2019 Brushware September October Issue

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Welcome to Switzerland Preview: 61st Annual FEIBP Congress

PLUS: The Future of Natural Fibers

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e’re excited to offer this issue of Brushware with a wonderful preview

by Katharina Goldbeck-Hoerz of the 61st FEIBP Congress to be held in beautiful Lucerne, Switzerland. The dynamic, innovative and young theme surrounding the event and city certainly is enticing, and we are excited to hear feedback from all attendees on the success of the congress and will, of course, provide in-depth coverage in the next issue.

We also have a comprehensive look at the natural fiber market from Bob Lawrence as he interviewed several key industry contacts on both current and future implications for this sector of the industry. It’s the kind of piece I envisioned when taking on Brushware and we look forward to expanding on articles like this as we move forward.

That is my take on just one component of the overall coverage we want to provide, but I would like to take this opportunity to allow the readers to weigh in on the future direction of Brushware. We encourage readers across the world to participate in our Online Reader Survey knowing that we will use that information to map our editorial calendar for the near and long term.

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Cover Photo: The Chapel Bridge and Water Tower in Lucerne, Switzerland, where the 61st FEIBP Congress will be held in September.

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industry NEWS

ZAHORANSKY Claims Awards for Innovation and Branding

Robert Dous at the German Brand Award ceremony in Berlin

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or the second-straight year, ZAHORANSKY has been awarded the German Test Seal “Innovation Award 2019: Germany’s Most Innovative Companies” by Focus and Focus Money and the International School of Management (ISM) in Dortmund. A total of 5,000 companies with the highest number of employees in Germany from the major B2C and B2B sectors were examined in an independent analysis procedure. As a result, 900 companies from more than 100 sectors received the coveted test seal of the leading news magazine Focus. In mechanical engineering, only 14 companies besides ZAHORANSKY received this recognition. For the test, 20 million consumer votes and citations in digital media on the topics of innovation activity, investments, research and development, new products and technologies were examined. Using statistical methods and artificial intelligence from 350 million online sources, it was possible to determine the real innovative strength of companies as perceived by consumers.

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In addition, ZAHORANSKY is also one of the winners of the 2019 German Brand Award, presented by the German Design Council and the German Brand Institute. The German Brand Award honors companies with the most innovative brands, consistent brand management and sustainable brand communication. The award focuses on professional brand management, so only those who are a genuine brand have a chance. The award is presented in two competition classes: “Excellent Brands” and “Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation.” In the latter, ZAHORANSKY won the category “Brand Communication – Web & Mobile” with its website www.zahoransky.com for communication via the internet and mobile devices.

Robert Dous, Director of Marketing and Sales for ZAHORANSKY, accepted the award at the German Brand Award ceremony in Berlin.

For more information, visit www.zahoransky.com.

Mill-Rose Hosts 59th Annual Golf Tournament

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rush manufacturers and suppliers from around the world gathered for the 59th annual Victor F. Miller Golf Tournament recently hosted by The Mill-Rose Company, which celebrates its centennial anniversary in 2019. Skills of the golfers ranged from near professional to novice, however, a good time was had by all that attended the event held June 13, 2019, at Sandridge Country Club in Chardon, Ohio.

Rudy Deligdesh of Deligh Wire delivers a tribute to Paul Miller

Prizes were awarded to golfers for outstanding performance.

Tony Ponikvar of Felton Brush won closest to the pin on two par-three holes, Chris Monahan of Brush Fibers won low-net score, Gary Towns of Magnolia Brush won low-gross score and Kevin Lannon (Lanaco Specialty Wire) and Rudy Deligdish (Deligh Wire) were winners of the long-drive content holes.

Following dinner, a heartfelt speech paying tribute to the late Paul Miller, president of Mill-Rose, was delivered by Rudy Deligdish and received a standing ovation. Paul Miller was a leading supporter of the brush industry and took great pride in hosting the annual golf tournament.

More than 65 representatives from the United States and countries from around the world attended the golf tournament, with almost a dozen new attendees adding to the camaraderie and scope of the event. Manufacturers and suppliers gathered during the week before the golf outing to discuss business trends and opportunities for the brush manufacturing industry.

Brushes manufactured by these companies are used in virtually every type of industry around the world. Applications include makeup/mascara brushes, hair brushes, floor sweeping and polishing brushes, gun cleaning brushes, car wash brushes, copier toner brushes, brooms, paint brushes and special brushes used in the medical field.

For more information on The Mill-Rose Company visit www.millrose.com.

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YOUR BRUSH DESERVES THE BEST FILAMENTS DUPONT FILAMENTS CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY IN INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS For more than 70 years, DuPont Filaments has been recognized as a leader in innovative synthetic filaments that enable brush manufacturers to address emerging trends and meet evolving consumer expectations.

HEALTH DESERVES THE BEST FILAMENTS - TOOTHBRUSH FILAMENTS The most important component of a toothbrush lies in the bristle.

With outstanding industry expertise accumulated over the years, coupled with our proven technologies, DuPont Filaments is dedicated to the oral care brush industry with our nylon solutions under the brand names of DuPont™ Tynex®(nylon 612) and DuPont™ Herox®(nylon 610) . Leading toothbrush brands and manufacturers are able to produce very high quality brushes with a balance of consistent quality, wear performance and unmatched productivities in tufting and end-rounding by using DuPont filaments. As consumer trends in toothbrush are increasingly focused on the six major areas of 1) Visual Attractiveness, 2) Interdental Cleaning, 3) Plaque Removal, 4) Gum Comfort, 5) Gingival Cleaning and 6) Anti-microbial within the filaments, DuPont Filaments has been working closely with the leading global brands in oral care as well as toothbrush manufacturers by fulfilling these needs with our broad range of innovative products in the portfolio BEAUTY DESERVES THE BEST FILAMENTS - FINE FILAMENTS DuPont™ Natrafil® filaments, a pioneering filament from DuPont’s unique polyester based material, contain proprietary texturizing additives that create a structured surface that mimics animal hair.

Natrafil® filaments offer a synthetic alternative to animal hair in premium cosmetic powder brushes with more consistency in the bristle while maintaining the touch-and-feel of premium animal hair. Studies have shown that brushes made with Natrafil® filaments have equal to superior pickup and release performance versus brushes made with animal hair.

EFFICIENCY DESERVES THE BEST FILAMENTS – ABRASIVE FILAMENTS Like most industries, steel manufacturers are always looking for

ways to increase productivity. The emphasis is on getting more square feet of metal through the mill, cleaned and coated faster than ever before. To accomplish this, steel mills are using more aggressive cleaning solutions. The problem is that the cleaning brushes typically used were quickly degrading because many plastics used in the brush filaments can’t handle the solutions of the extremes of the PH scale. The technical resources at DuPont Filaments were able to help solve the problem by adding stabilizers to one of our nylon polymer formulations, effectively extending the pH range that these filaments can be used in. Brushes made with these filaments deliver cleaning performance over an improved service life, helping steel manufactures to achieve higher productivity.

Another need voiced by customers is higher aggressiveness in metal finishing applications. DuPont™ Tynex® A filaments, a family of ceramic grit-containing filaments, was developed to meet this need.

CREATIVITY DESERVES THE BEST FILAMENTS – PAINTBRUSH FILAMENTS When manufacturers began changing their paints to water-based formulations, more people began using paintbrushes made with synthetic bristles because the hog bristles traditionally used in paintbrushes lost stiffness in water-based paints. Synthetics such as DuPont™ Tynex®, DuPont™ Chinex® and DuPont™ Orel® brand filaments quickly became popular choices. As paint manufacturers continue to improve their water-based formulations by reducing volatile organic compound (VOC) content, increasing solid loadings and decreasing drying times, there is an ongoing need for increasingly higher performing brushes. To meet this need, DuPont Filaments continues to innovate and help customize solutions. For example, we developed filaments with stiffer cross-section that can push higher viscosity paints more efficiently. We also changed the shapes of the filaments so that they not only pick up more paint from the can for faster application, but are easier to clean.

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industry NEWS

Wöhler Brush Tech: Horenkamp Named New Technology GM

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öhler Brush Tech is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Horenkamp as new general manager of technology.

Horenkamp, born in 1983 in Paderborn, Germany, joined Wöhler Brush Tech in January 2019 and officially took on the company management together with Matthias Peveling on July 15, 2019.

Peveling, general manager, welcomes the appointment of Horenkamp, who brings a wealth of fresh ideas, knowledge and expertise in other areas with him, enriching the company.

Wöhler Brush Tech has decades of experience in machine manufacturing for brushmaking. Creativity is the focus of company philosophy. Not to settle too much on old habits, but rather to always look into the future and the possibilities it may bring: This ability has made Wöhler Brush Tech a leading innovator.

This is exactly where Horenkamp is expected to position himself best: A perfect balance of experience and competence with the passion for

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New general manager of technology Daniel Horenkamp

tackling new challenges daily makes him not only very likeable but also underscores his qualities as a great team leader.

“I look greatly forward to working together in forming the future of brushmaking. To me, this means high customer satisfaction and breakthrough developments,” Horencamp says.

Relative to the ever advancing digital transformation, it is even more important to keep a finger on the pulse of the customers. That is why Horenkamp sets a high demand on the development and engineering of Wöhler machines. Only by means of critical analysis can the particular focal points of Wöhler customers be reliably defined, now and in the future.

For more information visit bt.woehler.com.

New Blue Monster Arctic Armor Spray-on Thermal Shield Gel

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lue Monster® Arctic Armor, a new thermal barrier that protects surfaces from heat damage during soldering, welding and brazing operations, is now available from the Clean-Fit Products division of The Mill-Rose Company.

Arctic Armor can be used wherever heat protection is required. Spray on hard-to-reach surfaces or apply to any surface to shield studs, walls, doors and other surfaces from flames, sparks and molten splash. Arctic Armor’s unique gelled formula sticks to surfaces without drips and runs, and evaporates within 48 hours eliminating cleanup.

Available in a 32 oz. spray bottle at leading wholesalers, Arctic Armor is non-toxic, non-corrosive, non-flammable and100 percent biodegradable.

Clean-Fit Products is a division of The Mill-Rose Company, the world’s leading supplier of PTFE thread sealants and largest manufacturer of twisted-in-wire brushes in the U.S.A. For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.cleanfit.com.

Greg Tripp: Industrial Brush Corporation

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reg Tripp, Vice President of Industrial Brush Corporation (IBC), passed away on July 2, 2019, at the age of 64. He is survived by his wife, Carrie Tripp, son, Grant Tripp (wife Ashley), daughter, Lauren Tripp, and his mother, Gayle Trapasso. Tripp joined IBC in 1983 as a District Sales Manager and was with the company for 36 years.

A Memorial Service was held Friday, August 2, 2019, at The Ledges Golf Club Fish Rock Grille in St. George, Utah. A Celebration of Life was held Sunday, August 4, 2019 at La Villa Bella San Antonio in Upland, Calif.

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The Future of Natural Fibers

By Bob Lawrence

It’s no big secret that natural fibers, ranging from tampico and palmyra to horse hair and hog bristle — while once historically essential to brush, broom and mop manufacturing — have long since been eclipsed in dominance by synthetic filaments. However, the naturals aren’t exactly dead and gone as Brushware learned from industry suppliers and manufacturers owing their beginnings to either plants, animals or both. Brushware draws no conclusion as to the future of these fibers, but rather, asks those most in the know to do so instead. We begin first with the suppliers of both natural and synthetic fibers.

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DKSH Brush Industry Senior Sales Manager Reinhold Hoerz, DKSH Switzerland, describes his company as being “experts, especially when it comes to the sourcing and marketing of natural materials.”

DKSH offers a wide range of products focused on manufacturers worldwide who develop brushes, brooms and paint brushes as well as technical solutions, primarily using natural components, which are raw materials, such as natural bristles and natural hair, vegetable fibers and components. “Our know-how is based on the sourcing of high-quality natural products,” Hoerz says. Synthetics are also part of the mix, but Hoerz says those filaments are mainly used in the brush and paint brush categories.

DKSH’s overall sales territories for natural fibers include Russia, Europe, Scandinavia, North Africa and North and South America.

Its synthetic filaments are primarily sold to European countries and North America. Natural fibers constitute the majority of the company’s output, according to Hoerz, who says DKSH’s “primary sourcing country is China. This is where we purchase most of our natural materials. We have, therefore, our own sourcing office in Shanghai.” He says that is where they check the quality and monitor the entire supply chain. “DKSH is committed to deliver the best quality at fair prices to our customers,” he says. To be able to keep this high promise constantly, he says that the quality control of the raw material has to stand in the first place. “Every shipment leaving China is intensively inspected by trained factory managers,” he says, adding that other than China, his company’s largest warehouse is in Germany.

Asked if there’s growing or shrinking demand for natural fiber, he responds that there are “increasingly areas in which synthetic material displaces natural material. Another point, of course, is the decline in natural resources and thus the sourcing of the best varieties of quality.

This scarcity is, where it is desired and possible, easily eliminated by synthetic fibers.”

In discussing the “green, renewable” trend, Hoerz’s opinion is that “it might play a lesser role in our industry. Nevertheless, as far as I know, manufacturers are looking for solutions and real alternatives, especially in the light of the nano plastics, which might influence our future world. But here, too, we cannot simply ignore the problem of the increasingly difficult sourcing of natural materials and in comparison, the low prices of synthetic filaments.”

Top photo shows Reinhold Hoerz (DKSH) at one of the raw material sources in the Sichuan-mountains checking the quality and weight of the raw hog hair Lower photo shows the process of picking by hand and pincer the black filaments which are by nature in any white bristle

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Regarding brushes produced using a blend of natural and synthetic, he says it’s a good alternative to reduce the price as long as care is taken that good quality is used and no cheating is done with the words mixtures or blend.

As for the future of natural fibers, Hoerz believes that synthetics are “not the optimal solution for all applications. Therefore, I believe there will be a fair demand for natural components, which will remain stable.” He says the major challenge is sourcing the best product quality and desired quantities of raw materials, which are imported from China or Mexico. “Basically, we are scouts for our customers.

That’s why close, and above all, honest relationships with our global partners are important, and that’s one of our great strengths. Only in this way is it possible for us to meet the demanding demand of our customers in a shrinking natural market.”

Left: Brown bristle before shipment in China Right: Brown is very rare item and the hair originates from the Chinese Meishan hog

MFC With roots as a supplier of brush fill fibers to brush manufacturers dating back to 1862, MFC, based in Laredo, Texas, primarily serves the US and Canada. Manager David Kalisz says his company offers pig or boar bristle, horse hair, tampico and palmyra as well as mixtures of those fibers. He says the fibers and mixtures allow his customer, the brush manufacturer, “to reach price goals while at the same time producing a brush with fill fibers that take advantage of the strengths of different types of filaments in the mixture. They are used basically in all segments of the brush world including, but not limited to, industrial, janitorial, personal, automotive, car wash and household.” MFC also offers a range of synthetic filaments, however, the company primarily sells natural fibers and natural fiber mixtures, according to Kalisz.

