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                                               |                                     |                 November 13, 2009
                                               |            U.S. IMPORTS             |
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    Product: RUBBER AND PLASTIC FOOTWEAR      NAICS:  316211

    Data in $
 Country                       2002           2003           2004           2005           2006           2007           2008    YTD  9/2008    YTD  9/2009

 World                   495,425,601    411,673,624    454,336,750    545,152,820    609,122,011    680,394,363    738,091,914    570,426,963    572,956,196
 China                   362,291,426    315,761,303    354,991,191    405,548,285    480,825,713    546,085,057    582,229,879    453,771,504    415,298,043
 Vietnam                  38,180,500     19,072,469     19,616,655     47,524,325     51,278,357     58,502,813     62,732,451     41,876,671     80,333,786
 Brazil                    3,403,497      7,203,199      9,036,999      9,330,497     10,955,774     10,352,250     23,560,078     20,890,549     24,647,591
 Canada                   14,903,810     16,188,568     22,690,357     32,245,756     15,745,491     17,122,526     26,593,493     21,141,514     21,665,855
 Indonesia                33,305,032     17,582,919     13,909,550     15,031,146     12,430,702      7,778,028      8,539,586      4,670,692     12,517,823
 Thailand                 21,784,097      9,882,480      6,343,618      7,982,975     12,009,904     14,628,326     11,782,031     10,716,726      5,591,286
 Mexico                    6,035,412      7,069,611      6,499,958      7,574,888      7,541,769      7,204,025      7,053,288      5,212,463      4,054,693
 Taiwan                    2,450,828      5,506,969      6,115,412      2,436,574      2,447,873      2,270,148      2,969,993      2,107,681      2,142,194
 Italy                     1,213,876      1,669,832      3,037,653      4,665,391      3,652,878      6,297,041      3,616,584      3,002,733      2,045,733
 Malaysia                    701,215        528,508        600,991        753,430        875,542      1,198,187        844,394        599,588        645,999
 Netherlands                 475,273        915,605        412,293      1,019,080        841,174        958,493      1,459,126      1,021,301        486,407
 Philippines                  99,726        157,630        841,989      1,486,117      1,107,547      1,040,566        270,609        204,965        453,091
 Germany                   1,456,177      2,020,187      2,087,552      2,449,678      2,048,237      1,960,762      1,209,945      1,070,461        409,026
 France                      483,968        386,827        391,867        220,992        356,157        364,127        394,553        288,694        370,095
 Hong Kong                 1,727,194      2,096,510      2,175,813      1,543,420      1,781,275      1,947,881      1,542,943      1,177,232        369,959
 Korea, South              2,741,926      1,920,064      1,892,020      2,384,725      2,652,292        726,841        730,288        594,907        362,698
 _CBI                         93,557        168,574        140,444        480,168        263,638        303,325        295,234        202,831        303,954
 _CAFTA                       84,028        159,237        140,044        447,531        250,203        301,153        272,500        202,076        196,688
 Romania                         376              0         27,637         20,173         56,947        207,328        131,291        130,067        192,378
 Japan                       279,732        314,091        198,613        238,371        157,315         97,649        238,632        201,851        185,815
 Spain                       495,556        344,803        216,063        362,944        251,955        117,405         65,067         58,720        131,973
 Dominican Republic           69,157         48,837         86,688        384,311        157,576        118,590        131,698         94,802        111,050
 Panama                          642              0            400         17,539         13,435          1,884              0              0        107,266
 Morocco                      23,443         26,449         58,497          1,431         28,304            557         25,828         21,740        106,368

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