U.S. imports of cotton, wool, silk blends,man-made fiber, and non-cotton vegetable fiber textiles and apparelincreased 5.9% in December to 4,127.8 million square meters equivalentfrom the previous year, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office ofTextiles and Apparel reported Friday.

In millions of square meters equivalent. Source: U.S. CommerceDepartment.

source:Dow Jones Newswires