Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 22 Textiles, Apparel and Allied Products Manufacturing (NAICS 313-316) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 15.98 16.88 17.85 18.56 18.99 19.19 21.06 Argentina............... 4.82 4.88 4.98 5.12 5.05 5.16 1.81 2.18 2.82 3.39 3.96 4.73 Brazil.................. 3.80 3.67 3.39 2.07 2.12 1.74 1.51 1.58 1.80 2.39 2.79 3.34 Canada.................. 12.53 12.51 11.46 11.42 11.84 #10.72 12.03 13.57 15.36 16.40 18.51 20.45 Mexico.................. 1.24 1.35 1.38 1.53 1.79 2.04 2.10 1.99 2.00 2.14 2.29 2.34 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 14.03 18.36 21.47 26.58 30.77 35.10 Israel.................. 6.72 7.20 7.12 6.99 7.76 8.09 7.47 7.74 8.23 8.79 9.11 9.75 Japan (1)............... 14.68 13.65 12.77 14.92 16.13 13.96 13.62 14.89 15.93 15.90 14.94 14.88 Korea, Republic of...... 6.96 6.55 4.57 5.43 6.08 5.91 7.08 7.95 8.35 10.56 12.17 13.02 Philippines............. 0.94 0.90 0.69 0.74 0.67 0.62 0.64 0.64 0.67 0.73 0.84 0.92 Singapore............... 7.49 8.08 8.42 8.09 7.44 7.72 7.08 7.74 7.79 8.31 8.09 9.35 Taiwan.................. 5.41 5.63 4.90 5.26 5.74 5.57 5.50 5.38 5.66 6.27 6.53 6.49 Austria................. 21.62 19.51 19.94 19.36 17.25 17.15 18.82 22.81 25.37 26.19 27.38 30.72 Belgium................. 21.60 19.19 19.66 19.21 17.54 17.51 19.46 23.79 27.01 27.71 28.62 31.70 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 2.59 2.53 2.78 3.31 4.06 4.73 5.21 5.85 6.89 Denmark................. .. .. .. .. 21.58 22.25 24.59 30.24 34.70 35.87 37.29 43.29 Finland................. 18.08 16.20 15.44 16.52 15.14 15.38 17.06 19.91 23.85 24.77 25.86 29.44 France.................. 22.08 19.81 19.91 19.26 16.88 16.66 17.99 21.94 24.62 25.23 26.55 29.72 Germany................. .. .. 24.38 23.68 22.13 22.17 24.46 29.97 33.46 33.61 34.09 38.02 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.26 2.76 3.30 3.80 4.14 4.32 5.44 Ireland................. 11.68 11.67 11.71 12.06 11.59 12.87 14.48 18.01 20.59 21.65 22.95 26.61 Italy................... 15.98 14.93 14.78 14.55 13.05 13.22 14.67 19.03 22.12 22.95 23.68 26.55 Norway.................. .. 23.47 23.53 24.36 22.83 23.72 27.89 33.72 37.09 39.11 41.07 47.89 Poland.................. .. 2.28 2.44 2.35 2.28 2.56 2.64 2.84 3.11 3.62 4.02 4.83 Portugal................ 4.86 4.41 4.52 4.42 4.04 3.93 4.47 5.53 6.24 6.31 6.37 6.83 Slovakia................ .. 2.12 2.34 1.82 1.87 1.88 2.15 2.87 3.36 3.55 4.06 5.25 Spain................... 10.26 9.25 9.19 8.98 8.14 8.28 9.21 11.70 13.60 14.22 14.96 17.38 Sweden.................. 21.93 20.15 20.39 19.89 18.78 17.38 19.17 24.12 27.56 27.89 28.81 32.51 United Kingdom.......... 12.66 14.00 15.16 15.99 16.25 16.47 17.61 19.96 23.02 23.79 25.54 28.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Excludes 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 23 Textiles, Apparel and Allied Products Manufacturing (NAICS 313-316) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 15.98 16.88 17.85 18.56 18.99 19.19 21.06 Argentina............... 4.81 4.87 4.98 5.12 5.04 5.16 5.53 6.34 8.23 9.86 12.10 14.60 Brazil.................. 3.82 3.96 3.94 3.77 3.87 4.10 4.42 4.86 5.26 5.81 6.07 6.51 Canada.................. 17.09 17.32 17.01 16.96 17.59 #16.60 18.89 19.01 20.00 19.87 21.00 21.95 Mexico.................. 9.39 10.73 12.66 14.59 16.97 19.01 20.33 21.52 22.53 23.35 24.96 25.54 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 25.81 28.14 29.16 34.86 40.84 41.83 Israel.................. 21.45 24.84 27.07 28.93 31.64 34.04 35.40 35.23 36.87 39.46 40.59 40.28 Japan (1)............... 1597 1653 1673 1697 1739 1697 1705 1726 1722 1751 1738 1752 Korea, Republic of...... 5603 6229 6394 6457 6870 7632 8847 9473 9560 10807 11614 12095 Philippines............. 24.62 26.39 28.13 28.91 29.68 31.62 32.99 34.95 37.82 40.03 43.00 42.83 Singapore............... 10.56 12.00 14.09 13.72 12.83 13.85 12.67 13.48 13.17 13.83 12.84 14.09 Taiwan.................. 148.5 162.0 164.3 170.1 179.4 188.5 190.0 185.0 188.9 201.5 212.2 213.1 Austria................. 229.0 238.1 246.8 #18.17 18.69 19.16 19.91 20.14 20.40 21.04 21.80 22.40 Belgium................. 668.8 687.2 713.7 #18.04 19.00 19.56 20.58 21.01 21.72 22.26 22.78 23.12 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 89.63 97.76 105.8 108.5 114.6 121.5 124.9 132.2 141.6 Denmark................. .. .. .. .. 174.7 185.4 194.0 198.9 207.8 215.1 221.6 235.6 Finland................. 83.08 84.17 82.58 #15.51 16.40 17.18 18.05 17.59 19.17 19.90 20.58 21.47 France.................. 112.9 115.7 117.4 #18.08 18.28 18.62 19.03 19.38 19.79 20.27 21.14 21.68 Germany................. .. .. 42.90 #22.23 23.97 24.77 25.87 26.48 26.90 27.00 27.13 27.73 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 646.3 712.9 740.8 771.1 826.1 909.9 1008 Ireland................. 7.30 7.70 8.22 #11.32 12.56 14.37 15.31 15.91 16.55 17.39 18.27 19.41 Italy................... 24647 25437 25670 #13.66 14.14 14.77 15.51 16.81 17.79 18.43 18.85 19.37 Norway.................. .. 166.3 177.7 190.2 201.2 213.4 222.7 238.7 250.0 251.9 263.2 280.4 Poland.................. .. 7.48 8.48 9.34 9.90 10.50 10.77 11.05 11.37 11.70 12.48 13.54 Portugal................ 750.2 774.5 815.2 #4.15 4.37 4.39 4.73 4.88 5.02 5.07 5.07 4.98 Slovakia................ .. 71.11 82.52 75.28 85.90 90.75 97.47 105.5 108.3 110.2 120.1 130.9 Spain................... 1300 1355 1373 #8.43 8.82 9.25 9.74 10.33 10.94 11.42 11.91 12.68 Sweden.................. 147.1 154.0 162.1 164.6 172.3 179.7 186.4 194.9 202.5 208.3 212.4 219.6 United Kingdom.......... 8.11 8.55 9.15 9.89 10.72 11.44 11.73 12.21 12.56 13.06 13.84 14.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Excludes 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