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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 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            10/2008   11/2008    9/2009       |  10/2009   11/2009        8/22      9/05      9/19     10/03     10/17     10/31     11/14
                                                                 (P)       (P)          (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)       (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 200 Yarns / Sew Th Kg.   263112    160508    155981       |    233936         .      106083    129939     80030    105287    107916     76156    104554
 201 Specialty Yarn Kg.    87568    137540    108071       |    125961         .       68034     64535     46669     59550     39546     71409     43828
 218 Fab, Color Yar M2.  1631465   1883190   1571963       |   1959291         .     1103455    666834    757409    694652   1095100    679650    590059
 219 Duck Fabric    M2.   120572     95890    231494       |    103224         .       69881     45378     82868    150363     63473     16963     53134
 220 Spec. Weave, F M2.  8228469   6402285   9280008       |   9881580         .     2821756   4790581   4954642   2056923   3036301   6534822   4030743
 222 Knit Fabric    Kg.   835722    781695   3113316       |   2860003         .     1584696   1180613   1387657   1549744   1157299   1355732   1976607
 223 Non-Woven Fabr Kg.  2848827   2231610   2645066       |   2403049         .     1076855   1096196   1404536   1064083   1126064   1088708   1146626
 224 Pile/Tufted Fa M2. 10113588   7690202   8164220       |   8816785         .     5105804   4119680   3551807   4322477   4373813   3773735   4208938
 225 Blue Denim Fab M2.   644630    468469    900189       |    792379         .      482365    448486    543438    466130    313448    259646    314974
 226 Cheesecloth,Ba M2.   640308   1019572   1688866       |   1243368         .      861822    341582   1007344    846214    468317    666474   1115592
 227 Oxford Cloth   M2.    17639      6848     35269       |     15033         .       27151      4238      3880     44303     15033         .      1462
 229 Special Fabric Kg.  1803558   1516570   1390059       |   1544739         .      827323    572796    624240    755149    766228    601776    777067
 237 Playsuit,Sunsu Doz    14882     26226     33728       |     32306         .       14710      9513     10102     23396     15466     12116     15436
 239 Baby Garm / Ac Kg.  6878821   6377530   8267455       |   6471324         .     3537517   3745911   3374120   3726801   2794939   2921527   2312038

Cotton:
 300 Carded Cot. Ya Kg.    56470     35734     39357       |     22593         .       17029     11261     12515     31373     10984      8840      9312
 301 Combed Cot. Ya Kg.      412      1363     23488       |     35129         .       10044     19427      4061     34164     19049       114         .
 313 Cotton Sheetin M2.  9835785   8277510   6219383       |   5512397         .     2583475   2625754   3177874   2642492   2917765   2223917   3263495
 314 Poplin,Broadcl M2.  6966997   5243486   4519728       |   4999675         .     2343368   2375855   2367634   1904733   2109169   2519063   2768648
 315 Printcloth Fab M2.  2732581   2587066   1763690       |   2213458         .      554482   1107628    567317    735401    609200   1470490   1162285
 317 Twill Fabric   M2.  3849287   2905690   1345466       |   2619033         .      536351    591820    679140   1086134   1216643    769650    972845
 326 Sateen Fabric  M2.  1899544    604128   2202308       |   1365185         .      741992   1471591    968042    506136    750886    500203    715161
 330 Cot.Handkerchi Doz   482282    464211    472891       |    498456         .      286452    146939    166162    234613    135953    346226    201878
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitt Dpr  2293195   1958389   1561483       |   1447547         .      490520    651674    720588    717906    596709    694520    824026
 332 Cotton Hosiery Dpr  1993377   1253394   2833458       |   3027267         .     1075006   1151478   1196582   1611529   1227651   1392359   1573656
 333 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz    36009     20863     23449       |     28279         .       15606     14312      9508     10832     11182     14283      5781
 334 Oth. Coats, MB Doz   909311    499101    792604       |    583742         .      320316    408385    337033    329415    272752    248568    196744
 335 W/G Cot. Coats Doz  1175912    732114    930833       |   1277021         .      371350    439818    392404    416076    747914    465377    457127
