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    Product: WOMEN'S HANDBAGS AND PURSES

    Data in $
 Country                       2007           2008           2009           2010           2011           2012    YTD  3/2012    YTD  3/2013

 World                 2,706,752,559  2,699,657,386  2,144,904,224  2,280,714,067  2,539,632,969  2,745,952,257    620,170,051    686,455,072
 China                 1,842,336,385  1,911,513,456  1,604,002,753  1,649,282,351  1,758,764,161  1,810,819,098    407,632,542    417,140,779
 Italy                   445,418,193    399,070,794    247,334,200    265,517,211    360,621,057    390,315,715     87,127,313    100,860,302
 France                  184,581,307    181,115,586    137,546,221    162,352,796    177,107,168    219,750,799     49,088,386     72,814,013
 Vietnam                   2,870,653      4,482,978     18,414,690     35,728,110     54,262,610     98,921,259     17,565,173     35,815,220
 India                    29,201,631     39,595,811     35,347,492     41,082,821     43,180,190     45,772,543     11,921,566     10,761,177
 Indonesia                27,328,082     28,581,615     26,540,762     29,063,488     29,634,760     44,042,677     15,702,059     10,702,344
 Philippines               3,710,215      2,876,229      3,018,829      2,658,473      6,588,159     19,251,494      3,162,628      9,182,882
 Spain                    23,043,952     16,433,066     12,914,547     16,387,762     18,360,421     20,588,730      5,710,267      6,405,063
 Hong Kong                60,970,898     44,699,318     15,064,017     15,557,216     16,727,024     12,349,219      1,696,025      3,371,416
 Colombia                 19,337,175     17,672,338      9,400,772     11,303,620     12,577,283     12,049,396      2,448,748      2,621,191
 Mexico                   13,765,345      8,293,661      8,418,327      8,820,952      9,944,339     12,397,281      2,758,198      2,466,447
 Turkey                    7,741,432      6,481,307      3,363,061      6,592,041      8,479,128      6,946,482      1,970,298      1,920,919
 United Kingdom            2,876,989      2,649,213      2,353,007      3,808,803      5,731,706      7,601,844      2,032,077      1,762,483
 Romania                   2,035,658      1,734,857      1,394,109      4,354,535      4,458,852      5,173,929      1,465,291      1,693,852
 Thailand                  2,378,197      2,495,259      1,147,144      1,985,109      2,368,476      4,376,064        702,975        928,630
 Korea, South              2,808,719      3,829,525      1,685,922      3,380,518      3,885,270      3,856,616      1,252,356        844,156
 Tunisia                     728,227      2,573,852      1,353,333      2,195,856      2,288,498      3,032,994        993,384        802,431
 Ireland                      38,353         13,979         31,331         25,919      1,528,645      3,521,100      1,142,292        672,578
 Switzerland               3,153,404      2,302,722      1,746,339      3,267,833      2,795,023      2,960,602        707,477        635,503
 Morocco                     672,436        666,849        428,363      1,055,738      1,225,474      1,660,893        458,909        600,263
 Cambodia                    287,584        374,043        211,030        265,206        163,387        670,041         12,709        332,301
 _SUB-SAHARA               4,178,254      3,063,905      1,410,452      3,452,829      2,843,056      2,060,255        553,329        313,111
 Nepal                       684,453        606,357        497,010        423,329      2,059,516      2,756,495        605,325        307,666
 Japan                       882,300        797,037        570,451        730,940        791,827        936,694        196,686        277,406

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