Textile and Apparel Imports from China

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United States International Trade Commission
Textile and Apparel
Imports from China:
Statistical Reports

Annual Compilation 2012
Investigation No. 332-501
USITC Publication 4394
May 2013
U.S. International Trade Commission
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Textile and Apparel Imports from China:
Statistical Reports

Annual Compilation 2012
Investigation No. 332-501
USITC Publication 4394 May 2013
This report was prepared principally by the Office of Industries

Project Leader
Shannon Gaffney
[email protected]

Office of Industries
David Lundy
[email protected]

Special Assistance from:
Judith Bryant

Under the direction of:
Dennis Rapkins, Chief
Chemicals and Textiles Division
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TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS FROM CHINA: STATISTICAL REPORTS

Annual Compilation 2012

Investigation No. 332-501

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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
500 E St., SW, Washington, DC 20436

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

This annual report for 2012 contains a compilation of the biweekly statistical reports by the Commission 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). This compilation includes official import data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, and
shows data at the 3-digit textile/apparel category level and by the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 10-digit
subheadings in these categories. The Commission posts the latest biweekly report on its website at:

www.usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/What_We_Are_Working_On.htm

The Commission prepares the biweekly reports and annual compilations in response to a request from the
House Committee on Ways and Means received on October 14, 2008, pursuant to section 332(g) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)). The Commission instituted investigation No. 332-501, Textile and
Apparel Imports from China: Statistical Reports, for the purpose of preparing these reports.

For further information about this investigation, contact:

Shannon Gaffney (202-205-3316, [email protected])
David Lundy (202-205-3439, [email protected])

