_________________________________________ | | | BI-WEEKLY | | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS | March 12, 2009 | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! | | | | By Category | |_________________________________________| Category 326: COTTON SATEEN FABRIC 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 4190537 2568288 4101696 | 2723304 2957799 2262217 1411756 1546351 1034621 1532175 1432925 860561 China 1447233 452200 875846 | 1154448 1056348 476689 158760 496270 697263 709817 446121 73094 Pakistan 1248852 913205 2042579 | 595172 1355653 1196584 729059 372122 128743 640212 603290 307417 United Arab Emirates 460102 249835 318776 | 558626 234590 169881 148895 473853 . 84773 140298 205080 Korea, South 73455 53686 18362 | 118479 43058 8852 3477 16860 74456 53858 11589 36708 India 123867 281753 44201 | 71524 9358 6860 35581 45011 26678 58 3233 11887 Taiwan 37270 57222 56224 | 69406 44777 11173 34971 55389 15491 26526 29635 85467 Thailand 0 0 139422 | 57238 146 . 139422 66875 15210 . 146 34762 Bahrain 270577 332463 412885 | 55319 157880 340768 72117 . 55319 . 157880 71745 Italy 193582 72530 84179 | 24398 4770 35659 2643 7447 14211 7398 2806 6932 Egypt 0 240 0 | 5083 . . . . . 5083 . . United Kingdom 2009 1408 0 | 3855 42 . . . 3855 . 42 . Japan 27233 2420 14736 | 3557 34247 3918 2580 8803 2495 588 30515 6404 Germany 19369 6871 16929 | 2647 970 5298 12804 2643 . 974 . 892 Spain 14778 3435 1031 | 1487 43 1039 . . . 1487 . 190 Netherlands 11097 31376 4111 | 1212 4310 4111 . 942 270 . . 4310 _ASEAN 2974 2201 210700 | 57295 153 809 209920 66875 15217 50 153 34762 _CBI 0 0 0 | . . . . . . . . . _CAFTA 0 0 0 | . . . . . . . . . _ANDEAN (ATPA) 0 0 0 | . . . . . . . . . _SUB-SAHARA 0 1164 0 | . . . . . . . . .