CITA Updates its Preliminary Textile and Apparel Import Data for China, Etc. (April 2005 Monthly Preliminary Data Added)
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has updated its preliminary textile and apparel import data by adding monthly April 2005 data.
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Highlights of April 2005 Preliminary Statistics for Pending China Safeguard Petitions, Etc.
The below table pertains to imports of China textiles and apparel, and lists selected data for the categories that CITA self-initiated safeguard quota proceedings for (338/339, 347/348, 352/652) as well as the categories that CITA has accepted petitions for safeguard quotas (currently 340/640, 345/645/646, 349/649, 350/650, 620, 638/639, and 647/648).
Additionally, in light of the recent rescheduling of the threat-based petitions, the below table also lists selected data for the categories where petitions were filed in 2004 based on threat of market disruption, other than those listed above (currently 222, 301, and 447).
A comparison of preliminary data for April 2005 with March 2005, indicates that imports rose for all categories in April 2005, as compared to March 2005, except for categories 340, 645, and 650 where imports fell:
('O' denotes official data from Census. 'P' denotes preliminary import data from CBP. Data is in dozen, except for categories 301 which is in kilograms and 620 which is in square meters.)
| China Category | Jan 2005 (O) | Mar 2005 (P) |
| 222 | 636,573 | 818,616 |
| 301 | 62,210 | 203,607 |
| 338 | 439,573 | 830,867 |
| 339 | 805,756 | 1,494,194 |
| 340 | 248,644 | 314,759 |
| 345 | 46,734 | 41,904 |
| 347 | 667,607 | 706,484 |
| 348 | 922,705 | 1,296,483 |
| 349 | 310,432 | 338,091 |
| 350 | 374,338 | 199,883 |
| 352 | 371,380 | 709,170 |
| 447 | 11,139 | 12,227 |
| 620 | 2,834,779 | 4,719,344 |
| 638 | 71,301 | 176,932 |
| 639 | 764,581 | 628,135 |
| 640 | 196,944 | 295,011 |
| 645 | 1,700 | 5,172 |
| 646 | 74,800 | 66,594 |
| 647 | 404,803 | 390,683 |
| 648 | 158,011 | 204,912 |
| 649 | 1,664,951 | 1,047,820 |
| 650 | 95,729 | 79,025 |
| 652 | 692,361 | 1,092,036 |
(Note that all six reports have been updated for this monthly April 2005 data, the three biweekly reports, titled U.S. Imports by Category, China, and World, which contain single category statistics for various single months and two-week periods; and the three additional reports, entitled U.S. Imports by Category, U.S. Imports by Country, and U.S. Imports by Merged Category, which contain year-to-date, 12 month year-ending statistics, etc.
In addition, see CITA reports for details on the product coverage, including certain exceptions.)
Preliminary China and other import data reflecting preliminary April 2005 data, available at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov/prelimadmin/prelimdata.htm