_________________________________________ | | February 5, 2009 ___________ | BI-WEEKLY | | | | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS | | China | | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! | |___________| |_________________________________________| (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) -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cat, Product 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) Cotton or Man-Made Fiber: 200 Yarns / Sew Th Kg. 163651 234137 160508 | 183993 166055 110707 88110 83966 120625 26562 96577 81038 201 Specialty Yarn Kg. 158603 209137 137540 | 172235 171405 52772 75872 33459 93443 62535 61828 76001 218 Fab, Color Yar M2. 2947272 2527985 1883190 | 1461951 2538111 1104479 537671 1169186 599157 654458 841945 1076263 219 Duck Fabric M2. 34199 150186 95890 | 44083 183458 92852 50707 44941 26110 13970 53345 132871 220 Spec. Weave, F M2. 4828676 4316352 6402285 | 12060953 9221345 8717930 5472264 7797219 7695085 2070518 4059564 4767737 222 Knit Fabric Kg. 888507 1056959 781695 | 945179 2311631 382064 440147 339381 388335 242492 809206 928140 223 Non-Woven Fabr Kg. 2525077 2789701 2231610 | 2037376 2548545 1334560 982748 1050146 847027 772122 1271110 1095210 224 Pile/Tufted Fa M2. 9809192 9363187 7690202 | 7294927 7213408 3835845 3400098 3997800 3678698 2450345 3158085 3552037 225 Blue Denim Fab M2. 1389143 1339168 468469 | 1152723 760070 308492 215524 239877 559698 424687 341042 376856 226 Cheesecloth,Ba M2. 961369 1021374 1019572 | 1130726 1310009 367721 608067 458385 325331 532142 989132 241118 227 Oxford Cloth M2. 22428 3937 6848 | 19033 13125 1428 6808 6328 9427 5463 17262 . 229 Special Fabric Kg. 1063153 1191837 1516570 | 1572362 1490556 1019361 590514 1212394 556231 620207 631630 1050262 237 Playsuit,Sunsu Doz 80024 72419 26226 | 16642 35778 7413 12623 13543 11463 3451 10079 13231 239 Baby Garm / Ac Kg. 8492248 7113005 6377530 | 6614396 5745483 3431602 2910690 3112818 3070476 2663044 2390076 2910330 Cotton: 300 Carded Cot. Ya Kg. 30342 100335 35734 | 58947 7093 8777 19876 11770 48700 8264 7843 870 301 Combed Cot. Ya Kg. 1452 7456 1363 | 3277 68 412 1377 . 1902 1375 . 68 313 Cotton Sheetin M2. 8230073 8893356 8277510 | 6684847 6227950 5138895 3799791 3668324 3539052 1990441 3164946 3524721 314 Poplin,Broadcl M2. 8830416 7014632 5243486 | 5851648 5836453 2611923 2721991 2175464 2442342 2196710 3609915 2463122 315 Printcloth Fab M2. 5026819 4107743 2587066 | 3746788 3822931 991091 1730027 791046 1522141 1648082 1820416 1499240 317 Twill Fabric M2. 2582100 5202528 2905690 | 3059281 2527948 1295435 1254178 1584185 1480481 1049620 1725763 1082111 326 Sateen Fabric M2. 