Top 25 U.S. Import Sources for Handbags
SIC 3171                    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 487,287 554,998 608,613 611,031 640,400 664,575 662,866 640,264 772,548 20.7%
Italy 119,049 109,569 133,908 167,290 216,721 195,072 164,646 170,089 195,494 14.9%
France 36,488 30,336 37,391 49,811 48,941 51,765 54,852 61,512 61,363 -0.2%
Indonesia 9,558 12,730 10,816 9,156 9,714 11,682 16,588 20,581 28,461 38.3%
India 22,635 31,338 28,673 27,667 28,958 21,512 17,311 18,410 22,791 23.8%
Korea 121,965 92,297 69,039 43,671 30,072 20,871 18,586 17,019 21,488 26.3%
Costa Rica 15 53 422 2,506 11,260 12,493 16,846 20,312 15,724 -22.6%
Mexico 7,748 7,534 8,077 6,786 7,034 6,652 9,516 13,533 13,809 2.0%
Thailand 6,037 6,943 7,266 5,754 2,942 3,663 3,146 10,412 10,116 -2.8%
Colombia 5,219 5,035 3,848 3,700 4,857 7,396 7,019 6,880 9,998 45.3%
Spain 3,975 3,066 3,370 3,803 4,677 4,411 4,624 7,022 9,212 31.2%
Hong Kong 17,771 16,797 13,181 10,267 10,630 12,711 8,593 7,441 9,070 21.9%
Philippines 1,971 2,373 4,198 4,377 3,008 3,179 2,824 3,721 5,467 46.9%
Canada 1,994 1,727 2,814 4,035 5,630 3,954 3,492 3,416 4,493 31.5%
Taiwan 23,113 9,231 4,215 2,884 2,988 1,652 1,416 2,436 3,989 63.8%
Switzerland 145 149 44 347 110 1,884 1,164 1,203 2,602 116.4%
Dominican Rep 1,194 1,292 617 518 1,051 2,687 3,154 4,508 2,262 -49.8%
Turkey 627 1,245 402 616 3,806 7,229 6,617 2,017 1,884 -6.6%
United Kingdom 438 540 740 846 1,511 1,447 1,982 1,723 1,802 4.6%
Brazil 7,970 8,450 7,224 2,965 4,540 2,962 1,492 693 1,409 103.4%
Sri Lanka 0 11 3 118 984 711 444 200 1,196 499.1%
Bulgaria 0 38 0 0 2 0 8 0 789 N/A
Belgium 39 68 82 139 182 283 350 733 776 5.9%
Germany 4,749 5,327 4,549 5,895 4,462 3,064 1,582 976 603 -38.2%
Guatemala 1,222 764 514 590 533 667 457 332 497 49.7%
Subtotal : 881,210 901,912 950,007 964,772 1,045,013 1,042,519 1,009,576 1,015,433 1,197,842 18.0%
All Other: 8,735 8,041 9,198 6,881 10,060 8,277 8,544 4,353 4,948 13.7%
Total 889,945 909,953 959,206 971,653 1,055,073 1,050,797 1,018,120 1,019,785 1,202,790 17.9%

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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.