316   4489211     1817209   1929740   1724161   1630922   1504645   1937618   2031299
 665 Floor Covering M2.  2719711   3007680   2640962       |   2835644   2871395      968040   1169623   1332316   1385280   1345407   1277895   1337853
 666 Other Furnishi Kg. 16140389  15721254  13685298       |  16786857  19116659     6063237   6124516   6730307   8137723   7874336   8247032   8734459
 669 Other MMF Manu Kg. 19415241  16482458  17730388       |  12422610   8924275     8309542   7511486   7739583   6681237   5280306   4177677   3634732
 670 Flat Goods, et Kg.        .         .         .       |         .        88         226         .         .         .         .        88         .

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 800 S/V Yarns      Kg.    13448     22144     20949       |     20360     27112          61     20237      2402       463     19879      5196     21916
 810 S/V Woven Fabr M2. 18486779  11596139   1967875       |   2476187    935191      564856   1159575    773638   1229973    953064    390322    451259
 831 Gloves Silk/Ve Dpr   144019     69712     32900       |     83845     55000        7499     55644     20965     36956     46362      5692     46211
 832 Hosiery Slk/Ve Dpr     1814      4481      2148       |     54162     15034         177       441      3808      3958     48045       664      2550
 833 S/V S-T CoatsM Doz     2322      1607      3416       |       321       133        2297      1536       508       290        31        69        63
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/ Doz     1329      4242      2864       |       701      4122         371      2622       251       390       240       238      2383
 835 S/V Coats W/G  Doz    52847     53495     31825       |     31690     17044       13412     17443     12905     12753     15710      8867      7137
 836 S/V Dresses    Doz    34470     10866     54114       |     18873     14631       21842     29365     21187      7564      7310      7314      5423
 838 S/V K Shirts/B Doz    71806    115180     93729       |     81315     79919       47996     37587     48823     48033     31801     44443     31118
 839 Baby Silk/Veg  Kg.    42430     63830      6318       |     31951     42012        2500      3211      1776     10925     21026      9435     25673
 840 S/V Wov Shirts Doz   221486    105372    258789       |     96844     48377      113518    127148     79272     54120     37743     30196     13765
 842 S/V Skirts     Doz    58795     35791     62126       |     49073     46896       36560     28608     23723     21551     25534     22782     22472
 843 S/V Suits, M/B Nos     2728      1145     17545       |      2958      6029       10014      9102      3550      1679       523      2365        24
 844 WG Suits S/V   Nos    18317     11996     13646       |     24750      3867       12099      5479      7228     12451      6715      1660      2187
 845 Sweaters, Veg. Doz    40256     56751     40171       |     17045     49038       15279     14486     20442      9612      7310     14693     27139
 846 Sweaters, Silk Doz     1130      1437       333       |       686      4942          56       143       199       374       303       964      3977
 847 S/V Trousers M Doz  1442560   1325599    746476       |    908055    761578      344116    272705    403300    401445    436470    307844    363751
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gw Doz      479       603       134       |        77        28         245        19       533        75         .        16        12
 851 S/V Nightwear  Doz       64       513         0       |        24        31          12         .      1306        23         .         .        24
 852 S/V Underwear  Doz      434      1036      1093       |      3454      1775        1115       192      5853      1473      1797      1121       595
 858 S/V Neckwear   Kg.    36185     21201     21750       |     12531     12820        7308      6203     15377      4363      6280      4366      8144
 859 Oth. S/V Appar Kg.    71870    107136     81777       |     70172     74049       49306     35129     30074     30950     35376     40101     30423
 863 Towels Silk/Ve Nos   352874    508323    289978       |    619362    790794       32485    229335    110502    425101    188261    313580    404463
 870 Luggage Silk/V Kg.        .         .         .       |         .         .           .         .       411         .         .         .         .
 899 Other S/V Manu Kg.   555386    786853    319689       |    346720    429440      124727    138336    184605    120144    202268    175441    188751