_____________________________________ | | December 11, 2008 | U.S. IMPORTS | | FOR CONSUMPTION | | FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS | |_____________________________________| 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.