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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 445/446 :  WOOL SWEATERS
                                            Data in Doz , 12.40 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      3556837   3029680       61402      52812    -13.99    3545377    3029680    3027061    3021090    -14.79  100.00

 O  CHINA P    2966169   2625652       45499      38164    -16.12    2964560    2625652    2621620    2618317    -11.68   86.67

 O  ITALY       118157     96134        6275       4264    -32.05     118680      96134      94695      94123    -20.69    3.12

 O  HG KONG     153141     79897         579       1855    220.41     147380      79897      80402      81173    -44.92    2.69

 O  BNGLDSH      74012     37136           0       2400       *        74012      37136      39536      39536    -46.58    1.31

 O  INDNSIA      13220     29192         180        145    -19.44      13195      29192      29224      29157    120.97    0.97

 O  MADAGAS      22661     18370          17        168    888.24      22656      18370      18355      18521    -18.25    0.61

 O  U KING       22105     14675         831       1025     23.32      21934      14675      14649      14869    -32.21    0.49

 O  THAILND      49544     13287          78          2    -97.44      49615      13287      13218      13211    -73.37    0.44

 O  PERU         17655     13345         988        702    -28.95      17430      13345      13217      13059    -25.08    0.43

 O  IRELAND      16767     12837        3012       1216    -59.63      16796      12837      13306      11041    -34.26    0.37

 O  ECUADOR      15621     10101         241        173    -28.22      15325      10101      10097      10033    -34.53    0.33


 O  _ASEAN       67540     55025         262        194    -25.95      67570      55025      55027      54957    -18.67    1.82

 O  _ANDEAN      36781     26672        1464        930    -36.48      36371      26672      26411      26138    -28.14    0.87

 O  _SUB-SAHA    23429     18746         179        197     10.06      23441      18746      18603      18764    -19.95    0.62