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                                               |                                     |                   August 13, 2008
                                               |            U.S. IMPORTS             |
                                               |           FOR CONSUMPTION           |
                                               |        FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS        |
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    Product: LUGGAGE/BRIEFCASES

    Data in $
 Country                       2001           2002           2003           2004           2005           2006           2007    YTD  6/2007    YTD  6/2008

 World                   726,041,671    650,292,534    634,430,434    726,006,987    738,561,419    830,428,771    882,007,711    393,865,379    417,210,800
 China                   253,074,660    357,478,687    447,984,366    534,614,294    581,629,378    682,733,803    728,501,733    322,397,245    343,978,164
 Vietnam                      17,378      4,396,922     13,073,283     20,450,186     20,790,644     20,409,188     23,245,068     11,379,233     12,597,844
 Thailand                197,677,530    113,717,295     44,342,558     44,466,882     25,975,465     17,320,391     20,614,027      8,464,469      9,854,906
 France                    9,830,233     14,509,425     10,065,456     14,303,821     16,503,625     19,167,311     18,307,587      8,050,349      8,592,375
 Italy                    12,765,789     12,895,386     11,549,438     13,458,172     16,208,484     16,088,449     17,964,080      8,360,067      8,223,827
 Canada                    6,110,500      4,696,678      6,183,924      6,365,116      7,234,906      9,323,006      9,151,521      5,235,491      5,256,447
 India                    10,154,937     11,649,785      9,180,221      8,197,314      9,955,350      9,686,747     10,784,583      5,302,485      4,949,968
 Philippines              97,587,575     45,623,639     29,303,114     29,190,154     18,303,057     15,293,260      7,548,012      3,919,803      3,961,694
 Hong Kong                 5,266,624      5,949,446     10,513,851     10,597,100     11,797,888      7,345,985      7,154,120      2,619,424      3,502,677
 Germany                   2,089,186      2,510,418      2,832,781      3,129,288      4,044,292      4,291,804      4,431,256      2,119,987      2,951,146
 United Kingdom            1,754,224      1,642,148      1,674,203      1,739,145      1,922,834      2,289,421      4,074,029      1,903,513      2,147,646
 Taiwan                   16,311,943      9,341,879      9,176,438      6,795,597      3,859,170      4,782,211      4,766,646      1,915,980      1,486,777
 _CBI                     17,426,543     10,162,143      3,792,931      5,975,081      5,953,002      7,679,886      7,640,666      4,165,380      1,264,638
 _CAFTA                   17,417,452     10,158,199      3,785,835      5,954,083      5,909,912      7,673,026      7,614,863      4,156,475      1,263,162
 Mexico                   23,499,719     24,793,296     18,413,291     12,428,526      2,902,275      1,481,848      1,729,866        690,828      1,191,387
 Spain                     1,445,414      1,216,314        685,957      1,127,997      1,399,183      1,364,100      2,451,393        920,466      1,122,105
 Czech Republic               82,227        102,199         92,896        123,895        431,540        817,036      2,206,024        880,428        995,520
 _ANDEAN (ATPA)            3,184,460      3,118,769      3,933,162      4,630,048      3,595,487      3,782,931      2,751,082      1,427,251        936,371
 Colombia                  3,124,533      2,913,894      3,797,506      4,570,090      3,468,201      3,563,263      2,453,563      1,341,363        875,813
 Switzerland                 606,249        409,690        463,319        516,300        858,799        958,695        711,470        408,596        737,422
 Indonesia                13,241,299      6,025,515      2,232,504      1,078,041        435,205        334,192        696,829        356,706        527,756
 El Salvador                   1,853            999         20,670          6,527        410,596        262,046        477,041        231,115        490,258
 Dominican Republic       17,350,409     10,104,628      3,713,024      4,989,650      4,015,826      3,199,006      4,825,130      2,333,198        477,148
 Hungary                      16,751         17,376        176,019        283,433          8,238        357,271         24,240          3,155        448,830

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