_________________________________________ | | | BI-WEEKLY | | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS | March 12, 2009 | HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY! | | | | By Category | |_________________________________________| Category 669: OTHER MMF MANUFACTURES Data in Kg.. (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. ----------- Official Data -------- | --------------- Preliminary Data (unofficial) --------------------------------------------| Monthly Data Two Weeks-ending Data (2008 - 2009) -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Country 1/2008 2/2008 12/2008 | 1/2009 2/2009 12/13 12/27 1/10 1/24 2/07 2/21 3/07 (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P) World 22987158 25068046 18523290 | 21957704 18144183 9178230 7815969 9105131 10409475 9752006 8584277 11200564 China 13695369 16753540 10224293 | 13959579 11239473 5239585 4570298 6026682 6285066 6108978 5209167 7165776 India 1678714 1372102 1658439 | 1626988 1382623 779818 739773 827633 760297 729179 535083 858824 Mexico 2021210 2183946 1963566 | 1624763 1360505 1024463 792574 546165 833898 772421 703371 689821 Bangladesh 982723 1075643 52511 | 913345 894017 45161 . 83585 501378 632795 423604 665436 Thailand 785673 718548 762407 | 882457 882216 349769 401981 262778 632905 337198 478811 451539 Vietnam 394454 278693 833940 | 803582 503214 467757 430474 556336 187910 254740 361661 281411 Indonesia 673619 484153 640681 | 721634 690698 206668 288868 287982 398871 322126 299745 418833 Turkey 364755 237331 612916 | 353939 238081 266401 228642 137128 233364 100513 106756 178084 Korea, South 203196 254313 252820 | 312465 124519 87581 153693 125272 123106 104224 84477 67127 Taiwan 141656 130555 55307 | 116180 128309 23992 31583 19013 100076 49046 50804 76764 Philippines 110509 120745 70718 | 95226 77040 52656 18163 36689 58494 7448 34687 66873 Saudi Arabia 99644 47511 49316 | 67745 16351 49316 15640 . 32634 51462 . 15260 Pakistan 34092 11063 81272 | 63388 53786 22584 35549 37294 63162 . 38769 15464 Guatemala 51959 67869 55236 | 53565 43086 49834 136 280 36360 17034 29656 16814 Portugal 42376 30588 12155 | 49232 2959 3266 3634 28435 19563 3608 518 5007 _ASEAN 1968298 1604049 2347179 | 2504553 2192643 1105187 1150628 1145198 1279381 921952 1214238 1245914 _CBI 77249 85664 191491 | 89710 161292 129433 30307 19834 56363 68316 64930 50453 _CAFTA 77249 85479 191400 | 89370 161060 129226 30191 19718 56247 68150 64814 50337 _ANDEAN (ATPA) 2503 18498 6822 | 21981 16283 281 6552 15089 228 14468 270 17888 _SUB-SAHARA 1644 8574 3213 | 869 779 1029 2176 20 612 721 225 91