Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 14 Textiles and Textile Products Manufacturing (NAICS 313-314) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 16.89 17.73 18.44 19.16 19.34 19.30 21.17 Argentina............... 5.11 5.16 5.23 5.62 5.53 5.40 1.93 2.32 2.98 3.60 4.31 5.19 Brazil.................. 5.03 5.05 4.57 2.82 2.95 2.43 2.15 2.27 2.59 3.34 3.97 4.58 Canada.................. 14.47 14.41 13.00 13.28 13.93 #12.43 13.71 15.18 16.98 18.59 21.13 23.53 Mexico.................. 1.63 1.81 1.88 2.05 2.39 2.70 2.77 2.61 2.61 2.80 2.98 3.04 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 13.91 17.41 19.49 .. .. .. Israel.................. 7.25 7.74 7.75 7.25 8.12 8.76 7.79 8.04 8.96 9.52 9.94 11.10 Japan................... 19.35 18.21 17.11 18.97 20.80 18.65 17.89 18.69 20.50 19.55 19.23 19.62 Korea, Republic of...... 7.31 6.89 4.84 5.45 6.14 6.14 7.53 8.28 8.46 10.34 11.46 12.02 Philippines............. 1.08 1.02 0.76 0.84 0.80 0.77 0.80 0.81 0.83 0.89 1.06 1.12 Taiwan.................. 5.88 6.29 5.30 5.55 6.13 6.05 5.83 5.55 5.88 6.35 6.72 6.66 Austria................. 23.92 21.80 22.33 21.91 19.68 19.54 21.25 25.84 28.93 30.21 31.44 35.29 Belgium................. 22.18 19.63 20.03 19.59 17.84 17.77 19.73 24.03 27.23 27.79 28.62 31.66 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 2.85 2.68 3.01 3.64 4.44 5.13 5.67 6.35 7.62 Finland................. 19.37 17.71 17.54 18.21 16.54 17.08 18.99 22.82 26.81 27.50 29.14 32.94 France.................. 22.93 20.53 20.58 19.87 17.40 16.91 17.97 21.61 23.88 24.45 25.61 28.66 Germany................. .. .. 24.84 24.03 21.49 21.36 23.48 28.60 32.04 32.11 33.32 36.94 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.49 3.05 3.61 4.24 4.51 4.97 6.23 Italy................... 18.24 17.29 16.64 16.04 14.10 14.30 15.97 20.91 24.36 25.28 26.08 29.23 Poland.................. .. 2.57 2.81 2.75 2.67 3.08 3.20 3.40 3.72 4.34 4.87 5.84 Slovakia................ .. 1.98 2.08 1.87 1.84 1.96 2.31 3.13 3.62 3.77 4.55 5.69 Spain................... 10.82 9.85 9.89 9.79 9.53 9.64 10.47 13.36 15.37 15.97 17.08 19.95 United Kingdom.......... 13.55 14.95 16.13 16.90 17.06 17.05 18.48 20.94 24.10 24.53 26.23 29.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .. 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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 15 Textiles and Textile Products Manufacturing (NAICS 313-314) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 16.89 17.73 18.44 19.16 19.34 19.30 21.17 Argentina............... 5.11 5.16 5.23 5.62 5.52 5.39 5.92 6.74 8.70 10.46 13.16 16.04 Brazil.................. 5.06 5.44 5.30 5.13 5.41 5.72 6.27 6.98 7.58 8.12 8.63 8.92 Canada.................. 19.73 19.95 19.29 19.73 20.70 #19.25 21.53 21.26 22.10 22.53 23.96 25.26 Mexico.................. 12.38 14.34 17.19 19.62 22.64 25.20 26.77 28.16 29.42 30.46 32.54 33.27 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 25.58 26.68 26.46 .. .. .. Israel.................. 23.13 26.69 29.46 30.00 33.10 36.85 36.90 36.62 40.15 42.71 44.32 45.89 Japan................... 2105 2205 2241 2157 2242 2267 2241 2167 2217 2152 2236 2310 Korea, Republic of...... 5882 6548 6777 6481 6942 7932 9412 9875 9684 10588 10941 11167 Philippines............. 28.17 30.15 31.11 32.72 35.16 39.21 41.40 43.84 46.76 49.02 54.28 52.32 Taiwan.................. 161.5 181.0 177.8 179.5 191.6 204.8 201.2 191.0 196.3 204.2 218.4 218.7 Austria................. 253.3 266.0 276.4 #20.57 21.32 21.83 22.48 22.82 23.26 24.27 25.02 25.74 Belgium................. 686.8 703.1 727.2 #18.39 19.33 19.86 20.87 21.23 21.90 22.32 22.78 23.09 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 98.52 103.3 114.4 119.3 125.3 131.8 135.8 143.4 156.5 Finland................. 88.99 92.01 93.77 #17.09 17.92 19.08 20.09 20.15 21.56 22.09 23.19 24.03 France.................. 117.3 119.9 121.4 #18.66 18.85 18.89 19.01 19.09 19.20 19.64 20.38 20.91 Germany................. .. .. 43.71 #22.56 23.28 23.86 24.83 25.26 25.76 25.79 26.52 26.94 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 713.3 786.8 809.5 859.3 899.4 1045 1153 Italy................... 28135 29453 28902 #15.06 15.27 15.98 16.90 18.47 19.59 20.30 20.76 21.32 Poland.................. .. 8.44 9.79 10.91 11.62 12.61 13.06 13.21 13.59 14.04 15.13 16.37 Slovakia................ .. 66.65 73.32 77.35 84.91 94.56 104.5 115.3 116.7 116.9 134.6 141.8 Spain................... 1371 1443 1478 #9.19 10.32 10.77 11.07 11.80 12.36 12.83 13.60 14.55 United Kingdom.......... 8.68 9.13 9.73 10.45 11.26 11.84 12.31 12.81 13.15 13.47 14.21 14.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .. Data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. See technical notes for national currency units. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009