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| | September 12, 2008
| U.S. IMPORTS |
| FOR CONSUMPTION |
| FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS |
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Product: PERSONAL LEATHER GOODS (EXCEPT WOMEN'S HANDBAGS AND PURSES)
Data in $
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YTD 7/2007 YTD 7/2008
World 511,028,132 524,706,264 559,612,958 625,559,576 672,640,826 700,601,282 779,825,327 403,351,558 419,378,231
China 343,977,193 361,478,226 371,384,453 426,966,414 469,042,357 471,022,067 522,686,713 264,813,101 285,557,358
Italy 39,156,568 30,386,118 38,783,957 42,450,771 45,173,085 54,548,350 64,525,959 37,674,361 37,976,694
India 44,727,425 42,697,139 42,642,939 56,587,809 52,222,944 52,882,193 59,454,054 31,759,096 31,989,573
France 20,247,938 26,059,286 35,270,827 33,888,268 42,195,019 50,240,362 54,514,808 28,576,506 26,927,470
Spain 11,213,011 15,149,674 16,614,205 16,515,594 18,143,263 20,538,897 23,417,975 12,029,483 12,728,653
Hong Kong 11,357,832 8,987,464 14,942,885 11,958,379 10,702,723 14,266,937 18,847,879 10,461,530 8,191,743
Philippines 1,488,206 1,083,622 1,895,299 2,423,787 4,286,513 4,582,768 3,989,256 1,955,448 2,552,811
Taiwan 5,156,476 4,212,555 5,889,828 5,898,667 4,435,391 4,314,987 6,257,574 2,912,597 2,254,647
Thailand 2,533,185 1,662,771 1,975,056 2,800,191 2,320,114 2,687,051 3,478,915 1,516,323 1,432,442
Mexico 3,963,920 7,496,351 6,127,873 2,925,210 2,319,271 1,674,146 2,450,405 823,661 1,037,831
Vietnam 71,283 823,160 1,529,520 1,463,581 1,589,176 1,610,745 1,928,066 1,064,973 885,857
Germany 3,049,925 1,946,793 2,115,163 1,532,886 1,485,481 2,517,872 2,242,507 1,052,961 796,784
Canada 5,923,211 5,295,007 5,452,111 5,276,326 4,812,959 4,665,216 2,867,684 1,338,547 794,231
Korea, South 4,128,800 6,200,237 3,267,101 3,275,311 1,661,616 2,297,758 1,709,088 826,876 769,417
_ANDEAN (ATPA) 829,255 814,454 1,139,757 1,238,004 1,456,628 1,164,231 1,010,485 580,457 638,469
_CBI 1,176,131 1,485,148 941,482 1,244,084 1,557,501 2,262,021 1,322,303 754,245 627,768
_CAFTA 1,151,520 1,442,218 931,680 1,234,440 1,532,812 2,249,476 1,289,766 739,442 618,121
Turkey 1,866,404 845,440 1,189,382 1,260,893 1,279,380 1,101,437 606,258 327,463 591,839
United Kingdom 1,944,352 2,110,392 2,029,957 2,257,862 2,307,346 1,599,100 2,000,464 1,105,341 587,676
Switzerland 2,513,067 1,413,563 2,701,305 1,813,785 1,079,804 1,816,456 1,349,140 822,578 550,921
Colombia 622,274 682,095 976,637 1,123,096 1,166,430 972,528 922,419 537,890 547,213
Japan 1,110,700 679,999 599,448 745,134 728,710 633,439 650,426 335,797 351,252
Indonesia 1,407,158 1,032,202 645,482 219,889 453,921 1,245,804 1,074,338 909,697 340,088
El Salvador 575,210 693,732 539,069 784,233 468,379 560,779 476,992 221,256 239,249
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.