Trade Balance Report: Imports
 11/13/09
                           Textile & Apparel Trade Balance Report
                                    Flow:  General Imports
                                    Type:  Customs value
                                    (Millions of Dollars)
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 |                 Time Period|           |           |                       |  Percent  |
 |Partner                     |           |           |    January-September  |   change  |
 |  SITC rev 3 Commodity      |           |           |                       |           |
 |                            |           |           |_______________________|           |
 |                            |           |           |           |           | YTD  9/08-|
 |                            |    2007   |    2008   |    2008   |    2009   |    YTD    |
 |                            |           |           |           |           |    9/09   |
 |____________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
 |                            |           |           |           |           |           |
 |World                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|     3,845 |     3,793 |     2,923 |     2,066 |    -29.33 |
 |  Fabric ...................|     7,185 |     6,784 |     5,261 |     3,842 |    -26.97 |
 |  Made-up ..................|    19,557 |    19,166 |    14,554 |    12,322 |    -15.34 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    76,737 |    74,243 |    56,312 |    49,053 |    -12.89 |
 |  Total ....................|   107,323 |   103,987 |    79,051 |    67,282 |    -14.89 |
 |FTA Total                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|     1,042 |       932 |       731 |       598 |    -18.23 |
 |  Fabric ...................|     1,758 |     1,538 |     1,193 |       948 |    -20.50 |
 |  Made-up ..................|     1,654 |     1,461 |     1,112 |     1,008 |     -9.33 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    16,118 |    14,806 |    11,339 |     8,897 |    -21.54 |
 |  Total ....................|    20,573 |    18,736 |    14,374 |    11,450 |    -20.34 |
 |_CAFTA                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|        15 |        19 |        15 |        15 |     -2.32 |
 |  Fabric ...................|        17 |        16 |        12 |         9 |    -27.16 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       145 |       163 |       118 |       106 |    -10.02 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     7,975 |     7,677 |     5,840 |     4,608 |    -21.09 |
 |  Total ....................|     8,152 |     7,876 |     5,985 |     4,738 |    -20.84 |
 |NAFTA                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       940 |       820 |       644 |       532 |    -17.35 |
 |  Fabric ...................|     1,554 |     1,285 |     1,005 |       778 |    -22.57 |
 |  Made-up ..................|     1,332 |     1,126 |       868 |       778 |    -10.30 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     5,649 |     4,886 |     3,768 |     2,988 |    -20.68 |
 |  Total ....................|     9,475 |     8,116 |     6,284 |     5,077 |    -19.21 |
 |Canada                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       528 |       414 |       330 |       286 |    -13.35 |
 |  Fabric ...................|       947 |       791 |       617 |       469 |    -23.87 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       418 |       355 |       277 |       212 |    -23.26 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       989 |       726 |       590 |       372 |    -36.98 |
 |  Total ....................|     2,881 |     2,286 |     1,813 |     1,340 |    -26.12 |
 |Mexico                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       412 |       406 |       314 |       246 |    -21.57 |
 |  Fabric ...................|       608 |       494 |       389 |       309 |    -20.52 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       914 |       771 |       591 |       566 |     -4.24 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     4,660 |     4,159 |     3,178 |     2,617 |    -17.65 |
 |  Total ....................|     6,594 |     5,830 |     4,471 |     3,737 |    -16.40 |
 |Guatemala                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         3 |         5 |         4 |         3 |    -12.77 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         4 |         2 |         2 |         1 |    -35.77 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         8 |         8 |         7 |         5 |    -28.66 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     1,451 |     1,389 |     1,096 |       818 |    -25.33 |
 |  Total ....................|     1,467 |     1,404 |     1,108 |       827 |    -25.33 |
 |El Salvador                 |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         1 |         1 |         0 |         0 |     11.99 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         5 |         5 |         4 |         3 |    -20.29 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        21 |        37 |        27 |        22 |    -18.25 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     1,486 |     1,534 |     1,161 |       957 |    -17.57 |
 |  Total ....................|     1,513 |     1,576 |     1,192 |       983 |    -17.58 |
 |Honduras                    |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         4 |         3 |         2 |         2 |    -28.62 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         3 |         3 |         2 |         1 |    -57.01 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        18 |        22 |        16 |        12 |    -27.70 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     2,588 |     2,676 |     1,979 |     1,554 |    -21.50 |
 |  Total ....................|     2,612 |     2,703 |     2,000 |     1,568 |    -21.59 |
