Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 32 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (NAICS 326) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 21.70 22.76 23.46 24.24 24.66 24.15 24.80 Argentina............... 7.17 6.94 7.45 7.56 7.32 7.23 2.64 3.23 4.09 5.14 6.15 7.72 Brazil.................. 6.91 6.77 6.36 4.00 4.21 3.38 3.01 2.70 3.65 4.43 5.47 6.67 Mexico.................. 2.07 2.31 2.32 2.56 2.92 3.23 3.22 3.02 3.02 3.27 3.43 3.58 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.62 21.57 25.63 26.79 27.23 31.06 Israel.................. 9.01 9.75 9.55 9.40 10.07 10.42 9.32 10.08 10.59 10.88 11.52 12.91 Japan (1)............... 22.73 21.63 20.00 22.44 23.34 20.77 20.62 22.25 23.88 23.97 22.62 22.02 Korea, Republic of...... 8.27 7.98 5.48 7.01 7.71 7.44 8.26 8.94 9.66 11.45 13.65 15.18 Philippines............. 1.28 1.22 0.94 1.11 0.93 0.80 0.83 0.85 0.89 0.96 1.07 1.24 Taiwan.................. 6.57 6.48 5.77 6.34 6.83 6.37 6.41 6.41 6.32 6.83 6.76 6.77 Belgium................. 24.69 21.81 22.21 21.68 19.85 19.78 21.37 26.23 29.85 30.78 32.01 35.85 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 3.61 3.62 3.74 4.69 5.73 6.54 7.12 7.87 9.13 Finland................. 23.11 21.10 20.42 20.46 18.85 18.80 20.23 26.57 29.42 30.65 32.05 36.46 France.................. 25.19 22.66 22.66 21.89 19.17 19.10 20.71 25.50 28.79 29.56 30.40 34.10 Germany................. .. .. 27.22 26.32 23.63 23.45 25.72 31.61 35.02 35.29 36.53 39.92 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.54 4.44 5.40 6.30 6.78 6.81 8.52 Ireland................. 15.91 15.37 15.47 15.54 14.22 14.67 16.50 20.69 23.93 24.98 25.46 28.28 Italy................... 19.59 18.20 18.22 18.06 16.03 16.00 17.78 22.32 25.30 26.42 27.13 30.73 Poland.................. .. 3.29 3.53 3.49 3.40 3.89 4.07 4.40 4.82 5.65 6.18 7.56 Portugal................ 6.63 6.13 6.39 6.14 5.68 5.83 6.33 9.28 10.02 10.51 10.58 11.83 Slovakia................ .. 3.31 3.56 2.98 3.11 3.12 3.85 5.13 5.91 6.24 7.21 8.32 Spain................... 16.86 15.35 15.93 15.73 13.93 13.16 14.88 19.15 21.30 21.90 22.87 26.00 Sweden.................. 24.91 22.50 22.59 22.03 20.38 18.94 21.00 26.52 30.07 30.28 31.41 35.91 United Kingdom.......... 14.99 16.62 17.64 18.92 18.37 18.85 20.60 23.76 27.08 27.52 29.16 33.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Includes rubber and plastic footwear. .. 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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 33 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (NAICS 326) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 21.70 22.76 23.46 24.24 24.66 24.15 24.80 Argentina............... 7.17 6.93 7.45 7.55 7.31 7.23 8.07 9.38 11.96 14.91 18.78 23.84 Brazil.................. 6.95 7.30 7.38 7.29 7.70 7.95 8.80 8.30 10.68 10.78 11.89 12.99 Mexico.................. 15.76 18.30 21.23 24.43 27.63 30.12 31.09 32.63 34.13 35.61 37.39 39.16 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.57 33.06 34.80 35.12 36.14 37.01 Israel.................. 28.76 33.63 36.29 38.91 41.06 43.83 44.18 45.90 47.48 48.82 51.34 53.35 Japan (1)............... 2473 2619 2619 2552 2516 2525 2581 2580 2583 2639 2630 2593 Korea, Republic of...... 6650 7587 7670 8338 8720 9617 10332 10653 11068 11720 13028 14097 Philippines............. 33.41 36.08 38.35 43.54 41.07 40.78 43.09 46.10 49.67 52.74 54.65 58.14 Taiwan.................. 180.4 186.4 193.4 204.9 213.6 215.4 221.5 220.6 210.9 219.3 219.7 222.5 Belgium................. 764.7 780.8 806.5 #20.35 21.50 22.10 22.60 23.17 24.00 24.72 25.48 26.14 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 124.7 139.8 142.2 153.5 161.6 168.1 170.5 177.8 187.5 Finland................. 106.2 109.6 109.2 #19.21 20.42 21.00 21.40 23.47 23.65 24.62 25.51 26.59 France.................. 128.9 132.3 133.7 #20.55 20.76 21.34 21.91 22.52 23.15 23.75 24.20 24.87 Germany................. .. .. 47.90 #24.71 25.59 26.20 27.20 27.93 28.15 28.34 29.08 29.12 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 1014 1146 1212 1278 1354 1433 1577 Ireland................. 9.94 10.14 10.86 #14.59 15.40 16.38 17.45 18.28 19.24 20.07 20.26 20.63 Italy................... 30223 31003 31646 #16.95 17.36 17.88 18.80 19.71 20.34 21.22 21.60 22.41 Poland.................. .. 10.79 12.28 13.87 14.79 15.93 16.61 17.10 17.62 18.29 19.17 21.19 Portugal................ 1022 1076 1151 #5.77 6.15 6.51 6.69 8.20 8.05 8.44 8.42 8.63 Slovakia................ .. 111.2 125.5 123.1 143.3 150.8 174.5 188.5 190.6 193.5 213.4 207.3 Spain................... 2135 2250 2380 #14.77 15.09 14.70 15.74 16.92 17.13 17.59 18.20 18.97 Sweden.................. 167.1 172.0 179.7 182.2 186.9 195.9 204.1 214.3 221.0 226.2 231.6 242.6 United Kingdom.......... 9.61 10.15 10.65 11.70 12.12 13.09 13.72 14.53 14.78 15.11 15.80 16.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Includes rubber and plastic footwear. .. 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