 336 Cotton Dresses Doz   335958    426929    382179       |    429919         .      189361    170985    181645    184222    180519    210450    257536
 338 Knit Shirts,MB Doz  1051563    754769   1670948       |   1546939         .      565983    804436    756087    749236    732816    676596    769554
 339 W/G Knit Blous Doz  2648971   2454140   3996585       |   5053614         .     1734585   1793408   1754523   1970707   2570617   1988487   2064184
 340 N-Knt Shirts,M Doz   716841    525898    938854       |    963662         .      384922    377594    392057    499905    469316    414851    343452
 341 W/G N-Knt Blou Doz   618730    705067    812805       |    829209         .      446947    455390    322420    352123    370695    385715    451169
 342 Cotton Skirts  Doz   135079    224588    130492       |    303626         .       73647     95784     59863     72423    133139    146123    100479
 345 Cotton Sweater Doz  1287740    507259   1775879       |   1651148         .      558411    648823    776414    899031    907065    585285    428107
 347 Cot.M/B Trouse Doz   560632    588080   1205246       |   1176268         .      497528    486278    538269    553029    516333    557860    538503
 348 W/G Slacks, et Doz  1588204   1517992   2812226       |   3009356         .     1137629   1301724   1247721   1348441   1307915   1406069   1491850
 349 Bras, & other  Doz   205088    166014    361269       |    193300         .      190156    126176    160965    155051     88756     91331     96286
 350 Dress. Gown et Doz   439885    289295    349806       |    376008         .       97028    158545    139683    142188    143811    197561    273600
 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ Doz  1373502    950438   1443889       |   1075127         .      496212    721506    645009    576268    564589    413872    443959
 352 Cotton Underwe Doz  1396678    733236   1696758       |   1456894         .      714367    775362    703423    824819    692537    570437    842453
 353 Down Coats,M/B Doz     2904      1914       894       |      2726         .         950       703       664       631       892      1340         .
 354 Down Coats,W/G Doz      608        21       382       |       651         .         192       358       221       351       375        90       531
 359 Oth. Cot. App. Kg.  2072143   1490315   2094064       |   1970099         .     1014354   1314559    871042    968023    874690    839579    544270
 360 Pillowcases    Nos  6842315   6629693   5938802       |   6489737         .     3081660   2778244   2274049   3356115   3046281   2823611   2322413
 361 Cotton Sheets  Nos  7421834   7983723   5948576       |   6968215         .     2709226   2976865   2202267   3348237   3382300   2955075   2519377
 362 Bedsprds/Quilt Nos  1130424   1149801   1023330       |   1491194         .      623850    533011    517158    607485    783462    517762    720887
 363 Pile Towels    Nos  6206553   5724033  10202954       |   8263789         .     5360328   4012129   4904216   4754242   3150277   4395440   3860292
 369 Oth. Cot. Manu Kg. 10382597   8535185  10147232       |   9780506         .     4649725   4728324   4620675   4716477   4463543   4415390   4333302

Wool:
 400 Wool Yarns     Kg.    31906     71360    109600       |     48004         .       21730      1623     28991     79324     29452     18454      4338
 410 Wool Woven Fab M2.   298795    200974    118208       |    130399         .       31796     98867     50761     75571     56875     57601     58653
 414 Oth Wool Fabri Kg.    11648      2841      3359       |     65510         .       14671        40      2228      1911     56987      7951     18914
 431 Wool Glov/Mitn Dpr    71293     27674    121524       |     53105         .       30933     30516     32710     34551     22752     18389     10670
 432 Wool Hosiery   Dpr    42205      7631     34686       |     32454         .        7026      5152      9445     22906     23483      8970     12908
 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB Doz    21600     10852     17473       |     18473         .        9306      7600      6963     11711      7592      6974      6618
 434 Oth. Coats, M/ Doz    65323     17762     73162       |     45056         .       34874     32345     33717     31217     18889     18312     12742
 435 W/G Coats, Woo Doz   159270     64868    207125       |    146043         .       86491    117155     81488     71709     77786     45459     31467
 436 Wool Dresses   Doz    42188     16285     36134       |     29870         .       16125     18220     18605     12501     19248      8861      8869
 438 K Shirts,Blous Doz   342405    118887    288142       |    328548         .      114110    120922    135628    136453    176484    124872     65103
