Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 16 Apparel Manufacturing (NAICS 315) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 14.34 15.37 16.63 17.28 18.01 18.65 20.42 Argentina............... 3.83 3.92 4.27 4.09 3.98 3.76 1.26 1.55 2.04 2.39 2.74 3.20 Brazil.................. 3.07 2.94 2.82 1.71 1.70 1.38 1.16 1.17 1.35 1.87 2.18 2.73 Canada.................. 11.46 11.48 10.64 10.48 10.76 #9.77 11.07 12.61 14.32 14.95 16.91 18.53 Mexico.................. 1.04 1.16 1.20 1.34 1.58 1.80 1.88 1.79 1.79 1.92 2.05 2.10 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 13.38 18.39 22.42 26.58 29.81 34.00 Israel.................. 6.03 6.48 6.26 6.42 7.11 7.11 6.97 7.22 6.80 7.31 7.56 7.59 Japan (1)............... 12.53 11.53 10.72 12.92 14.10 11.99 11.77 13.20 13.91 14.29 13.08 12.70 Korea, Republic of...... 6.55 6.10 4.09 5.36 5.93 5.47 6.26 7.17 7.77 10.54 13.01 14.09 Philippines............. 0.94 0.90 0.70 0.73 0.65 0.59 0.61 0.62 0.66 0.71 0.81 0.88 Taiwan.................. 4.68 4.76 4.21 4.61 5.02 4.73 4.87 4.82 5.22 6.24 6.19 6.13 Austria................. 17.80 15.79 16.10 15.58 13.74 13.94 15.43 18.07 19.71 20.89 21.99 24.81 Belgium................. 20.21 18.02 18.49 17.75 16.28 16.29 18.18 22.61 25.94 27.31 28.60 31.87 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 2.28 2.33 2.56 2.85 3.58 4.17 4.58 5.08 5.84 Finland................. 17.07 15.30 14.33 15.28 14.12 14.19 15.98 18.26 21.95 22.89 23.33 26.87 France.................. 21.51 19.46 19.82 19.33 17.08 16.91 18.33 22.46 25.33 26.33 27.76 31.02 Germany................. .. .. 23.76 23.19 21.35 21.58 24.05 29.78 33.02 33.14 35.04 39.32 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.15 2.66 3.11 3.50 3.91 3.93 5.02 Italy................... 13.66 12.54 12.90 13.08 12.08 12.17 13.49 17.46 20.24 21.00 21.67 24.29 Poland.................. .. 2.08 2.22 2.12 2.05 2.30 2.34 2.55 2.77 3.21 3.54 4.24 Slovakia................ .. 2.10 2.57 1.80 1.86 1.81 2.08 2.68 3.12 3.36 3.67 4.76 Spain................... 9.99 9.06 8.84 8.61 7.17 7.35 8.36 10.71 12.53 13.16 13.56 15.97 United Kingdom.......... 11.15 12.38 13.48 14.00 14.57 14.86 15.03 17.04 19.79 20.61 22.93 26.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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 17 Apparel Manufacturing (NAICS 315) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 14.34 15.37 16.63 17.28 18.01 18.65 20.42 Argentina............... 3.83 3.92 4.27 4.09 3.98 3.76 3.86 4.50 5.97 6.95 8.38 9.88 Brazil.................. 3.09 3.17 3.28 3.12 3.11 3.24 3.39 3.59 3.96 4.55 4.73 5.32 Canada.................. 15.62 15.90 15.79 15.57 15.98 #15.14 17.39 17.66 18.64 18.11 19.18 19.89 Mexico.................. 7.92 9.21 11.01 12.78 14.96 16.85 18.12 19.29 20.20 20.93 22.38 22.90 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 24.61 28.19 30.44 34.86 39.56 40.52 Israel.................. 19.23 22.35 23.80 26.60 28.98 29.91 33.04 32.88 30.49 32.81 33.69 31.36 Japan (1)............... 1363 1396 1405 1469 1520 1458 1474 1530 1505 1573 1522 1496 Korea, Republic of...... 5270 5799 5731 6372 6709 7069 7827 8542 8904 10787 12412 13088 Philippines............. 24.55 26.40 28.42 28.57 28.66 30.00 31.40 33.61 36.78 39.27 41.46 41.26 Taiwan.................. 128.5 137.1 141.4 148.9 157.0 160.0 168.3 165.9 174.1 200.6 201.4 201.2 Austria................. 188.5 192.7 199.3 #14.62 14.88 15.57 16.33 15.96 15.85 16.78 17.50 18.10 Belgium................. 625.9 645.3 671.3 #16.66 17.63 18.20 19.23 19.97 20.86 21.94 22.76 23.24 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 78.83 89.78 97.18 93.34 101.0 107.2 109.7 114.8 120.0 Finland................. 78.46 79.49 76.63 #14.35 15.29 15.85 16.91 16.13 17.65 18.38 18.57 19.59 France.................. 110.0 113.6 116.9 #18.14 18.50 18.89 19.39 19.84 20.36 21.15 22.10 22.62 Germany................. .. .. 41.81 #21.77 23.13 24.10 25.43 26.30 26.55 26.62 27.89 28.68 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 616.4 686.0 697.9 709.0 780.3 825.8 929.1 Italy................... 21082 21364 22400 #12.27 13.08 13.60 14.27 15.43 16.27 16.87 17.25 17.71 Poland.................. .. 6.81 7.74 8.44 8.93 9.41 9.57 9.90 10.13 10.40 10.99 11.89 Slovakia................ .. 70.63 90.66 74.54 85.67 87.53 94.08 98.57 100.7 104.3 108.6 118.6 Spain................... 1265 1328 1321 #8.08 7.77 8.21 8.84 9.46 10.08 10.57 10.79 11.64 United Kingdom.......... 7.15 7.56 8.13 8.66 9.61 10.32 10.01 10.43 10.79 11.32 12.43 13.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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