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                                               |                                     |                 November 14, 2008
                                               |            U.S. IMPORTS             |
                                               |           FOR CONSUMPTION           |
                                               |        FOR SELECTED PRODUCTS        |
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    Imports from : Germany
    Data in $
 Product                            2004            2005            2006            2007     YTD  9/2007     YTD  9/2008

    Footwear, Leather and Fur Products

 All Footwear                   76,518,438      74,222,669      56,920,952      66,119,550      51,672,942      44,546,104
 Footwear, Rubber/plastic        2,046,356       2,490,874       2,044,632       1,960,762       1,661,497       1,070,461
 Footwear, non-Rubber           74,472,082      71,731,795      54,876,320      64,158,788      50,011,445      43,475,643
 Leather Footwear               53,932,070      52,432,297      38,764,746      44,459,108      34,838,128      29,280,420
 Footwear, Protective            1,338,125       2,075,241       1,361,237       1,039,405         763,509         796,555
 Footwear, Rubber/canvas           708,231         415,633         683,395         921,357         897,988         273,906
 House Slippers                    109,546         966,545       1,338,512       1,276,935         993,249         801,154
 Footwear,M(ex athletic.)       13,897,809      12,374,746       9,405,640      10,011,774       6,961,715       7,742,402
 Footwear,F(ex athletic.)       55,218,798      53,019,959      38,904,968      44,607,396      35,471,861      29,254,889
 Footwear, nes.                  5,245,929       5,370,545       5,227,200       8,262,683       6,584,620       5,677,198
 Footwear Parts                    381,894         521,925         461,827          84,542          63,594          52,851


 Leather Apparel                 1,247,633       1,559,799       1,286,861       1,007,489         825,672         800,393
 Leather Tanning                25,252,349      30,152,357      35,327,658      36,128,615      28,096,633      21,362,576
 Leather Gloves                     55,918          38,509          32,220          20,982          16,250          27,468
 Leather Articles, nes.         25,727,230      27,649,016      28,978,159      36,010,054      26,551,457      29,230,534


 Fur Apparel                     3,067,212         896,646       2,228,295       1,151,184         988,044         394,656
 Mink Apparel                    2,275,997         297,802       1,644,809         424,833         332,949         119,922
 Fur Apparel nes.                  568,246         523,647         524,245         519,341         473,677         170,603
 Fur Articles. nes                 217,573          56,516          28,582         178,808         156,105          73,621
 Fur Headwear                        5,396          18,681          30,659          28,202          25,313          30,510



    Travelgoods

 Luggage/Briefcases              3,129,288       4,044,292       4,291,804       4,431,256       3,234,768       4,470,387
 Travel/Sports Bags              2,906,585       2,439,489       3,111,986       3,434,646       2,298,824       3,019,151
 Handbags/Purses                   794,327         812,078         663,549         919,088         775,533         358,473
 Leather Goods nes.              1,532,886       1,485,481       2,517,872       2,242,507       1,465,944       1,087,927
 Luggage Locks                     143,173         121,609          90,092          18,174           9,367          18,095
 Backpacks (MMF)                   104,769         122,074          31,560          35,289          31,144          18,239




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