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Product: LEATHER AND HIDE TANNING NAICS: 316110
Data in $
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 10/2007 YTD 10/2008
World 2,099,041,738 2,164,686,996 2,135,164,492 2,208,777,965 2,289,487,898 2,303,732,433 2,262,365,206 1,900,531,508 1,720,314,941
Mexico 1,012,940,313 1,187,810,611 1,356,070,210 1,369,345,485 1,413,340,244 1,450,322,270 1,374,362,123 1,161,861,313 1,086,986,603
Italy 283,212,742 256,856,871 202,258,544 204,017,493 188,279,291 198,219,367 204,281,790 165,914,065 153,735,817
Brazil 83,439,134 93,750,920 114,472,871 144,251,290 147,102,387 159,207,513 165,603,864 134,813,575 109,056,998
Argentina 366,168,420 292,770,195 146,176,083 142,264,704 153,872,072 144,096,013 141,312,359 122,503,725 83,638,637
China 6,339,931 17,105,027 42,704,849 59,188,913 69,618,950 66,615,454 71,580,477 61,228,395 46,926,467
Germany 43,301,485 35,040,702 27,748,076 25,252,349 30,152,357 35,327,658 36,128,615 30,915,787 23,707,557
_SUB-SAHARA 22,877,081 24,669,740 15,557,206 23,744,042 27,575,006 29,767,059 30,350,070 26,703,111 19,545,902
Vietnam 0 1,160 10,381 3,825 28,148 11,492 21,761,877 15,072,132 17,949,399
South Africa 17,046,736 19,682,940 12,222,115 20,197,198 22,391,106 26,088,080 27,064,693 23,859,536 16,801,240
Uruguay 59,043,074 48,175,447 37,957,239 44,475,549 34,090,488 25,449,403 21,849,382 18,694,023 15,157,502
Malaysia 164,626 1,353,781 3,809,549 5,106,949 7,436,157 4,343,552 9,693,883 6,626,651 13,722,338
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 7,952,650 10,074,053 9,511,445 10,773,091 11,417,930 12,724,236 16,039,612 13,705,133 11,750,223
United Kingdom 15,352,655 11,623,032 15,608,459 13,111,093 12,830,925 13,991,531 11,783,064 9,569,220 11,301,941
Spain 25,731,329 23,858,062 21,294,576 21,534,069 18,184,975 16,372,317 15,493,021 13,184,136 11,186,317
Colombia 7,353,182 9,089,056 8,276,993 8,979,686 9,670,189 10,907,705 14,503,271 12,341,799 10,172,015
Korea, South 5,705,567 6,166,032 5,922,840 6,675,835 5,768,186 6,727,857 9,555,815 7,591,497 9,390,178
Netherlands 4,190,089 4,923,915 4,228,110 6,185,274 11,162,878 7,779,718 9,378,080 7,186,490 8,916,507
France 15,565,362 14,989,574 11,383,468 13,914,176 13,048,025 18,851,523 14,958,766 13,437,800 8,893,426
Canada 39,093,047 32,240,413 16,110,551 11,832,856 10,133,359 11,749,843 13,556,625 11,807,890 8,841,953
India 7,335,974 5,955,442 6,153,162 9,127,883 11,601,182 10,706,648 9,282,700 7,659,957 8,694,087
_CBI 5,470,360 5,968,876 11,219,789 14,302,831 47,532,668 21,666,453 12,493,607 11,084,129 8,237,419
_CAFTA 1,684,168 3,145,705 9,343,071 12,090,532 45,241,001 19,416,808 10,809,588 9,400,110 8,113,646
Costa Rica 386,283 977,207 5,718,655 7,567,685 7,951,609 5,498,337 10,585,845 9,212,986 7,901,694
Austria 4,458,219 3,946,231 4,189,371 6,170,282 8,229,128 10,778,352 7,894,191 6,371,380 6,665,944
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.