 439 Babies' garmen Kg.     2308      1018      3524       |       827         .        4247      3741       434      1360       663       162       768
 440 NK Shirts,Blou Doz     1384       592       637       |       735         .        1282       401       381       695       238       203       682
 442 Wool Skirts    Doz    17215      8830     20988       |     10017         .        8863     13145      8331      5364      6445      2486      1861
 443 Wool Suits,M/B Nos   159374     69247    227401       |    159678         .       98916     67295    123805     91901     82448     58897     46037
 444 Wool Suits,W/G Nos    24596     10896     18822       |     31665         .       31950      9546     12047      5063     28225      3437     18266
 445 Wool Sweater,M Doz   114156     13109     77091       |     73399         .       29664     32276     30644     45281     47319     18910      7008
 446 Wool Sweater,W Doz   619936    190089    414682       |    418985         .      130206    164618    184217    191726    241734    127981     94882
 447 Wool Trousers, Doz    14258     10218     36521       |     32734         .       10022     18669     10462     19708     14402     12293     16524
 448 Wool Slacks,W/ Doz    16638      7205     18740       |     11919         .       15613     17967      7318      6613      7669      3871      5799
 459 Oth.Wool Appar Kg.   407617    254024    387431       |    362664         .      107096    137693    162506    202130    155843    169052     81349
 464 Wool Blankets  Kg.    26327     31269     15263       |     22277         .       14712      2237     11393      2633     11518      9923      6077
 465 Floor Covering M2.   407920    438185    267972       |    256647         .      111375     85437    154050     81985    124326    118816    122989
 469 Oth. Wool Manu Kg.    10767      7805     17481       |     15369         .        8136      5251      6592     11349      8477      6574      2813

Man-Made Fiber:
 600 Text Fil Yarn  Kg.   200403    407322    311894       |    268052         .      168184    204559     95271    131403    132731    113940    177353
 603 Yarn>85% artif Kg.   116771    104736     85964       |    120990         .       27469     32241     30120     47531     44823     60346     33669
 604 Yarn>85% Synth Kg.   241965    227128    194775       |    145997         .       22630     52584     88331     89838     71641     61504     72305
 606 N-Text Fil Yrn Kg.  1048650    948628    454843       |    518137         .      324508    187503    277793    160516    352513    165624    229203
 607 Oth Stpl Fib Y Kg.    22503     29882    152151       |    148879         .       41091     45385     83058     71101     67112     66383     53059
 611 Wov>85% Art St M2.   196761     50767    240648       |    174750         .       29077     99920     88753     50136    111793     61787    255132
 613 MMF Sheeting F M2.   315506    145731    140482       |    236744         .      141396     79472     63076    112267     48177    108712    167477
 614 MMF Pop/Brdclt M2.  2772438   1772548   2500516       |   1428251         .      620545    632173   1187132    872849    748334    545965   1230483
 615 MMF Printcloth M2.   315017     14060     68707       |     12237         .          14     36345     26402      5985     11568       669     77883
 617 MMF Twill/Sate M2.   716476   1259634    735218       |   1116426         .      399499    606534    456555    478608    361188    728382    385677
 618 Wov Artif Fila M2.    83945    107004    167441       |    398454         .       60373     31884     86588     82855    122275    227218    193101
 619 Poly Fil Fab   M2.  4378576   2800646   5660240       |   6441099         .     2950318   2634872   2696932   2223767   3650438   2279016   2140346
 620 Oth Synth Fila M2.  4615886   3814915   5853425       |   6536533         .     2426176   2499219   3456365   2710920   2354685   3362808   3117809
 621 Impression Fab Kg.     6727      8310       695       |      2110         .        4393       128       696       200      1541       369      4663
 624 Wov MMF Fabric M2.    38237     53550     14261       |    112923         .       20235     17352      1825     25490      1946    110112      7605
 625 Pop,Broad Stp/ M2.   748599    346288    192953       |    150496         .      127294    112194    182691     31495    112344     36730    133525
 626 Printclth Stp/ M2.   527977     33117      2237       |      3522         .       17251      5599      5608         .       786      2736     30082
 627 Sheeting Stap/ M2.    45453     53847     30526       |    399991         .       30073     22086     26795     14126    372347     25766    110613
