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   Table 10. Production Workers:  Annual percent change in hourly compensation costs in
             national currency in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas and selected economic
             groups, selected years, 1975-2007


   Country or Area                 1975-   1975-   1980-   1985-   1990-   1995-   2000-   2005    2006    2007
                                   2007    1980    1985    1990    1995    2000    2007 

   Americas
   United States.............       4.4     9.3     5.7     3.1     3.0     2.7     3.1     3.0     1.4     1.8
   Brazil....................         -       -       -       -       -       -     8.8    10.3     7.4     6.5
   Canada....................       5.0    10.1     8.1     4.5     3.5     1.6     3.2     2.1      .8     4.1
   Mexico....................      26.4    22.5    51.8    61.1    20.3    12.4     7.2     4.4     4.6     5.7

   Asia and Oceania
   Australia.................       6.8    11.6     9.6     7.5     4.1     3.5     5.4     3.6     4.9     2.4
   Hong Kong SAR (1).........       8.1    14.9    12.5    13.2     8.2     2.7      .9     2.4     2.2      .4
   Israel....................      39.9    68.3   201.0    29.2    12.8    10.5     3.5     2.5     1.9     3.6
   Japan.....................       3.1     7.0     3.9     4.1     3.8     1.2     -.1      .2     -.9      .0
   Korea, Republic of........      15.4    30.0    13.2    19.6    16.7    10.7     7.2     6.3     8.1     7.7
   New Zealand...............       7.0    15.7    10.3     9.2     2.1     3.0     3.6     3.4     4.9     5.2
   Philippines...............         -       -       -       -       -     5.9     7.0     7.7     6.2     3.1
   Singapore.................       5.9    10.6    11.2     4.1     9.6     3.0     -.1    -3.6    12.9    -8.8
   Sri Lanka.................      11.7    12.7    16.2    13.1    11.7     8.5     9.0     3.9     8.1    13.8
   Taiwan....................       8.7    20.5     9.8    11.8     8.5     4.1     1.6     3.5     3.4     1.3

   Europe
   Austria...................       4.8     7.9     6.4     5.1     4.8     3.0     2.4     3.4     2.7     3.4
   Belgium...................       5.1    10.1     7.3     4.1     4.9     3.0     2.5     2.5     2.5     1.9
   Czech Republic............         -       -       -       -       -    10.1     6.3     3.4     6.0     9.2
   Denmark...................       6.1    11.3     6.9     6.3     4.2     4.5     4.1     4.1     4.2     5.6
   Finland...................       6.7    11.5    10.0     9.2     4.7     2.5     3.8     2.0     3.8     4.1
   France....................       5.6    12.0    11.2     4.2     2.4     2.6     2.7     2.4     2.7     2.8
   Germany...................         -       -       -       -       -     2.3     1.6      .7     1.7      .7
   Greece....................      14.8    23.9    26.1    16.0    14.5     5.9     7.0     4.4     4.2     3.5
   Hungary...................         -       -       -       -       -    16.1     9.3     6.1     8.3    10.6
   Ireland...................       7.5    14.7    13.3     4.6     3.9     4.9     5.3     3.7     3.8     3.6
   Italy.....................       8.3    18.0    15.8     7.9     4.9     2.3     3.9     2.7     2.5     2.8
   Luxembourg................       4.4     8.0     5.6     3.8     5.4     1.9     2.4     3.9      .8      .7
   Netherlands...............       3.8     7.6     3.9     2.5     3.3     2.9     3.1     1.4     1.1     1.9
   Norway....................       6.5    10.1     8.9     8.7     3.1     4.6     4.5     1.7     5.5     6.4
   Poland....................         -       -       -       -       -       -     5.1     3.9     6.9    10.4
   Portugal..................      11.4    20.7    20.5    15.2     8.6     5.6     2.6     1.2      .7      .5
   Spain.....................       9.4    23.8    13.4     7.8     6.5     3.9     4.4     3.7     4.3     3.8
   Sweden....................       6.8    12.2     9.5     8.3     4.8     4.2     3.7     3.0     3.0     3.7
   Switzerland...............       2.9     3.4     5.0     4.1     3.6      .7     1.4     1.2     1.1     1.5
   United Kingdom............       7.5    16.5     8.1     7.8     4.6     5.0     4.7     4.7     2.6     3.9

   Trade-Weighted Measures (2,3)
   All 33 Foreign Economies..       9.8    14.7    18.7    15.5     7.7     4.5     3.5     2.4     2.4     3.3
   OECD (4)..................       9.4    13.5    15.7    15.7     7.5     4.5     3.8     2.5     2.1     3.7
   Europe....................       5.9    11.8     8.4     5.7     4.4     3.1     3.3     2.2     2.0     3.1
   Euro Area (5).............       5.7    11.3     8.7     5.1     4.5     2.8     3.0     1.7     1.8     2.9
   Eastern Europe (6)........         -       -       -       -       -       -     6.7     4.4     7.1    10.1
   East Asia ex-Japan (7)....      10.6    21.3    11.7    13.3    11.8     6.1     3.5     3.3     6.9     1.6

   Rates of change based on compound rate method.
   Dash means data not available.
   (1) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
   (2) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the Technical
       Notes preceding these tables.
   (3) The trade-weighted measures for production workers in this table are not directly
       comparable with those for all employees earlier in this release; the country coverage
       of the two series differs slightly.
   (4) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
   (5) Euro Area refers to European Union member countries in this release that have adopted
       the Euro as the common currency as of January 1, 2009.
   (6) Eastern Europe refers to the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland.
   (7) East Asia ex-Japan includes Hong Kong SAR, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines,
       Singapore, and Taiwan.

   Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.