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U.S. IMPORTS OF SELECTED MERCHANDISE 2003 & 2004
(Quantity in units indicated; value in U.S. dollars)

9603210000 TOOTHBRUSHES, INCL DENTAL-PLATE BRUSHES
COUNTRY
UNITS
QTY-2003
VAL-2004
QTY-2004
VAL-2004
FR GERM
NO
127,489,201
115,767,470
118,389,424
103,898,318
CHINA
NO
198,999,783
32,277,247
248,498,799
31,907,233
MEXICO
NO
26,805,978
13,259,069
22,023,415
10,111,597
IRELAND
NO
1,361,054
247,301
9,682,789
5,229,019
INDIA
NO
29,498,503
5,094,514
37,054,524
5,098,206
SWITZLD
NO
8,424,650
2,801,374
10,542,165
3,721,015
BRAZIL
NO
14,612,017
3,234,129
11,990,550
2,389,331
THAILND
NO
17,231,660
1,843,295
22,836,076
2,283,412
HG KONG
NO
2,001,629
1,149,117
3,460,410
797,872
TAIWAN
NO
10,961,249
2,652,792
5,352,159
784,353
NETHLDS
NO
7,819,760
3,648,924
1,400,782
575,374
U KING
NO
1,711,661
529,488
1,879,415
536,718
ISRAEL
NO
3,646,686
917,068
1,882,968
464,494
KOR REP
NO
2,279,288
375,623
1,655,263
383,315
MALAYSA
NO
2,861,208
351,041
2,385,698
334,147
VIETNAM
NO
531,795
130,640
2,217,390
257,863
INDNSIA
NO
17,683,124
326,717
12,980,360
245,588
FRANCE
NO
1,534,896
320,086
1,110,258
242,534
JAPAN
NO
1,897,090
401,509
2,269,460
240,619
CANADA
NO
811,949
155,709
560,510
226,401
BELGIUM
NO
682,792
245,731
320,496
206,067
SWEDEN
NO
35,533
74,995
233,865
124,435
AUSTRIA
NO
49,416
106,641
62,160
80,082
MACAO
NO
743,424
620,871
93,384
70,121
OMAN
NO
0
0
241,200
42,210
ITALY
NO
1,117,070
744,787
34,374
35,758
TURKEY
NO
244,072
40,860
241,900
22,885
SPAIN
NO
5,184
2,160
99,000
15,158
DENMARK
NO
19,934
15,544
17,377
11,547
GUATMAL
NO
0
0
224,100
10,192
COLOMB
NO
0
0
13,712
7,359
CAMROON
NO
0
0
7,000
2,105
PANAMA
NO
29,232
3,370
0
0
NORWAY
NO
9,456
9,134
0
0
RUSSIA
NO
24,000
2,400
0
0
S ARAB
NO
15,125
4,000
0
0
BNGLDSH
NO
28,800
2,880
0
0
PHIL R
NO
15,600
2,925
0
0
AUSTRAL
NO
540
3,113
0
0
REP SAF
NO
72,760
15,887
0
0
TOTAL
NO
481,256,119
187,378,411
519,760,983
170,355,328

9603294010 HAIRBRUSHES, VALUED NOT OVER .40 EACH
COUNTRY
UNITS
QTY-2003
VAL-2004
QTY-2004
VAL-2004
CHINA
NO
58,225,818
13,861,661
71,038,337
16,760,493
HG KONG
NO
2,345,945
503,397
2,524,614
540,192
VIETNAM
NO
748,680
200,925
564,864
154,200
TAIWAN
NO
115,920
16,791
173,808
40,263
KOR REP
NO
508,100
89,528
134,528
25,152
C RICA
NO
87,312
21,828
90,944
22,736
THAILND
NO
569,232
135,756
118,400
22,370
FR GERM
NO
0
0
52,920
16,349
BRAZIL
NO
201,420
16,340
259,020
16,341
INDIA
NO
504,000
3,780
72,000
16,272
COLOMB
NO
0
0
40,608
11,913
JAPAN
NO
0
0
11,000
2,420
CHILE
NO
0
0
10,296
2,265
MEXICO
NO
27,288
5,771
0
0
S HELN
NO
97,920
26,904
0
0
TOTAL
NO
63,431,635
14,882,681
75,091,339
17,630,966
9603294090 SHAVING BRUSHES,NAIL BRUS ETC,LT=.40 EA
COUNTRY
UNITS
QTY-2003
VAL-2004
QTY-2004
VAL-2004
MEXICO
NO
31,615,003
7,380,613
52,052,739
8,149,850
CHINA
NO
32,989,339
4,563,837
47,905,781
6,094,781
FR GERM
NO
0
0
3,415,913
682,446
KOR REP
NO
5,588,192
320,979
12,191,118
561,510
HG KONG
NO
3,316,574
344,260
5,832,265
456,628
TAIWAN
NO
1,622,009
398,271
1,668,281
368,047
FRANCE
NO
1,500,778
270,376
232,288
65,426
INDIA
NO
3,645,690
75,001
1,228,032
34,756
ISRAEL
NO
0
0
172,368
29,495
ITALY
NO
374,112
84,095
234,000
22,308
U KING
NO
325,700
50,548
215,083
21,389
BRAZIL
NO
4,924,000
43,260
1,252,800
18,612
ARGENT
NO
36,000
2,880
50,000
14,500
CANADA
NO
0
0
60,216
9,174
SPAIN
NO
0
0
123,000
8,676
IRELAND
NO
120,080
19,109
26,500
7,685
PANAMA
NO
18,504
4,688
9,000
2,700
MALAYSA
NO
0
0
10,464
2,615
C RICA
NO
0
0
10,080
2,520
VIETNAM
NO
58,300
12,578
44,100
2,037
SWITZLD
NO
26,208
3,710
0
0
POLAND
NO
54,674
13,600
0
0
THAILND
NO
9,648
2,604
0
0
PHIL R
NO
50,900
8,744
0
0
TOTAL
NO
86,275,711
13,599,153
126,734,028
16,555,155

