Top 25 U.S. Import Sources for Rubber Protective Footwear
U.S. Imports for Consumption            Number of Pairs (in 1000s)
Annual Data
 
Quantity Description Country 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Percent Change
1999 - 2000
In 1,000 Units of Quantity
pairs China 3,737 5,588 6,534 5,980 6,324 6,950 5,931 6,296 6,716 6.7%
. Canada 1,287 1,722 2,774 2,633 2,444 3,122 2,617 1,932 2,273 17.7%
. Dominican Rep 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 89 287 222.2%
. Taiwan 343 422 340 246 180 143 152 261 238 -8.7%
. Mexico 133 2 0 0 6 14 386 349 220 -37.0%
. Germany 57 83 74 62 85 121 168 100 185 85.5%
. Israel 57 56 114 93 43 125 49 23 135 492.9%
. Italy 28 44 25 59 11 10 9 38 61 61.6%
. Hong Kong 31 39 15 29 33 20 41 32 38 17.2%
. Colombia 58 94 34 26 25 19 37 27 37 35.8%
. Thailand 100 111 139 19 16 66 50 59 32 -45.1%
. Netherlands 12 21 10 23 30 20 36 27 31 14.8%
. United Kingdom 15 30 44 29 30 36 34 25 31 23.2%
. Malaysia 63 60 35 61 59 75 48 45 29 -35.7%
. France 9 39 71 55 48 41 71 62 28 -55.8%
. Korea 1,540 1,257 859 404 175 74 51 24 20 -19.0%
. Venezuela 43 29 16 0 7 8 16 4 12 198.5%
. Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 7 1,089.6%
. Japan 5 3 15 39 1 2 2 1 4 245.1%
. Czech Republic 0 0 1 7 2 0 0 0 3 2,912.8%
. Portugal 0 0 3 6 4 2 26 23 3 -86.0%
. Sri Lanka 15 0 7 26 24 20 10 7 2 -65.6%
. Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 314.4%
. Switzerland 3 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 1 N/A
. Norway 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3,460.0%
Subtotal - pairs 7,536 9,600 11,112 9,806 9,560 10,871 9,745 9,425 10,395 10.3%
All Other: 202 101 131 87 11 82 42 190 2 -98.8%

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Sources: Data on this site have been compiled from tariff and trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Last Updated by Nate Herman, Office of Consumer Goods, on April 23, 2001