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    Product: RUBBER AND PLASTIC FOOTWEAR      NAICS:  316211

    Data in PRS
 Country                       2001           2002           2003           2004           2005           2006           2007    YTD  6/2007    YTD  6/2008

 World                   106,766,914    116,114,143    121,176,982    161,096,079    180,079,092    196,981,675    215,011,076    162,261,797    158,109,378
 China                    87,430,114     97,667,240    103,146,440    139,712,814    156,975,549    177,258,692    197,034,364    151,204,304    141,776,609
 Brazil                      656,893      2,102,794      3,713,760      5,493,309      5,638,560      5,507,975      4,005,071      2,602,522      8,920,401
 Vietnam                   1,480,458      3,054,275      2,660,703      1,792,085      3,923,327      3,602,607      4,973,684      3,144,201      2,564,681
 Canada                    2,022,012      2,300,776      2,865,717      3,415,892      4,842,600      1,998,581      1,793,057        880,037      1,191,128
 Thailand                  3,869,964      2,162,989      1,156,804        796,477        705,175      1,033,839      1,182,963        623,345        766,501
 Taiwan                    1,552,237        989,176      1,491,077      2,272,683      1,276,923      1,948,465      1,749,332      1,133,126        739,896
 Mexico                      958,375      1,618,723      1,601,084      1,457,474      1,570,123      1,477,269      1,354,138        689,131        544,472
 Indonesia                 6,270,138      3,916,609      1,716,521      1,788,260      1,604,992        936,619        811,955        594,672        440,013
 Italy                       270,628         80,424        378,484      1,135,410        350,013        668,465        474,563        204,793        302,881
 Hong Kong                   711,660        822,701      1,061,319      1,281,782        644,394        621,705        482,712        410,548        252,295
 Philippines                  50,029         59,305        112,424        307,824        591,995        654,413        469,464        357,690        170,284
 India                        23,785          3,175         44,683          6,628         32,597          3,226         30,282         25,476         99,073
 Bangladesh                        0              0         39,868         33,957          4,908         29,234         36,510         36,510         57,713
 _CBI                         17,337         41,553         78,701         40,060        374,231         56,226         68,312         34,878         40,890
 _CAFTA                       15,150         40,849         78,076         40,020        366,486         52,377         67,922         34,712         40,862
 Germany                     158,254        110,827        141,163        143,685        142,648        115,392        105,815         61,671         31,623
 Korea, South                315,732        299,044        296,312        422,430        459,603        414,655        108,781         83,234         30,024
 Israel                      193,710         98,212         77,095         36,056         35,561         21,630         17,624         11,730         21,018
 Netherlands                  39,204         22,530         43,896         17,902         40,012         69,850         35,994         11,117         17,689
 Japan                        43,330         30,466         37,511         17,967        336,847         59,956         53,993         30,555         16,916
 Dominican Republic           11,229         12,556         11,292         25,267        358,143         29,044         22,863         12,245         16,426
 Malaysia                     55,117         43,258         32,307         41,863         84,854         51,862         51,432         34,182         15,135
 _ANDEAN (ATPA)               28,886         54,215         47,858        339,489        140,070         19,749         22,518         14,826         14,621

 Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.