ITC Issues 2004-10 Report on China Textile, Apparel Import Data
The International Trade Commission has released its second annual compilation of bi-weekly data on textile and apparel imports from China for 2004-2010.
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Data Requested due to 2008 Expiration of Agreed Quotas
In 2008, the House Ways and Means Committee requested that the ITC provide statistical reports every two weeks on the volume, value, unit value, and import market share of imports from China that were subject to the provisions of the 2005 U.S.-China Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Trade in Textiles and Apparel (MOU), in response to concerns that a market disrupting surge in textile and apparel imports from China could occur when the MOU expired. Under the terms of the MOU, the agreed quotas for Chinese textiles and apparel ended on December 31, 2008.
The Committee further requested that the ITC provide an annual compilation of the data shown in the biweekly reports.
Report Provides Data by Category and HTS Number
The ITC’s report is an annual compilation of data that has been posted on a bi-weekly basis on the ITC Web site. The data in the report are shown on an annual and quarterly basis, by category and by Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 10-digit numbers.
By category, annual data are provided from 2004 through 2010, and quarterly data are provided from first quarter 2009 through fourth quarter 2010. By HTS number, annual data are provided from 2008 through 2010, and quarterly data are provided from first quarter 2009 through fourth quarter 2010.
This report consists of a series of tables which provide Chinese textile and apparel import statistics, including:
- Value of imports from China by category and HTS number
- China share, by value, of total U.S. imports by category and HTS number
- Quantity of imports from China by category and HTS number
- China share, by quantity, of total U.S. imports by category and HTS number
- Unit value of imports from China by category and HTS number
- Unit value of imports from the world by category and HTS number
Report Available on ITC Web Site and on DVD
The ITC’s report is available in PDF format here, and in Excel format here. A DVD of the report is also available by request.
(Press release dated 05/18/11)