Export Market Report
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                                          |                                     |                              October 10, 2008
                                          |        US EXPORT MARKETS            |
                                          |       By Group,  8/2008 Data        |
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                                           Group:  Silk & Other Veg. Fiber Woven Fabrics
                                                    Data in thousand dollars

                             Calendar Years                  Year-to-Date                    Year-Endings          YE  8/2008
 Country         2004       2005       2006       2007     8/2007    8/2008   % Change     8/2007     8/2008   % Change % Share

 World           61694      55892      74800      63329     47763     34194    -28.41       63935      49760     -22.17  100.00

 Canada          14269      15049      16299      17957     11603     10302    -11.21       16337      16656       1.96   33.47

 Mexico           6240       3352      25380       5067      3475      2338    -32.71        4871       3930     -19.31    7.90

 Hong Kong        4004       4129       5302       5469      4450      1885    -57.65        5196       2904     -44.11    5.84

 China            8514       6902       3855       5298      4776      2079    -56.46        6029       2602     -56.84    5.23

 Nicaragua           3         89        125       6132      5734      2083    -63.68        5830       2480     -57.46    4.98

 Costa Rica         88        223        623       2085      1362      1683     23.51        1747       2405      37.69    4.83

 United Kingd     1533       1339       1629       1651      1272      1372      7.89        2047       1752     -14.40    3.52

 Italy             387        759        788       1169       866       969     11.93        1294       1273      -1.69    2.56

 Australia         388        615        205        561       321       997    210.65         350       1237     253.62    2.49

 France            683        303        448        380       244       849    248.15         351        985     180.57    1.98

 Japan            1374        648        867       3006      2896       849    -70.68        3322        959     -71.12    1.93

 Dominican Re     6176       1195       1587        462       300       645    115.07        1034        808     -21.92    1.62

 Germany           548        399        403        901       781       629    -19.53         996        748     -24.92    1.50

 El Salvador      1650        227        275        227       210       657    212.26         275        674     145.35    1.35

 Brazil            710       1272       1115       1180       793       233    -70.67        1119        619     -44.67    1.24

 United Arab      2082       1271        861        572       344       384     11.47         421        612      45.35    1.23

 Saudi Arabia      450        502        596        594       378       294    -22.25         514        510      -0.76    1.02
                                                                                                                        
 India             173        185        188        828       558       230    -58.81         588        500     -14.96    1.01

 _WTO            60530      54286      72733      61927     46779     32980    -29.50       62008      48128     -22.38   96.72

 _OECD           21468      21380      24880      26789     18263     16903     -7.45       26224      25429      -3.03   51.10

 _CBI            12424      10000       5451       9882      8420      6061    -28.02       10008       7524     -24.82   15.12

 _CAFTA          10033       6562       3064       9094      7760      5313    -31.53        9112       6647     -27.05   13.36

 _EU15            6048       4960       7869       7490      5973      4855    -18.72        8991       6372     -29.12   12.81

 _EU12            5766       4852       7719       7346      5890      4774    -18.95        8872       6230     -29.78   12.52

 _SAMERICA        3992       4025       3341       3064      2187      1238    -43.36        3140       2116     -32.63    4.25

 _non-WTO         1164       1605       2067       1402       984      1214     23.37        1926       1632     -15.29    3.28

 _ASEAN           1070       1846       1865       1147       794       740     -6.89        1325       1092     -17.61    2.19