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| | October 10, 2008
| U.S. IMPORTS |
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Product: PERSONAL LEATHER GOODS (EXCEPT WOMEN'S HANDBAGS AND PURSES)
Data in NO
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 8/2007 YTD 8/2008
World 352,714,409 387,677,479 411,188,947 429,792,310 450,606,618 459,117,506 464,694,723 300,612,283 283,708,422
China 274,412,947 305,342,130 326,434,328 346,903,497 370,777,796 380,505,770 388,895,357 252,057,992 244,065,013
India 22,434,475 21,962,130 23,367,049 27,832,805 26,860,743 25,212,456 25,462,186 16,697,668 17,438,765
Hong Kong 12,528,590 13,064,525 18,177,319 13,416,597 10,813,159 14,693,602 13,783,168 8,964,489 6,848,624
Taiwan 10,968,132 8,722,557 8,880,690 8,960,294 10,502,222 7,804,542 11,821,802 8,297,508 3,005,727
Philippines 882,507 793,237 1,622,372 2,393,717 3,427,842 3,338,503 3,070,722 1,896,730 2,347,850
France 735,565 553,940 709,889 838,255 3,063,036 4,752,941 4,944,095 2,946,095 2,112,213
Italy 6,725,729 5,790,896 4,689,731 5,646,302 4,332,766 5,366,659 2,186,932 1,573,178 1,785,432
Canada 7,359,085 8,975,688 8,164,611 8,498,266 5,907,079 6,618,481 4,223,995 2,200,624 1,187,139
Spain 431,767 584,753 489,123 519,602 536,577 1,295,848 1,949,777 1,268,957 1,157,712
Vietnam 146,570 496,183 1,035,079 843,413 841,126 897,853 934,175 619,843 533,524
Korea, South 1,958,243 2,165,704 1,845,920 1,300,339 1,064,729 983,141 1,620,922 370,714 511,230
Thailand 1,754,550 1,250,780 1,662,779 1,945,773 1,114,650 1,046,814 932,852 537,685 496,149
_CBI 909,445 1,239,026 873,649 1,093,632 1,035,557 1,103,254 814,665 444,861 337,706
_CAFTA 898,526 1,235,496 869,028 1,092,736 1,029,519 1,101,813 811,274 441,602 336,046
Mexico 4,027,261 11,825,226 9,444,352 6,654,402 5,758,350 1,871,222 1,180,397 894,920 270,483
Japan 581,326 540,777 373,281 355,271 550,005 749,536 300,077 149,123 243,573
Indonesia 1,091,466 641,792 328,853 119,867 340,068 324,669 476,774 417,190 195,856
Guatemala 295,264 340,211 347,795 319,705 296,862 257,277 220,405 134,312 184,716
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 204,848 596,632 555,273 231,201 391,479 273,117 224,577 173,255 159,480
Nepal 233,918 184,594 156,539 137,795 195,122 198,393 235,160 135,927 158,693
United Kingdom 326,149 582,913 491,227 380,803 596,539 396,967 247,512 164,978 134,012
El Salvador 574,838 633,395 504,238 702,129 369,029 413,187 314,270 202,677 124,959
Pakistan 349,907 420,973 158,417 119,172 172,959 189,922 93,010 59,649 113,226
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.