_________________________________________ | | | BI-WEEKLY | | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS | March 12, 2009 | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! | | | | By Category | |_________________________________________| Category 625: MMF POPLIN/BROADCLTH STAP/FIL Data in M2.. (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 1/2008 2/2008 12/2008 | 1/2009 2/2009 12/13 12/27 1/10 1/24 2/07 2/21 3/07 (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) World 2501252 2350791 935536 | 1714088 1187739 567421 220746 1069194 319955 665128 633206 1115810 Pakistan 444103 641899 117799 | 665094 458062 . 21 248888 208103 208103 209053 249009 Thailand 614358 1133456 184823 | 660003 7188 184823 1480 537277 14414 108312 1007 765812 China 996632 468414 503589 | 300231 663431 280210 211445 270751 20316 334980 369149 9178 Malaysia 58581 0 20762 | 66534 43764 20762 . . 66534 . 43764 45816 Korea, South 13923 14313 69164 | 12724 6327 61498 4684 7733 5560 6059 5489 45008 Israel 0 338 3047 | 3047 . . . . 3047 . . . Japan 2390 911 1787 | 2181 5041 1366 491 4340 . 3131 3969 122 Taiwan 50996 22860 5424 | 1880 2543 5425 463 . . 4094 329 . Italy 1533 9200 1304 | 1469 667 1234 154 30 1439 66 285 316 India 804 0 0 | 434 . . . . 224 210 . . United Kingdom 0 4 7365 | 310 . 7365 . . 310 . . . France 12052 828 867 | 164 527 200 423 . . 170 . 521 Switzerland 242 17 17 | 17 89 . 17 . . . 61 28 Canada 250 42851 14587 | . . . . . . . . . Mexico 0 76 0 | . . . . . . . . . _ASEAN 674163 1133456 205585 | 726537 50952 205600 1480 537277 80948 108312 44771 811628 _CBI 0 0 0 | . . . . . . . . . _CAFTA 0 0 0 | . . . . . . . . . _ANDEAN (ATPA) 0 0 0 | . . . . . . . . .