Statistics for Imports of Textile and Apparel From U.S. Insular Possessions (June 2004 U.S. Possessions Report)
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has issued its U.S. Possessions Report, which contains statistics through June 30, 2004 for U.S. imports from the Northern Marianas, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
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For each of these four insular possessions, OTEXA provides separate reports that provide import statistics by category in category units, square meters, or U.S. dollars. Each of these reports contain statistics on:
Calendar year 2002 and 2003 imports
Year-to-date imports for 2003 and 2004 (year-to-date is defined as imports received between January and the stated month in a given year)
Year-to-date percentage change
Monthly year-ending 2003 and 2004 imports for current/recent months (year-ending is defined as imports received in the twelve-month period ending in the stated month)
Year-ending current month percentage change
June 2004 Insular Possessions Report (dated 08/12/04) available at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov/nmar.htm.