Regarding whether there’s a growing or shrinking demand for natural fiber, he says the answer involves addressing each fiber individually. A displacement of some of the fibers by synthetic fibers has occurred, but many applications using natural fibers, such as horsehair, bristle, tampico and palmyra, Top photo shows three-color grey will do a better job in the tampico and bottom photo shows two- application or meet better color grey. Both photos from MFC. price goals. “It is interesting

that some of the demand for products in general seem to shift to where production is cheaper so our processor can see demand become lower in some countries and higher in others,” he says. “Additionally, as population grows and there is more economic development in some countries around the world, more brushes are used and a portion of those use natural fibers, so some of the displacement by synthetics is replaced.”

As for a resurgence of natural fibers amid the “green, renewable” trend as it pertains to North America and Europe, Kalisz’s answer is simply, ”I don’t know.” He would like to think so, but isn’t sure people think the action is required and also finds it interesting that synthetic fiber is billed as being recyclable, but attention isn’t paid to it still taking energy. In discussing what led to the ascendency of synthetics filaments over natural fibers, Kalisz pointed to price as the “biggest factor because natural fibers tend to require more manual labor whether in the gathering, dressing or processing which makes them more expensive in general.” Availability was another factor. “If you look at bristle, there was a shortage during WWII, and DuPont developed nylon initially to replace the bristle. However, with the advent of different paints being used today, the advantage of nylon has come into play and is displacing bristle because of a combination of cost and performance.” He says that regardless, natural fibers have their advantages. “For example, tampico absorbs liquid and therefore carries liquids better than synthetics and is tolerant to high temperature. Since Tampico tips tend to develop split ends, it helps it pick up dust. Horsehair is excellent for dusting and polishing without scratching the surface. Boar bristle still tends to work well with oil-based paint as well as varnish. It is absorbent and is used in brushes that need to carry liquids. Palmyra is a good stiff fiber that is inexpensive compared to synthetic fibers and, as such, is used in garage sweeps.”

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Bales of cotton in the warehouse.

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wire brush mixture can be used. It can move dust and metal shavings at the same time.” Asked if blends represent a growth segment, he believes there are always “price considerations as well as performance issues where mixtures of different fibers will be necessary. So I think there will be a market. I don’t know if it will grow or shrink very much. I think it will be stable.”

Asked if he foresees innovations on the horizon that will produce new uses for natural fibers, Kalisz replies, “I think man is inventive.”

For example, “tampico fiber has been used as soap to make rope, and continues to be used in stuffing for furniture. What uses the brush manufacturer will have for these fibers in the future is anybody’s guess.” As for the future of natural fibers, he says that because they have qualities that are unique and not easy to replicate, a use for these fibers will always exist. In fact, some out of the ordinary uses exist for which MFC has supplied the material. ”We have seen our fibers used in sculptures for native American headdresses, woven in belts, as dinosaurs hair on traveling shows, to name a few,” says Kalisz.

Regarding the availability of natural fibers for the rest of the year, he doesn’t see any problem with supply at present. ”Usually we have plenty of raw material stock to produce the items our regular customers use.”

JONES FAMILY OF COMPANIES For more than 80 years, the Jones Family of Companies have produced yarns from recycled textile mill fiber. Included are blends of cotton, rayon, polyester and shoddies produced from nonwovens and conventional textile structure remnants. Although Jones isn’t the lone cotton blend yarn producer for mop yarn in the US, it’s the “largest consumer of recycled post-industrial waste producing the broadest mop yarn products available from a single source,” says Andrew Dailey, senior vice president for Sales & Business Development.

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Based in Humboldt, Tenn., Jones’ primary mop yarn market is North America, however, Dailey says it also ships and sources globally.

Asked if there’s growing or shrinking demand for cotton blend yarns for mop making, he says, “While continually attacked for years, by a wide lead, cotton is still the primary choice for mop yarn. Cotton yarns are the most absorbent, long-lasting and the best economical choice for everyday cleaning.” Dailey adds that cotton’s recognition as a “more sustainable choice, has value for users that place environmental weight on their sourcing decisions. We even supply ‘Fair Trade’ cotton yarn, which provides small plot, local growers a competitive price for their crop.” Compared to purely synthetics mop yarn, he says a cotton rich blend “provides absorption performance that a 100 percent synthetic can’t match. Even at saturation, cotton continues to clean and remove moisture. Synthetic-blend performance generally wains as it reaches saturation.” Asked about 100 percent cotton yarn for mop making, Dailey says that while it’s still being produced, “a cotton blend yarn is more suitable for wet mopping,” adding that the use of 100 percent cotton yarn is “limited to floor finish application or dust mops. For wet mopping, a 100-percent cotton yarn will shrink to a level exceeding the consumer’s expectations.”

Despite the importation of low-cost mops produced offshore, he says “quality mops” continue to be produced in the US, including commercial and at-home-use mops. Imports have been a part of the mix for many years, but the best quality and best performance mops are still made in North America.” He adds that mop manufacturing in North America continues to be a reliable source for quality floor care products, which offer the widest variety of yarn selection engineered for maximum performance and meet market demand for branded and private label floorcare options.

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PELRAY INTERNATIONAL CO. Based in San Antonio, Texas, PelRay International Co., a division of Brush Fibers, supplies mop yarn, broomcorn, tampico, palmyra, wood and metal handles, as well as angle brooms, corn brooms, deck mops to manufacturers of mops, brooms and brushes. According to company President Bart Pelton, PelRay serves the “entire cleaning industry with its natural fiber products. He says that although the company’s biggest market is all of North America, it also supplies companies in Europe, Asia, and Australia.”

PelRay’s origin dates to 1905 when Pelton’s grandfather, Harve Pelton, started a broom corn company in Wichita, Kan., and 40 years later he hired Francis “Rudy” LeBlanc, to manage a new branch in Birmingham, Ala. Bart Pelton and Ray LeBlanc both joined the company in 1977. LeBlanc retired in 2018, and last April, PelRay was acquired by Brush Fibers, Inc. with Chris Monahan as CEO. As to whether there is a growing or shrinking demand for natural fiber, Pelton believes it’s “stable.” Asked if he believes the “green, renewable” trend will lead to a resurgence for natural because it’s biodegradable, renewable and sustainable, he says, “Consumers have always looked to natural fibers for those very reasons. But there are other factors now that will help the market from declining.” For example, PelRay supplies broom corn cut to 28-inch lengths to a customer who builds blinds for duck hunting. “We’ve also had an increase in requests for African broom grass for broom artisans,” Pelton says, adding that one customer in East Texas is using it in floral designs. He adds that while natural fibers have lost market share due to synthetics, “the artisan market is growing as more people begin cottage industries and want to use truly natural products. There are now magazines, blogs, Facebook pages and Yahoo groups promoting natural fiber as best. Artisans want to offer in their products something that is not available ‘off the shelf ’ at big-box retail stores or Amazon. That is why we have been sending out more and more samples of African broom grass as artisans experiment with it.”

Asked why a synthetic alternative to natural was originally sought, Pelton says it “offered something new when plastic and nylon fibers came along. One of the benefits of using synthetics is the quality can be much more uniform and consistent, something that lends itself to better automation, which also lowers the cost of the manufacturing.”

He says that with natural fibers, it is pretty much impossible to guarantee consistent quality and uniformity for high-speed machines to use. That being said, he believes that “with the movement of ‘living minimally,’ consumers are looking for products that simply do the best job” to avoid having to store a lot of brooms and brushes. “Natural fiber brushes Aphids munching on broomcorn. and brooms sweep better if they are made with good fiber.

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PelRay’s Bart Pelton with broomcorn hurl #1 grade.

Build a broom with only cheap bear grass fiber and it will never really move out the debris/dust from your building,” he says. “Consumers are more aware that synthetics are created as a byproduct of fossil fuels too. If they want to reduce their carbon footprint, then using natural fibers is the way to go.” As for foreseeing innovations on the horizon for natural fibers, Pelton is optimistic, saying, “Who doesn’t have a smartphone now?” He says that China has created a brush with tampico fibers that polishes smartphone glass. Additionally, he believes there is “always going to be a continuing market for natural fibers because of its sweeping and brushing qualities, and being environmentally friendly.”

In addressing the question of what forces affect natural fiber prices, weather, global currencies, or what, Pelton says that since natural fiber grows outside, “weather will always be a factor. Insects that enjoy eating the plants are on the rise and now cause most countries to require fumigation certification when product crosses boundaries, which in turn adds to the cost of the material.” He says that since most natural fibers are imported from countries outside the US, several other influences come into play – tariffs, exchange rates (i.e. the euro versus the dollar versus the dollar versus the peso, etc.), and fluctuating freight rates across water and across land. “These all have an impact,” he says. As for prices and availability for the remainder of the year, Pelton says it “looks stable.”

MANUFACTURERS: CORONA BRUSHES

Tampa, Fla.-based Corona Brushes has roots going back over a century in a small village in Russia where Jude Waksman learned the trade of processing hog bristles for paint brush manufacturing. His desire to create a better life for his family led him to Havana, Cuba, where the family enterprise was born. Next came a final move 530 miles away to Tampa where today, Corona is under the leadership of a third generation headed by brothers Benjamin and Albert Waksman.

Albert says the principles and traditions on which Jude built his company “continue to guide Corona’s daily operations in providing quality tools for painting.” Included are brushes, rollers, extension poles and accessories for the architectural painting industry and the marine industry. Its brushes, both natural fiber and synthetic, are primarily marketed to North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Bermuda, Israel and the Caribbean Islands.

The majority of Corona’s production is in synthetic filament products, says Albert, who notes that the natural fiber brush business is “shrinking,” The primary reason being “changes in the marketplace of oil-based paint products as well as the diminishing quality of 100-percent natural hog hair. New government regulations have moved the architectural paint market to primarily waterborne or water-based products, he says. “The only market in which natural fiber brushes seems to be holding steady is the marine market as new ‘water-based’ coatings have not been widely accepted at this time by

Albert Waksman from Corona Brushes

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the industry.” Albert doesn’t believe there’s an emerging marketplace for natural fiber brushes, nor does he foresee a resurgence in its use despite being biodegradable, renewable and sustainable.

Asked if applications where natural fibers excel above and beyond synthetics exist, he says that for oil based or lacquer products, “natural filaments are still the preferred products.

Synthetic filaments are growing in acceptance and reliability with those products, however.

We are careful in our formulations of our synthetic filament tools to closer resemble the positive aspects of the natural filaments.”

natural fiber cotton or rayon. However, we have a large selection of blended yarn mop products that include cotton, rayon and synthetic fibers.” Lindstrom says that these blended mops offer additional characteristics, such as absorbency, liquid retention, strength and launderability. “Our broom products are either 100 percent plastic/ synthetic fibers or 100 percent natural fibers,” he says. “We don’t offer any brooms that include both natural and synthetic fibers. We offer brushes made with synthetic fibers since they can be used for different applications than some of the natural fibers, but none of these brushes are a blend of natural and synthetic fibers.”

As to what makes a blend a good choice, he says that in a mop, it’s “combining all the best attributes of various fibers together into a

As with many other companies, price, quality and availability of natural fibers has influenced Corona’s decision to go with synthetics over natural fibers. As Albert puts it, “That is a factor, Brushmaking from Corona Brushes especially the past 10 or so years as the price of natural filaments increased. We still feel that the main reason for the reduction in natural filament sales are due to new government regulations on oil-based paint products. Price was certainly a more recent driving reason.”

As for the future of natural fibers, he says the natural fiber market will continue to erode as the producers of those products diminish and the market continues moving away from oil based products. “In our estimation, the final frontier will be the marine markets,” he says. “We see that once the marine market moves to waterborne paint products, the reason for natural filaments will further erode.” Even so, he says two niche markets have emerged for Corona: floor finishing and the movie studios, both of which “still use a fair amount natural filament tool’s. Our customers who sell to them every so often request specialty natural filament brushes for those industries.” He says that in addition, their blend of natural hog hair and ox ear hair have been stable for the past few years because some painters have migrated in that direction as the quality of 100 percent natural hog hair has continually diminished.

“We have added certain lines to complete those offerings,” he says.

ZEPHYR MANUFACTURING Since 1927, Zephyr has been a family-owned and operated manufacturer of products for the institutional, industrial, janitorial, food service markets and hardware stores in the lower 48 states. It’s strongest market is the Midwest, according to Zephyr President R.J. Lindstrom, the fourth generation family member to head the Sedalia, Mo.-based company. He says the majority of its output, 67.5 percent, is natural fiber while 32.5 percent is synthetic filament product. He adds that across these categories—brush, broom, and mop heads— the company has a wide variety of products that are not 100 percent natural products. “As for mops, a large majority of our volume is

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Top photo shows RJ Lindstrom with one of Zephyr’s broom corn brooms. Lower photo shows mop manufacturing.

single product.” Cotton, rayon and synthetic fibers all have different characteristics of absorption, retention, longevity, etc. He says that when combined in the right proportions, the yarn can outperform and outlast a 100 percent natural fiber product. However, he doesn’t see this as a growth segment “at this time.”

Asked about the demand for natural fiber brooms, Lindstrom is in the same camp with other suppliers in believing that it’s been “diminishing” for several years. As he puts it, “Most of this demand is moving to plastic angle brooms. Users tend to like the look and feel of a plastic angle broom over a natural fiber broom. The overall supply of raw materials for natural fiber brooms is diminishing, partly due to lower demand and partly due to changes in the countries where the material comes from.” Nor does he see an emerging marketplace for natural, saying, “the places where we can sell our products are pretty well established.” Lindstrom adds that he’s noticed the ‘green’ trend has affected how people clean, but not necessarily the tools they use for the job. “They may change chemicals or procedures, but if the job calls for a mop, they aren’t pushing for a ‘green, recyclable’ mop.”

Speaking to the virtues of natural fiber products, he comments that in a “100-percent broom corn broom, the fibers do a much better job of holding onto the dust during use.” He explains that the flagging of the fibers on an angle broom are trying to imitate that characteristic, but doesn’t do it as well. “In a wet mop, cotton is hard to beat due to its combination of effectiveness and lower price point.”

In discussing synthetic’s ascendency to the detriment of natural, Lindstrom says that in brooms it was a matter of supply and demand, and the price-point of natural broom corn. He also says it has to do with the “shelf appeal” of plastic angle brooms. “In mops, it has to do with superior characteristics of some synthetic fibers, but usually only when blended with other natural fibers,” he says. Asked whether the price or availability of natural fibers has influenced his decisions to go with synthetics, he says it has been based more on customer demand. “We supply what our customers want, and if they don’t want a higher-price corn broom or mop, then we are going to sell them the lower-priced alternative.” Lindstrom says that while overall demand seems to be going down for natural-fiber brooms, they will not go away completely. “There will always be a place and demand for natural fiber brooms,” he says. “As for mops made with natural fibers, especially cotton, it will remain as the go-to for a low-cost mop.”

both men and machines to the great technological advancements that have made it less so. The company was purchased by his father, Alex, in 1954 when it made wound broom corn brooms with more than 30 employees. The broom corn was purchased from farmers growing broom corn predominately in central Illinois and required many employees to process and sort it. Don Leventhal changed the company name to Newton Broom & Brush Co. in 1991 after the technology changed and brooms and brushes were being made predominantly on computer-controlled brush machines. Simply put, Leventhal says, “You screw a threaded handle into the brush and that becomes a broom.”

Beyond saving on the cost of labor, “the price of the synthetic fiber doesn’t fluctuate from year to year like broom corn does. The quality of the broomcorn fiber also fluctuates from year to year.” Those factors contribute to the fact that the majority of brooms made at Newton are made with synthetic fiber. Additionally, not enough skilled broom makers are available to increase broom corn production, according to Leventhal. Also, he says brush machines “can operate for two or three shifts while the broom makers can only work in a one-shift operation.”

