Top 25 U.S. Import Sources for Leather Wearing Apparel
SIC 2386                    U.S. Imports for Consumption              Customs Value
Annual Data
 
Country 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Percent Change
1999 - 2000
In 1,000 Dollars
China 285,832 413,384 656,520 603,070 600,360 646,155 598,117 661,358 1,194,184 80.6%
India 70,137 92,208 95,865 66,620 65,064 66,232 52,394 48,269 128,903 167.1%
Italy 18,418 18,772 21,961 26,066 32,937 38,702 45,984 52,446 86,655 65.2%
Indonesia 35,191 52,043 62,290 59,527 46,643 53,416 45,189 54,296 71,936 32.5%
Pakistan 55,356 69,100 50,537 47,197 55,851 63,592 69,244 56,141 70,332 25.3%
Korea 639,639 458,159 258,944 110,939 47,102 44,570 54,520 60,578 68,538 13.1%
Canada 6,158 6,292 8,830 9,934 14,085 17,877 17,820 19,588 24,332 24.2%
Turkey 5,565 3,148 4,112 3,450 2,336 3,851 9,700 13,521 22,812 68.7%
France 5,254 3,962 3,821 4,700 4,730 4,921 6,426 8,202 13,773 67.9%
Hong Kong 25,518 25,872 20,457 17,479 13,103 8,743 8,532 10,196 12,232 20.0%
Philippines 13,936 14,064 10,604 11,097 6,587 2,932 1,703 2,641 11,656 341.4%
Mexico 5,556 9,876 10,111 7,002 5,359 6,431 10,227 9,621 6,545 -32.0%
United Kingdom 2,428 2,426 2,014 2,434 941 1,697 1,854 2,392 3,010 25.8%
Germany 3,100 2,024 2,219 2,328 2,069 2,866 2,646 2,129 2,567 20.6%
Spain 1,265 1,596 2,214 2,931 2,243 2,354 1,808 1,954 2,540 30.0%
Taiwan 20,550 14,047 9,803 5,056 3,566 3,342 3,868 2,518 1,719 -31.7%
Argentina 4,522 845 445 295 1,238 1,698 794 374 1,391 271.9%
Poland 24 81 425 36 331 267 277 500 1,198 139.5%
Slovenia 1,014 1,189 145 146 275 235 788 1,291 1,157 -10.3%
Uruguay 466 566 505 537 494 135 199 451 859 90.7%
Ecuador 43 26 18 15 9 156 60 655 837 27.8%
Hungary 280 53 61 9 15 63 188 235 751 219.3%
Belgium 182 54 72 383 458 198 310 1,032 647 -37.3%
Switzerland 60 174 7 581 116 595 366 179 646 261.4%
Australia 18 74 128 239 133 195 136 239 637 166.2%
Subtotal : 1,200,511 1,190,036 1,222,109 982,074 906,044 971,221 933,150 1,010,807 1,729,860 71.1%
All Other: 30,038 32,091 18,604 12,307 6,386 5,510 4,319 4,939 6,265 26.9%
Total 1,230,549 1,222,127 1,240,713 994,381 912,430 976,731 937,469 1,015,746 1,736,126 70.9%

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Sources: Data on this site have been compiled from tariff and trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Last Updated by Nate Herman, Office of Consumer Goods, on April 17, 2001.