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    Product: RUBBER AND PLASTIC FOOTWEAR      NAICS:  316211

    Data in PRS
 Country                       2002           2003           2004           2005           2006           2007           2008    YTD  9/2008    YTD  9/2009

 World                   116,119,663    117,786,673    160,822,189    179,428,088    197,036,738    214,632,829    218,910,126    185,106,158    179,896,987
 China                    97,663,104    100,108,601    139,765,489    156,365,500    177,475,579    196,661,409    192,489,950    163,945,289    157,054,446
 Brazil                    2,102,794      3,713,760      5,493,309      5,638,560      5,508,153      4,008,854     10,784,347      9,826,001      9,599,264
 Vietnam                   3,053,876      2,309,583      1,787,327      3,923,327      3,602,607      4,973,684      6,414,725      4,417,170      6,495,762
 Canada                    2,300,776      2,865,717      3,446,456      4,812,036      1,998,581      1,840,640      2,216,491      1,782,060      1,782,029
 Taiwan                      985,036      1,491,077      2,272,683      1,276,923      1,943,905      1,749,332      1,526,234      1,048,326      1,230,027
 Indonesia                 3,916,609      1,716,521      1,788,260      1,604,992        936,930        811,644        871,560        561,212      1,007,422
 Italy                        73,017        376,327        770,381        348,400        553,800        473,281        990,768        587,126        661,027
 Mexico                    1,618,723      1,601,084      1,457,474      1,570,123      1,477,269      1,354,138      1,188,069        886,066        617,778
 Thailand                  2,186,689      1,156,804        796,477        705,175      1,033,839      1,182,963        955,095        861,041        503,213
 Philippines                  59,305        112,424        307,824        591,995        654,413        469,464        235,338        216,629        400,913
 Hong Kong                   821,693      1,061,319      1,290,208        644,394        621,705        431,792        382,123        326,195        171,966
 _CBI                         41,553         78,701         45,834        373,991         56,226         68,312         81,642         63,578         65,226
 Malaysia                     43,258         32,307         41,863         84,854         51,862         51,432         70,206         29,234         48,231
 Korea, South                299,044        296,312        422,430        459,603        414,655        104,957         55,551         48,028         47,048
 India                         3,175         44,683          6,628         32,597          3,226         30,282        101,358        100,980         42,498
 Bangladesh                        0         39,868         33,957          4,908         29,234         36,510         82,782         66,039         41,764
 _CAFTA                       40,849         78,076         45,794        366,246         52,377         67,922         79,350         63,050         41,178
 France                       73,883         26,254         36,653         15,464         20,657         19,327         31,729         23,119         28,243
 Panama                           78              0             40          6,233          3,849            294              0              0         24,048
 Dominican Republic           12,556         11,292         30,801        358,143         29,044         22,863         31,861         25,441         20,928
 Guatemala                        92         66,549          4,320          6,229         23,333         45,027         22,804         22,804         19,970
 Germany                     110,827        140,053        145,721        140,612        115,421        105,815         59,575         50,797         19,589
 Netherlands                  22,530         43,896         17,902         40,047         60,591         35,994         51,292         35,976         15,466

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