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Product: LEATHER APPAREL
Data in $
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 7/2007 YTD 7/2008
World 1,783,179,911 1,474,992,488 1,384,662,559 1,197,694,808 1,031,615,506 938,899,438 813,695,430 348,328,320 280,632,723
China 1,258,233,353 1,081,745,411 1,061,382,613 916,916,825 801,418,533 714,059,876 600,485,021 242,549,446 177,668,618
Italy 108,274,881 88,591,675 86,203,706 75,366,649 67,385,795 67,080,134 73,401,883 38,904,053 39,400,163
Pakistan 66,620,185 67,349,331 59,941,002 47,142,826 41,159,966 46,131,762 43,599,833 21,097,490 22,100,450
India 129,421,309 77,379,383 69,792,200 68,872,524 50,131,137 43,019,132 35,232,835 15,332,160 11,826,785
Turkey 24,860,833 21,797,472 21,498,558 13,069,640 13,879,002 16,836,031 17,274,425 7,732,948 7,660,957
France 14,250,731 13,057,052 11,977,550 10,468,231 9,136,715 8,506,805 7,773,104 4,159,596 5,176,353
Switzerland 1,223,974 194,292 263,148 2,888,085 3,515,493 3,826,083 5,266,235 2,865,094 2,598,212
Canada 19,210,195 15,633,952 13,159,334 11,329,548 9,124,347 6,683,412 5,256,449 2,381,715 2,107,012
Mexico 4,178,461 3,679,774 3,166,976 3,808,301 3,352,283 4,479,202 3,334,772 1,810,142 1,388,923
Romania 1,302,182 1,818,018 1,071,151 1,264,904 2,067,071 1,999,540 1,546,289 1,044,604 1,352,525
Ukraine 55,811 144,159 154,358 628,586 931,113 572,681 1,503,665 1,106,949 1,017,284
Poland 2,384,989 1,404,019 1,087,381 1,879,097 1,602,316 1,460,506 1,029,777 561,338 883,683
Hong Kong 15,772,812 11,190,524 12,028,074 10,239,402 7,020,338 3,908,207 2,513,403 1,196,970 865,202
United Kingdom 2,511,973 2,744,680 2,724,160 1,693,203 1,348,031 2,492,882 1,192,727 625,044 833,933
Germany 2,176,994 1,501,830 1,555,081 1,247,633 1,559,799 1,286,861 1,007,489 558,817 616,066
Spain 2,575,569 2,333,573 2,090,219 1,603,563 1,505,125 1,569,265 1,236,531 553,226 612,555
Vietnam 13,296 386,069 243,759 230,698 35,865 791,520 1,472,663 906,095 589,219
Korea, South 42,482,321 28,462,046 16,966,288 11,841,797 5,245,686 5,297,118 3,436,330 1,559,870 560,766
Japan 296,218 218,058 189,351 190,252 286,973 420,111 615,283 302,481 396,218
Tunisia 2,254 98,623 407,484 292,091 347,747 237,888 281,543 123,159 356,911
Argentina 371,935 623,393 637,925 544,428 398,959 361,127 625,408 220,108 300,413
Bosnia-Hercegovina 247,259 683,882 295 423 185,256 178,917 249,798 146,475 290,028
Indonesia 71,146,194 45,119,797 9,934,903 7,143,750 4,109,808 1,412,552 1,138,449 538,029 268,518
Uruguay 726,629 618,095 415,109 765,865 696,334 569,521 472,663 57,566 245,540
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.