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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 347/348 :  COTTON TROUSERS
                                            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)


 O  WORLD    183362607 180209846    32678045   29453574     -9.87  182876404  180209846  179740505  176985375     -3.22  100.00

 SL CHINA P   22109441  23978539     3851092    6076766     57.79   19728350   23978539   25237225   26204213     32.83   14.81

 O  BNGLDSH   19792969  24851587     4405190    5488338     24.59   20694535   24851587   25582554   25934735     25.32   14.65

 O  MEXICO    20797948  18599756     2754162    2295932    -16.64   20512445   18599756   18420090   18141526    -11.56   10.25

 O  VIETNAM   13471079  15225862     2968153    2731725     -7.97   14338210   15225862   15463900   14989434      4.54    8.47

 O  CAMBOD    11512514  11909690     2181440    1491650    -31.62   11763320   11909690   11710849   11219900     -4.62    6.34

 O  INDNSIA   10712750  10550108     1993735    1844707     -7.47   10493458   10550108   10525864   10401080     -0.88    5.88

 O  INDIA      6413417   7133220     1747773    1477414    -15.47    6970360    7133220    7057182    6862861     -1.54    3.88

 O  PAKISTN    6286605   6708300     1058073     819409    -22.56    6334171    6708300    6597653    6469636      2.14    3.66

 O  EGYPT      5626783   6039741     1002774    1118616     11.55    5583423    6039741    6072186    6155583     10.25    3.48

 O  SRI LKA    5387920   5151239     1040369     887271    -14.72    5399221    5151239    5111806    4998141     -7.43    2.82

 O  HONDURA    5416425   4984543      808044     434688    -46.20    5331683    4984543    4838210    4611187    -13.51    2.61

 O  NICARAG    5045736   4537132      949902     525871    -44.64    5266512    4537132    4304688    4113101    -21.90    2.32

 O  HG KONG    6887387   5063012     1285309     183737    -85.70    7285824    5063012    4527640    3961440    -45.63    2.24

 O  PHIL R     3908993   3592730      782690     496964    -36.51    3977848    3592730    3438917    3307004    -16.86    1.87

 O  JORDAN     3746876   3115231      605621     413121    -31.79    3771724    3115231    3014046    2922731    -22.51    1.65


 O  _ASEAN    43839627  45086525     8636055    6946215    -19.57   44739566   45086525   44827785   43396685     -3.00   24.52

 O  _CBI      20054711  16638449     3103498    1651403    -46.79   20004077   16638449   15948846   15186354    -24.08    8.58

 O  _CAFTA    19683717  16110913     3020061    1566839    -48.12   19581237   16110913   15415839   14657691    -25.14    8.28

 O  _SUB-SAHA  9300440   9007957     1155636    1345185     16.40    8991959    9007957    9210291    9197506      2.29    5.20

 O  _ANDEAN    1454660   1199712      176013      93677    -46.78    1381609    1199712    1149637    1117376    -19.13    0.63