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Product: Backpacks (MMF)
Data in NO
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 8/2007 YTD 8/2008
World 42,615,209 57,844,237 70,448,315 75,978,043 84,235,997 95,155,105 104,947,403 81,606,453 77,816,429
China 8,257,467 37,934,976 57,207,567 66,852,662 75,718,632 86,732,420 95,814,063 74,646,371 73,519,209
Vietnam 30,931 1,917,578 2,496,145 2,880,477 3,148,074 2,962,186 3,893,382 2,779,971 2,451,997
Philippines 8,386,290 4,223,245 2,251,185 2,110,840 1,162,518 1,177,342 751,045 543,672 438,170
Thailand 3,667,847 1,882,189 1,445,317 1,099,146 1,647,964 2,097,543 2,494,200 2,173,703 358,815
Indonesia 8,208,801 6,154,282 3,266,166 1,105,615 835,380 451,881 303,311 270,199 260,355
_CBI 50,888 171 24,177 12,693 172,932 161,345 368,274 279,750 224,733
_CAFTA 50,608 95 23,241 12,693 172,034 160,561 368,274 279,750 224,733
El Salvador 0 0 6,101 5,894 169,047 160,386 357,890 274,709 215,406
Hong Kong 7,121 360,308 1,169,754 896,016 539,483 843,083 521,280 327,933 182,211
India 33,160 34,734 20,575 5,256 22,864 35,379 143,054 35,599 120,385
Taiwan 4,465,440 832,878 252,176 142,319 180,541 214,424 159,029 108,930 65,450
Korea, South 1,923,753 320,105 706,629 199,948 131,393 118,697 100,659 88,355 59,080
France 6,112 11,890 7,151 15,522 149,446 3,601 9,128 8,407 30,418
Pakistan 338 12,200 540 3,242 5,031 17,602 36,822 10,281 27,290
Netherlands 340 304 1,731 895 3,290 2,200 259 259 22,423
_SUB-SAHARA 1,108 1,118 415 7,473 0 3,750 0 0 15,366
Cameroon 0 0 315 9 0 3,750 0 0 15,366
Israel 2,846 1,296 1,093 22,622 2,066 1,062 5,361 2,949 8,210
Mexico 518,019 209,227 44,258 48,041 16,235 22,918 38,770 37,169 6,464
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 27,311 26,572 24,114 31,130 52,128 43,294 28,127 26,056 5,506
Canada 39,913 24,537 61,925 18,520 18,540 17,822 33,183 29,300 5,366
Dominican Republic 50,508 0 17,000 4,088 750 0 427 427 5,300
Costa Rica 0 0 0 1,072 2,115 175 6,517 3,174 3,757
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.