_________________________________________ | | | BI-WEEKLY | | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS | February 5, 2009 | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! | | | | By Category | |_________________________________________| Category 331: COTTON GLOVES AND MITTENS Data in Dpr. (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 - 2009) -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Country 12/2007 1/2008 11/2008 | 12/2008 1/2009 11/01 11/15 11/29 12/13 12/27 1/10 1/24 (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) World 4362158 3836061 2891721 | 3589592 3451849 2235079 1911783 1495679 1564717 1504825 1567093 1538457 China 2794908 2466691 1958389 | 2357539 2453227 1014129 1463997 965593 1088913 976571 1111418 1017861 Pakistan 413981 325806 209454 | 296149 200748 362981 146176 148168 160898 92582 92453 122278 Philippines 199265 188387 147371 | 212742 46923 65179 69749 77687 85498 38905 99364 19144 Indonesia 376111 205764 156820 | 209222 268000 133253 543 162570 . 169540 81520 164480 Mexico 161840 125613 180728 | 141248 101807 130893 64425 75690 62474 78774 2254 33743 Sri Lanka 24293 115603 18571 | 105927 49894 6896 10064 8237 14330 82114 27581 25697 Korea, South 96427 138825 80207 | 103483 119868 418914 67409 27856 65247 38236 16750 90993 Hong Kong 2186 26468 8494 | 34871 605 17125 8799 2164 5102 259 29510 . Honduras 14814 11856 17280 | 33128 9368 5011 7440 9840 13365 15417 4348 6212 Bangladesh 58000 41000 16095 | 26600 94050 16095 . . 26600 . 79550 14500 Thailand 128500 52778 24200 | 24206 28003 48864 24202 . 24205 . . . Taiwan 11052 26099 2500 | 13704 15972 4464 . 4277 9200 4504 7693 . Malaysia 14736 20160 11124 | 13086 5322 8733 . 2391 5604 2094 5874 . Guatemala 5683 13380 16410 | 6407 6370 400 13740 2670 2807 3600 . 5170 India 54825 13500 9550 | 4712 13111 722 9503 51 . 390 4325 . _ASEAN 718612 529114 339515 | 459256 348249 256029 94494 242691 115309 210540 186758 183627 _CBI 24558 25236 65086 | 43338 42427 5411 46063 19023 16172 19017 8151 38071 _CAFTA 20497 25236 33690 | 39535 15738 5411 21180 12510 16172 19017 4348 11382 _SUB-SAHARA 425 300 300 | 750 178 100 100 100 75 250 478 125 _ANDEAN (ATPA) 12 0 0 | 25 10 14 14 . . . 19 .