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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 351:  COTTON NIGHTWEAR/PAJAMAS
                     Data in Doz., 43.50 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         22900954  21200411    3288033    2507640    -23.73  22721945   21200411   21010129   20420018     -10.13  100.00

 CHINA P       12204897  12080255    2026678    1423708    -29.75  12384191   12080255   12056507   11477285      -7.32   56.21

 CAMBOD         1875811   1922900     229950     132414    -42.42   1887488    1922900    1865866    1825364      -3.29    8.94

 BNGLDSH        2066657   1475422     219815     171563    -21.95   2060397    1475422    1409083    1427170     -30.73    6.99

 INDIA          1227786   1396987     208920     153862    -26.35   1236842    1396987    1368011    1341929       8.50    6.57

 PAKISTN        1162450    847611     110634      96398    -12.87   1116021     847611     809681     833375     -25.33    4.08

 VIETNAM         508154    752277     107724      98787     -8.30    535213     752277     761851     743340      38.89    3.64

 INDNSIA         401079    406897      36719      83024    126.11    337530     406897     428434     453202      34.27    2.22

 PHIL R          638928    424041      91628      66711    -27.19    613680     424041     418952     399124     -34.96    1.95

 THAILND         463917    312837      40412      43362      7.30    435278     312837     305075     315787     -27.45    1.55

 GUATMAL         161705    243700      20835      36216     73.82    161995     243700     257361     259081      59.93    1.27

 MEXICO          220939    200217      24852      24167     -2.76    208185     200217     203222     199532      -4.16    0.98

 MALAYSA         399701    192588      36528      38155      4.45    356602     192588     187735     194215     -45.54    0.95

 SRI LKA         131962    169587      31924      13755    -56.91    135553     169587     155705     151418      11.70    0.74

 NICARAG         154330    108339      14222      15722     10.55    118149     108339     109410     109839      -7.03    0.54

 TURKEY          130857    100031      18539      25372     36.86    117358     100031      98486     106864      -8.94    0.52


 _ASEAN         4299030   4024690     543473     462950    -14.82   4174589    4024690    3981510    3944167      -5.52   19.32

 _CBI            602150    437587      42231      61285     45.12    544742     437587     450368     456641     -16.17    2.24

 _CAFTA          589135    436089      41871      56750     35.54    533418     436089     449188     450968     -15.46    2.21

 _ANDEAN          80431     44988       4906       3486    -28.94     81744      44988      44083      43568     -46.70    0.21

 _SUB-SAHARA      15147      9880        925       6053    554.38     13835       9880      15566      15008       8.48    0.07