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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 433:  M/B SUIT-TYPE COATS, WOOL
                     Data in Doz., 30.10 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           767583    686615     131124      89471    -31.77    763311     686615     661211     644962     -15.50  100.00

 CHINA P         264547    221868      46486      34497    -25.79    265137     221868     214080     209879     -20.84   32.54

 MEXICO           98294    100256      17543      14475    -17.49    102872     100256      98149      97188      -5.53   15.07

 INDNSIA          41024     47542       8990      10843     20.61     43540      47542      50212      49395      13.45    7.66

 COLOMB           72919     54843      11438       5429    -52.54     64800      54843      50894      48834     -24.64    7.57

 INDIA            52754     47774       6682       5670    -15.15     49813      47774      46050      46762      -6.12    7.25

 VIETNAM          36076     48618      10411       3703    -64.43     39251      48618      43248      41910       6.77    6.50

 CANADA           52064     47446       9977          *       *       52844      47446      42257      37469     -29.10    5.81

 ITALY            30954     24770       4210       2282    -45.79     31062      24770      23943      22842     -26.46    3.54

 JORDAN           12494     16610       3516       1118    -68.20     13876      16610      15768      14212       2.42    2.20

 PHIL R           15447     12516       1866        255    -86.33     15260      12516      11295      10905     -28.54    1.69

 BNGLDSH           4982      9911       1617       1680      3.90      6280       9911       9248       9974      58.82    1.55

 TURKEY           12393      8757        945       1825     93.12     11216       8757       9801       9637     -14.08    1.49

 CAMBOD            6990      8153        123         70    -43.09      6078       8153       8100       8100      33.27    1.26

 C RICA            9568      7038       1539       1502     -2.40      9329       7038       7439       7001     -24.95    1.09

 EGYPT             5069      5892        868       1458     67.97      5617       5892       5895       6482      15.40    1.01


 _ASEAN          100659    118384      21608      14994    -30.61    105460     118384     114368     111770       5.98   17.33

 _ANDEAN          73047     54941      11451       5432    -52.56     64935      54941      50985      48922     -24.66    7.59

 _CBI             34345     12547       3474       2490    -28.32     30812      12547      12562      11563     -62.47    1.79

 _CAFTA           34345     12334       3474       1930    -44.44     30812      12334      12326      10790     -64.98    1.67