Regarding demand for broom corn brooms, he says there’s “still a market for quality corn brooms although it is an aging and shrinking market.” He does say that a growing, but niche, demand for higherpriced craft brooms exists. “We make predominantly 100-percent broom corn brooms and this is where the demand is for US-made brooms,” Leventhal says. “We cannot compete with imports on cheap yucca fiber grass brooms. The brooms made with a yucca fiber blend are inferior to a 100-percent corn broom. The only advantage is they can be sold at a lower price.” Another popular natural fiber used by

Regarding price and availability of raw material for natural fiber for the remainder of the year, he foresees “no change in supply for mop yarn, but with some upward pricing due to general economic changes.” As for natural broom fibers, he says, there’s been a “diminishing supply of broomcorn for several years.” In addition, he says that the recent threat of tariffs on Mexico could have a huge negative impact on the price and availability of natural fiber brooms.

NEWTON BROOM & BRUSH CO. Established in 1914 in Newton, Ill., Newton Broom & Brush continues to manufacturer 100 percent broom corn brooms the oldfashioned way by craftsmen who make these brooms on equipment similar to the equipment used 40 years ago. Newton’s product line, primarily sold in North America, includes a host of brushes filled with natural fiber, but overwhelmingly filled with synthetic fiber.

Owner and President Don Leventhal, a 46-year industry veteran, has seen and weathered the shift from labor-intensive production involving

Newton Broom & Brush’s Don Leventhal with his broom line of products

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the company is tampico, which is used to fill floor sweeps for smooth floors. “It is a finer material than palmyra and is suited for counter dusters, roof brushes and a variety of brushes,” he says.

B3C Natural Boar Hair Pastry Brush from Braun Brush

As for the “green, renewable” trend, Leventhal doesn’t see the possibility of a resurgence for natural fibers. “There is an increased demand for PET (polyethylene terephthalate), which can be made from recycled plastic soft drink bottles and sold as a green product,” he says. However, even with the dominance of synthetic filaments, he doesn’t envision natural fibers being totally squeezed out of the marketplace. As he puts it, “It’s shrinking as a percentage but not gone.”

BRAUN BRUSH Whatever the industry, from janitorial to dairy, Albertson, New Yorkbased Braun Brush, likely makes the brush or can custom-make it, if it hasn’t done so already. While its natural fill material is specifically found in its brushes manufactured for the candy, bakery, car wash, window cleaning and architectural industries, Braun produces brushes with synthetic fill for those same industries and many more as well.

Whether natural or synthetic, the company’s brush line also ranges from conveyor cylindrical, duct cleaning, carpet and upholstery to food service, beverage processing, artist and cosmetic.

Established in 1875 in Brooklyn, N.Y., Braun Brush is one of America’s oldest family-owned industrial brush manufacturers and is now under the guidance of CEO Lance Cheney, great-grandson of Emanuel Braun, the company founder. While its customer base for natural and synthetic brushes is mostly in the US, that base extends worldwide, according to Cheney. Although natural fibers dominated the company’s brush production for decades following its founding, he says synthetic filaments now constitutes the bulk of Braun’s brush production.

Asked from his perspective if demand for natural fiber brushes is growing or shrinking, Cheney says, it’s “mostly unchanged … slightly shrinking.” As for the existence of an emerging marketplace for natural fibers for brushes, Cheney sees “nothing significant” on the horizon. However, as a result of the “green, renewable” trend, he believes a resurgence for natural fibers could happen, given they are biodegradable, renewable and sustainable.

“There is that on the one hand, but for animal hairs there are animal rights activists who are becoming more vocal on certain types of brush hairs,” Cheney says.

Furthermore, he believes vegetable fibers “will always have a place because of their properties and low cost. The green nature of them will also rise in popularity for the consumer market, but that is not our customer base.” Regarding whether applications where natural fibers excel above and beyond synthetics, he says, “Oven brushes made with tampico are the best fiber for the application. Window and car wash brushes made with natural boar hair are perfectly suited to their use. Badger hair brushes are used to polish chocolates and have been for decades.” Asked if price and availability of natural fibers have influenced his decisions to go with synthetics over natural fibers, he gave this example, the “steep rise in boar hair prices have diminished sales to the car wash industry greatly.” As for the future of natural fibers, Cheney believes “there will always be a place in the industrial markets.”

In addition to its own brush line, Braun is a custom-brush manufacturer that’s fulfilled many standard and special niche requests using natural

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or synthetic fibers. Of those, Brushware thought one in particular was out of this world—249 million miles from Earth, to be exact.

This request came from Manhattan-based Honeybee Robotics, asking Cheney to make brushes for a router that would keep a hole clean as it’s being routed. The brush had to weigh less than a few grams and have the ability to withstand extremely variable temperatures between negative 250 degrees to plus 250 degrees. At the time, Honeybee did not reveal where the brushes would be used and how, but Braun made a dozen of them with small tufts of stainless steel fibers welded together like a brush. Later on when Honeybee contacted Cheney about another project, he learned that the brushes he made were on Mars as an integral part of NASA’s Mars Rover project.

According to NASA, rovers Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars in January 2004 with a mission to search for and characterize a wide range of rocks and soils for clues to past water activity on the planet.

The rovers landed on opposite sides of Mars that appeared to have been affected by water in the past. As Cheney explains, the missions involved grinding rocks to rid them of any redeposited soil that came from other areas the rovers previously visited. The robotic arms drilled into the bedrock making small holes about two inches in diameter by an eighth of an inch deep, and, in the process, Braun’s tiny brushes swept away the top debris to keep them clean. This allowed spectral analysis to determine whether moisture had ever been present. With data from the rovers, NASA reported that mission scientists had reconstructed an ancient past when Mars was awash in water. Spirit and Opportunity each found evidence for past wet conditions that possibly could have supported microbial life. Incidentally, both rovers exceeded their planned 90-day mission lifetimes by many years, according to NASA. Spirit lasted 20 times longer than its original design and concluded its mission in 2010. Opportunity has worked on Mars longer than any other robot—nearly 15 years. The rover last communicated with Earth on June 10, 2018, when a planetwide dust storm blanketed the solar-powered rover. On a clear night, Cheney says he will occasionally look up and wonder what his greatgrandfather would think about how far his dream has come.

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61st FEIBP CONGRESS

Dynamic, Innovative and Young Annual FEIBP Congress visits Lucerne, Switzerland

By Katharina Goldbeck-Hรถrz

Peter Langenegger (Ebnat AG), President of the FEIBP (European Brush and Brush Manufacturers Association), and his colleague Peter Brunner welcome guests from all over the world to the 61st FEIBP Congress in Lucerne, Switzerland.

FEIBP is the association of brush manufacturers in Europe with sectors that include household, body care, brushes, technical brushes and hygiene brushes. The 61st FEIBP Congress will take place this year from September 26-28. The annual conferences are highly regarded as an international meeting place and communication platform for the industry.

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The Gala Dinner will be held at the Park Hotel Vitznau.

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Welcome to Switzerland

Already almost a year has passed and in less than a month we will meet again for the FEIBP Congress in Switzerland, more precisely in Lucerne. The Swiss Federation is proud to welcome the European Federation and international guests to Switzerland again this year after last visiting in 2012. With the keynote speakers, who will be primarily focusing on the new generations of workers and customers, I am convinced that we can give our industry important insights for the future. We all have to face the future and the fact that this is constantly changing and thus influences the present. But also meeting colleagues, exchanging ideas and maintaining or expanding his own “network” is something we certainly don’t fail to mention.

I’m looking forward to a congress that will be exciting, cozy and rich in social interaction.

Peter Langenegger President FEIBP

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or activity, FEIBP golfers can expect an attractive and varied 18-hole course at the Küssnacht Golf Club. A hilly golf course, idyllically embedded between Lake Zug and Lake Lucerne.

The conference will be held at the traditional Hotel Astoria located in the center of Lucerne, which offers a sophisticated hotel culture with a history of more than a century. About 10 years ago, the building was completely renovated and extensively redesigned by the renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron from Basel, Switzerland.

The elegant gala dinner is the highlight of the conference to be held at the Park Hotel Viznau, which belongs to the Grand Luxury Hotels. This five-star hotel presents itself luxuriously in historical, hundred-year-old charm and ultra-modern ambience, surrounded by lakes and mountains. This castle hotel full of towers, gardens and balconies offers a magical view of Lake Lucerne. The restaurants and bars of the Park Hotel Vitznau are awarded three Michelin stars. A culinary hotspot for connoisseurs.

Trans Alpine Trading City “Welcome to Switzerland! Welcome to Lucerne,” say the organizers. It is not without reason that Langenegger and his team have put the Congress in Lucerne. Lucerne, with its history as a trans alpine trading city, is cosmopolitan. It is located in the middle of the mountains on Lake Lucerne and, with all its modern attributes and traditional roots, represents the special features of Switzerland.

“Lucerne is dynamic, innovative and young,” explains Langenegger, “and at the same time very tradition-conscious. This is in harmony with the theme of the keynote speakers we invited to the Congress. Because it’s all about generation-specific preferences, or more Above Photo: Küssnacht Golf Club Bottom Photo: Hotel Astoria

precisely about new challenges posed by the so-called X, Y and Z generations. These are the generations that are relevant to the labor market now and in the future. Professional studies have shown that and in what form the classical values have changed over the past decades. Some people from up to five generations work together in a company today. But new generations are used to different structures than older ones. Material values and dependencies on status symbols are losing importance for young people, but individual freedom, flexibility and independence in the job are the focus. At the same time, the demands on product design have grown enormously, especially with regard to quality, functionality and aesthetics. That is why we as an employer and as a manufacturer have to make friends with these new conditions and set out on the path to a new product and human resources policy. This is the only way we can attract committed employees to our industry in the future and implement visionary products. I am particularly pleased that we were able to win two top-class experts for these brand-new topics during our Congress.”

The two keynote speakers will build on that theme with current examples and new insights for manufacturers and employers.

Professor Dr. Sita Mazumder: Generation X to Z – Our Future Sita Mazumder will talk about the challenges of the much-discussed generations X, Y and Z. She is Professor of IT and Business at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and also teaches at the Luxembourg School of Business. She runs her own consulting business, PURPLE, and is a member of the board of various companies. In addition, she has written numerous books and articles and works regularly as a columnist. In 2011, Sita Mazumder was elected a member of the International Visitor Leadership Program by the US State Department.

Professor Dr. Sita Mazumder

“Strategies that work for one generation can be a complete rejection for others. And even if a strategy is valid for several generations, there is still a long way to go before the generations work together properly.

This gap is a costly challenge, but can be a breakthrough opportunity.

It all depends on how leaders react now. When generations learn from each other and teach each other, the highest added value is created.”

Rudolf T. A. Greger: Design Thinking to Cope With the Coming Challenges Rudolf T. A. Greger designs, advises companies and managers, writes books, gives lectures and teaches worldwide in seminars. He founded the “Design Thinking Academy” in Vienna in 2018. Design is always at the center of his work and is his mission. For more than 30 years, he has been dedicated to improving people’s lives through design and making it easier. “If a company wants to be successful in the long term, then design is the central component of every corporate strategy,” he explains. “We no longer live in the industrial era. We have more than anything we could imagine. There is no shortage in our part of the world. In addition, the artifacts surrounding us are increasingly becoming symbols for services, especially for future generations,” says Greger. “An excellent form factor is no longer enough to create products for the customers of the future. We have to learn anew and understand and implement the term ‘design’ as a cross-functional discipline.”

Rudolf T. A. Greger

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A Brief History of a Modern City in Switzerland

Generation X, Y, Z: Brave New Workplace About two years ago, a study was evaluated that had taken place in cooperation between Universum, the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute, the HEAD Foundation and the MIT Leadership Center. Eighteen thousand schoolchildren, students and professionals from 19 countries were interviewed to highlight the preferences of the three generations X, Y and Z and their concerns and career aspirations.

GENERATION X are the baby boomers born between 1965 and 1983. Representatives of Generation X are in the middle of their professional lives, partly as successful entrepreneurs, partly with management responsibility. The interviewees are professionals with an academic background who did not grow up as digital natives.

GENERATION Y, also known as millennials, were born between 1984 and 1996. They are already digitally socialized with access to the latest technological developments. Since some representatives of this generation are still studying, the survey distinguishes between students and working millennials.

GENERATION Z were born between 1997 and 2002 and some are still of school age. They are called “Digital Natives.” They value a good education, worry about the future of the planet and strive to improve the world. One interesting result of the study is that all generations attach importance to the “work fit,” i.e. the correspondence between personality and workplace.

Lucerne offers its more than 400,000 inhabitants a particularly high quality of life. It is committed to the common welfare. According to statistics, Lucerne inhabitants work an above-average 53 hours a week and pay higher taxes than the average Swiss. They love to socialize with each other and welcome the growing tourism as an important economic factor. In total, hotels and health resorts in the canton of Lucerne recorded around 2.2 million overnight stays from all over the world last year.

The residents value secure jobs and high standards of training and study. The youngest university in Switzerland is the University of Lucerne. Although its roots date back to 1600, it has only existed as a modern university since 2000. Its core competencies include scientific disciplines such as religion, society, culture, law, economics and health. The second university is the FHZ Fachhochschule Zentralschweiz (now the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts), founded in 1997, which offers courses in technology and architecture, business, information technology, social work, design and art, as well as music.

The name “Lucerne” derives from the Latin “Luciaria,” which can be translated as “place of light.” Stone Age settlements and the Romans have left some traces, but the name ‘Luciaria’ first appears in historiography around 840. This early medieval town consisted mainly of a Benedictine abbey with a few houses at the end of the bridge over the river Reuss.

Over the centuries, the city of Lucerne became an important trading centre between the Rhine in the north and Milan in the south due to its geographical location. In 1332, Lucerne made a pact with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden – the cantons surrounding Lake Lucerne.

This loose alliance, the “Old Confederation,” was the forerunner of modern Switzerland and slowly extended as far as the Swiss Confederation in 1798.

Lucerne thus played an important role in the founding of the modern Swiss state and the newly organised “Swiss Confederation” in 1815.

One interesting result of the study is that all generations attach importance to the “work fit,” i.e. the correspondence between personality and workplace.

Church of St.Leodegar Considered the most important example of church building from the Renaissance period in Switzerland, the Church of St. Leodegar – also known as the Hofkirche – is the parish church of Lucerne. The history of this impressive building is long and eventful.

Photos on both pages Copyright: © Lucerne Tourism / Photographer

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Jesuit Church The Jesuit Church was modelled on the Church of the Gesù in Rome as the first major sacred building to be built in the baroque style in Switzerland. Construction of the church began in 1666, with the official inauguration being held in 1677. In terms of art, particularly worth noting are its baroque and rococo stucco, its high altar, and its organ and treasury. The imposing interior boasts a particularly fine acoustic, which is why the church now also serves as a concert venue; organists are also taught here.

Chapel Bridge and its Water Tower Featured on the cover, together with the Water Tower, the bridge forms a landmark in the townscape like no other attraction. Just as significant as the bridge itself was the fascinating cycle of paintings which adorned it and lent it the requisite depth of character. A major part of the Chapel Bridge caught fire in the night of August 18, 1993.

