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News Release 19-061
Inv. No(s). 332-501
Contact: Peg O'Laughlin, 202-205-1819
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today released its annual compilation of reports published every two weeks on textile and apparel imports from China.
The report, Textile and Apparel Imports from China: Statistical Reports, Annual Compilation 2018, was requested by the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Ways and Means.
As requested, the USITC, an independent, nonpartisan, factfinding federal agency, produced an annual compilation of data that has been posted on a bi-weekly basis on the USITC website. The data in the report are shown on an annual and quarterly basis, by category and by Harmonized Tariff Schedule 10-digit statistical reporting number (HTS10).
By category, annual data are provided from 2012 through 2018, and quarterly data are provided from first quarter 2017 through fourth quarter 2018. By HTS10, annual data are provided from 2016 through 2018, and quarterly data are provided from first quarter 2017 through fourth quarter 2018.
The report will be available on the USITC Internet site at https://www.usitc.gov/sites/default/files/publications/332/pub4916.pdf.
USITC general factfinding investigations, such as this one, cover matters related to tariffs or trade and are generally conducted at the request of the U.S. Trade Representative, the House Committee on Ways and Means, or the Senate Committee on Finance. The resulting reports convey the Commission's objective findings and independent analyses on the subjects investigated. The Commission makes no recommendations on policy or other matters in its general factfinding reports. Upon completion of each investigation, the USITC submits its findings and analyses to the requester. General factfinding investigation reports are subsequently released to the public unless they are classified by the requester for national security reasons.