1529883 1447233 604128 | 792898 1154598 501285 55345 354038 476689 158760 496270 697263 330 Cot.Handkerchi Doz 543953 592115 464211 | 453862 539186 254640 272395 88912 88620 281180 171714 323039 331 Cot.Glove/Mitt Dpr 2794908 2466691 1958389 | 2357539 2453227 1014129 1463997 965593 1088913 976571 1111418 1017861 332 Cotton Hosiery Dpr 1270490 1583195 1253394 | 1079850 1878062 1058414 691859 470599 562908 406195 346114 956581 333 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz 23027 19857 20863 | 22498 15143 16468 11708 6928 9398 8224 8476 7879 334 Oth. Coats, MB Doz 293586 310909 499101 | 236782 185507 368739 258801 181663 116770 90935 109582 71868 335 W/G Cot. Coats Doz 832751 867236 732114 | 676721 734112 466618 388343 278883 324111 268317 310822 333334 336 Cotton Dresses Doz 613958 1031118 426929 | 658110 922812 152829 183778 235461 258271 275380 353708 443500 338 Knit Shirts,MB Doz 463299 830649 754769 | 776721 888852 435786 370737 357579 331370 317442 319282 418490 339 W/G Knit Blous Doz 1314651 1945852 2454140 | 2486343 3075855 1155770 1336876 1010597 1178983 886730 1156009 1487214 340 N-Knt Shirts,M Doz 455148 539664 525898 | 521071 605124 304262 261941 206619 284176 167330 243274 282584 341 W/G N-Knt Blou Doz 945201 1153899 705067 | 798517 1206610 284084 370904 346702 343427 306419 491524 541052 342 Cotton Skirts Doz 332040 544718 224588 | 395202 462636 75061 101708 114255 196216 114852 202108 225651 345 Cotton Sweater Doz 149617 119548 507259 | 266126 219222 519168 280539 149299 145200 82842 122130 88509 347 Cot.M/B Trouse Doz 184189 586055 588080 | 661228 873436 281968 280926 259913 315553 236032 294928 431391 348 W/G Slacks, et Doz 677430 1576801 1517992 | 1655970 2570010 770004 797516 632759 734066 659429 779482 1334486 349 Bras, & other Doz 359729 405594 166014 | 350636 377388 68195 42437 116680 132953 133094 152279 177661 350 Dress. Gown et Doz 284210 415665 289382 | 373372 299764 134931 147855 153177 153565 159223 160331 126680 351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ Doz 746862 864856 950438 | 739370 850096 498606 497507 349817 319148 252186 390835 380340 352 Cotton Underwe Doz 458975 849468 733236 | 949418 1140817 347769 353860 366621 443202 319604 451416 500175 353 Down Coats,M/B Doz 378 8 1914 | 413 10 562 808 . 410 . . . 354 Down Coats,W/G Doz 565 5 21 | 32 . 286 54 . . 23 . . 359 Oth. Cot. App. Kg. 860133 999062 1490315 | 1669187 1275107 899478 682982 654883 907504 463007 642531 626216 360 Pillowcases Nos 6220968 7871809 6629693 | 5888239 5828738 3409336 3329152 2857587 2511060 2266560 2262127 2320716 361 Cotton Sheets Nos 7711293 7927989 7983723 | 7585038 6805433 3333632 3948979 4097587 3454990 3027360 2252241 2663208 362 Bedsprds/Quilt Nos 820603 1188771 1149801 | 1103021 728331 612063 596052 576666 533994 459159 282330 332311 363 Pile Towels Nos 8800658 12936261 5724033 | 7875986 11115961 3216550 2802018 3273963 4227820 2627538 4649500 4796536 369 Oth. Cot. Manu Kg. 8602639 9895445 8535185 | 8744027 8713406 4697667 3803907 3654900 3879719 3579518 3796064 4216758 Wool: 400 Wool Yarns Kg. 39476 37355 71360 | 33564 28834 5818 14473 56918 20386 13177 2419 23911 410 Wool Woven Fab M2. 