Prior to the fire a major part of the panels were destroyed or suffered severe damage. The remainder of the bridge was rebuilt in a record eight months.

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Musegg Wall and Its Nine Towers Once a symbol of power, the Musegg Wall and its nine towers are part of Lucerne’s historic fortifications; forming a striking crown around the Old Town, the wall can be discerned from afar. The Musegg Wall also provides a valuable habitat for specialised plants and animals, some of which are endangered.

Lion Monument The Lion Monument, a powerful memorial, pays homage to the selfless heroes of the Swiss Guard who paid with their lives to protect the life of King Louis XVI. The model of a larger-than-life lion was created by the Danish artist and most high-profile sculptor at the time Ber-tel Thorvaldsen.

Spreuer Bridge

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As well as the Chapel Bridge, Lucerne is home to another timber bridge of great interest. The Spreuer Bridge, like the Chapel Bridge, boasts a striking series of paintings. Painted by Caspar Meglinger between 1625 and 1635, they bear impressive witness to a subject matter that was much in vogue in the Middle Ages: the Danse Macabre (Dance of Death).

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2019 1 Half U.S. IMPORTS st

0502100000 Pigs, Hogs, Boars Bristles & Hair & Waste Thereof (kg)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

China 3,662,551 103,514 2,865,062 85,995 27.83 20.37 Germany 8,892 144 -100.00 -100.00 Hong Kong 4,480 99 India 17,400 754 -100.00 -100.00 WORLD Ttl

3,667,031 103,613 2,891,354 86,893 26.83 19.24

0502900000 Badger Hair & Other Brushmaking Hair, Waste Therof (kg)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

China Germany Japan Thailand

38,726 2,135 9,633 67,859

1,100 3 3 838

51,904 8,660 8,027 15,535

627 -25.39 75.44 20 -75.35 -85.00 5 20.01 -40.00 307 336.81 172.96

World Total

118,353

1,944

84,126

959

40.69 102.71

4417002000 Broom/mop Handles Gt 1.9CM Dmr Gt 97cm Long, Wood (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Argentina Brazil China Colombia Egypt Honduras Indonesia Mexico

30,013 36,750 2,523,296 2,544,499 2,648,477 2,562,403 -4.73 -0.70 788,266 1,373,857 790,008 1,815,170 -0.22 -24.31 23,626 20,022 2,085 5,180 1033.14 286.53 9,600 48,000 2,457,284 4,666,551 2,000,315 3,801,317 22.84 22.76 377,180 410,220 332,201 340,714 13.54 20.40 138,969 327,812 96,659 284,529 43.77 15.21

World Total

6,348,234 9,427,711 5,869,745 8,809,313 8.15 7.02

4417004000 Paint Brush And Paint Roller Handles, Of Wood (x)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Belgium 6,488 0 China 943,517 0 747,645 0 26.20 Czech Republic 12,532 0 9,294 0 34.84 Germany 101,106 0 53,888 0 87.62 Hong Kong 3,225 0 India 7,783 0 Indonesia 893,890 0 857,402 0 4.26 Italy 4,560,650 0 5,170,629 0 -11.80 Poland 744,136 0 588,288 0 26.49 Taiwan 4,914 0 -100.00 Thailand 54,692 0 30,951 0 76.71 Uzbekistan 10,200 0 -100.00 World Total

Country

7,328,019 0 7,473,211 0 -1.94 4417006000 Brush Backs, Of Wood (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Brazil 27,893 26,950 -100.00 -100.00 Canada 265,783 642,000 360,249 1,068,301 -26.22 -39.90 China 12,460 45,309 Indonesia 340,115 758,599 258,352 413,697 31.65 83.37 Japan 6,217 1,580 Sri Lanka 431,649 755,650 616,079 1,203,744 -29.94 -37.23 World Total

1,056,224 2,203,138 1,262,573 2,712,692 -16.34 -18.78

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STATS

Country

4417008010 Tools Handles Of Wood (x) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Austria 7,076 0 -100.00 Brazil 372,301 199,513 862,742 0 -56.85 Cambodia 2,596 357 Canada 305,149 575,801 118,738 0 156.99 China 674,442 1,293,703 628,974 0 7.23 Germany 14,977 2,810 56,491 0 -73.49 Honduras 248,283 134,727 410,508 0 -39.52 Indonesia 118,839 48,900 63,678 0 86.62 Italy 179,697 21,100 487,135 0 -63.11 Mexico 648,838 205,007 420,106 0 54.45 Netherlands 2,262 0 -100.00 Pakistan 2,961 0 -100.00 Spain 41,006 14,526 15,836 0 158.94 Sweden 3,105 72 Taiwan 341,288 48,989 338,096 0 0.94 Thailand 10,400 0 -100.00 United Kingdom 8,642 518 Vietnam 175,531 21,553 235,929 0 -25.60 World Total

3,134,694 2,567,576 3,660,932

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-14.37

4417008090 Tools Tool/brush/broom Bodies Shoe Last/tree, Wood (x)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Brazil 12,900 4,560 Canada 100,855 27,896 70,589 0 42.88 Chile 2,658,959 1,319,302 2,346,125 0 13.33 China 2,742,445 1,002,470 3,945,493 0 -30.49 Croatia 5,922 48 5,936 0 -0.24 Estonia 86,957 2,238 98,509 0 -11.73 France 15,353 329 13,950 0 10.06 Germany 56,538 232 75,191 0 -24.81 India 870,233 14,782 1,359,547 0 -35.99 Indonesia 132,619 73,929 63,420 0 109.11 Italy 15,673 504 9,448 0 65.89 Japan 1,193,187 14,821 1,110,281 0 7.47 Latvia 4,268 0 -100.00 Mexico 363,746 95,303 94,085 0 286.61 Nepal 284,580 3,986 54,649 0 420.74 Nicaragua 6,395 1,946 Philippines 8,457 0 -100.00 Spain 27,264 469 22,671 0 20.26 Sri Lanka 258,311 130,775 289,351 0 -10.73 Taiwan 39,393 2,654 90,458 0 -56.45 Turkey 5,200 93 Ukraine 50,173 1,250 14,566 0 244.45 United Kingdom 43,045 1,454 15,015 0 186.68 Vietnam 12,089 0 -100.00 World Total

8,969,748 2,699,041 9,704,098

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-7.57

9603100500 Wiskbrooms,brm Corn,lt=.96 Ea,lt 61,655 Dz Cal Yr (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

China Mexico

5,895 14,082

6,624 17,640

World Total

19,977 24,264

13,830 3,560

17,498 -57.38 -62.14 5,340 295.56 230.34

17,390 22,838 14.88 6.24

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9603101500 Wiskbrooms,brm Corn,lt=.96 Ea,gt=61,655 Dz,cal Yr (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

9603109000 Brooms & Brushes,of Twigs Or Veg Material,nesoi (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

China India Israel

8,290 52,880 2,340 3,000 17,525 70,100

World Total

28,155 125,980

Armenia 4,150 5,000 -100.00 -100.00 Australia 2,500 30 Burma 20,553 31,000 Canada 6,713 1,320 24,002 31,520 -72.03 -95.81 China 109,532 718,480 167,672 307,000 -34.67 134.03 Colombia 6,984 5,000 El Salvador 22,618 25,200 Germany 20,578 26,940 3,029 250 579.37 10676.00 India 37,359 53,017 75,318 67,489 -50.40 -21.44 Japan 60,617 60,617 6,765 54 796.04 112153.70 Korea, South 2,516 1,000 10,796 2,584 -76.70 -61.30 Mexico 130,102 163,933 115,347 37,564 12.79 336.41 Pakistan 23,727 19,464 Philippines 8,406 5,500 5,500 1,100 52.84 400.00 Sri Lanka 905,221 1,129,577 736,078 738,319 22.98 52.99 Sweden 2,048 200 Taiwan 9,526 3,024 2,732 506 248.68 497.63 Thailand 15,773 8,480 49,251 29,757 -67.97 -71.50 Vietnam 145,179 149,013 115,766 91,611 25.41 62.66

9603103500 Wiskbrooms,of Broomcorn,valued Over .96 Each (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Brazil 2,132 1,200 China 88,541 96,356 2,940 3,000 2911.60 3111.87 Korea, South 4,000 1,000 -100.00 -100.00 Mexico 176,168 156,221 351,646 213,289 -49.90 -26.76 Sweden 6,900 1,500 4,220 1,000 63.51 50.00 Taiwan 2,491 480 Thailand 2,310 1,000 -100.00 -100.00 United Kingdom 3,644 1 Vietnam 6,930 4,500 World Total

286,806 260,258 365,116 219,289 -21.45 18.68

9603105000 Brooms,of Brm Corn,lt=.96 Ea,gt=121,478 Dz,cal Yr (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

India 3,000 500 Philippines 6,076 1,240 World Total

9,076 1,740

9603106000 Other Brooms,of Broomcorn,valued Over .96 Each (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

China Mexico

18,430 10,188 14,708 6,822 25.31 49.34 6,884,539 3,010,932 7,571,503 3,214,555 -9.07 -6.33

World Total

6,902,969 3,021,120 7,586,211 3,221,377 -9.01 -6.22

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World Total

Country

1,529,952 2,401,795 1,316,406 1,312,754 16.22 82.96 9603294010 Hairbrushes, Valued Not Over .40 Each (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

China 5,762,916 26,642,918 5,426,593 23,476,200 6.20 13.49 Germany 6,650 107,000 3,122 1,000 113.00 10600.00 Hong Kong 34,754 164,784 Italy 4,763 2 -100.00 -100.00 Korea, South 21,471 97,597 Taiwan 3,750 12,096 3,750 12,096 0.00 0.00 World Total

5,829,541 27,024,395 5,438,228 23,489,298 7.20 15.05

9603294090 Shaving Brushes,nail Brus Etc,lt=.40 Ea (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

9603304000 Artists Brushes,writ Br,cosmet Br,gt .05,lt=.10 Ea (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

China 2,541,701 17,537,196 2,712,776 17,011,053 -6.31 3.09 Colombia 2,562 6,408 France 8,174 37,600 57,941 169,654 -85.89 -77.84 Germany 332,495 1,984,394 388,471 2,450,540 -14.41 -19.02 India 8,259 330,360 Italy 74,069 326,460 6,990 25,792 959.64 1165.74 Japan 6,476 36,000 58,829 173,760 -88.99 -79.28 Korea, South 300,070 5,536,175 202,397 5,807,200 48.26 -4.67 Mexico 19,217 118,875 -100.00 -100.00 Poland 5,706 20,004 Taiwan 121,323 533,540 49,457 356,650 145.31 49.60

China 5,056,292 71,794,768 5,119,600 74,440,358 -1.24 -3.55 France 115,431 1,960,000 29,741 550,000 288.12 256.36 Germany 1,383,550 25,909,288 2,198,837 41,838,321 -37.08 -38.07 Hong Kong 2,090 27,682 -100.00 -100.00 Italy 23,734 370,400 -100.00 -100.00 Korea, South 49,622 555,000 32,685 450,000 51.82 23.33 Malaysia 25,500 300,000 -100.00 -100.00 Mexico 576,789 8,138,775 696,044 9,890,100 -17.13 -17.71 Sri Lanka 6,665 72,000 Taiwan 46,655 627,000 24,390 317,000 91.29 97.79 Thailand 3,319 59,032

Country

World Total

3,400,835 26,348,137 3,496,078 26,113,524 -2.72 0.90

World Total

7,238,323 109,115,863 8,152,621 128,183,861 -11.21 -14.88

9603298090 Shaving Brushes, Nail Brush,etc,valued Over .40 Ea (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

9603306000 Artists Brushes,writing Br,cosmetic Br,gt.10 Ea (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Australia 6,906 2,520 Austria 6,757 150 27,968 7,296 -75.84 -97.94 Belgium 7,478 3,024 Canada 13,111 7,272 -100.00 -100.00 China 15,513,039 14,122,497 12,512,944 11,129,330 23.98 26.89 Colombia 8,855 19,212 20,372 5,370 -56.53 257.77 Denmark 4,094 560 Estonia 6,716 69 Finland 12,421 1,000 -100.00 -100.00 France 127,381 21,991 -100.00 -100.00 Germany 568,219 93,427 297,989 76,834 90.68 21.60 Hong Kong 111,520 43,160 313,168 150,775 -64.39 -71.37 India 3,000 520 3,478 650 -13.74 -20.00 Israel 6,291 900 Italy 284,741 52,977 155,533 17,212 83.07 207.79 Japan 250,617 31,982 57,245 7,623 337.80 319.55 Korea, South 106,671 62,253 156,274 113,156 -31.74 -44.98 Mauritius 2,535 720 20,530 5,320 -87.65 -86.47 Mexico 10,646 4,290 11,863 4,729 -10.26 -9.28 Norway 4,058 560 14,535 1,680 -72.08 -66.67 Pakistan 4,500 10,000 -100.00 -100.00 Portugal 9,117 934 7,370 283 23.70 230.04 Spain 32,531 5,630 -100.00 -100.00 Sri Lanka 84,839 13,355 41,138 5,443 106.23 145.36 Sweden 12,431 1,438 8,381 966 48.32 48.86 Switzerland 708,922 64,836 137,130 40,296 416.97 60.90 Taiwan 229,782 122,072 163,571 111,076 40.48 9.90 Turkey 2,857 2,560 4,522 173 -36.82 1379.77 United Arab Emirates 4,050 225 United Kingdom 487,693 60,217 250,250 26,777 94.88 124.88 Vietnam 130,541 110,388 40,809 68,920 219.88 60.17

Australia 14,439 3,144 65,210 1,114 -77.86 182.23 Canada 8,015 1,877 24,026 3,536 -66.64 -46.92 China 132,993,455 203,181,557 156,422,856 210,053,543 -14.98 -3.27 Colombia 18,345 20,964 -100.00 -100.00 Czech Republic 27,736 29,952 Dominican Republic 318,791 289,058 884,142 1,204,943 -63.94 -76.01 Estonia 3,520 2,880 France 936,276 1,232,737 1,320,550 702,866 -29.10 75.39 Germany 1,286,914 1,243,964 1,724,234 1,102,434 -25.36 12.84 Greece 3,315 32 Hong Kong 2,049,845 1,645,205 3,598,660 5,034,678 -43.04 -67.32 India 1,879,514 4,760,577 1,959,329 5,300,354 -4.07 -10.18 Indonesia 4,570 21,024 Ireland 31,087 13,654 Israel 26,601 1,125 114,161 26,924 -76.70 -95.82 Italy 923,558 227,184 1,873,008 515,983 -50.69 -55.97 Japan 3,191,259 774,038 4,767,734 965,395 -33.07 -19.82 Korea, South 1,169,210 2,061,750 2,965,274 3,935,297 -60.57 -47.61 Madagascar 161,639 8,960 -100.00 -100.00 Malaysia 6,791 1,224 Mauritania 395,225 33,932 496,224 68,121 -20.35 -50.19 Mauritius 550,096 128,693 543,235 134,699 1.26 -4.46 Mexico 12,237,040 86,413,924 14,966,548 101,133,961 -18.24 -14.55 Morocco 5,933 1,050 Netherlands 11,638 5,389 37,403 10,344 -68.88 -47.90 Pakistan 3,015 3,700 4,725 10,500 -36.19 -64.76 Peru 3,084 6,000 Poland 167,752 159,640 -100.00 -100.00 Portugal 2,637 196 -100.00 -100.00 Singapore 7,194 44 13,332 378 -46.04 -88.36 Spain 316,163 51,306 410,035 74,515 -22.89 -31.15 Sri Lanka 883,025 1,025,702 1,260,173 1,658,531 -29.93 -38.16 Switzerland 5,362 486 -100.00 -100.00 Taiwan 1,167,533 3,922,825 1,265,064 7,792,907 -7.71 -49.66 Thailand 934,524 2,564,193 855,178 2,424,551 9.28 5.76 Turkey 8,439 12,380 10,496 4,500 -19.60 175.11 Ukraine 2,408 225 United Kingdom 715,727 341,274 519,887 207,288 37.67 64.64 Uruguay 65,236 1,598 32,022 540 103.72 195.93 Vietnam 1,052,230 3,569,746 791,776 1,813,912 32.89 96.80

