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| | November 13, 2009
| U.S. IMPORTS |
| FOR CONSUMPTION |
| FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS |
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Product: LUGGAGE/BRIEFCASES
Data in $
Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 YTD 9/2008 YTD 9/2009
World 650,407,975 634,694,921 726,180,618 738,924,781 830,504,267 881,504,345 877,904,351 655,315,470 463,253,403
China 357,630,762 448,119,250 534,672,374 582,218,869 682,633,337 728,137,881 731,832,107 546,038,225 386,953,606
France 14,608,027 9,965,904 14,560,004 16,255,111 19,173,763 18,300,376 18,595,933 12,445,023 12,422,817
Vietnam 4,396,922 13,073,283 20,450,186 20,790,644 20,409,188 23,245,644 26,541,883 20,333,706 10,739,373
Thailand 113,717,295 44,342,558 44,466,882 25,979,914 17,315,942 20,614,027 18,226,548 13,970,607 10,069,812
Canada 4,696,929 6,183,673 6,373,425 7,256,888 9,331,717 9,151,521 9,498,411 7,250,615 8,233,505
Italy 12,893,296 11,587,923 13,475,970 16,200,652 16,064,797 17,963,212 16,015,658 12,325,769 6,967,551
Germany 2,510,418 2,841,256 3,134,637 4,044,988 4,314,031 4,403,128 5,508,281 4,472,393 3,897,572
India 11,649,785 9,285,440 8,187,933 9,955,350 9,686,747 10,786,133 9,163,405 6,896,019 3,770,729
Philippines 45,623,639 29,303,114 29,190,154 18,303,057 15,293,260 7,548,012 8,390,075 6,137,542 2,201,161
Taiwan 9,336,989 9,235,938 6,738,895 3,856,372 4,827,061 4,766,646 3,037,478 2,115,121 2,082,735
Mexico 24,789,643 18,349,222 12,428,221 2,902,275 1,481,848 1,729,866 2,490,189 1,830,772 2,018,291
Hong Kong 5,948,710 10,603,082 10,484,475 11,801,783 7,345,985 7,174,904 6,006,577 4,878,964 1,748,804
Spain 1,216,314 686,671 1,132,963 1,397,347 1,379,810 2,431,839 2,645,407 1,883,391 1,455,024
United Kingdom 1,642,148 1,674,203 1,738,645 1,922,834 2,386,840 3,984,210 4,031,563 3,450,972 1,446,749
Czech Republic 102,199 92,896 123,895 431,540 817,036 2,206,024 2,622,615 1,817,875 1,319,477
Indonesia 6,010,087 2,232,504 1,078,041 435,205 334,192 696,829 1,412,031 927,102 1,157,974
_CBI 10,055,088 3,792,931 5,975,081 5,953,002 7,679,886 7,640,666 2,478,904 1,833,380 1,090,522
_CAFTA 10,051,144 3,785,835 5,954,083 5,909,912 7,673,026 7,614,863 2,476,428 1,830,904 1,085,361
Korea, South 2,587,506 1,240,938 931,227 706,762 205,338 411,497 575,102 268,993 1,062,052
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 3,118,769 3,933,162 4,630,048 3,603,424 3,774,994 2,751,082 1,921,314 1,420,934 957,134
Colombia 2,913,894 3,797,506 4,570,090 3,476,138 3,555,326 2,453,563 1,815,452 1,339,771 939,178
El Salvador 999 20,670 6,527 410,596 262,046 477,041 944,043 768,308 669,289
Switzerland 408,055 463,319 517,011 858,088 958,695 711,470 1,265,618 1,025,603 520,117
Turkey 150,558 426,804 497,626 193,080 769,236 852,201 663,883 287,607 411,577
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.