9603298010 HAIRBRUSHES, VALUED OVER .40 EACH
COUNTRY
UNITS
QTY-2003
VAL-2004
QTY-2004
VAL-2004
CHINA
NO
52,988,273
42,348,410
52,321,310
40,413,378
KOR REP
NO
4,900,206
6,790,066
5,778,834
8,420,435
U KING
NO
378,582
1,592,716
418,786
1,833,513
TAIWAN
NO
2,726,475
2,155,422
1,645,019
1,268,953
COLOMB
NO
295,589
466,853
341,807
652,264
C RICA
NO
26,952
29,418
216,799
648,428
FRANCE
NO
173,231
674,555
105,600
490,445
FR GERM
NO
104,610
228,744
147,743
436,591
ITALY
NO
103,007
433,651
101,530
358,668
HG KONG
NO
512,522
549,692
381,524
355,122
JAPAN
NO
49,392
119,876
71,647
167,716
INDNSIA
NO
106,656
68,481
69,696
54,648
SPAIN
NO
22,637
57,654
17,703
43,166
VIETNAM
NO
26,476
25,690
45,460
39,452
PHIL R
NO
17,712
22,140
14,536
32,640
POLAND
NO
0
0
14,901
17,722
BRAZIL
NO
0
0
6,824
8,046
BELGIUM
NO
1,296
4,159
1,512
6,617
THAILND
NO
30,500
16,932
10,176
5,711
MALAYSA
NO
4,842
2,005
10,464
4,334
NETHLDS
NO
0
0
1,200
3,720
AUSTRIA
NO
0
0
576
2,968
INDIA
NO
0
0
2,850
2,826
ISRAEL
NO
968
6,292
386
2,509
CANADA
NO
11
3,073
0
0
MEXICO
NO
15,120
6,686
0
0
IRELAND
NO
4,053
10,132
0
0
TURKEY
NO
10,560
15,108
0
0
S HELN
NO
21,600
10,008
0
0
TOTAL
NO
62,521,270
55,637,763
61,726,883
55,269,872

9603298090 SHAVING BRUSHES, NAIL BRUSH,ETC,VALUED OVER .40 EA
COUNTRY
UNITS
QTY-2003
VAL-2004
QTY-2004
VAL-2004
CHINA
NO
8,971,917
8,241,909
8,219,645
7,433,290
ITALY
NO
436,076
339,005
1,116,539
869,007
FR GERM
NO
198,845
606,621
126,887
747,025
FRANCE
NO
614,410
442,804
765,114
730,706
TAIWAN
NO
1,283,578
1,353,646
613,901
536,064
U KING
NO
185,362
381,651
50,724
497,394
KOR REP
NO
1,547,674
964,829
354,134
478,006
MEXICO
NO
149,661
65,364
250,452
271,144
JAPAN
NO
61,534
229,903
57,983
185,403
HG KONG
NO
151,772
158,873
102,485
158,303
INDNSIA
NO
0
0
57,936
71,803
AUSTRIA
NO
23,400
52,294
23,232
57,174
COLOMB
NO
71,640
150,924
25,768
47,689
SRI LKA
NO
89,248
51,497
17,470
33,991
SWEDEN
NO
2,520
6,833
8,460
28,349
THAILND
NO
17,928
24,561
11,952
16,374
SPAIN
NO
0
0
204
14,058
SWITZLD
NO
32
2,791
527
8,084
GUATMAL
NO
0
0
5,004
6,570
VIETNAM
NO
10,000
5,700
6,500
6,500
CANADA
NO
16,458
74,267
6,138
6,330
MALAYSA
NO
0
0
3,300
3,087
NETHLDS
NO
0
0
720
2,665
SURINAM
NO
0
0
311
2,595
BRAZIL
NO
4,326
2,164
4,000
2,323
INDIA
NO
0
0
1,725
2,045
VENEZ
NO
2,101
7,217
0
0
ARGENT
NO
4,356
29,403
0
0
IRELAND
NO
55,100
24,414
0
0
BELGIUM
NO
654
3,957
0
0
RUSSIA
NO
1,532
3,227
0
0
ISRAEL
NO
44,640
48,131
0
0
AUSTRAL
NO
5,398
14,224
0
0
TOTAL
NO
13,950,162
13,286,209
11,831,111
12,215,979

