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                                               |                                     |                 December 11, 2008
                                               |            U.S. IMPORTS             |
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    Product: PROTECTIVE RUBBER FOOTWEAR

    Data in $
 Country                       2001           2002           2003           2004           2005           2006           2007    YTD 10/2007    YTD 10/2008

 World                    61,804,087     62,686,268     74,501,411     88,067,291     98,071,299     83,846,954    112,048,507     92,710,962    117,136,309
 China                    40,838,773     37,459,314     48,092,072     56,218,438     59,598,875     54,117,060     81,485,118     66,855,645     79,995,191
 Canada                   11,391,668     14,731,004     15,092,908     18,918,901     23,364,639     14,175,085     15,700,842     12,951,763     24,264,298
 Mexico                    2,816,169      4,739,153      5,015,391      5,248,819      6,361,421      6,012,292      6,017,925      5,160,078      4,703,335
 Italy                       608,722        311,605        232,322        923,968        828,502      1,053,172      2,449,870      2,284,333      1,854,765
 Vietnam                       9,399          7,650         29,364        530,651        138,046        164,315        379,469        379,469      1,461,708
 Netherlands                 586,241        415,676        914,321        406,266      1,011,806        862,965        945,498        731,796      1,113,366
 Germany                   1,353,907      1,022,356      1,577,000      1,338,125      2,075,241      1,361,237      1,039,405        943,384        831,540
 Taiwan                      547,331        318,216        294,394        286,308        693,602      1,108,028        826,275        774,824        744,402
 Malaysia                    656,456        689,651        523,461        583,565        733,428        853,798      1,183,424      1,007,780        574,724
 France                      256,413        329,966        212,287        347,446        161,750        252,996        231,669        147,039        267,192
 _CBI                         56,013         68,780         48,837         93,273        237,016        245,751        276,240        219,868        231,426
 _CAFTA                       56,013         68,780         48,837         93,273        232,021        245,751        276,240        219,868        231,426
 Thailand                    266,175        173,815        332,218        256,623        287,349        268,129        346,330        272,316        175,075
 Switzerland                       0            285              0         18,339          3,334          7,958              0              0        127,543
 Hong Kong                   131,258        408,075        142,004        175,670        170,927         41,152        122,040          9,043        119,969
 Poland                        8,898            657              0         40,445          1,407         74,184        133,013        118,394        101,775
 Israel                    1,045,817        606,155        406,130        152,186        145,759        108,041         75,611         75,338         98,999
 United Kingdom              526,154        239,350        310,177        573,430        415,595        343,493        148,989        148,989         95,614
 Dominican Republic           56,013         68,780         48,837         86,688        184,003        155,259        112,801         95,639         93,982
 _ANDEAN (ATPA)              145,061        167,983         94,270        109,533         89,663         53,515         48,715         48,715         89,442
 Colombia                    145,061        167,983         87,599         97,383         85,172         53,515         48,715         48,715         88,748
 Guatemala                         0              0              0          6,585         48,018         90,492        163,439        124,229         86,232
 Cyprus                            0              0        142,220        109,752        115,156        322,764         94,381         86,690         65,355
 Czech Republic               59,584         41,758         12,494         13,040              0         64,420         34,202         34,202         59,694

 Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.