World Total

18,572,375 14,814,846 14,435,014 11,819,802 28.66 25.34

9603302000 Artists Brushes,writing Brush,cosmet Br,lt=.05 Ea (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

China 1,620,917 103,617,356 France 310,855 9,027,000 Germany 341,347 9,917,500 Hong Kong 10,534 362,880 India 47,469 5,604,800 Italy 374,188 27,381,312 Japan Korea, South 249,393 11,906,790 Mexico 217,827 7,754,805 Taiwan 41,027 2,609,600 Thailand 7,525 151,066 Vietnam World Total

1,835,939 117,190,313 -11.71 -11.58 368,331 10,294,300 -15.60 -12.31 264,635 9,630,410 28.99 2.98 17,220 420,000 -38.83 -13.60 127,042 10,879,792 -62.64 -48.48 398,472 23,870,238 -6.09 14.71 2,200 84,615 -100.00 -100.00 252,957 9,982,250 -1.41 19.28 87,627 2,648,355 148.58 192.82 153,568 7,723,103 -73.28 -66.21 2,500 50,000 201.00 202.13 41,065 3,623,400 -100.00 -100.00

World Total

163,233,406 313,572,963 197,281,017 344,372,060 -17.26

-8.94

3,221,082 178,333,109 3,551,556 196,396,776 -9.31 -9.20

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9603402000 Paint Rollers (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Brazil 43,736 47,386 10,255 7,494 326.48 532.32 Cambodia 1,242,944 3,727,102 869,579 2,792,096 42.94 33.49 Cameroon 42,322 71,804 -100.00 -100.00 Canada 145,345 54,312 163,824 76,342 -11.28 -28.86 China 13,527,086 29,263,703 12,787,632 34,913,977 5.78 -16.18 Czech Republic 219,585 1,024,522 200,060 1,058,200 9.76 -3.18 Germany 112,498 59,191 135,968 82,751 -17.26 -28.47 Hong Kong 111,356 218,054 624,412 983,277 -82.17 -77.82 Israel 3,400 20 Italy 11,744 19,200 Japan 7,554 180 2,624 600 187.88 -70.00 Mexico 1,031,168 1,690,748 1,750,526 2,262,781 -41.09 -25.28 Netherlands 9,730 1,009 3,570 226 172.55 346.46 Portugal 9,331 2 -100.00 -100.00 Singapore 3,290 34 6,954 600 -52.69 -94.33 Spain 7,103 1,172 Sweden 50,789 29,710 Taiwan 37,394 97,920 United Kingdom 412,730 945,960 198,167 490,366 108.27 92.91 World Total

Country

16,977,452 37,180,223 16,805,224 42,740,516 1.02 -13.01 9603404020 Paint Pads (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Cambodia 11,628 6,912 -100.00 -100.00 China 2,816,194 9,507,519 3,860,647 12,104,978 -27.05 -21.46 Germany 5,835 716 -100.00 -100.00 Mexico 2,318 1,272 Pakistan 23,360 83,874 12,714 130,400 83.73 -35.68 Sweden 7,562 3,000 -100.00 -100.00 Taiwan 265,937 698,385 62,054 171,933 328.56 306.20 United Kingdom 340,805 290,133 45,089 154,275 655.85 88.06 World Total

3,448,614 10,581,183 4,005,529 12,572,214 -13.90 -15.84

9603404040 Natural Bristle Brushes, Exc Subhdg 9603.30 (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Belgium 3,615 800 2,334 186 54.88 330.11 Canada 30,930 10,742 64,172 44,750 -51.80 -76.00 China 5,969,179 26,760,116 5,181,185 25,109,498 15.21 6.57 France 6,026 1,415 Germany 20,544 2,241 28,438 5,150 -27.76 -56.49 Hong Kong 29,756 4,020 2,058 5,415 1345.87 -25.76 India 7,102 4,396 13,303 9,473 -46.61 -53.59 Indonesia 3,764,599 21,746,720 3,653,338 19,204,023 3.05 13.24 Italy 19,841 3,564 194,792 26,178 -89.81 -86.39 Poland 11,396 2,790 -100.00 -100.00 Slovenia 9,207 3,800 Spain 10,578 4,762 Sri Lanka 8,218 3,168 -100.00 -100.00 Taiwan 7,114 17,856 29,331 92,308 -75.75 -80.66 Thailand 6,946 13,060 -100.00 -100.00 Turkey 255,440 149,664 658,860 100,464 -61.23 48.97 United Kingdom 25,195 11,029 43,266 8,601 -41.77 28.23 Vietnam 2,087 864 -100.00 -100.00 World Total

10,159,126 48,721,125

9,899,724 44,625,928 2.62

9.18

9603404060 Paint,distemper/siml Brushes Exc Subhdg 960330,nes (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Belgium 2,230 925 Brazil 38,786 54,672 25,634 35,116 51.31 55.69 Canada 111,874 48,667 118,352 54,793 -5.47 -11.18 China 33,951,761 129,399,325 36,541,112 141,694,887 -7.09 -8.68 Czech Republic 2,988 2,160 -100.00 -100.00 Denmark 9,558 639 France 8,465 10,880 6,007 108 40.92 9974.07 Germany 337,797 109,911 480,886 186,425 -29.76 -41.04

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Hong Kong 34,275 43,776 73,099 134,284 -53.11 -67.40 India 42,432 37,718 43,337 36,949 -2.09 2.08 Indonesia 2,047,952 10,235,088 2,582,290 13,433,440 -20.69 -23.81 Ireland 7,940 7,045 12,776 4,825 -37.85 46.01 Israel 2,813 200 Italy 252,429 484,800 87,877 152,586 187.25 217.72 Japan 98,491 139,026 162,576 178,482 -39.42 -22.11 Korea, South 11,555 8,200 2,985 900 287.10 811.11 Malaysia 16,042 91,200 2,963 30 441.41 303900.00 Mexico 6,074 1,580 Morocco 7,897 48 Netherlands 20,758 2,197 Philippines 16,501 592,206 6,634 48,000 148.73 1133.76 Poland 3,940 1,000 -100.00 -100.00 Romania 6,547 1,250 2,905 500 125.37 150.00 Slovenia 5,459 2,300 -100.00 -100.00 South Africa 111,022 194,005 -100.00 -100.00 Spain 11,458 1,922 Sri Lanka 130,226 37,548 139,260 51,499 -6.49 -27.09 Sweden 41,851 91,530 53,350 107,950 -21.55 -15.21 Switzerland 17,618 25,434 -100.00 -100.00 Taiwan 142,539 71,476 149,058 374,388 -4.37 -80.91 Thailand 71,506 287,231 80,781 350,755 -11.48 -18.11 Turkey 338,105 100,712 304,381 91,148 11.08 10.49 United Kingdom 275,012 252,008 285,063 297,202 -3.53 -15.21 Vietnam 40,281 12,650 27,287 7,766 47.62 62.89 World Total

38,083,155 142,124,430 41,329,640 157,466,932 -7.86

-9.74

9603500000 Othr Brushes,as Parts Of Machines,appliance,vehicl (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Australia 84,437 785 127,241 1,071 -33.64 -26.70 Austria 160,819 21,022 140,444 24,705 14.51 -14.91 Belgium 128,416 3,747 52,661 1,963 143.85 90.88 Bolivia 4,420 216 Brazil 29,845 5,815 17,506 358 70.48 1524.30 Bulgaria 28,097 541 17,662 1,653 59.08 -67.27 Canada 4,221,625 293,604 3,587,475 231,856 17.68 26.63 China 15,510,739 32,253,728 13,486,078 23,902,126 15.01 34.94 Colombia 21,600 600 Czech Republic 12,374 13 45,637 650 -72.89 -98.00 Denmark 158,495 53,922 139,136 17,134 13.91 214.71 Estonia 72,502 12,399 99,199 14,335 -26.91 -13.51 Finland 30,137 1,502 37,082 1,240 -18.73 21.13 France 308,499 14,041 350,323 42,884 -11.94 -67.26 Germany 7,457,558 981,596 6,651,863 1,945,644 12.11 -49.55 Hong Kong 2,760 120 52,805 36,880 -94.77 -99.67 Hungary 18,587 111 6,577 29 182.61 282.76 India 17,173 118,239 27,544 194,681 -37.65 -39.27 Indonesia 254,767 62,548 151,357 56,126 68.32 11.44 Ireland 2,865 120 7,163 132 -60.00 -9.09 Israel 8,430 383 25,330 18,478 -66.72 -97.93 Italy 3,685,000 199,812 3,626,790 205,136 1.61 -2.60 Japan 5,597,155 149,481 5,164,490 150,887 8.38 -0.93 Korea, South 241,827 241,803 149,250 379,424 62.03 -36.27 Lithuania 118,299 3,160 Malaysia 722,286 253,925 290,926 98,412 148.27 158.02 Mexico 3,222,430 1,733,437 2,536,092 573,845 27.06 202.07 Morocco 11,146 766 -100.00 -100.00 Netherlands 1,173,442 54,547 744,425 19,061 57.63 186.17 New Zealand 2,950 45 -100.00 -100.00 Norway 12,163 1,740 Paraguay 2,409 6 Poland 122,525 8,051 120,086 17,450 2.03 -53.86 Portugal 237,597 12,858 230,653 8,673 3.01 48.25 Romania 11,568 2,808 27,211 5,942 -57.49 -52.74 Russia 2,684 36 -100.00 -100.00 Singapore 2,260 400 8,237 104 -72.56 284.62 Slovakia 3,888 16 Slovenia 4,423 4 9,965 120 -55.61 -96.67

Spain 1,948,685 501,598 Sri Lanka St Kitts & Nevis 206,402 4,530,706 Sweden 500,326 226,198 Switzerland 644,271 14,611 Taiwan 534,003 452,102 Thailand 36,933 112,951 Turkey 8,293 698 United Arab Emirates 4,664 1 United Kingdom 655,707 98,359 Uzbekistan 2,016 2,016 Vietnam 69,869 10,400 World Total

Country

2,612,550 677,683 -25.41 -25.98 16,317 2,512 -100.00 -100.00 204,117 4,602,941 1.12 -1.57 256,867 53,858 94.78 319.99 372,800 12,296 72.82 18.83 612,915 665,253 -12.87 -32.04 30,630 6,380 20.58 1670.39 2,119 84 291.36 730.95 7,350 490 -36.54 -99.80 518,106 61,267 26.56 60.54 2,040 30 -1.18 6620.00 41,130 6,674 69.87 55.83

48,302,586 42,436,740 42,624,929 34,041,314 13.32 24.66 9603904000 Feather Dusters (x) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Canada 757,748 0 844,196 0 -10.24 China 4,378,125 0 2,075,458 0 110.95 Germany 2,955 0 2,021 0 46.21 Hong Kong 11,340 0 -100.00 India 3,840 0 Indonesia 67,480 0 130,106 0 -48.13 Japan 2,175 0 -100.00 Lebanon 5,159 0 92,459 0 -94.42 Mexico 7,200 0 -100.00 South Africa 1,029,119 0 1,075,771 0 -4.34 Taiwan 8,064 0 12,079 0 -33.24 United Kingdom 3,326 0 World Total

Country

6,255,816 0 4,252,805 0 47.10 9603908010 Wiskbrooms (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

China 622,216 1,128,215 511,464 1,527,962 21.65 -26.16 Germany 3,455 250 Mexico 3,002 2,001 9,199 5,316 -67.37 -62.36

Taiwan 11,177 9,750 United Kingdom 9,245 2,217 Vietnam World Total

Country

649,095 1,142,433

13,395 5,460 9,099

11,832 -16.56 -17.60 1,077 69.32 105.85 120 -100.00 -100.00

548,617 1,546,307 18.31 -26.12

9603908020 Upright Brooms (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Belgium 36,966 8,640 Brazil 9,540 395 29,056 5,748 -67.17 -93.13 Cambodia 9,200 1,000 Canada 57,872 9,774 -100.00 -100.00 China 13,137,084 9,994,760 9,153,628 7,934,013 43.52 25.97 Colombia 19,473 25,200 26,008 10,610 -25.13 137.51 El Salvador 121,552 22,732 Germany 2,535 300 -100.00 -100.00 Guatemala 95,382 68,390 131,677 102,808 -27.56 -33.48 Hong Kong 21,529 15,000 Hungary 2,487 600 -100.00 -100.00 India 4,758 3,504 5,140 2,880 -7.43 21.67 Indonesia 30,974 5,692 17,206 3,654 80.02 55.77 Italy 322,760 152,054 407,499 199,242 -20.79 -23.68 Korea, South 4,545 252 16,878 1,224 -73.07 -79.41 Mexico 247,834 242,232 177,871 111,581 39.33 117.09 Philippines 3,460 2,400 2,298 700 50.57 242.86 Poland 3,058 450 Spain 60,547 44,010 -100.00 -100.00 Sri Lanka 871,085 525,132 863,347 543,575 0.90 -3.39 Switzerland 20,516 2,460 -100.00 -100.00 Taiwan 24,931 8,400 -100.00 -100.00 Thailand 2,200 1,500 14,861 3,168 -85.20 -52.65 Trinidad & Tobago 3,303 2,868 Turkey 4,080 4,800 United Kingdom 4,330 230 Vietnam 7,350 7,000 3,535 50 107.92 13900.00 World Total

14,960,463 11,084,231 11,017,892 8,984,797 35.78 23.37

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9603908030 Push Brooms, 41 Cm Or Less In Width (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Brazil 22,402 846 Canada 2,008 8 -100.00 -100.00 China 363,882 310,159 618,561 543,002 -41.17 -42.88 Germany 10,756 4,563 47,965 38,490 -77.58 -88.14 Hong Kong 12,200 71,500 5,619 3,616 117.12 1877.32 Italy 9,291 4,002 Japan 3,644 180 Lithuania 60,799 1,050 Mexico 7,569 3,108 -100.00 -100.00 Sri Lanka 1,024,638 353,068 1,167,118 495,195 -12.21 -28.70 Taiwan 3,347 181 Vietnam 104,958 60,071 World Total

