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Product: PROTECTIVE RUBBER FOOTWEAR
Data in $
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 7/2007 YTD 7/2008
World 61,804,087 62,686,268 74,501,411 88,067,291 98,071,299 83,846,954 112,048,507 57,308,779 70,431,168
China 40,838,773 37,459,314 48,092,072 56,218,438 59,598,875 54,117,060 81,485,118 41,152,677 46,604,287
Canada 11,391,668 14,731,004 15,092,908 18,918,901 23,364,639 14,175,085 15,700,842 7,787,500 15,057,589
Mexico 2,816,169 4,739,153 5,015,391 5,248,819 6,361,421 6,012,292 6,017,925 3,259,334 3,349,005
Italy 608,722 311,605 232,322 923,968 828,502 1,053,172 2,449,870 1,631,887 1,466,022
Vietnam 9,399 7,650 29,364 530,651 138,046 164,315 379,469 170,350 740,552
Netherlands 586,241 415,676 914,321 406,266 1,011,806 862,965 945,498 584,278 725,734
Germany 1,353,907 1,022,356 1,577,000 1,338,125 2,075,241 1,361,237 1,039,405 489,626 509,414
Taiwan 547,331 318,216 294,394 286,308 693,602 1,108,028 826,275 554,779 484,349
Malaysia 656,456 689,651 523,461 583,565 733,428 853,798 1,183,424 669,672 421,971
Thailand 266,175 173,815 332,218 256,623 287,349 268,129 346,330 145,307 154,244
France 256,413 329,966 212,287 347,446 161,750 252,996 231,669 65,379 132,100
Switzerland 0 285 0 18,339 3,334 7,958 0 0 127,543
_CBI 56,013 68,780 48,837 93,273 237,016 245,751 276,240 149,504 119,093
_CAFTA 56,013 68,780 48,837 93,273 232,021 245,751 276,240 149,504 119,093
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 145,061 167,983 94,270 109,533 89,663 53,515 48,715 26,215 88,748
Colombia 145,061 167,983 87,599 97,383 85,172 53,515 48,715 26,215 88,748
United Kingdom 526,154 239,350 310,177 573,430 415,595 343,493 148,989 78,842 85,971
Hong Kong 131,258 408,075 142,004 175,670 170,927 41,152 122,040 5,526 83,660
Israel 1,045,817 606,155 406,130 152,186 145,759 108,041 75,611 49,099 70,093
Poland 8,898 657 0 40,445 1,407 74,184 133,013 65,965 65,001
Dominican Republic 56,013 68,780 48,837 86,688 184,003 155,259 112,801 66,901 59,832
Cyprus 0 0 142,220 109,752 115,156 322,764 94,381 70,665 49,655
Guatemala 0 0 0 6,585 48,018 90,492 163,439 82,603 41,577
Philippines 0 0 1,403 0 693 0 1,239 1,239 20,113
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.