170829 465095 200974 | 164798 276638 97299 117849 85589 86265 52473 62878 159851 414 Oth Wool Fabri Kg. 3469 88222 2841 | 3877 20039 2938 1725 1231 271 3545 1974 18046 431 Wool Glov/Mitn Dpr 49985 19189 27674 | 3593 8625 15211 13918 3497 1015 1705 5457 3855 432 Wool Hosiery Dpr 1563 33 7631 | 1808 16462 19816 1777 493 439 1369 488 15389 433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB Doz 14237 23469 10852 | 14147 15712 10483 4422 4444 6131 5946 6786 8940 434 Oth. Coats, M/ Doz 3412 2114 17762 | 3513 3405 24740 8406 5729 2549 801 1462 2026 435 W/G Coats, Woo Doz 12614 9199 64873 | 16589 9234 52621 29842 18878 8758 6625 5629 3793 436 Wool Dresses Doz 13289 5273 16284 | 9888 14511 15487 8430 4336 5713 3540 6906 2324 438 K Shirts,Blous Doz 30360 21116 118866 | 36622 21050 128698 78884 27293 20061 11700 15256 6053 439 Babies' garmen Kg. 356 1087 1018 | 709 131 1275 3512 19 518 174 28 117 440 NK Shirts,Blou Doz 595 665 592 | 272 543 1034 366 190 64 102 217 160 442 Wool Skirts Doz 2849 5116 8830 | 5767 4183 4269 6296 2529 2311 3030 1647 854 443 Wool Suits,M/B Nos 98717 224907 69247 | 66352 94032 40939 44185 40881 18947 21102 52777 50367 444 Wool Suits,W/G Nos 63499 42884 10896 | 19065 20871 13991 10616 3207 8891 8920 6440 11885 445 Wool Sweater,M Doz 3312 2095 13130 | 3924 4077 32456 9287 2825 2469 1105 2396 1367 446 Wool Sweater,W Doz 46334 30538 190089 | 38250 24529 216620 125392 41692 24521 10999 13904 10860 447 Wool Trousers, Doz 10094 16716 10218 | 10757 9024 7972 6265 2740 4819 3533 4627 4962 448 Wool Slacks,W/ Doz 12141 14491 7205 | 10552 6797 4479 3904 3397 5759 4007 3052 3076 459 Oth.Wool Appar Kg. 52936 40800 254024 | 75047 106008 178733 80803 104339 42015 30169 52701 48378 464 Wool Blankets Kg. 32977 6818 31269 | 9780 13806 17935 22311 2479 5912 3248 7715 6366 465 Floor Covering M2. 549138 641914 438185 | 562449 416430 173348 211210 197808 287566 216434 176388 189188 469 Oth. Wool Manu Kg. 14227 11131 7805 | 20936 9253 6817 2718 2624 15784 3390 3365 2638 Man-Made Fiber: 600 Text Fil Yarn Kg. 176580 209951 405530 | 353997 330660 231913 131319 103223 203651 84793 189651 143930 603 Yarn>85% artif Kg. 223509 304662 104736 | 58619 67853 66479 46508 37826 21503 37116 24191 32494 604 Yarn>85% Synth Kg. 269604 299602 227128 | 160867 137518 102678 82655 129112 49482 40859 96235 33373 606 N-Text Fil Yrn Kg. 985334 866707 948628 | 757331 1587142 403281 497548 514486 438007 138715 854369 281639 607 Oth Stpl Fib Y Kg. 30517 26484 29882 | 77853 75471 9381 17241 9767 54314 23539 19883 54179 611 Wov>85% Art St M2. 269141 996811 50767 | 122450 134991 171738 11083 49681 6104 101266 48491 87352 613 MMF Sheeting F M2. 695800 288260 145731 | 199846 62165 136998 61314 67135 88636 91712 22730 14459 614 MMF Pop/Brdclt M2. 2515228 3118623 1772548 | 2407464 1735935 1423245 552661 656035 588372 1154432 1570835 303696 615 MMF Printcloth M2. 379487 51155 14060 | 90229 1650 1577 14060 73 90229 . . 1650 617 MMF Twill/Sate M2. 1118632 1058623 1259634 | 1174761 664366 166072 741520 518020 674963 269668 376594 282537 618 Wov Artif Fila M2. 172645 135063 107004 | 37055 131032 49567 12285 92844 8838 17645 35236 62599 619 Poly Fil Fab M2. 4182604 7535958 2800646 | 4273263 5704550 1929160 1537171 1328912 2400392 1335107 1869420 2543317 620 Oth Synth Fila M2. 