Country

1,615,917 805,620

1,848,840 1,083,419 -12.60 -25.64

9603908040 Other Brooms,nesoi (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Austria 40,374 23,000 Brazil 463,092 201,817 381,243 242,942 21.47 -16.93 Cambodia 96,818 15,713 36,373 5,606 166.18 180.29 Canada 89,335 7,170 81,327 6,934 9.85 3.40 China 3,668,221 3,991,655 5,316,243 3,852,080 -31.00 3.62 Colombia 189,070 199,536 219,024 195,881 -13.68 1.87 Comoros 12,264 1,120 -100.00 -100.00 Czech Republic 41,101 140,400 86,816 285,480 -52.66 -50.82 Denmark 9,089 1,050 43,709 4,364 -79.21 -75.94 Dominican Republic 2,697 2,436 -100.00 -100.00 El Salvador 103,313 97,871 184,908 198,709 -44.13 -50.75 Germany 20,855 3,242 8,539 1,132 144.23 186.40 Honduras 47,074 20,032 16,425 5,004 186.60 300.32 Hong Kong 25,482 10,040 -100.00 -100.00 India 10,533 11,190 11,806 392 -10.78 2754.59 Israel 51,261 21,368 36,251 15,155 41.41 41.00 Italy 162,270 107,966 367,395 185,325 -55.83 -41.74 Japan 2,521 180 Korea, South 2,960 1,960 3,942 1,800 -24.91 8.89 Latvia 2,564 1,500 -100.00 -100.00 Lithuania 20,587 357 Mexico 11,629,804 5,607,834 10,093,907 4,963,809 15.22 12.97 Netherlands 2,218 504 -100.00 -100.00 Philippines 32,866 3,841 25,591 2,400 28.43 60.04 Portugal 55,858 48,660 15,828 15,600 252.91 211.92 Spain 5,766 6,516 Sri Lanka 1,440,824 780,969 1,024,058 1,173,766 40.70 -33.46 Sweden 3,493 236 Taiwan 53,341 8,785 87,990 11,610 -39.38 -24.33 Thailand 38,529 17,835 26,007 13,500 48.15 32.11 Turkey 75,989 96,205 13,537 12,496 461.34 669.89

United Kingdom Venezuela Vietnam

20,209 1,136 36.47 3826.85 46,231 29,439 -67.79 -55.19 253,208 278,450 48.51 42.06

World Total

18,773,460 11,868,747 18,445,792 11,518,610 1.78

Country

9603908050 Brooms,brushes,squeegees,etc,nesoi (x) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Australia 721,813 9,071 474,101 0 52.25 Austria 9,411 11,105 Bangladesh 288,955 112,106 89,093 0 224.33 Belgium 1,251,117 371,898 1,015,701 0 23.18 Brazil 60,079 47,727 111,389 0 -46.06 Cambodia 305,363 294,651 387,548 0 -21.21 Canada 13,106,233 1,476,549 10,674,256 0 22.78 China 244,102,859 156,992,064 245,416,705 0 -0.54 Colombia 456,981 298,333 287,279 0 59.07 Curacao 7,227 0 -100.00 Cyprus 5,421 4 Czech Republic 17,687 1,423 69,833 0 -74.67 Denmark 2,277,477 379,704 2,409,804 0 -5.49 Dominican Republic 15,975,940 2,969,607 8,115,082 0 96.87 Egypt 74,578 78,507 60,517 0 23.23 El Salvador 70,271 76,489 133,135 0 -47.22 Estonia 11,229 390 2,333 0 381.31 Finland 337,869 8,299 156,047 0 116.52 France 147,460 21,342 143,740 0 2.59 Germany 2,048,658 559,885 1,987,481 0 3.08 Guatemala 28,484 0 -100.00 Honduras 9,470,117 5,940,806 8,018,346 0 18.11 Hong Kong 2,458,830 1,695,757 2,794,116 0 -12.00 Hungary 6,734 2,874 India 534,731 524,999 695,968 0 -23.17 Indonesia 202,751 88,325 281,318 0 -27.93 Ireland 543,749 5,143 611,961 0 -11.15 Israel 94,390 38,269 136,395 0 -30.80 Italy 1,307,976 567,631 1,000,254 0 30.76 Japan 508,706 37,288 403,041 0 26.22 Korea, South 405,077 88,601 1,267,502 0 -68.04 Lithuania 289,404 3,387 398,484 0 -27.37 Malaysia 660,303 315,677 297,595 0 121.88 Mexico 15,483,157 12,796,622 31,876,492 0 -51.43 Montenegro 6,403 0 -100.00 Morocco 8,961 48 5,870 0 52.66 Netherlands 236,505 107,444 134,842 0 75.39 New Zealand 262,543 288,351 598,978 0 -56.17 Pakistan 2,195,346 1,720,149 2,830,661 0 -22.44 Philippines 20,800 0 -100.00 Poland 202,570 322,364 380,792 0 -46.80 Portugal 40,107 29,143 84,490 0 -52.53 Romania 2,411 0 -100.00 San Marino 3,122 0 -100.00 Sierra Leone 4,494 1,300 Singapore 16,302 2,050 Slovakia 53,116 0 -100.00 Slovenia 27,939 0 -100.00 Spain 748,138 378,541 828,755 0 -9.73 Sri Lanka 1,261,305 769,664 1,192,481 0 5.77 Sweden 50,868 521 23,878 0 113.03 Switzerland 215,526 54,152 204,735 0 5.27 Taiwan 6,000,800 3,447,416 7,418,476 0 -19.11 Thailand 1,939,342 1,493,802 2,168,066 0 -10.55 Turkey 188,896 151,537 65,443 0 188.64 United Arab Emirates 63,621 45 60,100 0 5.86 United Kingdom 404,854 98,708 713,946 0 -43.29 Venezuela 8,188 7,869 11,306 0 -27.58 Vietnam 2,248,442 1,343,209 1,829,079 0 22.93 World Total

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27,580 44,609 14,889 13,191 376,047 395,559

329,332,134 196,030,846 338,016,916

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0502900000 Badger Hair & Other Brushmaking Hair, Waste Therof (kg)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Australia 2,879 164 -100.00 -100.00 Brazil 31,160 2,266 Denmark 72,997 1,324 Ecuador 15,460 303 Finland 11,708 668 3,948 225 196.56 196.89 India 5,644 322 Japan 7,134 141 Mexico 3,667 162 25,257 996 -85.48 -83.73 New Zealand 7,904 825 Trinidad & Tobago 105,683 17,037 118,243 25,470 -10.62 -33.11 United Kingdom 8,598 491 -100.00 -100.00 World Total

261,357 23,048 158,925 27,346 64.45 -15.72

0502100000 Pigs, Hogs, Boars Bristles & Hair & Waste Thereof (kg)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Germany 102,064 19,752 132,744 30,546 -23.11 -35.34 Mexico 131,548 39,000 -100.00 -100.00 Qatar 25,588 2,862 Trinidad & Tobago 507,665 53,175 34,391 6,357 1376.16 736.48 United Kingdom 12,622 1,412 World Total

647,939 77,201

298,683 75,903 116.93 1.71

4417000000 Tools/tool & Broom Bodies Etc Shoe Last/trees Wood (x)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Antigua & Barbuda 14,198 0 -100.00 Aruba 26,202 635 37,322 0 -29.79 Australia 115,543 11,138 93,041 0 24.19 Austria 5,498 28 26,604 0 -79.33 Azerbaijan 5,152 239 Bahamas 36,160 666 68,678 0 -47.35 Belgium 7,139 124 30,973 0 -76.95 Belize 6,580 0 -100.00 Bermuda 4,173 42 Brazil 308,349 19,156 320,760 0 -3.87 British Virgin Islands 1,061,280 0 -100.00 Cambodia 2,893 0 -100.00 Canada 2,196,947 99,634 2,759,460 0 -20.38 Chile 39,888 651 62,778 0 -36.46 China 66,548 4,709 146,611 0 -54.61 Colombia 5,947 6 22,559 0 -73.64 Costa Rica 332,529 61,054 310,961 0 6.94 Czech Republic 3,925 182 9,311 0 -57.85 Denmark 2,639 8 21,029 0 -87.45 Djibouti 56,490 12,150 Dominican Republic 54,538 1,467 37,874 0 44.00 Ecuador 3,770 13 Egypt 5,145 0 -100.00 El Salvador 16,597 0 -100.00 Finland 2,912 12 6,519 0 -55.33 France 22,425 572 88,450 0 -74.65 Germany 271,046 5,799 224,915 0 20.51 Greece 6,746 2 Grenada 8,730 404

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STATS Guatemala 28,922 0 -100.00 Guyana 11,066 0 -100.00 Haiti 3,445 160 15,307 0 -77.49 Honduras 51,127 14,660 21,056 0 142.81 Hong Kong 2,693 0 -100.00 Hungary 15,417 714 3,500 0 340.49 India 112,789 4,682 13,074 0 762.70 Indonesia 4,329 1 7,425 0 -41.70 Iraq 2,900 0 -100.00 Ireland 29,126 813 18,756 0 55.29 Israel 62,431 2,309 Italy 31,281 1,660 107,074 0 -70.79 Jamaica 3,883 0 -100.00 Japan 163,419 5,561 253,671 0 -35.58 Kazakhstan 12,621 137 7,079 0 78.29 Korea, South 78,300 4,812 156,183 0 -49.87 Kuwait 17,500 6,021 3,405 0 413.95 Lithuania 12,320 69 Malawi 26,094 0 -100.00 Malaysia 2,925 0 -100.00 Mexico 11,390,884 1,443,552 10,596,848 0 7.49 Morocco 12,394 13 Netherlands 53,539 2,333 69,063 0 -22.48 New Zealand 27,385 787 83,133 0 -67.06 Nicaragua 15,588 1,068 Norway 15,027 0 -100.00 Pakistan 7,990 0 -100.00 Panama 498,401 64,434 45,932 0 985.08 Paraguay 3,990 1 Peru 8,065 0 -100.00 Philippines 25,568 597 17,888 0 42.93 Poland 55,353 2,786 20,237 0 173.52 Portugal 7,190 0 -100.00 Russia 66,849 999 76,478 0 -12.59 Saudi Arabia 21,811 4,014 136,064 0 -83.97 Serbia 3,140 0 -100.00 Singapore 34,514 1,207 42,400 0 -18.60 Slovenia 4,636 0 -100.00 South Africa 4,790 23 3,441 0 39.20 Spain 374,291 17,175 517,848 0 -27.72 Sri Lanka 14,778 0 -100.00 St Kitts & Nevis 5,794 268 Sweden 6,751 141 15,989 0 -57.78 Switzerland 24,166 164 23,471 0 2.96 Taiwan 54,628 1,063 2,520 0 2067.78 Trinidad & Tobago 2,974 0 -100.00 Turkey 2,735 0 -100.00 Ukraine 20,783 0 -100.00 United Arab Emirates 38,943 323 8,618 0 351.88 United Kingdom 89,444 3,808 290,001 0 -69.16 Uruguay 10,520 0 -100.00 Vietnam 96,584 2,179 11,835 0 716.09 World Total

17,079,068 1,807,225 18,119,155

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90 YEARS OF T R A D I T I O N

Maker of handcrafted quality brushes since 1929 Producer of private label and branded brushes Two custom manufacturing facilities Family owned and operated FM Brush Company, Inc.

70-02 72nd Place . Glendale . New York . 11385 Ph: 718.821.5939 Fax: 718-821-2385 www.fmbrush.com . email: info@fmbrush.com

9603100000 Brooms & Brushes, Of Twigs/oth Veg Mat Bound (doz)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Australia 67,952 1,893 60,825 1,306 11.72 44.95 Bahamas 11,726 206 19,612 191 -40.21 7.85 Bermuda 8,522 127 -100.00 -100.00 Brazil 20,211 613 5,649 171 257.78 258.48 British Virgin Islands 3,300 166 -100.00 -100.00 Burkina Faso 116,438 3,532 -100.00 -100.00 Canada 1,614,553 43,484 1,828,416 50,758 -11.70 -14.33 Cayman Islands 6,893 212 -100.00 -100.00 Chile 71,570 313 53,678 610 33.33 -48.69 China 137,448 1,633 46,950 1,424 192.75 14.68 Colombia 8,906 248 -100.00 -100.00 Costa Rica 6,986 212 12,540 418 -44.29 -49.28 Curacao 3,119 96 4,612 24 -32.37 300.00 Czech Republic 8,443 256 Dominica 3,405 109 -100.00 -100.00 Dominican Republic 9,062 632 El Salvador 6,600 50 -100.00 -100.00 France 4,107 23 24,740 767 -83.40 -97.00 Germany 19,053 353 Grenada 3,288 9 -100.00 -100.00 Guatemala 3,770 42 -100.00 -100.00 Guinea 9,074 95 -100.00 -100.00 Guyana 14,660 309 Honduras 4,240 28 -100.00 -100.00 Hong Kong 3,585 85 25,000 328 -85.66 -74.09 Hungary 3,312 280 India 2,699 1 -100.00 -100.00 Iraq 2,550 1 6,603 46 -61.38 -97.83 Israel 2,750 4 -100.00 -100.00 Italy 20,272 877 28,042 850 -27.71 3.18 Japan 10,195 190 2,789 13 265.54 1361.54 Jordan 3,689 18 2,724 5 35.43 260.00

P r o u d M e m b e r f o r 7 0 + Ye a r s .

Korea, South 5,000 2 24,839 545 -79.87 -99.63 Kuwait 2,711 9 Luxembourg 7,033 213 7,008 213 0.36 0.00 Mexico 152,303 8,825 68,131 1,771 123.54 398.31 Netherlands 90,151 971 19,978 1,569 351.25 -38.11 Nigeria 3,737 29 3,473 60 7.60 -51.67 Norway 15,484 201 8,283 84 86.94 139.29 Pakistan 2,847 7 -100.00 -100.00 Panama 3,216 120 3,018 42 6.56 185.71 Peru 18,215 690 18,428 703 -1.16 -1.85 Philippines 12,970 394 Poland 4,250 7 Romania 3,852 117 Saudi Arabia 72,444 383 155,152 3,184 -53.31 -87.97 Singapore 4,000 40 Sint Maarten 2,520 100 5,520 116 -54.35 -13.79 South Africa 54,144 92 -100.00 -100.00 Spain 3,440 260 -100.00 -100.00 St Kitts and Nevis 8,844 300 13,873 726 -36.25 -58.68 St Lucia 2,574 213 6,506 188 -60.44 13.30 St Vincent & 3,262 30 the Grenadines Suriname 5,904 179 -100.00 -100.00 Switzerland 26,892 540 9,000 167 198.80 223.35 Thailand 2,712 37 Trinidad & Tobago 73,147 2,655 52,548 2,050 39.20 29.51 United Arab Emirates 39,801 1,164 United Kingdom 136,979 7,002 33,046 740 314.51 846.22 World Total

