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Product: WOMEN'S HANDBAGS AND PURSES
Data in $
Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 YTD 9/2008 YTD 9/2009
World 1,331,990,312 1,535,219,528 1,960,836,721 2,282,100,005 2,394,532,049 2,706,752,559 2,699,657,386 2,052,502,498 1,590,295,138
China 891,311,396 988,169,009 1,313,091,007 1,578,471,763 1,615,106,678 1,842,336,385 1,911,513,456 1,462,878,452 1,210,167,919
Italy 203,609,591 259,572,611 322,341,642 357,010,907 385,338,426 445,418,193 399,070,794 300,943,580 175,645,851
France 80,271,053 117,101,369 143,260,712 156,277,399 182,655,376 184,581,307 181,115,586 129,142,160 96,567,159
India 22,127,027 21,836,492 16,760,634 29,056,133 35,567,871 29,201,631 39,595,811 24,264,490 25,210,174
Indonesia 24,130,271 17,255,929 16,066,156 14,790,546 20,795,263 27,328,082 28,581,615 21,727,824 19,231,039
Hong Kong 12,676,932 22,248,149 34,526,647 29,622,249 40,142,414 60,970,898 44,699,318 39,513,383 11,675,778
Vietnam 997,981 1,682,470 2,646,678 3,144,023 2,592,751 2,870,653 4,482,978 3,438,951 9,888,084
Spain 10,762,465 15,348,039 22,201,953 22,854,233 24,230,081 23,043,952 16,433,066 12,402,260 9,043,228
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 8,467,370 8,889,504 10,234,330 14,003,914 13,937,562 20,008,093 18,562,378 14,700,589 6,875,463
Colombia 8,100,138 8,468,535 9,773,062 13,512,918 13,021,492 19,337,175 17,672,338 14,106,640 6,518,617
Mexico 5,278,617 4,180,377 7,261,411 8,664,136 11,492,179 13,765,345 8,293,661 6,369,832 6,062,860
Turkey 2,294,528 4,530,877 14,000,083 14,696,155 10,609,074 7,741,432 6,481,307 5,395,459 2,145,907
United Kingdom 1,509,675 3,164,802 2,804,905 4,277,221 2,688,410 2,876,989 2,649,213 2,285,790 1,722,449
Philippines 4,366,181 5,714,906 4,340,235 7,211,258 5,061,867 3,710,215 2,876,229 2,283,092 1,617,968
Switzerland 2,009,744 2,142,988 1,388,421 2,183,731 5,538,101 3,153,404 2,302,722 1,694,293 1,310,939
Taiwan 2,976,015 18,471,357 6,549,198 2,188,812 2,002,383 1,010,213 2,468,794 1,443,921 1,273,307
Korea, South 14,260,232 10,434,078 10,073,922 6,927,609 5,977,426 2,808,719 3,829,525 2,962,245 1,118,351
_SUB-SAHARA 1,143,981 1,735,346 2,982,370 3,502,061 2,417,129 4,178,254 3,063,905 2,300,991 991,130
Tunisia 8,768 146,248 423,564 374,603 415,975 728,227 2,573,852 1,831,294 944,040
Romania 297,431 169,559 426,960 1,025,240 1,426,488 2,035,658 1,734,857 1,487,332 929,367
_CBI 22,475,607 11,495,461 7,515,004 6,653,434 6,416,118 5,566,592 2,459,238 2,049,589 891,415
_CAFTA 22,453,032 11,429,555 7,459,011 6,595,264 6,355,990 5,539,082 2,387,746 1,984,578 883,329
Bulgaria 2,066,636 2,619,689 1,482,777 2,638,474 4,215,497 6,308,580 3,572,653 3,062,381 861,242
Thailand 8,082,571 6,721,571 6,289,888 1,869,214 1,776,073 2,378,197 2,495,259 1,763,853 826,495
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.