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                                               |                                     |                  January 13, 2012
                                               |            U.S. IMPORTS             |
                                               |           FOR CONSUMPTION           |
                                               |        FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS        |
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    Imports from : Dominican Republic
    Data in $
 Product                            2006            2007            2008            2009            2010     YTD 11/2010     YTD 11/2011

    Footwear, Leather and Fur Products

 All Footwear                  104,340,690     104,368,823     121,145,510     107,660,550     135,938,832     122,329,425     156,609,163
 Footwear, Rubber/plastic          157,576         118,590         131,698         140,579         146,075         131,861         139,195
 Footwear, non-Rubber          104,183,114     104,250,233     121,013,812     107,519,971     135,792,757     122,197,564     156,469,968
 Leather Footwear               82,292,805      92,507,629     108,819,203      98,941,312     129,008,004     115,969,394     147,352,573
 Footwear, Protective              155,259         112,801         130,878         140,016         145,221         131,271         137,594
 Footwear, Rubber/canvas             2,317           5,789             820             563             854             590           1,601
 House Slippers                    998,345       1,695,327         924,706               0           1,860           1,860       1,411,388
 Footwear,M(ex athletic.)       72,219,695      81,658,814      82,926,185      79,617,736      97,576,265      87,431,794     105,436,765
 Footwear,F(ex athletic.)       20,288,124       3,479,794       6,798,987       5,731,977       5,003,687       4,615,522      37,797,519
 Footwear, nes.                 10,676,950      17,416,298      30,363,934      22,170,258      33,210,945      30,148,388      11,824,296
 Footwear Parts                 24,080,929      14,357,618      11,512,387      11,525,594      29,661,484      27,012,896      29,435,111


 Leather Apparel                    72,296          23,823          29,859           5,224           3,947             357           1,060
 Leather Tanning                13,883,047         134,777         173,737       1,075,207       7,097,160       6,671,639       5,151,547
 Leather Gloves                     50,823          11,200               0               0               0               0         359,063
 Leather Articles, nes.            773,779         512,076         286,328         323,225         193,691         177,641         199,516


 Fur Apparel                       137,087          63,710          50,709          30,213          23,429          14,116          22,383
 Mink Apparel                            *               *               *               *               *               *               *
 Fur Apparel nes.                        *               *               *               *               *               *               *
 Fur Articles. nes                       0               0               0             375               0               0               0
 Fur Headwear                      137,087          63,710          50,709          29,838          23,429          14,116          22,383



    Travelgoods

 Luggage/Briefcases              3,199,006       4,825,130       1,171,097         500,435       1,364,062       1,213,560       1,135,194
 Travel/Sports Bags              1,543,841       1,359,059       4,936,275       3,611,967       2,603,168       2,432,483       4,051,373
 Handbags/Purses                   215,198         101,690         112,436         505,423         663,724         615,929         372,482
 Leather Goods nes.                  4,756          24,830         126,248         624,998         500,580         491,467         166,226
 Backpacks (MMF)                         0           3,998         145,380          76,386       1,458,615       1,433,344         363,275




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