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                                               |                                     |                  October 10, 2008
                                               |            U.S. IMPORTS             |
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    Product: RUBBER AND PLASTIC FOOTWEAR      NAICS:  316211

    Data in $
 Country                       2001           2002           2003           2004           2005           2006           2007    YTD  8/2007    YTD  8/2008

 World                   589,960,126    495,358,109    413,979,273    453,924,276    546,095,763    608,807,086    681,283,347    508,872,092    521,880,411
 China                   424,517,564    362,179,521    318,093,093    354,613,760    406,159,265    480,438,591    548,013,330    412,131,261    415,833,757
 Vietnam                  28,775,291     38,181,298     19,022,972     19,682,268     47,524,325     51,278,357     58,502,813     43,763,487     37,802,792
 Brazil                    1,524,558      3,403,497      7,203,199      9,036,999      9,330,497     10,953,715     10,290,081      7,134,660     20,506,219
 Canada                   11,585,907     14,903,810     16,188,568     22,477,813     32,458,300     15,745,491     15,903,165      9,421,967     17,603,684
 Thailand                 40,001,955     21,730,682      9,882,480      6,343,618      7,982,975     12,009,904     14,628,326     10,185,247     10,510,737
 Mexico                    3,855,101      6,035,412      7,069,611      6,499,958      7,574,888      7,541,769      7,204,025      5,042,431      4,667,384
 Indonesia                55,639,979     33,305,032     17,582,919     13,909,550     15,031,146     12,429,258      7,779,472      6,529,711      4,342,426
 Italy                     1,942,352      1,270,141      1,725,102      3,169,871      4,682,038      3,630,792      6,346,424      5,193,597      2,671,543
 Taiwan                    4,164,535      2,474,873      5,506,969      6,115,412      2,436,574      2,481,936      2,270,148      1,706,096      1,931,621
 Hong Kong                 2,610,755      1,734,250      2,096,510      2,154,663      1,543,420      1,781,275      2,069,686      1,739,614      1,088,521
 Germany                   1,970,856      1,456,177      2,034,451      2,046,356      2,490,874      2,044,632      1,960,762      1,468,704        858,462
 Netherlands                 650,220        475,273        915,642        412,293      1,015,232        866,226        958,493        698,544        751,640
 Korea, South              5,775,609      2,741,926      1,920,064      1,892,020      2,384,725      2,652,292        793,938        637,805        567,623
 Malaysia                    683,485        701,215        528,508        600,991        753,430        875,542      1,198,187        761,475        490,300
 France                      366,486        482,205        340,612        497,226        220,992        356,157        365,886        161,256        228,638
 _ANDEAN (ATPA)              147,841        197,919        162,146        856,902        365,446         56,157         94,257         69,540        203,457
 Japan                       201,051        279,732        314,091        198,613        238,371        157,315         97,649         65,432        199,862
 Colombia                    147,841        178,764        107,373        117,640        122,480         54,031         90,131         67,631        196,144
 Philippines                  57,484         99,726        157,630        841,989      1,486,117      1,107,547      1,040,566        839,453        193,838
 _CBI                         91,141         93,557        168,574        138,044        482,568        263,638        303,325        220,487        179,877
 _CAFTA                       66,337         84,028        159,237        137,644        449,931        250,203        301,153        218,315        179,122
 Switzerland                     260            285            920         18,929         11,134         36,187         30,284         27,394        134,565
 Romania                         317            376              0         19,525         75,615         56,947        207,328        193,635        129,529
 Cambodia                          0         17,386              0              0            539              0              0              0        113,202

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