9603302000 ARTISTS BRUSHES,WRITING BRUSH,COSMET BR,LT=.05 EA
COUNTRY
UNITS
QTY-2003
VAL-2004
QTY-2004
VAL-2004
CHINA
NO
167,143,522
4,078,766
124,132,644
3,120,299
MEXICO
NO
66,383,403
1,009,481
71,194,696
1,136,788
KOR REP
NO
12,860,780
407,215
15,144,608
402,074
ITALY
NO
36,779,100
330,779
27,620,800
285,290
FR GERM
NO
1,644,196
57,413
4,633,056
165,135
HG KONG
NO
4,378,740
90,956
3,568,920
117,877
THAILND
NO
0
0
5,990,400
26,957
U KING
NO
55,000
2,661
550,000
24,200
TAIWAN
NO
721,600
27,958
386,400
16,147
INDIA
NO
3,725,000
24,991
1,750,000
15,750
BRAZIL
NO
0
0
740,144
8,638
MALAYSA
NO
338,400
11,634
151,776
4,806
CANADA
NO
237,500
5,943
150,000
4,082
JAPAN
NO
100,000
2,812
134,462
3,496
FRANCE
NO
391,500
14,946
0
0
INDNSIA
NO
170,000
2,125
0
0
TOTAL
NO
294,928,741
6,067,680
256,147,906
5,331,539

9603304000 ARTISTS BRUSHES,WRIT BR,COSMET BR,GT .05,LT=.10 EA
COUNTRY
UNITS
QTY-2003
VAL-2004
QTY-2004
VAL-2004
MEXICO
NO
103,632,013
7,823,146
114,208,797
8,800,798
CHINA
NO
104,482,376
7,673,041
95,697,091
6,932,385
TAIWAN
NO
7,631,060
573,716
9,900,688
729,010
FR GERM
NO
976,309
62,149
4,025,000
376,440
HG KONG
NO
3,227,564
254,511
4,469,616
361,341
KOR REP
NO
7,643,225
523,043
3,487,880
239,899
U KING
NO
1,538,840
104,532
546,000
41,892
INDNSIA
NO
0
0
450,000
34,983
INDIA
NO
597,432
50,220
334,224
26,129
ITALY
NO
36,000
2,522
123,456
8,505
CANADA
NO
85,968
6,131
69,737
4,860
TOTAL
NO
229,850,787
17,073,011
233,312,489
17,556,242

9603306000 ARTISTS BRUSHES,WRITING BR,COSMETIC BR,GT.10 EA
COUNTRY
UNITS
QTY-2003
VAL-2004
QTY-2004
VAL-2004
CHINA
NO
141,159,355
54,618,028
156,236,898
61,968,611
MEXICO
NO
59,205,466
7,718,896
84,464,654
15,233,069
JAPAN
NO
6,442,986
9,325,874
6,919,390
11,633,350
KOR REP
NO
15,708,607
9,413,992
14,847,842
9,415,923
FR GERM
NO
12,336,655
5,465,016
28,216,031
8,501,831
HG KONG
NO
11,623,582
4,872,159
12,786,105
6,144,831
FRANCE
NO
1,524,110
2,777,539
2,210,802
4,521,821
U KING
NO
3,692,618
3,768,907
3,037,729
3,010,474
THAILND
NO
4,903,388
2,493,627
4,751,082
2,397,722
DOM REP
NO
1,751,002
1,859,970
2,088,562
1,965,056
SRI LKA
NO
2,931,168
1,528,676
2,827,850
1,584,937
TAIWAN
NO
4,695,686
1,453,396
2,997,251
988,058
INDIA
NO
2,596,887
1,017,532
2,201,528
814,008
ITALY
NO
1,019,058
344,452
962,147
422,983
MONACO
NO
0
0
39,904
305,393
SPAIN
NO
120,638
272,830
108,525
196,546
SWEDEN
NO
0
0
39,373
70,931
RUSSIA
NO
41,723
87,501
29,007
57,403
ISRAEL
NO
21,580
56,144
13,712
36,310
MALAYSA
NO
1,125
2,013
31,608
29,466
CANADA
NO
712,213
179,611
14,980
23,716
BELGIUM
NO
480
5,058
33,120
18,053
KENYA
NO
0
0
1,800
9,234
SWITZLD
NO
25,000
20,000
11,356
8,770
N ZEAL
NO
0
0
1,657
7,512
BRAZIL
NO
35,711
21,709
21,648
7,016
ARAB EM
NO
0
0
10,080
5,846
DENMARK
NO
0
0
2
5,765
INDNSIA
NO
93,312
25,819
4,439
2,840
CZECH
NO
264
6,072
7
2,731
PHIL R
NO
0
0
1,500
2,436
COLOMB
NO
0
0
2,445
2,052
IRELAND
NO
2,861
5,397
0