Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 20 Leather and Allied Products Manufacturing (NAICS 316) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 18.25 18.35 19.53 20.22 21.02 21.26 23.31 Argentina............... 5.24 5.39 5.38 5.37 5.34 6.34 2.11 2.55 3.32 4.19 4.89 5.82 Brazil.................. 3.53 3.33 2.99 1.88 1.94 1.62 1.45 1.58 1.76 2.30 2.73 3.18 Canada.................. 11.77 11.52 11.00 10.65 11.27 #10.10 11.55 13.17 14.62 14.84 16.66 18.06 Mexico.................. 1.23 1.34 1.37 1.51 1.76 1.98 2.04 1.92 1.93 2.07 2.22 2.27 Israel.................. 6.82 7.12 7.18 7.34 8.04 7.31 6.91 6.97 7.08 8.08 8.87 9.84 Japan (1)............... 15.91 15.43 15.23 17.80 16.93 15.10 14.86 15.43 16.65 15.76 15.32 16.81 Korea, Republic of...... 6.51 6.27 4.43 5.49 6.12 5.87 7.00 8.33 9.35 11.60 13.42 14.92 Philippines............. 0.78 0.74 0.58 0.63 0.60 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.56 0.57 0.87 1.08 Taiwan.................. 5.43 5.30 4.91 5.49 5.68 5.42 5.46 5.70 5.61 6.04 6.38 6.44 Austria................. 19.66 17.38 17.51 16.58 14.68 14.42 16.08 19.75 21.59 21.42 22.97 25.10 Belgium................. 21.82 19.18 19.45 18.88 17.20 16.87 18.59 22.80 25.76 26.54 27.50 30.58 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 2.55 2.57 2.55 3.34 3.89 4.57 4.95 5.80 6.48 Finland................. 17.61 15.00 13.71 15.75 14.40 14.24 14.82 16.80 20.23 21.40 22.20 25.02 France.................. 21.26 19.04 18.99 18.32 15.97 16.08 17.75 22.09 25.24 25.26 26.90 30.33 Germany................. .. .. 23.42 23.00 21.25 21.69 24.19 30.08 33.59 34.04 35.74 40.43 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.23 2.69 3.39 4.00 4.10 4.28 5.40 Italy................... 15.71 14.49 14.36 14.13 12.66 12.78 14.06 18.03 20.90 21.64 22.37 25.14 Poland.................. .. 2.36 2.44 2.45 2.39 2.64 2.67 2.82 3.10 3.58 3.97 4.76 Portugal................ 4.70 4.31 4.41 4.34 3.93 4.08 4.51 5.37 6.08 6.16 5.85 6.01 Slovakia................ .. 2.34 2.11 1.79 1.89 1.91 2.11 2.91 3.49 3.67 4.23 5.55 Spain................... 9.63 8.38 8.47 8.07 7.22 7.36 8.29 10.27 12.09 12.72 13.40 15.04 United Kingdom.......... 12.09 13.44 14.64 17.20 16.55 17.45 19.35 20.51 23.26 26.29 26.82 27.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. Includes 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 21 Leather and Allied Products Manufacturing (NAICS 316) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 18.25 18.35 19.53 20.22 21.02 21.26 23.31 Argentina............... 5.23 5.39 5.38 5.37 5.34 6.33 6.47 7.39 9.70 12.15 14.93 17.99 Brazil.................. 3.55 3.59 3.47 3.42 3.55 3.80 4.22 4.86 5.15 5.60 5.94 6.20 Canada.................. 16.05 15.95 16.32 15.82 16.74 #15.65 18.14 18.44 19.03 17.98 18.89 19.39 Mexico.................. 9.36 10.64 12.53 14.39 16.64 18.53 19.71 20.71 21.77 22.60 24.19 24.79 Israel.................. 21.75 24.55 27.29 30.40 32.79 30.74 32.72 31.75 31.72 36.25 39.52 40.65 Japan (1)............... 1730 1868 1995 2025 1825 1836 1860 1788 1801 1735 1782 1979 Korea, Republic of...... 5234 5962 6207 6527 6918 7583 8757 9934 10711 11876 12806 13863 Philippines............. 20.30 21.76 23.65 24.78 26.38 28.32 29.59 30.74 31.55 31.59 44.83 50.63 Taiwan.................. 149.0 152.6 164.6 177.4 177.7 183.3 188.7 196.0 187.1 194.2 207.3 211.4 Austria................. 208.2 212.2 216.7 #15.57 15.91 16.10 17.01 17.45 17.36 17.21 18.29 18.31 Belgium................. 675.6 686.9 706.1 #17.72 18.63 18.85 19.67 20.14 20.71 21.32 21.89 22.30 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 88.08 99.27 97.08 109.2 109.8 117.4 118.5 131.0 133.0 Finland................. 80.92 77.93 73.33 #14.78 15.60 15.90 15.68 14.84 16.26 17.19 17.67 18.25 France.................. 108.8 111.2 112.0 #17.20 17.30 17.97 18.77 19.51 20.29 20.29 21.42 22.12 Germany................. .. .. 41.22 #21.59 23.02 24.23 25.59 26.57 27.01 27.35 28.45 29.49 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 638.0 694.0 759.6 811.9 817.8 899.9 999.2 Italy................... 24237 24683 24946 #13.26 13.71 14.27 14.87 15.93 16.80 17.38 17.81 18.34 Poland.................. .. 7.73 8.50 9.74 10.39 10.81 10.91 10.96 11.34 11.59 12.31 13.35 Portugal................ 725.8 755.9 794.8 #4.08 4.26 4.56 4.77 4.74 4.89 4.95 4.65 4.38 Slovakia................ .. 78.80 74.49 74.18 87.19 92.12 95.63 107.0 112.5 113.9 125.2 138.4 Spain................... 1220 1228 1265 #7.58 7.82 8.22 8.77 9.07 9.72 10.22 10.66 10.97 United Kingdom.......... 7.75 8.21 8.83 10.64 10.92 12.12 12.89 12.55 12.69 14.43 14.54 13.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. Includes 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