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    Product: LEATHER AND HIDE TANNING      NAICS:  316110

    Data in $
 Country                       2004           2005           2006           2007           2008           2009           2010    YTD 11/2010    YTD 11/2011

 World                 2,208,617,284  2,289,592,405  2,303,225,327  2,262,714,718  1,945,135,049  1,286,001,426  1,949,932,023  1,801,564,479  1,858,388,632
 Mexico                1,369,162,158  1,413,337,535  1,450,293,139  1,374,362,123  1,211,634,282    812,392,526  1,313,574,807  1,217,641,501  1,278,433,470
 Italy                   204,012,214    188,043,577    198,232,681    204,313,971    181,183,165    100,655,984    121,986,552    111,216,245    124,470,138
 Brazil                  144,295,592    147,291,358    159,565,550    165,603,864    125,199,697     82,342,117    110,949,583    100,201,635    105,550,560
 China                    59,194,507     69,634,356     66,595,814     71,579,117     53,190,672     45,799,985     58,494,598     54,052,593     59,163,183
 Argentina               142,276,705    153,862,810    144,126,825    141,312,359     98,689,374     70,247,224     80,184,459     74,836,856     50,154,205
 _CBI                     14,327,038     47,508,461     21,672,519     12,487,541      9,175,962      6,886,018     42,349,523     38,381,449     27,931,124
 _CAFTA-DR                12,114,739     45,216,794     19,416,808     10,809,588      9,052,189      6,858,993     42,312,033     38,354,087     27,912,526
 Costa Rica                7,567,685      7,951,609      5,498,337     10,585,845      8,819,244      5,782,721     35,183,773     31,658,848     22,736,922
 Germany                  25,163,866     30,160,548     35,315,127     36,130,691     28,188,021     13,210,132     19,181,591     17,681,721     19,650,800
 Canada                   11,832,856     10,113,559     11,749,843     13,556,625      9,991,204      6,973,050     26,112,210     23,637,331     19,433,823
 United Kingdom           13,120,865     12,841,842     13,970,842     11,851,995     12,758,084      9,423,837     12,670,451     11,487,070     15,624,923
 Uruguay                  44,475,549     34,090,488     25,449,403     21,944,798     16,780,665     11,672,357     18,548,082     17,187,688     15,617,375
 Malaysia                  5,106,949      7,436,157      4,343,552      9,693,883     15,545,556     16,230,252     16,946,325     15,934,132     15,453,434
 France                   13,902,525     13,100,282     18,799,048     14,948,184     10,665,587      8,129,780     11,231,014     10,483,660     13,491,833
 India                     9,141,227     11,587,838     10,706,648      9,282,700     10,384,613      8,696,730     10,146,780      9,153,965     11,672,067
 Korea, South              6,675,835      5,768,186      6,727,857      9,555,815     10,967,462      7,806,992      9,301,256      8,210,110     10,177,767
 _SUB-SAHARA              23,746,844     27,609,988     29,743,661     30,366,573     21,732,474     16,382,431     13,300,263     12,710,687     10,131,385
 Thailand                 13,645,585      6,855,960      6,919,070     10,326,517      6,248,506      5,011,157      9,121,783      8,633,622      8,379,730
 Spain                    21,567,595     18,222,560     16,328,445     15,493,021     13,904,292      8,529,736      8,661,358      7,948,663      8,036,954
 _ANDEAN (ATPA)           10,773,091     11,435,640     12,706,526     16,039,612     13,450,729      7,770,750      8,861,499      8,304,697      8,035,120
 South Africa             20,201,050     22,384,662     26,085,364     27,081,196     18,811,436     14,567,822     11,041,501     10,519,615      7,954,096
 Colombia                  8,979,686      9,687,899     10,889,995     14,503,271     11,647,253      7,033,002      7,693,797      7,278,851      7,526,107
 Austria                   6,170,282      8,229,128     10,778,352      7,894,191      8,279,617      5,113,827      7,513,783      6,900,015      6,370,428
 Czech Republic              511,569      4,732,473      1,879,272         50,270         82,639        320,134      1,987,127      1,850,979      6,323,912

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