Export Market Report
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                                          |                                     |                               August 12, 2008
                                          |        US EXPORT MARKETS            |
                                          |       By Group,  6/2008 Data        |
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                                           Group:  Cordage, Rope, Twine, and Netting    
                                                    Data in thousand dollars

                             Calendar Years                  Year-to-Date                    Year-Endings          YE  6/2008
 Country         2004       2005       2006       2007     6/2007    6/2008   % Change     6/2007     6/2008   % Change % Share

 World          118770     126504     129848     138307     72893     80584     10.55      136148     145998       7.23  100.00

 Canada          27953      33391      34427      41002     22247     27144     22.01       35791      45899      28.24   31.44

 Mexico          44426      46660      44280      38715     21923     16729    -23.69       43431      33521     -22.82   22.96

 Hong Kong        3798       3316       2847       4865      2647      3092     16.79        4267       5310      24.43    3.64

 Japan            3218       2864       2983       3825      1463      1828     24.96        3191       4190      31.30    2.87

 China            1805       2247       2850       2790      1185      2007     69.42        3042       3612      18.77    2.47

 Korea, South     1602       3386       2855       3820      1599      1334    -16.57        3249       3555       9.41    2.43

 Australia        1109       1391       1556       3052      1767      2207     24.91        2717       3492      28.54    2.39

 United Kingd     2796       3751       5579       3339      1840      1885      2.44        5036       3384     -32.81    2.32

 Singapore        1591        682       1529       2213       952      2047    115.14        2092       3309      58.20    2.27

 Netherlands       892        886       1409       2328      1046      1433     36.95        1646       2715      64.98    1.86

 Colombia         1672       1687       2025       1975       919      1244     35.29        1810       2300      27.09    1.58

 France            656       1629       1813       1756       921      1019     10.68        1922       1854      -3.53    1.27

 Panama           1136        343        539       1675       651       660      1.52         906       1685      85.89    1.15

 Honduras         1514        647        444        785       135       822    508.45         531       1472     177.09    1.01

 _WTO           117495     124239     126549     136583     72116     78849      9.34      133318     143317       7.50   98.16

 _OECD           39940      50318      54801      64261     34705     41454     19.45       57972      71011      22.49   48.64

 _EU15            7422       9185      13364      12560      7249      7912      9.14       13393      13223      -1.27    9.06
                                                                                                                        
 _EU12            6653       8713      12605      11966      6927      7254      4.72       13021      12292      -5.60    8.42

 _CBI            14205      11170       7008       6001      2261      4486     98.39        6193       8226      32.83    5.63

 _SAMERICA       10073       5040       5857       8606      5029      3452    -31.35        8126       7029     -13.51    4.81

 _ASEAN           2498       1520       2724       3931      1471      2805     90.59        3162       5264      66.51    3.61

 _CAFTA          11513       9217       3591       2133       815      2653    225.34        2640       3970      50.39    2.72

 _ANDEAN (ATP     2599       2202       3023       2857      1262      1651     30.88        2750       3246      18.06    2.22

 _non-WTO         1274       2266       3299       1712       778      1735    123.10        2831       2669      -5.69    1.83