The United States International Trade Commission (www.usitc.gov) is an independent, quasijudicial federal
agency with broad investigative responsibilities on matters of trade. The agency investigates the effects of
dumped and subsidized imports on domestic industries and conducts global safeguard investigations. The
Commission also adjudicates cases involving alleged infringement by imports of intellectual property rights.
Through such proceedings, the agency helps to support a rules-based international trading system. The
Commission also serves as a federal resource where trade data and other trade policy-related information
are gathered and analyzed. The information and analysis are provided to the President, the Office of the
United States Trade Representative (USTR), and Congress to facilitate the development of sound and
informed U.S. trade policy. The Commission makes most of its information and analysis available to the
public to promote understanding of international trade issues.
TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS FROM CHINA: STATISTICAL REPORTS
Annual Compilation 2012
Introduction
Thetextileandapparelimportdatainthisreportarepresentedby3-digitcategorynumbersandcombinationsthereof(scrolldownthissheettoviewalistof
thesecategories),aswellasby10-digitHTS(HTS10)subheading.TheHTS10subheadingsineachcategoryarebasedonacorrelationmaintainedbythe
Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce. Click on the following link for this correlation:
Textile and apparel correlation to HTS10 items
The import data presented here are only for the items that were subject to the 2005 Memorandum of Understanding. These HTS10 items are specified in
the document at the following link:
MOU quota HTS10 items
The data in this report are shown on an annual and quarterly basis by categories and individual HTS10 subheadings. The time frames are:
By category:
Annual data 2006 through 2012
Quarterly data First quarter 2011 through fourth quarter 2012
By HTS10 subheading:
Annual data 2010 through 2012 (see note below)
Quarterly data First quarter 2011 through fourth quarter 2012
TheannualtimeframeforpresentingthedatabyHTS10subheadingislimited,comparedwithcategorydata,becausevalidsubheadingsmaychangefrom
year to year as a result of revisions to the HTS. (Typically, HTS10 subheadings are superseded by new HTS10 subheadings as a result of statistical
breakoutsorchangestotheHTSthatarenecessarypursuanttoHSrevisionsbytheWorldCustomsOrganization.)Majorsubheadingchangesoccurredin
2007andagainin2012.Minorchangeshaveoccurredintheinterimyears. Onlydataforsubheadingsvalidduringtheentiretimeframeofthisreportare
shown to ensure that only meaningful trends are presented.
For data for all HTS10 subheadings for all years, go to the biweekly report. Click on the link below and scroll down to find this report:
www.usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/what_we_are_working_on.htm
Proceed to the "Contents" sheet to view a data navigation guide.
Data notes
All data are official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau), accessible at the following website:
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/products/catalog/orderform.html#sub_MerchandiseTradeDVDs
Imports are based on general imports, customs value.
Category Category description
200/301 Cotton and man-made fiber (MMF) yarn for retail sale and sewing thread, and combed cotton yarn
222 Knit fabric, cotton & MMF
229 Special purpose fabric, cotton & MMF
332/432/632-T/632-B Hosiery, including baby socks: cotton, wool, and MMF
338/339 Men's and boy's (M&B) cotton knit shirts, and women's and girl's (W&G) cotton knit shirts & blouses
340/640 M&B not knit shirts, cotton and MMF
345/645/646 Sweaters: Cotton, M&B MMF, and W&G MMF
347/348 M&B cotton trousers, breeches & shorts, and W&G cotton trousers, slacks & shorts
349/649 Brassieres & other body supporting garments, cotton & MMF
352/652 Underwear, cotton & MMF
359-S/659-S Other apparel: cotton and MMF
363 Cotton terry and other pile towels
443 M&B wool suits
447 M&B wool trousers, breeches & shorts
619 Polyester filament fabric, light-weight
620 Other synthetic filament fabric
622 Glass fiber fabric
638/639 M&B MMF knit shirts, and W&G MMF knit shirts & blouses
647/648 M&B MMF trousers, breeches & shorts, and W&G MMF trousers, breeches & shorts
666 Other MMF furnishings
847 Trousers, breeches & shorts, silk and vegetable fibers
TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS FROM CHINA: STATISTICAL REPORTS
Annual Compilation 2012
Contents
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Table Data time
number Content frame Sheet name
1 Value of imports from China by category Annual 1. Cat, annual value
2 China share, by value, of total U.S. imports by category Annual 2. Cat, annual value share
3 Quantity of imports from China by category Annual 3. Cat, annual quantity
4 China share, by quantity, of total U.S. imports by category Annual 4. Cat, annual quantity share
5 Unit value of imports from China by category Annual 5. Cat, annual unit val China
