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Product: LUGGAGE/BRIEFCASES
Data in NO
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 7/2007 YTD 7/2008
World 86,949,168 115,620,027 123,097,140 133,990,033 135,468,256 126,586,253 145,671,587 79,910,222 79,835,603
China 48,076,995 93,695,699 105,458,449 112,229,368 114,021,196 115,076,466 134,966,896 74,320,788 72,543,178
Vietnam 11,972 343,411 865,916 1,124,481 1,111,022 1,263,735 1,218,228 701,787 1,001,036
United Kingdom 357,056 270,568 174,799 165,176 108,547 101,374 811,112 494,820 810,306
Taiwan 2,267,857 1,211,001 1,376,933 1,804,184 1,091,927 612,872 628,148 360,500 782,322
Mexico 1,339,308 1,623,953 1,921,789 1,401,710 953,512 456,662 779,762 351,803 714,977
Thailand 10,957,733 5,426,220 1,684,328 1,400,002 1,018,541 771,565 727,300 373,504 685,733
France 130,489 472,162 539,965 1,008,911 1,713,430 2,352,501 1,537,992 624,403 668,860
India 1,327,339 862,405 781,567 765,112 948,921 623,232 774,658 464,040 460,258
Canada 895,941 830,009 890,246 952,380 643,838 621,053 569,609 342,371 421,185
Italy 229,440 292,412 261,784 286,838 390,260 325,635 499,453 214,684 287,715
Hong Kong 2,024,198 1,996,615 4,450,681 9,291,787 11,056,481 2,048,945 945,550 420,018 272,810
Philippines 9,015,192 3,000,887 2,287,073 1,404,184 863,534 524,613 206,659 110,049 239,663
_CBI 972,459 565,270 234,169 356,515 435,138 627,877 602,617 393,924 204,039
_CAFTA 971,638 560,704 232,009 352,519 434,202 624,623 596,382 393,005 203,952
Indonesia 1,470,215 850,093 316,881 188,003 48,567 54,280 73,921 41,241 142,845
Pakistan 11,724 57,854 27,645 19,734 13,633 121,136 82,568 47,033 111,486
El Salvador 310 360 4,404 1,193 82,691 36,654 67,754 42,071 95,725
Dominican Republic 962,102 547,163 216,154 310,957 307,278 372,928 437,008 275,854 92,978
Germany 153,692 121,617 114,138 153,799 202,257 156,028 126,764 86,198 91,711
Denmark 18,346 259,098 167,629 93,177 35,005 102,635 132,681 74,781 79,655
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 147,511 143,972 198,342 269,075 236,549 262,929 210,931 140,924 55,076
Korea, South 657,193 349,534 224,666 127,277 201,538 47,957 75,634 17,622 45,192
Colombia 139,086 116,802 187,710 251,581 193,447 201,706 147,655 113,819 34,850
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.