Export Market Report
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  ___________                             |                                     |                          September 11, 2008
 |           |                            |        US EXPORT MARKETS            |
 |  KUWAIT   |                            |       By Country,  7/2008 Data      |
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                                                  Data in thousand dollars

                                   Calendar Years                  Year-to-Date                  Year-Endings        YE  7/2008
 Group                    2004      2005      2006      2007     7/2007    7/2008  % Change    7/2007    7/2008  % Change % Share

TEXTILES & APPAREL        22772     26620     19313     22355     14330     12115    -15.46     23638     20140   -14.80    0.12
TOTAL APPAREL              8410      7334      8767     12365      7152      8404     17.51     11688     13617    16.51    0.37
TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS     14362     19286     10546      9989      7178      3710    -48.31     11950      6522   -45.42    0.05
Fabric                     8706      3417      5546      3184      2006      1395    -30.47      3814      2573   -32.54    0.03
Made-Up Arts               5468     15813      4932      6745      5130      2255    -56.05      8072      3870   -52.06    0.13


Apparel:
M&B Other Coats             120        96       137       100        24        44     80.37       122       119    -2.30    0.17
M&B Trousers, Shorts        142       182       360       118        24        26      7.35       243       120   -50.67    0.04
M&B Sweaters                 29        22       265       159        25         6    -76.48       172       140   -18.61    0.13


W&G Suits                    50        12       303       169        93        77    -16.94       245       153   -37.47    0.39
W&G Oth Coats & Jackets      22        75        40       186       111        69    -37.78       134       144     7.35    0.20
W&G Other Knit Shirts        22        65       321       154        30        24    -20.26       298       148   -50.28    0.21
W&G Woven Shirts              0        43        82        63        35       204    490.20        76       233   205.55    0.39
W&G Dresses                 440      1144      1492      2415      1169      2037     74.27      1769      3283    85.64    1.48


Robes & Dressing Gowns       68       230       673       560       371       331    -10.94       840       520   -38.16    1.83
Pajamas& Oth Nightwear     1137      1461      1400      1969      1275      1116    -12.46      2033      1810   -10.96    8.37
Underwear exc fnd grmts    1644       683       723      2685      1878       855    -54.49      2314      1662   -28.20    1.17
Foundation Garments         142        95       144       156        80       129     61.60       149       205    37.31    0.23
Hosiery                     601       435       536       509       417       326    -21.61       594       419   -29.48    0.11
Gloves                       54        72        98       103        54        52     -4.47        89       100    12.11    0.17
Accessories                 626       130       409       588       358      1106    208.73       623      1336   114.31    0.79
Other Apparel              1366       871       487      1540       573      1658    189.17       791      2624   231.73    0.42


Fabric:
Cotton Broadwoven Fabs      149       108       188       262       157        75    -52.29       272       180   -34.03    0.03
MMF Broadwoven Fabs         730       493       403       315       249       191    -23.43       288       257   -10.64    0.02
Felts&Other Non-Wovens      301       265       362       500       461        78    -83.13       767       117   -84.79    0.01
Speclty & Indstrl Fabs     7126      2401      4345      1972      1072       995     -7.20      2288      1895   -17.17    0.09


Made-up and Misc.:
Floor Coverings            1090      1403      3059      2219      1506       848    -43.70      3663      1561   -57.39    0.14
Bedroom Furnishings        1775      5187       309       217        53       258    389.09       170       422   148.85    0.12
Bathroom Furnishings        541       495       554       658       342       161    -52.86       565       477   -15.60    0.90
Misc. Hsehld Furnish        127       156        84        50        35        91    157.90        64       106    65.00    0.21
Other Made-Up Articles     1674      8535       806      3360      2970       793    -73.31      3305      1182   -64.23    0.11