6 Unit value of imports from the world by category Annual 6. Cat, annual unit val world
7 Value of imports from China by HTS10 subheading Annual 7. HTS10, annual value
8 China share, by value, of total U.S. imports by HTS10 subheading Annual 8. HTS10, annual value share
9 Quantity of imports from China by HTS10 subheading Annual 9. HTS10, annual quantity
10 China share, by quantity, of total U.S. imports by HTS10 subheading Annual 10. HTS10, ann quantity share
11 Unit value of imports from China by HTS10 subheading Annual 11. HTS10, ann unit val China
12 Unit value of imports from the world by HTS10 subheading Annual 12. HTS10, ann unit val world
13 Value of imports from China by category Quarterly 13. Cat, quart value
14 China share, by value, of total U.S. imports by category Quarterly 14. Cat, quart value share
15 Quantity of imports from China by category Quarterly 15. Cat, quart quantity
16 China share, by quantity, of total U.S. imports by category Quarterly 16. Cat, quart quantity share
17 Unit value of imports from China by category Quarterly 17. Cat, quart unit val China
18 Unit value of imports from the world by category Quarterly 18. Cat, quart unit val world
19 Value of imports from China by HTS10 subheading Quarterly 19. HTS10, quart value
20 China share, by value, of total U.S. imports by HTS10 subheading Quarterly 20. HTS10, quart value share
21 Quantity of imports from China by HTS10 subheading Quarterly 21. HTS10, quart quantity
22 China share, by quantity, of total U.S. imports by HTS10 subheading Quarterly 22. HTS10, quart quantity share
23 Unit value of imports from China by HTS10 subheading Quarterly 23. HTS10, quart unit val China
24 Unit value of imports from the world by HTS10 subheading Quarterly 24. HTS10, quart unit val world
Table 1. MOU textile and apparel articles: U.S. imports from China by category ($), 2006–12
Change, 2006 to 2012
Index Category Description 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Absolute Percent
1 347/348 M & B c o t t o n t r o u s e rs, 1,266,127,999 1,766,047,082 1,935,815,989 3,048,306,813 3,698,281,305 3,511,575,544 3,779,939,486 2,513,811,487 198.5
breeches & shorts, and
W&G cotton trousers,
slacks & shorts
2 338/339 M & B c o t t o n k n it s h irts, and 851,642,337 1,255,548,181 1,317,452,469 2,495,292,410 3,288,049,282 3,279,451,712 3,044,405,218 2,192,762,881 257.5
W&G cotton knit shirts &
blouses
3 638/639 M & B M M F k n i t s h irts, and 351,559,478 529,975,071 543,509,807 915,584,790 1,168,613,482 1,332,916,349 1,550,983,788 1,199,424,310 341.2
W&G MMF knit shirts &
blouses
4 332/432/632- Hosiery, including baby 80,042,190 383,587,377 442,834,895 538,730,469 692,641,990 800,303,560 944,374,356 864,332,166 1,079.8
T/632-B socks: cotton, wool, and
(includes baby MMF
socks)
5 345/645/646 S w e a t e r s : C o t t o n , M &B 372,386,888 717,172,898 650,532,587 873,221,546 961,034,350 1,106,762,101 1,032,833,703 660,446,815 177.4
MMF, and W&G MMF
6 340/640 M & B n o t k n i t s h i r t s , cotton 284,714,893 536,281,187 622,832,231 702,292,659 932,037,149 931,820,136 861,693,399 576,978,506 202.7
and MMF
7 352/652 U n d e r w e a r , c o t t o n & MMF 1 9 7 , 7 7 9 , 3 1 8 3 4 9 , 1 3 0 , 1 7 8 3 6 5 ,081,993 448,694,786 632,213,591 623,295,138 675,670,349 477,891,031 241.6
8 349/649 B r a s s i e r e s & o t h e r body 679,260,972 710,724,528 808,925,319 791,507,655 977,466,888 1,038,933,225 1,137,335,226 458,074,254 67.4
supporting garments, cotton
& MMF
9 647/648 M & B M M F t r o u s e r s, 471,988,048 642,451,160 588,393,011 582,227,168 769,704,530 858,560,167 835,919,024 363,930,976 77.1
breeches & shorts, and
W&G MMF trousers,
breeches & shorts
10 359-S/659-S O t h e r a p p a r e l : c o t t o n and 149,343,462 199,715,548 239,715,710 244,203,482 297,718,875 332,471,201 367,639,414 218,295,952 146.2
MMF
11 222 Knit fabric, cotton & MMF 6 0 , 7 1 4 , 6 9 6 6 2 , 5 9 5 , 6 8 6 63,886,401 105,862,106 148,313,242 206,073,500 278,968,219 218,253,523 359.5
12 363 Cotton terry and other pile 209,644,263 257,888,277 288,487,958 282,744,223 375,925,943 354,611,618 382,608,248 172,963,985 82.5
towels
13 229 Special purpose fabric, 112,067,212 100,525,706 128,890,120 119,087,104 145,079,858 206,561,942 259,076,613 147,009,401 131.2
cotton & MMF
14 620 Other synthetic filament 20,338,131 30,381,990 43,199,147 42,499,114 66,784,745 99,701,452 98,227,442 77,889,311 383.0
fabric
15 619 Polyester filament fabric, 15,455,987 25,978,551 31,971,900 33,446,876 39,682,577 58,102,485 84,147,173 68,691,186 444.4
light-weight
16 443 M&B wool suits 5 0 , 1 6 5 , 1 0 2 5 3 , 4 2 1 , 1 8 3 68,140,412 68,708,498 92,298,856 85,948,966 86,882,848 36,717,746 73.2
17 622 Glass fiber fabric 1 2 , 9 5 5 , 5 0 1 1 6 , 0 8 8 , 9 8 3 18,186,853 13,425,550 17,878,665 29,626,142 37,871,315 24,915,814 192.3
18 200/301 C o t t o n & M M F y a r n for retail 18,401,779 12,724,670 16,461,879 14,817,764 23,688,814 28,392,169 38,789,575 20,387,796 110.8
sale and sewing thread, and
combed cotton yarn
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