 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/F M2.  1612671   1725001   1325886       |   3172066         .     1323263   1267809   1216013   1080727   1641026   1459608   1394210
 629 Oth Stap/Fil F M2.  1666744   1459808   1303275       |   1216113         .      812989    695293    698565    651200    543576    589275    577679
 630 Handkerchiefs  Doz    72731    112404     81565       |    253992         .       47714     40986     32702     46254     37720    194841     63026
 631 Gloves/Mittens Dpr  4024464   2128929   3915469       |   3142348         .     1353614   1577504   1728321   1388264   1396871   1544151   1021257
 632 Hosiery        Dpr  4961232   3545504   7934582       |   9187624         .     3023103   3762632   3326763   4458254   3773525   3835491   3594066
 633 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz    22465     16923     23583       |     19910         .       11305      9317     11583     11410      7281      9190      7369
 634 Other Coats, M Doz   711558    366090    863881       |    507382         .      352069    382549    398617    331275    229322    211237    169354
 635 Coats, W/G     Doz  1231182    634273   1381300       |   1048165         .      609789    662786    652041    558451    499941    437888    335506
 636 Dresses        Doz   801237    609063    930936       |    856472         .      440785    450614    383048    458516    388039    377946    341215
 638 Knit Shirts, M Doz   178261    165810    357121       |    249228         .      178668    183710    161661    124112    102935    122950    130229
 639 Knit Blouses,W Doz  1725783    947097   2370029       |   2250383         .      874901   1077197   1109948   1088744    968640   1049714    841092
 640 N-K Shirts, MB Doz   127114    119445    126392       |    129226         .       62106     77244     48408     54022     60532     61897     71724
 641 N-K Blouses, W Doz   679345    591154    683764       |    539695         .      340487    295638    337749    299247    250261    235603    237405
 642 Skirts         Doz   170505    111527    233711       |    245898         .      120645    110216     95381    122552     94289    117845     82437
 643 MMF Suits, M/B Nos   341444    259619    291594       |    270055         .      111769    137522    171815    142721    127508    118414    139824
 644 MMF W/G Suits  Nos   488382    406982    331590       |    365684         .      209952    164342    105305    213063    181611    135660    165231
 645 MMF M/B Sweate Doz     5050      3791     37462       |     19101         .        8838     21553     13858     11660     12688      5386      1958
 646 MMF Sweaters,W Doz   646239    169641    702635       |    629991         .      207601    260398    287641    430108    356809    230023    150422
 647 Trousers,etc M Doz   543699    362399    644289       |    480930         .      219582    293024    319968    265727    205648    214758    251825
 648 Slacks,etc. WG Doz   558402    377575    555720       |    592030         .      248657    250032    274544    236172    279298    261806    187057
 649 Bras/Ot Bod Su Doz  1346186   1219616   1950937       |   1832661         .      937043    925084    949624    820651    898909    757013    931508
 650 Dress Gown,Rob Doz   775285    485533    830499       |    813801         .      212774    411456    363577    318432    396968    356028    243749
 651 Nightwear/PJs  Doz  1175308    657667   1953805       |   1275283         .      595736    854866    859809    913988    664326    419653    481547
 652 M-MF Underwear Doz  1354928    989070   1898640       |   1600633         .      760631    810443    868981    777226    788982    691310    778449
 653 Down Coats, M/ Doz    31237     12446     47861       |     17469         .       17984     22215     24825     13607      8271      7033      2740
 654 Down Coats, W/ Doz    90772     56022    153293       |     76584         .       59278     49136     63930     66100     35078     25804     14521
 659 Oth. MMF App.  Kg.  6360776   4078693   9914293       |   8300262         .     4372472   4166992   4351966   4233799   3881912   3620901   3334236
 665 Floor Covering M2.  2624869   2255914   3162055       |   3108431         .     1427051   1447021   1452077   1806838    977914   1472116   1219123
 666 Other Furnishi Kg. 26510599  18832388  28367168       |  30793329         .    10697527  12755008  12479996  13796372  14056731  14262731  11937286
 669 Other MMF Manu Kg.  8732060   8217094   6575104       |   6713133         .     3884433   3386593   3096780   3090387   3151284   2880228   3101166
 670 Flat Goods, et Kg.        .         .         .       |         .         .           .         .         .        87         .         .         .

