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| | August 13, 2008
| U.S. IMPORTS |
| FOR CONSUMPTION |
| FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS |
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Product: FUR APPAREL
Data in $
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 6/2007 YTD 6/2008
World 267,361,716 248,443,856 288,968,115 339,181,313 319,485,901 280,510,774 225,911,436 59,884,045 49,657,008
China 89,539,584 95,189,338 128,192,194 175,941,939 157,895,042 134,015,014 110,335,839 26,286,572 20,500,387
Canada 72,625,165 61,597,465 62,313,846 66,567,359 57,102,589 49,839,731 36,648,698 11,606,772 10,079,458
Italy 21,785,800 21,168,573 24,118,239 28,326,528 33,039,493 24,250,948 26,871,941 7,780,162 6,948,822
Argentina 3,663,827 3,613,003 2,333,583 3,396,354 5,417,089 6,391,434 5,833,319 3,137,197 2,430,397
Turkey 6,895,374 11,183,951 16,892,147 14,512,121 15,857,800 16,492,645 12,873,677 2,050,131 1,474,344
France 3,207,152 4,232,501 4,291,972 5,784,811 7,699,128 6,559,218 4,797,333 831,409 1,392,183
Brazil 398,985 711,801 584,405 1,237,483 1,635,108 2,032,283 2,339,977 1,284,579 1,337,597
Greece 15,896,409 13,089,487 10,829,179 8,937,034 8,754,174 10,303,119 5,146,476 1,348,346 1,142,510
Hong Kong 16,520,837 7,949,080 6,244,728 3,862,959 5,296,640 3,310,917 2,084,716 417,820 823,587
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 2,342,515 2,343,434 2,274,177 1,855,436 1,568,037 1,375,885 1,389,667 547,089 592,086
New Zealand 12,994,891 14,125,479 12,512,770 7,996,234 7,280,456 7,244,765 5,206,546 1,981,164 575,377
Indonesia 0 0 375,007 1,059,786 1,409,821 1,344,869 1,226,971 682,019 567,538
Uruguay 6,306,288 2,442,584 2,320,461 1,944,619 1,308,741 1,335,070 1,702,143 224,784 320,902
Colombia 3,269 5,782 16,088 175,395 179,735 439,684 463,897 173,201 311,786
Switzerland 39,831 39,407 423,812 248,883 552,887 475,886 667,456 113,121 282,691
Korea, South 2,568,065 2,258,926 1,471,281 2,060,832 1,024,267 873,409 914,561 175,959 255,653
Peru 2,315,834 2,336,032 2,221,419 1,669,284 1,379,139 924,585 875,460 365,773 210,616
Australia 2,488,848 1,582,072 1,652,430 1,097,059 563,330 506,768 332,266 112,248 170,136
Germany 2,909,580 1,192,346 1,724,829 3,067,212 896,646 2,228,295 1,151,184 422,238 153,496
United Kingdom 2,050,152 2,020,367 2,619,647 2,270,687 1,070,475 1,363,905 1,145,020 106,853 82,494
_SUB-SAHARA 315,353 304,488 148,426 116,395 58,266 166,037 96,284 50,362 76,190
Poland 160,103 161,841 328,628 427,317 322,193 488,192 474,334 73,579 71,198
Ecuador 0 350 1,050 0 0 6,635 43,174 5,915 68,379
South Africa 234,335 166,726 117,127 94,273 38,741 83,863 79,664 38,662 57,890
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.