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                                          | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |                                 March 5, 2009
                                          |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
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                                          |  By Category,  Preliminary  2/2009 Data |
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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 638:  M/B MMF KNIT SHIRTS
                     Data in Doz., 15.00 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)

 WORLD         42821900  47079584    7276203    6655659     -8.53  43800663   47079584   46878362   46459040       6.07  100.00

 HONDURA        9353961  11899968    1599909    1205951    -24.62   9958763   11899968   11800066   11506010      15.54   24.77

 SALVADR        5260321   6797225    1117085    1127177      0.90   5740376    6797225    6747286    6807317      18.59   14.65

 NICARAG         966755   3831555     232509     894246    284.61   1000233    3831555    4158098    4493292     349.22    9.67

 MEXICO         5090546   4740152     785442     492774    -37.26   4959362    4740152    4604831    4447484     -10.32    9.57

 CHINA P        2631576   2384765     412618     485183     17.59   2604456    2384765    2392478    2457330      -5.65    5.29

 VIETNAM        1220092   1906073     344413     323012     -6.21   1430580    1906073    1924384    1884672      31.74    4.06

 THAILND        1534240   1697135     301066     285980     -5.01   1581607    1697135    1689109    1682049       6.35    3.62

 HAITI          5441235   1861847     351929     139787    -60.28   4824596    1861847    1771149    1649705     -65.81    3.55

 DOM REP         586879   1739413     210044      85628    -59.23    756853    1739413    1703711    1614997     113.38    3.48

 INDNSIA        1542090   1542743     317801     304021     -4.34   1596619    1542743    1511746    1528963      -4.24    3.29

 JORDAN         1211697   1178155     226122     197940    -12.46   1286187    1178155    1180648    1149973     -10.59    2.48

 EGYPT           850616   1002649     164107     218756     33.30    840537    1002649    1018894    1057298      25.79    2.28

 BNGLDSH         714513    755341      85041      86596      1.83    645976     755341     773597     756896      17.17    1.63

 PHIL R          841721    733350     104088     117849     13.22    825570     733350     754022     747111      -9.50    1.61

 CAMBOD          775860    629370     168647     108798    -35.49    836902     629370     604546     569521     -31.95    1.23


 _CBI          22564073  26776464    3671875    3516241     -4.24  23216306   26776464   26784826   26620830      14.66   57.30

 _CAFTA        17116464  24910072    3319257    3372779      1.61  18385330   24910072   25009554   24963594      35.78   53.73

 _ASEAN         6466168   7055274    1308441    1217517     -6.95   6842330    7055274    7017343    6964350       1.78   14.99

 _SUB-SAHARA     915129   1238385     240998     204520    -15.14   1038812    1238385    1237550    1201907      15.70    2.59

 _ANDEAN         334038    296663      44119      37452    -15.11    318368     296663     296096     289996      -8.91    0.62