_________________________________________ | | | BI-WEEKLY | | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS | March 12, 2009 | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! | | | | By Category | |_________________________________________| Category 617: MMF TWILL AND 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 3055907 2544304 2031021 | 1202374 1757950 1214574 429968 856941 547640 742573 907083 452585 China 1058623 946910 1130810 | 664366 626044 674963 269668 376594 282537 380758 387927 107638 Pakistan 454937 380596 158383 | 190991 438590 107753 . 255469 105529 86250 164917 187423 Thailand 82120 694 170288 | 121857 179479 82493 87795 68897 309 164761 33294 34412 Bahrain 669898 536090 160242 | 76079 442251 80919 . 79323 76079 75670 286137 80444 India 6905 14671 7559 | 39589 10271 2281 5278 4692 34720 4982 5466 . Indonesia 275921 233185 6699 | 38660 . 6699 . . 38660 . . . Taiwan 128880 4180 28697 | 21690 4086 3010 25687 3408 30 22188 91 2849 Japan 2438 21005 30527 | 14966 7383 22757 899 15040 20 . 76 7678 Korea, South 1561 34407 32193 | 14030 8173 6993 4225 35164 15 1058 96 7019 Germany 132 394 0 | 8508 8351 72 . 8400 72 36 8327 96 Turkey 14672 147 17309 | 8170 7674 15744 . 1565 6783 3265 . 12735 Malaysia 0 13432 18302 | 2704 2798 18302 . . 2704 2798 . . Colombia 0 0 0 | 504 . . . 504 . . . . United Kingdom 75 380 0 | 90 168 . . . 36 54 84 570 Italy 6875 5627 26841 | 82 306 22306 4555 . 82 178 . 172 _ASEAN 358041 247311 336769 | 163221 182277 248974 87795 68897 41673 167559 33294 36595 _ANDEAN (ATPA) 0 0 0 | 504 . . . 504 . . . . _CBI 0 0 14829 | . 11244 14829 . . . . 11244 8209 _CAFTA 0 0 14829 | . 11244 14829 . . . . 11244 8209