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 800 S/V Yarns      Kg.     4644     26059      6347       |      1018         .       18006      1280      2131      1600       865       152      6864
 810 S/V Woven Fabr M2.  7927123   5496957   2095910       |   1729110         .      342566    667457    947332   1525969   1168790    544056    756612
 831 Gloves Silk/Ve Dpr   126215     58894     98068       |    124652         .        8014     37276     53655     42671     57369     39601     96300
 832 Hosiery Slk/Ve Dpr     8425     11745     47782       |     31421         .        3730     18656     44434      1641     30733       539     21811
 833 S/V S-T CoatsM Doz      332       775       166       |       379         .          38       160         .        37       160       196       135
 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/ Doz     4276      2051      6093       |      4909         .       10375      1949      4089      2479      1865      2965      1116
 835 S/V Coats W/G  Doz    24058     19000      6437       |      9040         .        3265      5912      1822      5428      3509      3955      6906
 836 S/V Dresses    Doz    14445     10157      6357       |      8247         .        4867      8582      1136      1416      3965      4031      4690
 838 S/V K Shirts/B Doz   182931    107665     74031       |     81304         .       25093     46587     38670     29197     33884     41811     17113
 839 Baby Silk/Veg  Kg.   114703     23582     34467       |     23288         .       12269      5938     18146     15767      9178     11806      8854
 840 S/V Wov Shirts Doz    65976     86363     32968       |     40743         .       13056     11904     16507     13461     20154     18091     20863
 842 S/V Skirts     Doz    27219     26290      4945       |      9432         .        1295      4255      2658      3428      4482      2848      5607
 843 S/V Suits, M/B Nos       25         5      8440       |       286         .          25      5021      3837       510        18       268         .
 844 WG Suits S/V   Nos     7604      9128      1006       |       928         .        2034         .       308       701       734       191         .
 845 Sweaters, Veg. Doz   120987     64947     74339       |     71963         .       31481     37448     35473     36252     29503     33236     17224
 846 Sweaters, Silk Doz    10361      4265      4513       |      1742         .        3215       581      1878      2341       950       704      1240
 847 S/V Trousers M Doz   708957    709818    310613       |    349000         .      171207    125502    148549    201879    156555    120150    185031
 850 EG S/V Drss.Gw Doz      508       270        80       |        81         .           .       106        25        65        35        46         .
 851 S/V Nightwear  Doz     1147        12       592       |      2433         .         149      2009        17       520      1935       498        52
 852 S/V Underwear  Doz     4318      1314      1901       |      1309         .        5404       216       384      1836       659       223      1286
 858 S/V Neckwear   Kg.    87037     25377     12705       |     13423         .        8900      4761      4089      9941      4811      6924      6229
 859 Oth. S/V Appar Kg.   110940     86189     68945       |    103626         .       33290     32352     32562     47631     51071     42260     47670
 863 Towels Silk/Ve Nos   689170    376671    764336       |   1145397         .      216402    484647    395112    593959    446561    263064    302094
 899 Other S/V Manu Kg.   528404    497996    332473       |    371957         .      133593    208872    150980    183845    169920    163365    194415