Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 54 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (NAICS 337) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 17.55 17.97 18.79 19.10 19.68 20.35 21.86 Brazil.................. 3.63 3.50 3.32 2.14 2.25 1.91 1.61 1.72 1.94 2.50 3.05 3.64 Canada.................. 13.29 13.28 12.85 13.35 14.03 #13.46 12.95 16.38 18.39 19.92 21.39 22.75 Mexico.................. 1.21 1.33 1.36 1.50 1.74 2.04 2.12 2.02 2.01 2.17 2.23 2.44 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.67 20.35 23.73 25.43 25.92 29.56 Israel.................. 8.14 8.53 8.46 8.18 8.98 9.33 8.07 8.61 8.69 8.83 10.15 10.98 Japan................... 19.14 18.04 16.71 18.97 19.45 16.73 16.43 17.53 18.78 18.59 17.98 17.73 Taiwan.................. 5.77 5.72 5.07 5.30 5.77 6.02 5.46 5.25 5.59 5.86 6.19 6.09 Belgium................. 23.97 21.29 21.54 20.89 18.96 18.87 20.83 25.42 28.66 29.49 30.29 33.59 Finland................. 19.69 17.37 16.35 17.23 15.78 16.01 17.24 21.29 23.67 25.51 25.86 28.83 France.................. 21.48 19.44 19.79 19.49 17.38 16.96 17.95 21.60 23.92 24.32 25.48 28.51 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39.27 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.33 2.95 3.45 3.96 4.20 4.28 5.53 Slovakia................ .. 2.94 2.88 2.80 2.20 2.42 2.87 3.97 4.61 5.11 5.54 7.16 United Kingdom.......... 13.90 15.70 17.30 18.41 18.97 18.19 20.26 23.00 25.83 26.06 26.22 29.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .. 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 55 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (NAICS 337) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 17.55 17.97 18.79 19.10 19.68 20.35 21.86 Brazil.................. 3.65 3.78 3.86 3.89 4.12 4.48 4.72 5.30 5.69 6.08 6.62 7.09 Canada.................. 18.13 18.39 19.07 19.83 20.84 #20.85 20.34 22.95 23.94 24.13 24.26 24.42 Mexico.................. 9.22 10.54 12.45 14.30 16.49 19.07 20.48 21.85 22.73 23.67 24.32 26.70 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 28.81 31.20 32.22 33.34 34.40 35.23 Israel.................. 25.99 29.41 32.16 33.87 36.63 39.24 38.22 39.21 38.96 39.65 45.24 45.39 Japan................... 2082 2184 2189 2157 2097 2034 2058 2032 2031 2047 2092 2088 Taiwan.................. 158.4 164.7 170.0 171.2 180.3 203.5 188.6 180.7 186.5 188.4 201.1 200.2 Belgium................. 742.3 762.3 782.0 #19.61 20.53 21.08 22.03 22.45 23.04 23.69 24.11 24.50 Finland................. 90.48 90.22 87.45 #16.17 17.09 17.89 18.24 18.81 19.03 20.49 20.58 21.03 France.................. 109.9 113.5 116.7 #18.30 18.82 18.94 18.99 19.08 19.23 19.53 20.28 20.79 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28.64 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 668.9 761.5 774.8 803.7 838.4 900.3 1025 Slovakia................ .. 98.67 101.4 115.7 101.2 116.8 130.3 145.9 148.6 158.4 164.0 178.4 United Kingdom.......... 8.90 9.58 10.44 11.38 12.52 12.64 13.50 14.07 14.09 14.31 14.21 14.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .. 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