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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