Trade Balance Report: Imports
 04/09/09
                           Textile & Apparel Trade Balance Report
                                    Flow:  General Imports
                                    Type:  Customs value
                                    (Millions of Dollars)
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 |                 Time Period|           |           |                       |  Percent  |
 |Partner                     |           |           |    January-February   |   change  |
 |  SITC rev 3 Commodity      |           |           |                       |           |
 |                            |           |           |_______________________|           |
 |                            |           |           |           |           | YTD  2/08-|
 |                            |    2007   |    2008   |    2008   |    2009   |    YTD    |
 |                            |           |           |           |           |    2/09   |
 |____________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
 |                            |           |           |           |           |           |
 |World                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|     3,845 |     3,793 |       645 |       467 |    -27.59 |
 |  Fabric ...................|     7,185 |     6,784 |     1,147 |       839 |    -26.79 |
 |  Made-up ..................|    19,557 |    19,166 |     3,207 |     2,670 |    -16.76 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    76,737 |    74,244 |    11,967 |    10,574 |    -11.64 |
 |  Total ....................|   107,323 |   103,987 |    16,966 |    14,550 |    -14.24 |
 |FTA Total                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|     1,031 |       917 |       166 |       129 |    -21.90 |
 |  Fabric ...................|     1,754 |     1,533 |       264 |       204 |    -22.93 |
 |  Made-up ..................|     1,649 |     1,456 |       237 |       203 |    -14.46 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    15,293 |    14,010 |     2,203 |     1,700 |    -22.80 |
 |  Total ....................|    19,728 |    17,916 |     2,870 |     2,236 |    -22.07 |
 |_CAFTA                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|        15 |        19 |         3 |         4 |      9.38 |
 |  Fabric ...................|        17 |        16 |         2 |         2 |    -20.33 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       145 |       163 |        22 |        18 |    -17.36 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     7,975 |     7,677 |     1,170 |       892 |    -23.78 |
 |  Total ....................|     8,152 |     7,876 |     1,198 |       916 |    -23.56 |
 |NAFTA                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       940 |       820 |       148 |       119 |    -19.70 |
 |  Fabric ...................|     1,554 |     1,285 |       221 |       162 |    -26.63 |
 |  Made-up ..................|     1,332 |     1,126 |       188 |       160 |    -14.79 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     5,649 |     4,886 |       778 |       605 |    -22.30 |
 |  Total ....................|     9,475 |     8,117 |     1,335 |     1,045 |    -21.67 |
 |Canada                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       528 |       414 |        84 |        61 |    -27.65 |
 |  Fabric ...................|       947 |       791 |       137 |        98 |    -28.70 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       418 |       355 |        61 |        46 |    -24.60 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       989 |       726 |       138 |        86 |    -37.84 |
 |  Total ....................|     2,881 |     2,286 |       421 |       291 |    -30.90 |
 |Mexico                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       412 |       406 |        64 |        58 |     -9.24 |
 |  Fabric ...................|       608 |       494 |        83 |        64 |    -23.21 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       914 |       771 |       127 |       114 |    -10.09 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     4,660 |     4,159 |       640 |       519 |    -18.94 |
 |  Total ....................|     6,594 |     5,830 |       914 |       755 |    -17.42 |
 |Guatemala                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         3 |         5 |         1 |         1 |    -13.58 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         4 |         2 |         0 |         0 |    -40.11 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         8 |         8 |         1 |         1 |    -35.97 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     1,451 |     1,389 |       252 |       161 |    -36.30 |
 |  Total ....................|     1,467 |     1,404 |       255 |       162 |    -36.24 |
 |El Salvador                 |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         1 |         1 |         0 |         0 |    -37.12 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         5 |         5 |         1 |         0 |    -46.25 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        21 |        37 |         4 |         4 |    -14.09 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     1,486 |     1,534 |       225 |       194 |    -13.75 |
 |  Total ....................|     1,513 |     1,576 |       230 |       198 |    -13.88 |
 |Honduras                    |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         4 |         3 |         1 |         0 |    -77.43 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         3 |         3 |         0 |         0 |    -59.78 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        18 |        22 |         3 |         3 |    -15.36 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     2,588 |     2,676 |       366 |       299 |    -18.24 |
 |  Total ....................|     2,612 |     2,703 |       370 |       302 |    -18.40 |
 |Nicaragua                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       .   |
 |  Fabric ...................|         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |    486.31 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |    -17.29 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       968 |       934 |       153 |       128 |    -16.18 |
 |  Total ....................|       969 |       935 |       153 |       129 |    -16.06 |
 |Costa Rica                  |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         6 |         9 |         2 |         3 |     48.89 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         1 |         2 |         0 |         0 |     14.97 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         7 |         2 |         1 |         0 |    -73.95 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       423 |       303 |        51 |        28 |    -45.79 |
 |  Total ....................|       437 |       316 |        54 |        31 |    -43.06 |
 |Dominican Republic          |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         1 |         3 |         0 |         0 |    172.17 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         4 |         4 |         1 |         1 |     19.44 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        90 |        93 |        13 |        11 |    -13.44 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     1,059 |       842 |       122 |        81 |    -33.27 |
 |  Total ....................|     1,155 |       941 |       136 |        94 |    -30.95 |
 |Chile                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         2 |         1 |         0 |         0 |    -60.51 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         9 |         6 |         1 |         1 |    -21.57 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         5 |         3 |         0 |         0 |    -36.85 |
 |  Apparel ..................|        12 |         4 |         1 |         1 |    -43.90 |
 |  Total ....................|        27 |        13 |         2 |         1 |    -36.73 |
 |Israel                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|        67 |        70 |        13 |         6 |    -54.80 |
 |  Fabric ...................|       150 |       180 |        33 |        34 |      2.42 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       102 |        91 |        15 |        12 |    -22.73 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       190 |       172 |        30 |        23 |    -24.73 |
 |  Total ....................|       509 |       513 |        92 |        75 |    -18.69 |
 |Jordan                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Fabric ...................|         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |    393.48 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |   3685.66 |
 |  Apparel ..................|     1,145 |       971 |       174 |       141 |    -18.87 |
 |  Total ....................|     1,146 |       973 |       174 |       141 |    -18.83 |
 |Bahrain                     |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       .   |
 |  Fabric ...................|         6 |        19 |         3 |         2 |    -18.52 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        47 |        54 |         9 |        11 |     25.82 |
 |  Apparel ..................|        70 |        79 |        12 |        14 |     14.68 |
 |  Total ....................|       123 |       151 |        23 |        27 |     15.18 |
 |Singapore                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |    -79.43 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         1 |         1 |         0 |         0 |    -81.31 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         2 |         1 |         0 |         0 |    -32.20 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       151 |       120 |        19 |        14 |    -25.00 |
 |  Total ....................|       154 |       123 |        20 |        15 |    -26.17 |
 |Australia                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         7 |         7 |         1 |         1 |    -26.81 |
 |  Fabric ...................|        16 |        24 |         4 |         3 |    -31.20 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        15 |        16 |         2 |         1 |    -50.06 |
 |  Apparel ..................|        10 |         9 |         2 |         1 |    -54.33 |
 |  Total ....................|        48 |        56 |         9 |         5 |    -40.15 |
 |Morocco                     |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       .   |
 |  Fabric ...................|         1 |         1 |         0 |         0 |    -33.19 |
 |  Made-up ..................|         2 |         2 |         0 |         0 |    -67.10 |
 |  Apparel ..................|        90 |        92 |        17 |        11 |    -35.07 |
 |  Total ....................|        93 |        95 |        17 |        11 |    -35.71 |
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   Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.