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    Product: PROTECTIVE RUBBER FOOTWEAR

    Data in PRS
 Country                       2003           2004           2005           2006           2007           2008           2009    YTD  1/2009    YTD  1/2010

 World                    14,121,348     15,204,573     17,526,957     14,766,365     16,666,733     17,071,996     14,684,129      1,132,414      1,029,959
 China                     9,468,302     10,236,971     11,753,478      9,404,845     12,045,009     11,810,687      9,602,112        736,123        675,194
 Canada                    2,646,022      2,712,271      2,829,203      1,823,317      1,798,219      2,187,903      2,487,745        152,181        201,711
 Mexico                    1,199,239      1,145,019      1,233,157      1,136,745      1,146,013        983,109        789,730         38,580         89,670
 Vietnam                     101,168         55,935        177,672         82,113        140,805        174,598        245,550         29,360         47,402
 Italy                        30,425         62,750         42,927         66,468        194,089        494,760        163,542          2,218          5,012
 Thailand                     29,923         31,006         32,242         26,660         36,367         19,542         27,812          1,337          4,800
 _CBI                         11,292         31,434         47,659         51,337         61,843         78,757         46,473         11,433          1,916
 _CAFTA                       11,292         31,434         47,603         51,337         61,843         78,757         46,473         11,433          1,916
 Dominican Republic           11,292         30,801         43,333         28,983         22,696         31,599         26,315            333          1,916
 France                       12,358         29,264          9,117         16,002         13,530         22,130         30,224            217          1,451
 Netherlands                  43,841         17,567         39,961         60,435         35,233         50,250         19,095          2,179            827
 Brazil                        4,394        124,929          1,024            134          6,608          3,256          1,992              0            507
 Taiwan                      107,784        189,972        759,797      1,520,716        957,938      1,034,780      1,112,166        145,391            432
 India                            18          2,757          1,920            132            489          2,006          6,599          6,300            308
 Serbia                            0              0              0              0          1,409              0            496              0            216
 Korea, South                138,581        284,033        279,294        329,223         33,143          3,633         15,835            450            190
 Germany                     104,878         88,329        113,282         71,750         54,415         41,814         21,223          2,577            101
 Malaysia                     29,871         28,519         31,259         35,398         41,582         35,698         57,308          3,376             67
 Belgium                           3             25             24              0              8             59            305             55             60
 Romania                           0          2,725              0            168          4,824              0             26              0             50
 Morocco                       1,667          2,658             70            691              0            936          4,795              0             33
 Slovakia                      1,477          1,124          1,991          3,474          2,164            238            533              0             11
 United Kingdom               22,229         44,544         38,912         20,349          4,772         18,026          1,415              5              1

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