Export Market Report
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                                          |                                     |                            September 11, 2008
                                          |        US EXPORT MARKETS            |
                                          |       By Group,  7/2008 Data        |
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                                           Group:  Cordage, Rope, Twine, and Netting    
                                                    Data in thousand dollars

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

 World          118770     126504     129848     138307     83801     94568     12.85      134987     149074      10.44  100.00

 Canada          27953      33391      34427      41002     25876     30892     19.38       36595      46018      25.75   30.87

 Mexico          44426      46660      44280      38715     25296     19710    -22.08       43229      33129     -23.37   22.22

 Hong Kong        3798       3316       2847       4865      2826      3741     32.38        4388       5780      31.74    3.88

 China            1805       2247       2850       2790      1460      3235    121.60        3078       4565      48.34    3.06

 Japan            3218       2864       2983       3825      1686      2086     23.75        3190       4225      32.46    2.83

 Australia        1109       1391       1556       3052      1969      2349     19.31        2757       3432      24.50    2.30

 United Kingd     2796       3751       5579       3339      2050      2109      2.91        4790       3399     -29.05    2.28

 Singapore        1591        682       1529       2213      1073      2121     97.66        1456       3261     124.00    2.19

 Korea, South     1602       3386       2855       3820      2130      1540    -27.72        3664       3229     -11.86    2.17

 Netherlands       892        886       1409       2328      1161      1486     28.02        1697       2653      56.31    1.78

 Colombia         1672       1687       2025       1975       970      1377     42.00        1776       2383      34.14    1.60

 France            656       1629       1813       1756      1083      1370     26.59        2019       2044       1.24    1.37

 Panama           1136        343        539       1675       817      1133     38.75        1015       1991      96.12    1.34

 Germany           702        582       1197       1125       631      1247     97.77        1284       1742      35.64    1.17

 Honduras         1514        647        444        785       199      1110    457.12         560       1696     202.66    1.14

 Norway            543        740       1306       1338       885      1039     17.43        1174       1493      27.15    1.00

 _WTO           117495     124239     126549     136583     82862     92623     11.78      132113     146344      10.77   98.17
                                                                                                                        
 _OECD           39940      50318      54801      64261     40009     47260     18.12       59352      71512      20.49   47.97

 _EU15            7422       9185      13364      12560      7934      9111     14.84       13411      13737       2.43    9.21

 _EU12            6653       8713      12605      11966      7594      8399     10.61       13021      12771      -1.92    8.57

 _CBI            14205      11170       7008       6001      2724      5595    105.42        6237       8873      42.25    5.95

 _SAMERICA       10073       5040       5857       8606      5469      4221    -22.81        8168       7358      -9.92    4.94

 _ASEAN           2498       1520       2724       3931      1717      3076     79.10        2562       5290     106.49    3.55

 _CAFTA          11513       9217       3591       2133       931      2992    221.31        2549       4193      64.47    2.81

 _ANDEAN (ATP     2599       2202       3023       2857      1407      1970     39.95        2790       3419      22.52    2.29

 _non-WTO         1274       2266       3299       1712       939      1941    106.68        2873       2714      -5.55    1.82

 _LDDC             187        292        222        685       216      1088    402.47         315       1556     393.84    1.04

 _SUB-SAHARA       415        628        771        860       507      1141    125.34         670       1495     123.25    1.00