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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 201: SPECIALTY YARNS
Data in Kg.., 6.50 M2 per Kg. .
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 27745564 28892317 4904622 5903394 20.36 26611707 28892317 29186606 29891089 12.32 100.00
MEXICO 4355964 6633609 618162 968460 56.67 4391165 6633609 6838583 6983907 59.04 23.36
PORTUGL 2169181 2226859 505099 1702620 237.09 1552718 2226859 2746991 3424380 120.54 11.46
INDIA 1682691 2111167 437221 422137 -3.45 1879343 2111167 2096899 2096083 11.53 7.01
CANADA 3580352 2599950 618730 * * 2990464 2599950 2143647 1981220 -33.75 6.63
VIETNAM 1696677 1847412 363128 439206 20.95 1789965 1847412 1878508 1923490 7.46 6.43
CHINA P 2186189 2058523 385734 244268 -36.67 2220282 2058523 2020791 1917057 -13.66 6.41
C RICA 1436271 1300428 216860 581163 167.99 1130878 1300428 1583131 1664731 47.21 5.57
TURKEY 1180512 1259987 97712 47185 -51.71 1143666 1259987 1222253 1209460 5.75 4.05
CHINA T 1383695 1311298 261272 28901 -88.94 1402498 1311298 1182948 1078927 -23.07 3.61
COLOMB 1490002 1219999 242721 100846 -58.45 1433388 1219999 1132904 1078124 -24.78 3.61
KOR REP 1030040 1092683 158233 119997 -24.16 1035976 1092683 1042976 1054447 1.78 3.53
N ZEAL 521038 519820 151755 425758 180.56 544034 519820 643735 793823 45.91 2.66
THAILND 738302 716432 89703 92647 3.28 726853 716432 707510 719376 -1.03 2.41
FRANCE 551513 662521 120545 78845 -34.59 615977 662521 660221 620821 0.79 2.08
JAPAN 518205 562265 82191 70454 -14.28 523334 562265 581261 550528 5.20 1.84
_ASEAN 2814548 2790542 493919 545800 10.50 2876800 2790542 2797998 2842423 -1.19 9.51
_CBI 1980974 1962433 396665 666720 68.08 1755966 1962433 2163495 2232488 27.14 7.47
_CAFTA 1980974 1962433 396665 666720 68.08 1755966 1962433 2163495 2232488 27.14 7.47
_ANDEAN 1594882 1352148 268623 102706 -61.77 1548097 1352148 1244094 1186231 -23.37 3.97