2305399 4444104 3814915 | 3054448 3904640 2599779 2936740 1493626 1202342 1422570 1100451 1462556 621 Impression Fab Kg. 396 317 8310 | 8431 4978 55 8560 . 8258 108 72 4971 624 Wov MMF Fabric M2. 80590 17189 53550 | 22239 2742 13360 42282 11761 493 21746 229 2379 625 Pop,Broad Stp/ M2. 874352 996632 346288 | 527469 300231 226728 289430 232672 280210 211445 270751 20316 626 Printclth Stp/ M2. 882318 254318 33117 | 421969 291454 226611 30847 2358 219358 202599 4426 287040 627 Sheeting Stap/ M2. 128915 17571 53847 | 53718 139327 5580 1134 52903 37953 10023 81862 54407 628 Twl/Satn/Stp/F M2. 2629129 2200408 1725001 | 1473129 1224024 780890 922689 590995 628908 575491 722547 436405 629 Oth Stap/Fil F M2. 2468829 1633416 1459808 | 1802380 1844642 1002097 647253 766492 903231 675287 684697 1004936 630 Handkerchiefs Doz 37034 81330 112404 | 97555 86350 67724 56223 36113 57971 22888 51927 37651 631 Gloves/Mittens Dpr 1394568 1267068 2097537 | 1290556 1090201 1308281 1227740 597088 656831 430711 526488 457492 632 Hosiery Dpr 1937000 3300778 3545504 | 2311112 7194809 2028611 1620124 1454330 1229610 750468 1328076 2821232 633 Suit-Typ Coat, Doz 17797 22630 16923 | 21745 20016 8345 9995 5560 7279 8761 12148 9737 634 Other Coats, M Doz 285836 272160 366090 | 264492 224219 280561 181297 139280 140193 94471 104760 94916 635 Coats, W/G Doz 429889 337857 634268 | 360747 318921 459235 342196 206990 187674 122384 152298 143657 636 Dresses Doz 618204 824341 609063 | 668019 879004 360182 317857 250923 313096 222721 377726 424925 638 Knit Shirts, M Doz 113623 256257 165810 | 171473 265000 96189 84549 72520 98663 45743 85588 150522 639 Knit Blouses,W Doz 602230 797975 947097 | 852069 1348819 791621 517855 359405 408614 317491 427331 722315 640 N-K Shirts, MB Doz 153108 269331 119445 | 111812 176142 61647 64804 54093 46482 51287 66476 85975 641 N-K Blouses, W Doz 541230 762318 591154 | 544015 818075 273543 299729 259271 265811 197264 338714 353344 642 Skirts Doz 172440 235831 111527 | 138352 185273 61516 64539 39701 53921 60379 78837 84863 643 MMF Suits, M/B Nos 367620 371801 259619 | 426729 315894 152120 164395 96451 194263 197530 136392 130340 644 MMF W/G Suits Nos 614859 770883 406982 | 504258 650313 211028 219707 143387 197741 232106 307995 299119 645 MMF M/B Sweate Doz 1695 1808 3791 | 2513 5666 2545 1535 1807 2313 199 332 4504 646 MMF Sweaters,W Doz 31616 50614 169641 | 38957 33725 204753 118075 29068 23185 9251 10935 16850 647 Trousers,etc M Doz 239335 479215 362399 | 448656 650248 258519 182158 123431 224923 181837 167775 393218 648 Slacks,etc. WG Doz 258614 328109 377575 | 345579 408353 253920 189272 140702 162400 127913 149915 190122 649 Bras/Ot Bod Su Doz 1673655 2191595 1219616 | 2061413 1967844 571118 555544 660824 964322 666567 1009915 893131 650 Dress Gown,Rob Doz 126635 183892 485446 | 252527 136315 280599 316884 146612 92857 113430 78526 60259 651 Nightwear/PJs Doz 511281 536626 657667 | 427740 374793 457945 341733 263202 246620 141330 193670 166003 652 M-MF Underwear Doz 749575 978210 989070 | 1292355 1453015 592072 500686 428258 643788 437245 592201 711923 653 Down Coats, M/ Doz 3886 1373 12446 | 2550 1056 8976 4900 2940 1597 933 280 408 654 Down Coats, W/ Doz 9420 830 56022 | 7116 1574 31561 34860 6940 4691 2296 514 704 659 Oth. MMF App. Kg. 2993493 3822930 4078693 | 3767186 3974447 2462228 2012365 1595324 1768251 1425127 1561274 1909111 665 Floor Covering M2. 