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Product: Backpacks (MMF)
Data in NO
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 6/2007 YTD 6/2008
World 42,615,209 57,844,237 70,448,315 75,978,043 84,235,997 95,155,105 104,947,403 63,871,170 58,843,997
China 8,257,467 37,934,976 57,207,567 66,852,662 75,718,632 86,732,420 95,814,063 58,199,069 55,529,515
Vietnam 30,931 1,917,578 2,496,145 2,880,477 3,148,074 2,962,186 3,893,382 2,089,908 1,884,557
Philippines 8,386,290 4,223,245 2,251,185 2,110,840 1,162,518 1,177,342 751,045 398,483 300,877
Thailand 3,667,847 1,882,189 1,445,317 1,099,146 1,647,964 2,097,543 2,494,200 2,024,784 278,316
Indonesia 8,208,801 6,154,282 3,266,166 1,105,615 835,380 451,881 303,311 246,719 232,290
_CBI 50,888 171 24,177 12,693 172,932 161,345 368,274 212,510 167,384
_CAFTA 50,608 95 23,241 12,693 172,034 160,561 368,274 212,510 167,384
El Salvador 0 0 6,101 5,894 169,047 160,386 357,890 210,313 159,657
Hong Kong 7,121 360,308 1,169,754 896,016 539,483 843,083 521,280 219,796 134,165
India 33,160 34,734 20,575 5,256 22,864 35,379 143,054 32,820 102,411
Taiwan 4,465,440 832,878 252,176 142,319 180,541 214,424 159,029 79,196 49,029
Korea, South 1,923,753 320,105 706,629 199,948 131,393 118,697 100,659 73,868 38,967
France 6,112 11,890 7,151 15,522 149,446 3,601 9,128 7,791 30,392
Pakistan 338 12,200 540 3,242 5,031 17,602 36,822 7,120 27,290
Netherlands 340 304 1,731 895 3,290 2,200 259 259 22,223
_SUB-SAHARA 1,108 1,118 415 7,473 0 3,750 0 0 15,366
Cameroon 0 0 315 9 0 3,750 0 0 15,366
Israel 2,846 1,296 1,093 22,622 2,066 1,062 5,361 2,816 7,146
Mexico 518,019 209,227 44,258 48,041 16,235 22,918 38,770 35,797 4,997
Canada 39,913 24,537 61,925 18,520 18,540 17,822 33,183 25,968 4,179
Dominican Republic 50,508 0 17,000 4,088 750 0 427 427 3,850
Costa Rica 0 0 0 1,072 2,115 175 6,517 330 3,757
Italy 15,560 7,372 7,551 9,994 5,987 3,988 6,605 3,363 2,899
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.