 |Nicaragua                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |    -94.95 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |    300.13 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         0 |         1 |         1 |         1 |    -14.25 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       968 |       934 |       719 |       662 |     -7.99 |
 |  Total ....................|       969 |       935 |       720 |       663 |     -7.93 |
 |Costa Rica                  |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         6 |         9 |         7 |         6 |    -14.55 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         1 |         2 |         2 |         0 |    -70.35 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         7 |         2 |         2 |         1 |    -62.68 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       423 |       303 |       245 |       157 |    -35.85 |
 |  Total ....................|       437 |       316 |       256 |       164 |    -35.71 |
 |Dominican Republic          |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         1 |         3 |         2 |         3 |     98.30 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         4 |         4 |         3 |         3 |     -2.35 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        90 |        93 |        66 |        66 |      1.41 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     1,059 |       842 |       640 |       460 |    -28.03 |
 |  Total ....................|     1,155 |       941 |       710 |       533 |    -24.89 |
 |Peru                        |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|        11 |        15 |        11 |        10 |    -12.66 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         4 |         5 |         4 |         3 |    -34.85 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         4 |         5 |         4 |         4 |     -9.39 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       814 |       794 |       627 |       458 |    -26.86 |
 |  Total ....................|       834 |       819 |       646 |       474 |    -26.56 |
 |Chile                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         2 |         1 |         0 |         0 |    -32.65 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         9 |         6 |         4 |         3 |    -31.74 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         5 |         3 |         2 |         1 |    -59.97 |
 |  Apparel ..................|        12 |         4 |         3 |         4 |     20.10 |
 |  Total ....................|        27 |        13 |        10 |         8 |    -21.98 |
 |Israel                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|        67 |        70 |        55 |        35 |    -35.91 |
 |  Fabric ...................|       150 |       180 |       130 |       134 |      3.27 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       102 |        91 |        67 |        58 |    -14.01 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       190 |       172 |       131 |        87 |    -33.56 |
 |  Total ....................|       509 |       513 |       384 |       315 |    -17.98 |
 |Jordan                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Fabric ...................|         0 |         1 |         1 |         0 |    -99.84 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |    -31.04 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     1,145 |       971 |       737 |       587 |    -20.29 |
 |  Total ....................|     1,146 |       973 |       738 |       587 |    -20.43 |
 |Oman                        |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Fabric ...................|         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       .   |
 |  Made-up ..................|         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |    226.40 |
 |  Apparel ..................|        10 |         1 |         1 |         0 |    -97.03 |
 |  Total ....................|        10 |         1 |         1 |         0 |    -86.19 |
 |Bahrain                     |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       .   |
 |  Fabric ...................|         6 |        19 |        15 |         8 |    -46.53 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        47 |        54 |        37 |        51 |     40.04 |
 |  Apparel ..................|        70 |        79 |        58 |        57 |     -2.04 |
 |  Total ....................|       123 |       151 |       110 |       116 |      6.02 |
 |Singapore                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         0 |         1 |         0 |         1 |     31.42 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         1 |         1 |         1 |         0 |    -71.13 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         2 |         1 |         1 |         1 |     76.92 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       151 |       120 |        92 |        57 |    -38.14 |
 |  Total ....................|       154 |       123 |        94 |        59 |    -37.16 |
 |Australia                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         7 |         7 |         5 |         5 |      1.53 |
 |  Fabric ...................|        16 |        24 |        19 |        12 |    -34.95 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        15 |        16 |        13 |         7 |    -45.31 |
 |  Apparel ..................|        10 |         9 |         7 |         4 |    -46.17 |
 |  Total ....................|        48 |        56 |        45 |        29 |    -35.64 |
 |Morocco                     |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       .   |
 |  Fabric ...................|         1 |         1 |         1 |         0 |    -59.29 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         2 |         2 |         2 |         1 |    -42.03 |
 |  Apparel ..................|        90 |        92 |        75 |        46 |    -39.50 |
 |  Total ....................|        93 |        95 |        77 |        47 |    -39.73 |
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   Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.