2,724,590 75,516 2,797,203 74,230 -2.60 1.73

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9603210000 Tooth Brushes, Incl Dental-plate Brushes (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Anguilla 2,648 288 4,856 4,896 -45.47 -94.12 Argentina 614,974 2,055,060 1,031,091 3,981,191 -40.36 -48.38 Aruba 22,455 15,575 8,134 7,784 176.06 100.09 Australia 259,048 176,752 506,145 51,338 -48.82 244.29 Austria 3,000 216 -100.00 -100.00 Bahamas 14,490 194 Barbados 13,083 11,471 19,637 10,616 -33.38 8.05 Belgium 364,684 1,904,114 250,639 1,231,811 45.50 54.58 Belize 10,110 16,200 30,779 35,165 -67.15 -53.93 Bermuda 2,517 96 8,363 1,400 -69.90 -93.14 Brazil 161,705 3,164,680 388,686 2,558,569 -58.40 23.69 British Virgin Islands 8,230 96 Canada 24,691,793 28,948,665 26,612,262 32,260,669 -7.22 -10.27 Cayman Islands 5,000 5,000 23,024 35,897 -78.28 -86.07 Chile 14,728 6,016 63,992 17,526 -76.98 -65.67 China 2,009,240 2,736,717 1,291,634 2,081,120 55.56 31.50 Colombia 461,582 2,763,244 249,734 101,966 84.83 2609.97 Costa Rica 109,884 13,764 107,730 25,084 2.00 -45.13 Curacao 12,355 28,584 37,564 120,168 -67.11 -76.21 Czech Republic 93,597 222,984 -100.00 -100.00 Dominican Republic 312,093 317,948 239,083 302,027 30.54 5.27 Ecuador 126,401 384,636 107,783 389,692 17.27 -1.30 Egypt 7,000 200 El Salvador 188,316 410,083 21,083 6,789 793.21 5940.40 Estonia 2,520 950 3,306 456 -23.77 108.33 Fiji 4,163 802 Finland 27,591 26,453 17,607 3,080 56.70 758.86 France 13,243 4,130 16,221 10,241 -18.36 -59.67 French Polynesia 21,603 5,048 -100.00 -100.00 Germany 3,786,492 19,799,222 3,070,025 16,262,010 23.34 21.75 Guatemala 45,177 5,338 109,826 17,126 -58.86 -68.83 Guyana 92,217 79,614 45,730 42,608 101.66 86.85 Haiti 6,789 19,512 18,495 44,664 -63.29 -56.31 Honduras 63,141 7,617 32,634 18,086 93.48 -57.88 Hong Kong 4,119,349 8,618,129 4,823,065 10,033,241 -14.59 -14.10 Hungary 12,742 16,590 India 1,721,422 5,330,525 1,453,320 4,728,003 18.45 12.74 Indonesia 25,692 24,360 15,390 6,195 66.94 293.22 Ireland 958,041 3,263,808 919,678 3,020,084 4.17 8.07 Israel 14,166 1,600 43,965 12,507 -67.78 -87.21 Italy 97,397 46,384 75,314 222,392 29.32 -79.14 Jamaica 37,981 30,918 154,149 43,431 -75.36 -28.81 Japan 170,461 138,256 147,708 846,548 15.40 -83.67 Korea, South 1,076,008 579,691 910,352 420,916 18.20 37.72 Kuwait 76,125 45,354 Latvia 15,493 7,824 -100.00 -100.00 Lithuania 22,713 7,824 23,481 8,688 -3.27 -9.94 Malaysia 5,625 4,500 16,467 45,338 -65.84 -90.07 Mexico 6,134,892 10,328,447 7,322,306 9,016,451 -16.22 14.55 Netherlands 239,948 44,653 370,958 203,133 -35.32 -78.02 New Zealand 129,949 168,027 5,093 126 2451.52 133254.76 Nicaragua 15,093 26,544 7,052 30,480 114.02 -12.91 Norway 91,141 2,304 Pakistan 10,049 9,122 28,900 1,121 -65.23 713.74 Panama 396,607 53,223 333,081 214,758 19.07 -75.22 Peru 19,514 1,992 -100.00 -100.00 Philippines 90,319 105,314 85,988 29,148 5.04 261.31 Poland 4,390,008 10,247,821 2,441,774 4,461,235 79.79 129.71 Romania 10,675 3,500 12,440 3,364 -14.19 4.04 Russia 6,433 6,905 3,985 3,065 61.43 125.29 Saudi Arabia 50,023 2,541 Singapore 38,926 9,510 159,854 278,385 -75.65 -96.58 Sint Maarten 15,231 3,820 -100.00 -100.00 South Africa 9,242 1,889 34,741 9,574 -73.40 -80.27 Spain 33,563 23,391 -100.00 -100.00 St Kitts & Nevis 6,891 3,456 3,294 200 109.20 1628.00 St Lucia 32,293 14,854 10,651 6,777 203.19 119.18 Suriname 15,632 670 10,738 322 45.58 108.07

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Switzerland 264,849 1,901,224 160,178 1,168,764 65.35 62.67 Taiwan 13,224 2,039 19,331 39,098 -31.59 -94.78 Thailand 73,491 432,868 9,107 41,452 706.97 944.26 Trinidad & Tobago 523,790 840,441 452,888 793,358 15.66 5.93 Turkey 11,500 650 16,806 14,090 -31.57 -95.39 Ukraine 23,256 8,455 United Arab Emirates 43,094 17,275 158,223 17,130 -72.76 0.85 United Kingdom 129,200 55,052 552,131 230,777 -76.60 -76.14 Uruguay 134,137 340,766 137,817 43,194 -2.67 688.92 Venezuela 4,600 125 21,080 5,400 -78.18 -97.69 Vietnam 9,049 7,224 3,960 250 128.51 2789.60 World Total

54,689,702 105,645,859 55,463,329 95,886,249 -1.39 10.18

9603290000 Shaving Brushes, Hairbrushes, Etc For Person (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Argentina 167,713 427,084 166,644 283,384 0.64 50.71 Australia 150,610 23,254 190,632 32,979 -20.99 -29.49 Austria 32,143 2,850 Bahamas 18,900 1,200 Belgium 559,896 130,412 68,583 28,122 716.38 363.74 Belize 3,142 344 -100.00 -100.00 Bermuda 2,950 200 -100.00 -100.00 Bolivia 28,906 1,395 38,174 18,396 -24.28 -92.42 Brazil 632,947 2,029,959 1,368,459 5,147,486 -53.75 -60.56 Canada 5,614,536 3,320,346 4,163,934 3,059,467 34.84 8.53 Cayman Islands 8,842 5,176 -100.00 -100.00 Chile 50,651 7,882 155,997 50,897 -67.53 -84.51 China 334,920 102,780 1,625,291 324,726 -79.39 -68.35 Colombia 209,535 734,876 115,291 13,268 81.74 5438.71 Congo (Kinshasa) 24,594 5,870 -100.00 -100.00 Costa Rica 34,484 21,828 43,965 16,398 -21.56 33.11 Croatia 7,460 40 -100.00 -100.00 Cyprus 4,507 33 Czech Republic 13,584 7,017 9,398 984 44.54 613.11 Dominican Republic 17,444 2,448 29,417 3,232 -40.70 -24.26 Ecuador 3,570 3,000 76,496 24,175 -95.33 -87.59 El Salvador 21,636 15,672 37,651 10,342 -42.54 51.54 Estonia 4,030 1,000 3,426 17 17.63 5782.35 Finland 2,990 985 France 229,923 63,060 158,529 53,444 45.04 17.99 Germany 447,478 161,454 341,597 116,575 31.00 38.50 Greece 3,830 1,000 13,665 1,872 -71.97 -46.58 Guatemala 38,785 9,948 34,116 12,961 13.69 -23.25 Honduras 8,999 3,615 24,006 6,424 -62.51 -43.73 Hong Kong 634,504 101,826 720,077 74,372 -11.88 36.91 India 3,843 1,103 9,749 2,778 -60.58 -60.30 Indonesia 21,909 4,268 43,132 2,120 -49.20 101.32 Ireland 2,927 408 -100.00 -100.00 Israel 24,412 9,292 46,851 30,945 -47.89 -69.97 Italy 61,107 109,890 390,787 1,019,679 -84.36 -89.22 Jamaica 33,756 2,275 Japan 1,477,773 304,923 282,169 52,669 423.72 478.94 Jordan 20,582 20,807 4,144 2,160 396.67 863.29 Korea, South 288,107 104,188 66,933 16,909 330.44 516.17 Kuwait 55,775 3,215 19,065 877 192.55 266.59 Latvia 9,604 56 Lebanon 9,961 397 16,605 10,560 -40.01 -96.24 Lithuania 16,283 7,311 20,527 6,656 -20.68 9.84 Malaysia 12,301 2,142 285,992 8,473 -95.70 -74.72 Mexico 2,656,317 1,676,283 3,005,398 2,579,380 -11.62 -35.01 Morocco 5,613 614 -100.00 -100.00 Netherlands 166,339 24,307 217,864 24,895 -23.65 -2.36 New Zealand 9,681 5,184 7,756 2,660 24.82 94.89 Nicaragua 19,633 10,740 15,924 8,328 23.29 28.96 Norway 14,082 1,212 16,578 1,786 -15.06 -32.14 Pakistan 3,054 334 Panama 69,705 29,296 97,037 8,757 -28.17 234.54 Peru 9,391 5,040 171,865 53,092 -94.54 -90.51 Philippines 207,669 62,374 36,638 8,565 466.81 628.24 Poland 69,209 10,550 Qatar 3,898 2,544 8,117 1,112 -51.98 128.78 Romania 5,728 2,980

Russia 8,612 16,485 6,850 13,440 25.72 22.66 Saudi Arabia 22,001 2,221 22,824 679 -3.61 227.10 Singapore 53,753 9,635 611,492 66,575 -91.21 -85.53 Sint Maarten 6,053 96 Slovakia 6,640 72 -100.00 -100.00 South Africa 279,334 23,283 64,879 30,256 330.55 -23.05 Spain 8,478 400 27,191 17,880 -68.82 -97.76 St Lucia 13,487 1,106 -100.00 -100.00 Suriname 3,629 504 Sweden 12,600 5,040 9,820 1,054 28.31 378.18 Switzerland 8,536 2,808 2,747 2,592 210.74 8.33 Taiwan 262,754 32,371 318,079 27,745 -17.39 16.67 Thailand 29,378 1,528 169,796 17,546 -82.70 -91.29 Trinidad & Tobago 229,392 169,269 151,431 110,955 51.48 52.56 Turkey 4,689 4,008 115,333 73,069 -95.93 -94.51 United Arab Emirates 89,129 20,044 133,710 44,252 -33.34 -54.70 United Kingdom 800,236 309,798 768,566 431,595 4.12 -28.22 Uruguay 8,730 1,250 16,255 8,569 -46.29 -85.41 World Total

16,363,944 10,174,375 16,643,107 13,981,959 -1.68 -27.23

9603300000 Artists Brushes, & Similar Brushes For Cosemtics (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Argentina 166,014 74,172 86,987 31,079 90.85 138.66 Australia 2,562,067 246,139 2,277,835 321,874 12.48 -23.53 Austria 4,328 831 -100.00 -100.00 Bahamas 4,420 1,129 -100.00 -100.00 Bahrain 4,789 355 -100.00 -100.00 Belgium 2,560,978 1,600,631 4,800,535 788,522 -46.65 102.99 Bosnia & 23,471 240 Herzegovina Brazil 913,035 343,999 634,163 234,089 43.97 46.95 British Virgin Islands 38,334 719 -100.00 -100.00 Canada 16,065,100 4,554,031 18,138,634 6,083,708 -11.43 -25.14 Cayman Islands 2,533 1 -100.00 -100.00 Chile 128,272 22,152 42,380 27,617 202.67 -19.79 China 1,008,390 165,901 1,435,269 347,440 -29.74 -52.25 Colombia 153,001 33,560 354,774 24,754 -56.87 35.57 Costa Rica 43,635 2,237 20,021 987 117.95 126.65 Czech Republic 150,815 61,153 324,682 85,758 -53.55 -28.69 Denmark 12,884 1,628 28,983 4,607 -55.55 -64.66 Dominican Republic 16,730 1,879 285,719 200,271 -94.14 -99.06 Ecuador 34,542 19,147 51,848 29,982 -33.38 -36.14 El Salvador 48,904 10,750 31,289 11,126 56.30 -3.38 Estonia 6,615 7 23,755 5,795 -72.15 -99.88 Fiji 11,679 2,976 -100.00 -100.00 Finland 46,292 709 15,379 847 201.01 -16.29 France 2,371,260 244,747 803,752 149,023 195.02 64.23 Germany 955,723 241,408 896,415 201,826 6.62 19.61 Greece 6,723 405 13,620 1,713 -50.64 -76.36 Guatemala 30,432 18,134 45,165 29,016 -32.62 -37.50 Honduras 20,948 121 Hong Kong 817,597 57,920 2,617,953 220,148 -68.77 -73.69 Iceland 2,581 113 -100.00 -100.00 India 91,828 14,564 18,553 1,989 394.95 632.23 Indonesia 3,692 244 30,445 4,544 -87.87 -94.63 Iraq 6,655 732 11,394 514 -41.59 42.41 Ireland 19,391 2,979 48,628 12,345 -60.12 -75.87 Israel 50,164 9,144 74,468 34,890 -32.64 -73.79 Italy 81,084 3,650 115,572 10,229 -29.84 -64.32 Jamaica 6,614 680 Japan 491,774 115,666 397,466 60,231 23.73 92.04 Jordan 24,206 23,224 2,700 1,764 796.52 1216.55 Kazakhstan 14,751 7,697 20,003 14,602 -26.26 -47.29 Korea, South 725,189 105,597 1,480,964 191,292 -51.03 -44.80 Kuwait 207,728 10,509 183,387 13,962 13.27 -24.73 Kyrgyzstan 13,067 34 Lebanon 48,833 14,384 Luxembourg 8,064 980 6,614 960 21.92 2.08 Macau 15,020 591 3,182 1 372.03 59000.00 Malaysia 171,430 66,831 235,403 86,662 -27.18 -22.88 Malta 2,595 1 -100.00 -100.00 Martinique 5,257 1 Mexico 4,386,476 1,276,106 4,374,447 1,339,791 0.27 -4.75 Moldova 4,845 5,015 -100.00 -100.00 Mongolia 6,804 5,416 Morocco 37,587 2,220 -100.00 -100.00 Netherlands 172,461 38,425 505,450 88,095 -65.88 -56.38

New Zealand 127,460 52,411 46,126 25,167 176.33 108.25 Nicaragua 34,552 12,276 -100.00 -100.00 Norway 12,900 1,120 14,615 2,502 -11.73 -55.24 Oman 20,445 1,290 4,846 89 321.89 1349.44 Panama 46,585 13,379 133,531 28,401 -65.11 -52.89 Peru 21,197 10,969 57,684 18,684 -63.25 -41.29 Philippines 146,841 25,545 95,232 27,885 54.19 -8.39 Poland 145,664 26,019 117,884 51,407 23.57 -49.39 Portugal 3,285 302 -100.00 -100.00 Qatar 92,253 4,275 23,955 425 285.11 905.88 Romania 280,650 445 10,591 3,970 2549.89 -88.79 Russia 101,726 69,163 259,866 224,401 -60.85 -69.18 Saudi Arabia 250,393 11,236 268,071 21,731 -6.59 -48.30 Serbia 9,348 8,460 4,742 4,104 97.13 106.14 Singapore 953,927 120,945 1,040,630 181,377 -8.33 -33.32 Slovakia 5,033 396 -100.00 -100.00 Slovenia 26,998 2,901 19,897 3,264 35.69 -11.12 South Africa 126,491 68,729 304,073 110,210 -58.40 -37.64 Spain 81,299 23,880 232,626 98,151 -65.05 -75.67 St Vincent & 14,227 1,002 -100.00 -100.00 the Grenadines Sweden 256,457 43,675 663,832 155,263 -61.37 -71.87 Switzerland 83,391 26,398 1,050,177 214,597 -92.06 -87.70 Taiwan 213,661 41,076 113,545 18,317 88.17 124.25 Thailand 189,804 22,416 235,420 20,627 -19.38 8.67 Trinidad & Tobago 36,814 13,080 15,987 8,354 130.27 56.57 Tunisia 23,111 1,628 34,118 6,292 -32.26 -74.13 Turkey 166,657 5,293 439,532 15,957 -62.08 -66.83 Ukraine 23,371 19,820 58,282 47,376 -59.90 -58.16 United Arab Emirates 640,063 123,354 446,912 55,315 43.22 123.00 United Kingdom 5,695,986 800,741 5,880,573 1,009,986 -3.14 -20.72 Uruguay 21,181 7,846 27,088 13,032 -21.81 -39.79 Vietnam 37,468 2,796 World Total

