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Product: LEATHER APPAREL
Data in $
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 10/2007 YTD 10/2008
World 1,783,179,911 1,474,992,488 1,384,662,559 1,197,694,808 1,031,615,506 938,899,438 813,695,430 697,794,075 537,236,993
China 1,258,233,353 1,081,745,411 1,061,382,613 916,916,825 801,418,533 714,059,876 600,485,021 520,776,929 367,949,483
Italy 108,274,881 88,591,675 86,203,706 75,366,649 67,385,795 67,080,134 73,401,883 60,114,268 57,472,167
Pakistan 66,620,185 67,349,331 59,941,002 47,142,826 41,159,966 46,131,762 43,599,833 36,021,188 40,082,947
India 129,421,309 77,379,383 69,792,200 68,872,524 50,131,137 43,019,132 35,232,835 30,164,518 23,855,838
Turkey 24,860,833 21,797,472 21,498,558 13,069,640 13,879,002 16,836,031 17,274,425 14,169,812 12,541,840
France 14,250,731 13,057,052 11,977,550 10,468,231 9,136,715 8,506,805 7,773,104 6,151,215 7,945,112
Switzerland 1,223,974 194,292 263,148 2,888,085 3,515,493 3,826,083 5,266,235 4,355,767 4,084,172
Canada 19,210,195 15,633,952 13,159,334 11,329,548 9,124,347 6,683,412 5,256,449 4,250,199 3,114,779
Hong Kong 15,772,812 11,190,524 12,028,074 10,239,402 7,020,338 3,908,207 2,513,403 1,954,044 2,080,798
Mexico 4,178,461 3,679,774 3,166,976 3,808,301 3,352,283 4,479,202 3,334,772 2,939,752 1,999,546
Romania 1,302,182 1,818,018 1,071,151 1,264,904 2,067,071 1,999,540 1,546,289 1,450,916 1,665,458
Ukraine 55,811 144,159 154,358 628,586 931,113 572,681 1,503,665 1,360,156 1,561,676
Korea, South 42,482,321 28,462,046 16,966,288 11,841,797 5,245,686 5,297,118 3,436,330 3,047,194 1,545,244
Vietnam 13,296 386,069 243,759 230,698 35,865 791,520 1,472,663 1,344,891 1,344,603
United Kingdom 2,511,973 2,744,680 2,724,160 1,693,203 1,348,031 2,492,882 1,192,727 1,092,505 1,272,558
Poland 2,384,989 1,404,019 1,087,381 1,879,097 1,602,316 1,460,506 1,029,777 852,642 1,053,036
Spain 2,575,569 2,333,573 2,090,219 1,603,563 1,505,125 1,569,265 1,236,531 965,210 946,961
Argentina 371,935 623,393 637,925 544,428 398,959 361,127 625,408 488,365 862,711
Germany 2,176,994 1,501,830 1,555,081 1,247,633 1,559,799 1,286,861 1,007,489 892,100 821,787
Japan 296,218 218,058 189,351 190,252 286,973 420,111 615,283 580,358 704,357
Tunisia 2,254 98,623 407,484 292,091 347,747 237,888 281,543 185,370 560,595
Indonesia 71,146,194 45,119,797 9,934,903 7,143,750 4,109,808 1,412,552 1,138,449 994,580 531,122
Sri Lanka 36,565 583 117,068 701,797 557,091 40,301 0 0 442,066
Bosnia-Hercegovina 247,259 683,882 295 423 185,256 178,917 249,798 221,306 361,510
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.