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    Product: WOMEN'S HANDBAGS AND PURSES

    Data in NO
 Country                       2002           2003           2004           2005           2006           2007           2008    YTD  9/2008    YTD  9/2009

 World                   270,007,203    308,017,011    363,816,632    388,425,557    350,594,947    365,629,854    340,140,092    264,213,859    188,692,548
 China                   237,879,722    274,766,507    323,211,798    346,161,276    315,856,544    331,851,015    310,884,050    241,891,533    177,427,664
 India                     7,401,637      6,951,629      4,046,323      6,288,840      5,397,926      5,642,468      6,232,480      4,402,785      3,313,915
 Hong Kong                 3,961,148      6,575,683     10,661,580      7,906,546      5,825,473      8,113,439      5,269,959      4,345,025      2,118,085
 Italy                     3,677,006      3,874,840      4,341,712      3,256,688      2,886,542      3,061,556      3,399,342      2,670,915      1,064,397
 Indonesia                 4,471,049      2,488,471      1,819,660      1,792,787      1,525,387      1,623,470      1,333,221      1,048,820        847,888
 France                    1,674,672      2,736,144      8,730,843     12,459,061     10,320,802      8,114,431      7,702,883      5,741,791        730,373
 Vietnam                     212,714        584,123        882,199        706,452        547,249        695,569        601,804        497,313        619,991
 Mexico                      779,979        668,809        574,263        530,795        756,397        821,747        618,510        463,917        572,501
 Taiwan                      856,837      1,605,509        943,549      1,140,584        964,156        296,428        655,280        422,115        377,920
 _CBI                      1,687,668      1,324,767      1,343,676        925,204        865,725        759,048        524,706        390,846        262,228
 _CAFTA                    1,685,193      1,322,079      1,339,519        912,035        856,697        758,084        523,242        389,476        261,478
 _ANDEAN (ATPA)              609,078        594,668        586,375        676,106        481,949        305,805        251,784        193,448        174,163
 Nepal                       158,719        172,661        141,950        154,845        211,863        405,458        193,198        139,659        152,757
 Philippines                 902,602      1,404,927      1,142,158      1,425,948        808,448        603,569        299,316        256,615        126,312
 Korea, South              2,184,645      1,071,227        916,414        784,807        476,601        176,673        293,119        227,612        124,351
 Spain                       398,040        369,096      1,509,352      1,370,550      1,224,865        839,797        504,122        400,643        115,575
 Thailand                  1,108,558        949,606        817,661        406,697        469,877        530,772        158,815        120,526        107,577
 Pakistan                    237,964        120,264        115,699        360,611        169,112        124,996         73,319         54,216        101,269
 Colombia                    554,265        539,878        522,180        576,957        382,893        232,810        158,757        128,245         98,428
 El Salvador                 967,512        965,627        865,321        408,954        255,179        334,998        309,866        271,072         92,341
 Honduras                        236             47            725            967              1            281         10,478              3         91,002
 Guatemala                   217,006        153,150        162,588        126,677        161,911        119,407        126,823         82,513         63,574
 Cambodia                     15,270         18,002        137,039         60,656        117,017         89,910        134,163        112,869         58,001

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