Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 18 Textiles and Apparel Manufacturing (NAICS 313-315) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 15.85 16.79 17.75 18.46 18.87 19.07 20.93 Argentina............... 4.64 4.68 4.83 5.03 4.93 4.77 1.68 2.04 2.62 3.13 3.67 4.39 Brazil.................. 3.91 3.81 3.55 2.15 2.20 1.81 1.55 1.58 1.82 2.43 2.82 3.42 Canada.................. 12.60 12.60 11.50 11.48 11.89 #10.76 12.06 13.60 15.41 16.50 18.63 20.60 Mexico.................. 1.24 1.36 1.39 1.53 1.80 2.05 2.12 2.01 2.01 2.16 2.30 2.35 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 13.62 17.92 21.04 .. .. .. Israel.................. 6.71 7.21 7.12 6.96 7.75 8.14 7.51 7.79 8.32 8.84 9.13 9.74 Japan (1)............... 14.59 13.52 12.59 14.72 16.08 13.88 13.53 14.84 15.87 15.91 14.91 14.72 Korea, Republic of...... 7.04 6.59 4.59 5.42 6.07 5.91 7.09 7.90 8.23 10.44 12.03 12.82 Philippines............. 0.97 0.93 0.71 0.76 0.68 0.63 0.65 0.66 0.69 0.74 0.85 0.92 Taiwan.................. 5.40 5.70 4.90 5.22 5.75 5.60 5.51 5.32 5.67 6.32 6.56 6.50 Austria................. 21.97 19.93 20.45 19.97 17.81 17.76 19.44 23.44 26.20 27.26 28.27 31.84 Belgium................. 21.60 19.20 19.67 19.23 17.56 17.54 19.49 23.82 27.06 27.75 28.66 31.74 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 2.60 2.53 2.82 3.31 4.08 4.75 5.25 5.86 6.94 Finland................. 18.18 16.45 15.83 16.68 15.30 15.62 17.56 20.64 24.67 25.52 26.67 30.45 France.................. 22.25 20.03 20.24 19.64 17.28 16.95 18.16 22.03 24.58 25.32 26.59 29.73 Germany................. .. .. 24.48 23.77 21.45 21.43 23.65 28.94 32.34 32.41 33.82 37.62 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.26 2.79 3.28 3.76 4.15 4.34 5.46 Italy................... 16.09 15.07 14.91 14.69 13.18 13.37 14.88 19.37 22.55 23.39 24.12 27.04 Poland.................. .. 2.27 2.43 2.34 2.26 2.55 2.63 2.84 3.11 3.62 4.03 4.84 Portugal................ 4.88 4.42 4.52 4.41 4.04 3.94 4.49 5.57 6.29 6.37 6.44 6.90 Slovakia................ .. 2.05 2.38 1.83 1.86 1.87 2.17 2.86 3.31 3.51 3.99 5.13 Spain................... 10.42 9.47 9.38 9.23 8.39 8.53 9.45 12.07 14.00 14.61 15.37 18.01 United Kingdom.......... 12.71 14.06 15.21 15.87 16.22 16.38 17.45 19.92 23.01 23.57 25.44 28.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. .. Data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 19 Textiles and Apparel Manufacturing (NAICS 313-315) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 15.85 16.79 17.75 18.46 18.87 19.07 20.93 Argentina............... 4.64 4.67 4.83 5.03 4.92 4.77 5.14 5.91 7.67 9.07 11.21 13.55 Brazil.................. 3.93 4.11 4.13 3.92 4.03 4.25 4.52 4.86 5.33 5.91 6.14 6.65 Canada.................. 17.19 17.44 17.07 17.06 17.66 #16.67 18.94 19.05 20.06 20.00 21.13 22.11 Mexico.................. 9.40 10.75 12.68 14.64 17.03 19.10 20.45 21.68 22.68 23.50 25.11 25.69 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 25.05 27.47 28.56 .. .. .. Israel.................. 21.41 24.86 27.05 28.83 31.58 34.25 35.59 35.49 37.28 39.69 40.67 40.25 Japan (1)............... 1587 1637 1650 1675 1733 1687 1694 1721 1716 1752 1734 1733 Korea, Republic of...... 5661 6268 6421 6445 6865 7642 8861 9423 9426 10683 11480 11909 Philippines............. 25.38 27.27 29.01 29.57 30.16 32.08 33.47 35.54 38.56 40.91 43.51 43.09 Taiwan.................. 148.5 164.0 164.2 168.7 179.7 189.5 190.3 182.9 189.3 203.0 213.2 213.4 Austria................. 232.6 243.2 253.1 #18.74 19.29 19.84 20.56 20.71 21.07 21.90 22.51 23.22 Belgium................. 668.8 687.5 714.3 #18.05 19.02 19.59 20.62 21.04 21.76 22.29 22.81 23.15 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 89.90 97.51 107.2 108.3 115.2 122.0 125.7 132.4 142.6 Finland................. 83.54 85.46 84.67 #15.66 16.57 17.45 18.57 18.23 19.83 20.50 21.23 22.21 France.................. 113.8 117.0 119.4 #18.44 18.72 18.93 19.21 19.46 19.77 20.34 21.16 21.69 Germany................. .. .. 43.08 #22.31 23.24 23.94 25.02 25.56 26.00 26.04 26.92 27.43 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 648.4 718.2 736.7 763.1 827.8 912.7 1011 Italy................... 24826 25678 25899 #13.79 14.28 14.94 15.74 17.11 18.13 18.79 19.20 19.72 Poland.................. .. 7.43 8.47 9.28 9.83 10.45 10.74 11.06 11.38 11.72 12.50 13.57 Portugal................ 752.3 774.7 815.4 #4.14 4.37 4.40 4.75 4.92 5.06 5.12 5.13 5.03 Slovakia................ .. 68.76 84.00 75.65 85.43 90.30 98.21 105.0 106.8 108.9 118.2 127.9 Spain................... 1320 1388 1402 #8.66 9.08 9.53 9.99 10.67 11.25 11.74 12.23 13.13 United Kingdom.......... 8.15 8.58 9.18 9.82 10.70 11.38 11.62 12.19 12.55 12.94 13.79 14.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. .. 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