2548633 3219479 2255914 | 2053490 4090885 1479831 1289685 963509 842261 822764 1217935 1748553 666 Other Furnishi Kg. 17236845 15150071 18832388 | 15462677 15971583 11823918 8965774 7858885 7360744 5418199 7053283 7412495 669 Other MMF Manu Kg. 10653218 13695369 8217094 | 11697622 14016397 3814079 3695797 4206652 5239585 4570298 6026698 6285396 670 Flat Goods, et Kg. . . . | 1250 . . 420 . 1250 . . . Silk and Vegetable Fiber: 800 S/V Yarns Kg. 63861 10261 26059 | 29201 6637 3259 2074 19883 4872 19692 5249 508 810 S/V Woven Fabr M2. 9522444 8796870 5496957 | 4894970 2532279 3624642 2272718 4899891 3510982 679770 1782811 892310 831 Gloves Silk/Ve Dpr 68966 45074 58894 | 68969 132721 71495 26493 34160 45751 22252 38485 50214 832 Hosiery Slk/Ve Dpr 753 502 11745 | 2543 7465 5130 11981 2244 78 1206 4444 247 833 S/V S-T CoatsM Doz 3567 12907 775 | 6116 2790 122 189 1540 2594 2514 1562 1701 834 S/VOth.CoatsM/ Doz 874 2868 2051 | 961 1933 1107 762 1318 454 502 73 1282 835 S/V Coats W/G Doz 76515 126307 19000 | 75972 85243 8791 7427 10381 31847 33597 28268 47698 836 S/V Dresses Doz 26475 52077 10157 | 23930 44123 4672 4782 5650 12486 9613 21862 17995 838 S/V K Shirts/B Doz 133873 198035 107665 | 102696 138770 74109 53119 65106 41806 43068 59424 46413 839 Baby Silk/Veg Kg. 103535 85187 23582 | 57423 69453 16723 8958 12826 10707 39983 37100 26683 840 S/V Wov Shirts Doz 190328 324557 86363 | 145422 308186 27129 27249 62198 64420 61982 81372 130720 842 S/V Skirts Doz 84581 86803 26290 | 37620 70748 5924 8668 13980 16342 14659 27714 28204 843 S/V Suits, M/B Nos 4267 6314 5 | 8549 7977 4002 . . 3015 3056 5422 2177 844 WG Suits S/V Nos 45708 58564 9128 | 7252 78279 1938 3499 4366 3213 4039 10060 51198 845 Sweaters, Veg. Doz 36998 75929 64947 | 23972 61847 52181 44590 12508 8121 13887 14664 28436 846 Sweaters, Silk Doz 3343 13304 4265 | 2712 4470 4708 2694 706 2231 266 2082 1899 847 S/V Trousers M Doz 997426 1404298 709818 | 852751 949111 348879 365190 307654 412737 307621 359038 472020 850 EG S/V Drss.Gw Doz 150 268 270 | 1048 2621 470 127 146 519 529 2557 63 851 S/V Nightwear Doz 197 54 12 | 742 2024 93 12 . 45 614 85 562 852 S/V Underwear Doz 531 145 1314 | 4163 7299 1144 702 1547 3245 874 5859 1014 858 S/V Neckwear Kg. 43454 81358 25377 | 13898 73110 19600 16092 10908 4468 2957 25042 47256 859 Oth. S/V Appar Kg. 59410 98697 86191 | 135227 132539 52656 31486 37984 47535 74183 36418 74671 863 Towels Silk/Ve Nos 306217 216166 376671 | 354607 518796 266116 200873 195377 214738 55778 189400 277005 899 Other S/V Manu Kg. 486147 662085 497996 | 758672 613036 247006 225651 236272 494111 205431 214909 369840