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                                          | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
                                          |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
                                          |         Preliminary  2/2009 Data        |
                                          |            By Merged-Category           |
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(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.

                                           Category 645/646 :  M-MF SWEATERS
                                            Data in Doz , 30.80 M2 per Doz

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date                        Year-Endings                      YE  2/2009
   Country      2007       2008       2/2008     2/2009  % Change     2/2008    12/2008     1/2009     2/2009  % Change % Share 

                                                   (P)                                                  (P)


 O  WORLD      6692594   5025900      190385     133089    -30.10    6519423    5025900    4995357    4968604    -23.79  100.00

 SL CHINA P    3355280   2283387       81340      65792    -19.11    3275257    2283387    2270279    2267839    -30.76   45.64

 O  BNGLDSH    1311386   1261091       17127      20497     19.68    1247853    1261091    1264920    1264461      1.33   25.45

 O  HG KONG     470597    372154       20687       1099    -94.69     467247     372154     360618     352566    -24.54    7.10

 O  INDNSIA     414838    263293       12870       4537    -64.75     415699     263293     261328     254960    -38.67    5.13

 O  CHINA T     308327    180803        7146       4058    -43.21     305837     180803     179888     177715    -41.89    3.58

 O  JORDAN       77668    159031          38        309    713.16      63481     159031     159031     159302    150.94    3.21

 O  SALVADR      62346     71513        4500      11617    158.16      59439      71513      74605      78630     32.29    1.58

 O  MEXICO       76802     69269       14784      11450    -22.55      76726      69269      70526      65935    -14.06    1.33

 O  THAILND      66688     58127        4125        871    -78.88      65928      58127      56335      54873    -16.77    1.10

 O  GUATMAL      79242     59921        9733        237    -97.56      71868      59921      52850      50425    -29.84    1.01

 O  VIETNAM      96410     30396        1677       1269    -24.33      96732      30396      29629      29988    -69.00    0.60

 O  PHIL R       64460     12762         119         78    -34.45      63335      12762      12698      12721    -79.91    0.26

 O  ISRAEL       62180      7292          37        167    351.35      61890       7292       7419       7422    -88.01    0.15

 O  LESOTHO      34996         0           0          *       *        34996          *          *          *       *       *  


 O  _ASEAN      668538    402756       20440       6774    -66.86     668439     402756     398095     389090    -41.79    7.83

 O  _CBI        142439    133541       14564      11855    -18.60     132383     133541     129562     130832     -1.17    2.63

 O  _CAFTA      142374    133308       14393      11855    -17.63     132147     133308     129329     130770     -1.04    2.63

 O  _SUB-SAHA    36717     13049        1553          5    -99.68      38266      13049      12737      11501    -69.94    0.23