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    Product: LEATHER AND HIDE TANNING      NAICS:  316110

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

 World                 2,165,139,115  2,134,903,699  2,208,617,284  2,289,592,405  2,303,225,327  2,262,714,718  1,945,135,049  1,561,169,221    894,116,039
 Mexico                1,187,724,968  1,356,226,720  1,369,162,158  1,413,337,535  1,450,293,139  1,374,362,123  1,211,634,282    985,222,795    552,348,425
 Italy                   257,021,829    202,185,236    204,012,214    188,043,577    198,232,681    204,313,971    181,183,165    140,684,733     71,758,412
 Brazil                   93,908,262    114,520,410    144,295,592    147,291,358    159,565,550    165,603,864    125,199,697     98,130,499     56,717,007
 Argentina               292,772,620    146,153,851    142,276,705    153,862,810    144,126,825    141,312,359     98,689,374     74,961,850     53,749,468
 China                    17,109,093     42,598,477     59,194,507     69,634,356     66,595,814     71,579,117     53,190,672     43,929,719     32,806,236
 _SUB-SAHARA              24,669,740     15,571,261     23,746,844     27,609,988     29,743,661     30,366,573     21,732,474     17,620,950     12,211,045
 Malaysia                  1,353,781      3,809,549      5,106,949      7,436,157      4,343,552      9,693,883     15,545,556     12,468,882     11,359,749
 South Africa             19,682,940     12,235,120     20,201,050     22,384,662     26,085,364     27,081,196     18,811,436     15,077,574     11,001,229
 Germany                  35,040,702     28,099,583     25,163,866     30,160,548     35,315,127     36,130,691     28,188,021     21,356,288      9,880,930
 Uruguay                  48,057,221     37,853,432     44,475,549     34,090,488     25,449,403     21,944,798     16,780,665     13,857,913      8,165,995
 India                     5,955,442      6,153,162      9,141,227     11,587,838     10,706,648      9,282,700     10,384,613      7,552,965      6,388,038
 United Kingdom           11,623,032     15,608,459     13,120,865     12,841,842     13,970,842     11,851,995     12,758,084     10,526,892      6,302,865
 _ANDEAN (ATPA)           10,074,053      9,511,445     10,773,091     11,435,640     12,706,526     16,039,612     13,450,729     10,723,493      6,280,604
 France                   15,000,469     11,417,126     13,902,525     13,100,282     18,799,048     14,948,184     10,665,587      7,865,973      6,078,166
 Spain                    23,925,793     21,208,690     21,567,595     18,222,560     16,328,445     15,493,021     13,904,292     10,039,810      5,867,794
 Colombia                  9,089,056      8,276,993      8,979,686      9,687,899     10,889,995     14,503,271     11,647,253      9,379,376      5,755,305
 Korea, South              6,166,032      5,922,840      6,675,835      5,768,186      6,727,857      9,555,815     10,967,462      8,439,514      5,739,738
 Turkey                    1,565,764      1,932,806      1,880,885      3,171,371      3,982,413      5,890,105      5,738,325      4,106,634      5,209,800
 Canada                   32,240,413     16,212,195     11,832,856     10,113,559     11,749,843     13,556,625      9,991,204      8,126,224      4,340,094
 _CBI                      5,968,876     11,219,789     14,327,038     47,508,461     21,672,519     12,487,541      9,175,962      7,100,935      4,256,587
 _CAFTA                    3,145,705      9,343,071     12,114,739     45,216,794     19,416,808     10,809,588      9,052,189      6,977,162      4,247,829
 Costa Rica                  977,207      5,718,655      7,567,685      7,951,609      5,498,337     10,585,845      8,819,244      6,780,667      3,621,728
 Thailand                 14,781,061     18,133,703     13,645,585      6,855,960      6,919,070     10,326,517      6,248,506      4,951,707      3,481,128
 Austria                   3,946,231      4,189,371      6,170,282      8,229,128     10,778,352      7,894,191      8,279,617      5,823,168      3,398,352

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