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                                               |                                     |                 November 13, 2009
                                               |            U.S. IMPORTS             |
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                                               |        FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS        |
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    Product: PROTECTIVE RUBBER FOOTWEAR

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

 World                    62,554,686     74,495,140     88,449,170     97,764,433     83,910,000    113,246,584    138,078,326    101,419,716     99,478,797
 China                    37,333,622     48,081,050     56,306,689     59,537,564     54,242,811     81,463,834     96,267,990     68,363,205     66,982,267
 Canada                   14,731,004     15,092,908     19,131,445     23,152,095     14,175,085     16,920,203     26,527,501     21,080,901     21,653,654
 Mexico                    4,739,153      5,015,391      5,248,819      6,361,421      6,012,292      6,017,925      5,491,549      4,254,196      3,573,209
 Vietnam                       7,650         29,364        554,298        138,046        164,315        379,469      1,637,563      1,458,994      2,542,180
 Italy                       307,980        237,110        923,396        828,502      1,054,943      2,449,870      2,136,107      1,833,322      1,129,604
 Taiwan                      318,216        294,394        286,308        693,602      1,108,028        826,275        982,182        620,172        801,138
 Malaysia                    689,651        523,461        583,565        733,428        853,798      1,183,424        780,820        567,949        645,999
 Netherlands                 415,676        914,284        406,266      1,015,654        837,913        945,498      1,433,436      1,008,938        477,496
 Germany                   1,022,356      1,577,000      1,371,159      2,042,207      1,364,842      1,039,405        923,973        796,555        362,969
 Thailand                    173,815        332,218        256,623        287,349        268,129        346,330        252,040        165,843        347,863
 France                      328,201        212,287        291,830        161,750        252,996        231,669        285,938        193,363        318,215
 _CBI                         68,780         48,837         95,673        234,616        245,751        276,240        268,322        197,898        195,625
 _CAFTA                       68,780         48,837         95,673        229,621        245,751        276,240        268,322        197,898        195,625
 Korea, South                761,622        757,877      1,322,892      1,423,328      1,834,518        216,802         18,470         17,470        130,109
 Dominican Republic           68,780         48,837         86,688        184,003        155,259        112,801        130,878         93,982        110,487
 Morocco                      22,566         26,449         58,497          1,097         28,304              0         25,531         21,443        104,288
 Guatemala                         0              0          8,985         45,618         90,492        163,439         86,232         86,232         83,965
 Portugal                     25,424              0          2,235            778            752          2,382         15,347          1,920         65,078
 _ANDEAN (ATPA)              167,983         94,270        109,533         89,663         53,515         48,715        113,324         89,442         26,702
 Spain                             0            715          2,832          9,102         11,068         16,570          4,195          4,195         25,722
 Colombia                    167,983         87,599         97,383         85,172         53,515         48,715        112,630         88,748         25,690
 Cyprus                            0        142,220        109,752        115,156        322,764         94,381         65,355         65,355         23,889
 Hong Kong                   408,075        142,004        196,820        170,927         41,152        122,040        120,541        119,108         16,834
 Serbia                            0              0              0              0              0         33,204              0              0         14,245

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