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| | October 10, 2008
| U.S. IMPORTS |
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Product: ALL OTHER ARTICLES OF LEATHER
Data in $
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 8/2007 YTD 8/2008
World 255,507,489 290,297,853 347,744,230 383,639,028 407,020,009 463,511,307 501,578,702 326,695,324 301,519,465
China 71,935,890 87,224,470 131,197,036 167,620,420 188,575,054 243,998,491 271,966,463 174,643,003 152,555,771
Germany 17,768,594 20,592,177 25,371,625 25,727,230 27,649,016 28,978,159 36,010,054 23,499,866 26,962,888
Mexico 29,682,981 34,971,286 29,427,498 27,031,107 24,595,096 27,229,041 30,600,609 20,921,484 24,816,954
India 21,826,938 27,800,613 30,046,227 34,262,440 39,004,263 34,782,051 33,405,694 21,670,587 20,569,617
Taiwan 19,049,844 19,654,137 23,332,286 22,259,660 22,524,763 21,988,311 23,449,400 15,572,710 13,003,034
France 7,765,714 7,854,705 8,934,421 11,251,567 11,418,100 12,648,248 14,319,296 9,065,165 9,728,669
United Kingdom 12,297,729 11,279,105 12,842,566 12,685,839 12,118,865 13,214,725 14,581,208 9,563,829 9,453,380
Canada 16,715,071 14,886,890 15,256,164 16,296,211 14,471,302 13,706,582 12,786,078 8,174,985 8,215,743
Italy 17,346,730 13,388,547 15,562,645 10,487,265 9,609,749 10,057,061 10,853,422 7,373,136 5,647,494
Argentina 6,884,770 14,817,835 11,027,114 11,999,894 11,066,787 8,852,283 6,855,740 4,215,914 4,253,422
Vietnam 2,388,323 4,443,132 4,608,826 4,914,452 5,228,132 5,594,900 7,453,599 4,719,820 3,251,642
_CBI 956,378 717,511 635,250 1,209,451 1,407,979 1,240,834 2,970,128 1,521,171 2,673,759
Spain 1,166,453 1,353,348 1,868,430 1,987,222 2,464,263 2,800,101 2,724,038 1,688,185 1,778,868
Thailand 4,071,007 5,052,987 7,298,954 8,661,827 7,263,931 3,750,656 2,626,367 1,655,707 1,659,533
Brazil 1,986,835 1,754,637 2,578,820 3,106,135 3,558,589 3,639,881 3,257,237 1,994,787 1,637,501
Philippines 1,303,724 1,113,776 1,438,757 1,390,651 1,789,945 1,607,499 1,738,698 992,615 1,611,415
Hong Kong 2,960,700 3,891,384 3,642,499 2,743,098 3,413,210 2,421,406 2,621,862 1,891,929 1,484,032
Denmark 891,292 1,203,542 1,096,751 1,489,903 1,585,327 1,741,372 1,983,413 1,269,172 1,436,587
Haiti 81,452 55,237 13,855 2,728 7,502 3,509 864,224 10,266 1,333,985
_CAFTA 799,336 634,373 613,374 1,202,692 1,393,514 1,234,153 2,098,489 1,507,190 1,310,578
Pakistan 1,184,597 973,516 1,166,459 910,148 1,232,227 1,588,606 1,558,836 956,416 1,247,177
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 827,747 1,750,157 2,549,148 1,572,141 1,957,142 1,873,080 1,711,885 1,028,139 1,245,327
Switzerland 2,251,384 2,246,498 2,915,731 3,039,710 1,807,772 1,296,457 1,776,674 1,133,180 1,227,230
Costa Rica 275,813 341,282 125,167 883,710 953,245 425,289 1,541,444 1,069,711 1,021,526
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.