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Product: WOMEN'S HANDBAGS AND PURSES
Data in $
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 10/2007 YTD 10/2008
World 1,229,677,922 1,330,034,954 1,536,247,417 1,957,501,628 2,278,634,949 2,399,677,100 2,705,734,879 2,251,381,552 2,292,469,069
China 789,072,191 891,204,069 987,758,730 1,312,658,928 1,572,907,163 1,619,247,071 1,841,187,189 1,538,044,863 1,635,167,269
Italy 201,630,313 203,555,793 259,324,010 320,612,028 358,111,440 386,099,413 445,641,635 366,114,754 333,081,146
France 70,105,118 78,545,606 118,788,289 142,189,384 157,348,444 182,648,590 184,524,012 148,704,510 148,483,117
Hong Kong 12,095,552 12,628,907 22,227,991 34,570,997 29,722,934 40,103,062 60,841,248 50,738,965 41,725,567
India 17,335,287 22,132,283 21,827,137 16,784,318 29,040,540 35,627,306 29,175,730 23,939,387 26,960,259
Indonesia 30,656,242 24,130,271 17,259,742 16,066,156 14,790,242 20,775,975 27,347,674 24,644,351 25,066,282
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 11,059,236 8,469,562 8,886,284 10,238,073 13,995,766 13,945,260 20,008,543 16,575,837 16,096,236
Colombia 10,679,207 8,100,138 8,465,051 9,776,546 13,505,137 13,029,273 19,337,175 16,091,772 15,411,196
Spain 9,794,168 10,733,721 15,376,783 22,042,351 23,013,575 24,230,341 23,043,588 19,532,862 13,593,325
Mexico 6,692,574 5,277,271 4,181,164 7,258,825 8,677,449 11,492,128 13,765,345 12,051,830 7,108,703
Turkey 887,875 2,294,528 4,530,877 14,000,083 14,374,389 10,930,328 7,741,944 6,431,822 6,063,937
Vietnam 133,687 997,981 1,682,170 2,646,978 3,141,968 2,594,806 2,870,653 2,542,822 3,946,313
Korea, South 16,933,584 14,260,232 10,434,078 10,073,922 6,927,609 5,977,426 2,808,719 2,473,341 3,520,533
Bulgaria 1,004,068 2,066,636 2,619,689 1,482,777 2,638,474 4,215,497 6,308,580 5,052,413 3,162,696
Philippines 5,752,000 4,366,181 5,714,906 4,340,235 7,211,258 5,061,867 3,710,215 3,116,221 2,538,828
_SUB-SAHARA 794,409 1,143,981 1,736,016 2,982,370 3,502,061 2,414,065 4,181,318 2,945,651 2,494,538
United Kingdom 1,503,675 1,516,079 3,157,542 2,812,165 4,259,172 2,709,666 2,875,925 2,602,556 2,379,624
South Africa 330,859 707,673 1,315,040 2,457,944 3,109,650 2,193,626 3,750,657 2,613,792 2,314,153
_CBI 21,175,270 22,475,607 11,495,461 7,515,004 6,653,434 6,416,118 5,566,592 4,939,638 2,217,422
_CAFTA 21,123,777 22,453,032 11,429,555 7,459,011 6,595,264 6,355,990 5,539,082 4,912,128 2,151,373
Tunisia 15,716 8,768 146,248 423,564 374,603 415,975 728,227 459,524 2,119,198
Thailand 12,132,345 8,082,571 6,721,571 6,289,888 1,869,214 1,776,073 2,378,197 1,977,010 2,095,840
Switzerland 5,404,538 2,009,744 2,142,988 1,388,421 2,183,731 5,471,559 3,219,946 2,981,957 2,000,445
Taiwan 6,175,287 2,971,492 18,479,040 6,549,198 2,188,812 2,002,383 1,010,213 939,809 1,606,066
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.