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

    Footwear, Leather and Fur Products

 All Footwear                    1,261,463       1,421,001         994,328         657,868         519,926         452,997         501,867
 Footwear, Rubber/plastic            7,388          11,857          34,132           1,880           2,064           2,064           8,590
 Footwear, non-Rubber            1,254,075       1,409,144         960,196         655,988         517,862         450,933         493,277
 Leather Footwear                1,130,002       1,207,751         774,186         512,580         330,226         280,788         353,491
 Footwear, Protective                    0          10,329          16,770               0           1,080           1,080           1,390
 Footwear, Rubber/canvas             7,388           1,528          17,362           1,880             984             984           7,200
 House Slippers                      3,810               0           3,556               0             862             486             600
 Footwear,M(ex athletic.)          285,919         324,252         371,254         220,182         180,799         133,913         171,632
 Footwear,F(ex athletic.)          863,067         965,099         491,228         330,480         210,224         195,388         275,043
 Footwear, nes.                    101,279         119,793          94,158         105,326         125,977         121,146          46,002
 Footwear Parts                    320,626         398,530         299,962          88,473         138,220         127,254         416,545


 Leather Apparel                   360,307         625,408         991,577         639,154         769,374         648,548         533,756
 Leather Tanning               144,126,825     141,312,359      98,689,374      70,247,224      80,184,459      74,836,856      50,154,205
 Leather Gloves                      9,810          11,226          18,488          22,851           2,634           2,634           1,734
 Leather Articles, nes.          8,852,283       6,855,740       6,010,124       4,492,598       4,269,837       3,896,169       4,259,200


 Fur Apparel                     6,391,434       5,833,319       6,510,628       4,266,947       3,199,658       2,895,095       3,636,126
 Mink Apparel                        5,820           9,310           2,280           1,470          10,074          10,074               0
 Fur Apparel nes.                1,196,625         836,949         557,561         304,902         204,831         190,941         183,201
 Fur Articles. nes               5,188,989       4,987,060       5,949,875       3,960,575       2,984,353       2,693,680       3,449,981
 Fur Headwear                            0               0             912               0             400             400           2,944



    Travelgoods

 Luggage/Briefcases                 70,651          59,752          77,716          11,316          18,550          15,284          26,486
 Travel/Sports Bags                193,488         280,644         329,772         127,249         145,884         109,537         133,903
 Handbags/Purses                 1,379,714       1,033,752         662,722         498,961         358,283         331,167         304,362
 Leather Goods nes.                169,064         157,944          60,976          25,378          23,619          18,667          33,920
 Luggage Locks                           0               0           2,288               0               0               0               0
 Backpacks (MMF)                       352           1,651               0             368               0               0               0




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