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                                               |                                     |                      May 11, 2012
                                               |            U.S. IMPORTS             |
                                               |           FOR CONSUMPTION           |
                                               |        FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS        |
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    Imports from : World
    Data in $
 Product                            2006            2007            2008            2009            2010            2011     YTD  3/2011     YTD  3/2012

    Footwear, Leather and Fur Products

 All Footwear               18,692,392,964  18,916,686,331  19,072,049,748  17,341,017,986  20,341,807,178  22,178,008,389   5,259,948,743   5,518,016,622
 Footwear, Rubber/plastic      609,122,011     680,394,363     738,091,914     728,394,572     887,862,018   1,177,787,718     299,467,009     426,267,611
 Footwear, non-Rubber       18,083,270,953  18,236,291,968  18,333,957,834  16,612,623,414  19,453,945,160  21,000,220,671   4,960,481,734   5,091,749,011
 Leather Footwear           12,036,101,281  11,667,040,565  11,339,113,603   9,679,720,591  10,888,249,981  11,303,816,767   2,528,932,905   2,506,660,692
 Footwear, Protective           83,910,000     113,246,584     138,078,326     147,005,764     188,176,170     175,041,518      32,933,849      38,379,032
 Footwear, Rubber/canvas       525,212,011     567,147,779     600,013,588     581,388,808     699,685,848   1,002,746,200     266,533,160     387,888,579
 House Slippers                244,910,439     235,278,045     199,306,055     155,448,987     192,425,591     214,300,274      17,911,921      15,541,776
 Footwear,M(ex athletic.)    4,054,207,052   3,937,419,031   3,683,814,706   3,250,017,313   3,868,418,096   4,304,499,561     987,120,166   1,044,779,534
 Footwear,F(ex athletic.)    8,117,021,796   8,369,324,184   8,379,747,595   7,536,800,834   8,871,798,766   9,555,094,392   2,273,115,669   2,338,075,055
 Footwear, nes.              5,667,131,666   5,694,270,708   6,071,089,478   5,670,356,280   6,521,302,707   6,926,326,444   1,682,333,978   1,693,352,646
 Footwear Parts                160,745,016     150,621,226     153,047,733     121,869,651     142,359,392     148,390,107      36,075,983      36,033,328


 Leather Apparel               938,094,416     813,643,201     611,461,276     416,754,721     458,914,569     459,719,702      76,413,665      81,362,639
 Leather Tanning             2,303,225,327   2,262,714,718   1,945,135,049   1,286,001,426   1,949,932,023   2,023,144,179     529,479,670     567,350,148
 Leather Gloves                347,983,857     359,516,277     420,860,485     284,807,853     310,300,306     369,752,887      69,801,451      78,100,334
 Leather Articles, nes.        463,256,740     501,523,782     465,747,060     390,491,863     481,917,878     610,154,790     126,298,808     128,075,307


 Fur Apparel                   280,579,493     225,691,836     174,818,557     141,003,873     164,965,599     193,719,743      15,144,309      14,729,601
 Mink Apparel                  119,830,560      89,563,989      65,782,044      57,129,824      56,601,416      54,833,734       4,334,442       3,280,784
 Fur Apparel nes.              112,566,885      89,299,363      67,443,167      47,150,396      65,102,906      86,336,346       4,976,752       4,681,079
 Fur Articles. nes              42,058,318      41,642,176      37,088,645      31,871,584      36,261,550      44,817,526       5,586,543       6,613,090
 Fur Headwear                    6,123,730       5,186,308       4,504,701       4,852,069       6,999,727       7,732,137         246,572         154,648



    Travelgoods

 Luggage/Briefcases            830,504,267     881,559,317     877,918,289     649,733,770     939,628,684   1,027,605,818     220,913,572     220,476,376
 Travel/Sports Bags          2,330,952,007   2,535,464,110   2,829,765,157   2,362,339,494   3,131,985,435   3,530,238,794     762,168,782     851,223,276
 Handbags/Purses             2,394,532,049   2,706,752,559   2,699,657,386   2,144,904,224   2,280,714,067   2,539,262,278     565,609,544     620,170,051
 Leather Goods nes.            700,088,499     778,909,411     789,207,494     659,799,593     787,399,740     910,643,376     194,628,151     199,055,774
 Luggage Locks                   9,262,495       9,083,748       7,872,452       6,470,590       5,487,342       6,831,210       1,542,097       1,506,451
 Backpacks (MMF)               393,208,342     421,434,061     401,513,757     383,013,021     512,283,241     598,326,372     100,722,558      99,672,807




 Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.