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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 342: COTTON SKIRTS
Data in Doz., 14.90 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 13453622 10293658 2588708 2087280 -19.37 12323075 10293658 10093722 9792230 -20.54 100.00
CHINA P 6751389 4979059 1280899 847661 -33.82 6189171 4979059 4893579 4545821 -26.55 46.42
INDIA 1620409 1141619 269391 354060 31.43 1311627 1141619 1187394 1226288 -6.51 12.52
INDNSIA 815807 797414 141929 160351 12.98 714526 797414 811305 815836 14.18 8.33
BNGLDSH 717384 756588 185462 164909 -11.08 690091 756588 710799 736035 6.66 7.52
VIETNAM 551931 719469 183549 185082 0.84 645237 719469 715644 721002 11.74 7.36
CAMBOD 314244 249881 50263 65841 30.99 288518 249881 268049 265459 -7.99 2.71
PHIL R 216829 168601 18154 50499 178.17 168264 168601 183072 200946 19.42 2.05
SRI LKA 284383 208165 53735 45831 -14.71 279316 208165 201944 200261 -28.30 2.05
HONDURA 280004 236931 70195 18211 -74.06 299237 236931 199492 184947 -38.19 1.89
THAILND 286352 181589 48569 25819 -46.84 268784 181589 168962 158839 -40.90 1.62
GUATMAL 350996 171147 75054 38366 -48.88 360262 171147 127468 134459 -62.68 1.37
MALAYSA 127419 85527 35198 29010 -17.58 126849 85527 75902 79339 -37.45 0.81
MEXICO 125676 85316 25443 18578 -26.98 123229 85316 81422 78451 -36.34 0.80
NICARAG 129756 81308 33466 1018 -96.96 122770 81308 48909 48860 -60.20 0.50
EGYPT 106718 41364 12196 14318 17.40 102679 41364 38732 43486 -57.65 0.44
_ASEAN 2355601 2239202 492916 526003 6.71 2251808 2239202 2256033 2272289 0.91 23.21
_CBI 837642 522748 188312 59628 -68.34 853058 522748 407739 394064 -53.81 4.02
_CAFTA 836699 521795 188231 59557 -68.36 852164 521795 406764 393121 -53.87 4.01
_SUB-SAHARA 51830 38233 5357 9984 86.37 42418 38233 42305 42860 1.04 0.44
_ANDEAN 22905 15580 6489 3345 -48.45 22006 15580 14763 12436 -43.49 0.13