44,526,057 10,947,414 52,208,457 13,056,273 -14.71 -16.15

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Country

9603402000 Paint Rollers (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Argentina 23,602 1,630 Aruba 3,429 36 Australia 5,635 3,265 47,802 23,284 -88.21 -85.98 Bahamas 7,442 1,045 24,718 9,326 -69.89 -88.79 Bahrain 3,541 268 -100.00 -100.00 Barbados 3,025 2,188 -100.00 -100.00 Belgium 6,928 3,280 6,618 7,680 4.68 -57.29 Belize 3,669 14 Bermuda 9,173 2,588 7,865 3,154 16.63 -17.95 Bosnia & Herzegovina 3,630 1,500 -100.00 -100.00 Brazil 15,852 1,504 -100.00 -100.00 British Virgin Islands 4,323 19 7,029 5,426 -38.50 -99.65 Canada 1,545,372 615,943 1,399,147 631,578 10.45 -2.48 Cayman Islands 2,739 1,199 2,764 1,206 -0.90 -0.58 Chile 3,427 225 14,024 5,852 -75.56 -96.16 China 4,121 53 3,307 251 24.61 -78.88 Colombia 21,092 1,569 -100.00 -100.00 Costa Rica 30,500 2,311 -100.00 -100.00 Denmark 5,200 2,000 Dominica 23,989 827 Dominican Republic 284,269 11,115 230,322 6,694 23.42 66.04 Ecuador 3,580 20 9,454 1,240 -62.13 -98.39 El Salvador 4,111 630 3,596 280 14.32 125.00 Estonia 3,736 2,000 -100.00 -100.00 Fiji 8,650 2,698 -100.00 -100.00 France 23,481 3,133 22,090 1,000 6.30 213.30 Germany 27,830 8,942 21,702 9,888 28.24 -9.57 Honduras 29,485 8,925 13,363 13,908 120.65 -35.83 Iceland 6,102 1,140 -100.00 -100.00 India 44,685 13,113 16,490 4,512 170.98 190.63 Indonesia 11,764 1,160 -100.00 -100.00 Ireland 24,117 7,856 43,887 6,964 -45.05 12.81 Israel 6,681 33 10,817 57 -38.24 -42.11 Italy 8,555 80 -100.00 -100.00 Jamaica 28,860 15,977 Japan 35,782 1,504 -100.00 -100.00 Kenya 12,382 178 -100.00 -100.00 Korea, South 23,974 11,908 50,845 7,444 -52.85 59.97 Kuwait 3,433 2,601 -100.00 -100.00 Lithuania 2,755 209 Malaysia 19,240 4,000 23,468 5,364 -18.02 -25.43 Marshall Islands 5,994 454 -100.00 -100.00 Mexico 762,518 407,263 356,094 217,779 114.13 87.01 Netherlands 9,017 1,110 -100.00 -100.00 New Zealand 45,076 9,728 48,496 14,454 -7.05 -32.70 Norway 2,518 200 Oman 2,866 4,008 -100.00 -100.00 Panama 62,589 26,642 59,480 23,723 5.23 12.30 Peru 17,271 1,293

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Russia 19,300 5,580 Saudi Arabia 57,521 73,176 86,350 56,262 -33.39 30.06 Singapore 2,957 576 20,383 4,329 -85.49 -86.69 Sint Maarten 2,909 194 -100.00 -100.00 South Africa 85,845 117,596 5,214 648 1546.43 18047.53 Spain 4,355 486 Thailand 23,724 229 29,930 285 -20.74 -19.65 Trinidad & Tobago 38,796 13,861 34,634 10,212 12.02 35.73 Turkey 6,973 181 Uganda 8,845 357 United Arab Emirates 4,869 1,545 United Kingdom 213,527 79,596 133,937 39,038 59.42 103.89 World Total

Country

3,528,801 1,456,294 2,922,656 1,138,305 20.74 27.94 9603404020 Paint Pads (no) June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Argentina 6,248 1,710 -100.00 -100.00 Australia 9,933 2,814 2,945 1,900 237.28 48.11 China 33,048 9,362 Colombia 9,483 1,499 Costa Rica 6,976 1,976 3,111 881 124.24 124.29 Finland 8,166 2,313 -100.00 -100.00 Germany 4,825 630 7,680 400 -37.17 57.50 Guatemala 2,756 100 -100.00 -100.00 Honduras 13,360 3,785 -100.00 -100.00 Ireland 4,816 85 -100.00 -100.00 Jamaica 3,754 2,800 -100.00 -100.00 Mexico 41,875 27,431 138,768 53,903 -69.82 -49.11 Netherlands 5,250 8 -100.00 -100.00 New Zealand 3,780 1,800 -100.00 -100.00 Peru 4,389 1,608 -100.00 -100.00 Singapore 12,293 4,836 -100.00 -100.00 South Africa 4,432 5,832 -100.00 -100.00 United Kingdom 45,201 10,598 9,708 1,560 365.61 579.36 World Total

151,341 54,310

231,456

83,521 -34.61 -34.97

9603404050 Paint,distempr,varnish Or Similr Brushes,ex 960330 (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Anguilla 4,959 4 Antigua & Barbuda 56,819 10,844 4,740 205 1098.71 5189.76 Argentina 108,135 4,553 -100.00 -100.00 Australia 5,322 591 268,196 53,217 -98.02 -98.89 Austria 2,947 386 -100.00 -100.00 Bahamas 15,342 1,485 14,207 1,459 7.99 1.78 Barbados 31,307 9,105 15,881 688 97.13 1223.40 Belgium 4,727 945 Bermuda 8,562 3,748 15,613 4,115 -45.16 -8.92 Brazil 19,423 1,162 -100.00 -100.00 British Virgin Islands 7,096 307 4,561 2,160 55.58 -85.79 Brunei 17,314 750 -100.00 -100.00 Canada 3,758,473 649,801 4,023,990 727,249 -6.60 -10.65 Cayman Islands 9,660 2,388 13,628 3,995 -29.12 -40.23 Chile 15,507 2,566 7,854 340 97.44 654.71 China 630,105 243,025 521,912 28,490 20.73 753.02 Colombia 7,744 167 9,480 2,165 -18.31 -92.29 Costa Rica 3,720 2 101,905 4,411 -96.35 -99.95 Curacao 2,960 768 Czech Republic 22,757 4,100 3,930 8 479.06 51150.00 Denmark 5,200 2,000 10,770 2,579 -51.72 -22.45 Dominican Republic 8,111 160 -100.00 -100.00 Ecuador 48,800 1,726 -100.00 -100.00 Egypt 12,795 599 -100.00 -100.00 El Salvador 6,317 504 6,857 2,232 -7.88 -77.42 Fiji 5,204 225 3,070 318 69.51 -29.25 Finland 24,949 343 31,881 1,348 -21.74 -74.55 France 133,556 14,939 48,513 3,949 175.30 278.30 Germany 35,465 604 39,656 2,789 -10.57 -78.34 Grenada 3,580 1,806 2,550 110 40.39 1541.82 Guatemala 4,243 63 -100.00 -100.00

Honduras 50,000 2,165 Hong Kong 4,481 40 Indonesia 2,883 480 Iraq 2,893 135 Ireland 59,762 12,423 56,320 12,662 6.11 -1.89 Israel 35,262 2,921 72,169 4,379 -51.14 -33.30 Italy 3,110 500 9,072 660 -65.72 -24.24 Jamaica 62,610 5,422 35,148 17,426 78.13 -68.89 Japan 33,559 2,713 22,952 5,252 46.21 -48.34 Korea, South 751,479 31,917 707,644 24,270 6.19 31.51 Kuwait 2,850 123 -100.00 -100.00 Lithuania 3,202 479 11,905 515 -73.10 -6.99 Malaysia 9,296 1,386 3,697 735 151.45 88.57 Mexico 229,716 39,555 404,667 53,381 -43.23 -25.90 Netherlands 134,360 27,355 78,437 17,662 71.30 54.88 New Zealand 64,032 18,286 63,966 21,748 0.10 -15.92 Nigeria 67,000 12,059 Oman 5,070 300 2,925 4 73.33 7400.00 Pakistan 2,592 144 -100.00 -100.00 Panama 84,644 5,812 83,809 12,656 1.00 -54.08 Peru 50,931 3,058 30,047 2,530 69.50 20.87 Philippines 7,304 497 Poland 3,160 500 39,806 2,158 -92.06 -76.83 Qatar 7,444 328 -100.00 -100.00 Russia 60,047 2,599 -100.00 -100.00 Samoa 73,174 3,167 -100.00 -100.00 Saudi Arabia 21,232 3,567 8,508 368 149.55 869.29 Singapore 37,015 1,269 110,711 7,799 -66.57 -83.73 Sint Maarten 3,777 1,548 34,497 2,707 -89.05 -42.81 Slovakia 3,390 15 Slovenia 16,940 49 5,710 17 196.67 188.24 South Africa 5,270 10 Spain 11,070 37 St Lucia 2,518 24

St Vincent & 9,610 5,728 the Grenadines Switzerland 12,000 519 -100.00 -100.00 Taiwan 5,877 20 11,035 3,288 -46.74 -99.39 Thailand 2,517 408 Tonga 2,892 1,824 Trinidad & Tobago 235,593 34,015 364,779 44,682 -35.41 -23.87 Turkey 10,190 969 Ukraine 10,748 910 United Arab Emirates 7,920 500 7,557 74 4.80 575.68 United Kingdom 1,066,033 219,588 1,174,541 247,531 -9.24 -11.29 Uruguay 9,762 423 Vietnam 5,182 224 World Total

7,931,621 1,389,398 8,868,971 1,340,610 -10.57 3.64

9603500000 Othr Brushes,as Parts Of Machines,appliance,vehicl (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Angola 6,182 2 Argentina 39,964 224 37,108 215 7.70 4.19 Aruba 3,744 1,649 Australia 581,924 37,922 452,222 37,565 28.68 0.95 Austria 28,916 46 22,232 446 30.06 -89.69 Azerbaijan 7,400 200 2,724 120 171.66 66.67 Bahamas 2,666 13 8,801 401 -69.71 -96.76 Bahrain 13,488 792 10,427 770 29.36 2.86 Belgium 375,164 9,503 350,552 6,435 7.02 47.68 Belize 17,847 540 Brazil 288,071 27,599 453,905 64,630 -36.53 -57.30 British Virgin Islands 3,068 1 Canada 19,006,761 984,309 19,084,632 988,347 -0.41 -0.41 Cayman Islands 7,800 9 Chile 105,835 56,518 129,768 39,125 -18.44 44.45 China 1,629,914 114,629 2,093,511 460,112 -22.14 -75.09

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9603500000 Othr Brushes,as Parts Of Machines,appliance,vehicl (no) (CONT’D)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Colombia 532,721 47,141 369,592 39,737 44.14 18.63 Costa Rica 98,128 9,660 20,389 2,039 381.28 373.76 Croatia 2,844 36 Czech Republic 70,355 1,700 50,831 3,098 38.41 -45.13 Denmark 399,797 7,282 468,746 8,111 -14.71 -10.22 Dominican Republic 115,448 64,702 141,624 64,749 -18.48 -0.07 Ecuador 56,781 7,837 40,351 9,019 40.72 -13.11 Egypt 15,109 75 17,469 203 -13.51 -63.05 El Salvador 17,272 522 13,381 204 29.08 155.88 Equatorial Guinea 9,284 320 -100.00 -100.00 Finland 686,697 36,855 84,355 7,616 714.06 383.92 France 556,571 458,661 575,704 464,847 -3.32 -1.33 Gabon 12,375 500 -100.00 -100.00 Germany 4,065,074 1,674,319 4,521,319 1,726,701 -10.09 -3.03 Ghana 3,242 160 -100.00 -100.00 Greece 17,322 5,636 66,274 3,342 -73.86 68.64 Guatemala 28,044 50 29,724 837 -5.65 -94.03 Honduras 29,997 2,137 5,181 95 478.98 2149.47 Hong Kong 267,380 461,962 498,139 679,424 -46.32 -32.01 Hungary 4,410 1 India 113,473 18,020 185,441 22,375 -38.81 -19.46 Indonesia 74,544 5,026 159,726 14,244 -53.33 -64.71 Iraq 22,951 1,102 Ireland 229,025 11,889 135,586 11,733 68.91 1.33 Israel 576,931 16,626 289,784 2,834 99.09 486.66 Italy 110,195 8,596 98,651 2,483 11.70 246.19 Jamaica 6,664 551 Japan 1,992,304 399,133 1,430,758 313,076 39.25 27.49

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Jordan 3,650 120 2,826 60 29.16 100.00 Korea, South 3,941,791 347,509 3,259,242 130,032 20.94 167.25 Kuwait 6,470 9 65,437 3,565 -90.11 -99.75 Liberia 10,500 70 Lithuania 2,720 4 2,758 36 -1.38 -88.89 Luxembourg 5,320 2 3,530 2 50.71 0.00 Malaysia 400,276 42,356 468,135 32,366 -14.50 30.87 Maldives 2,754 30 Malta 18,090 2,680 14,172 2,100 27.65 27.62 Mexico 8,260,802 3,792,793 8,060,464 5,075,208 2.49 -25.27 Mongolia 551,262 28,548 Morocco 2,709 13 -100.00 -100.00 Namibia 54,675 900 Netherlands 189,852 19,844 279,271 11,600 -32.02 71.07 New Zealand 20,138 29 29,613 363 -32.00 -92.01 Nicaragua 11,755 648 9,002 832 30.58 -22.12 Nigeria 3,200 160 -100.00 -100.00 Norway 131,346 1,456 71,564 4,787 83.54 -69.58 Oman 26,375 3,201 23,946 1,625 10.14 96.98 Pakistan 18,845 18 28,285 2,329 -33.37 -99.23 Panama 50,440 8,643 108,771 10,767 -53.63 -19.73 Paraguay 7,085 5 Peru 171,840 4,836 137,764 9,954 24.74 -51.42 Philippines 74,430 992 91,366 2,380 -18.54 -58.32 Poland 329,600 44,611 202,604 28,812 62.68 54.83 Portugal 4,048 800 14,700 2,171 -72.46 -63.15 Qatar 67,346 2,690 44,431 585 51.57 359.83 Romania 9,380 1,000 12,540 1,001 -25.20 -0.10 Russia 31,372 1,086 15,915 159 97.12 583.02 Saudi Arabia 63,119 12,254 97,735 4,038 -35.42 203.47 Sierra Leone 6,000 2 -100.00 -100.00

Singapore 1,797,056 89,375 2,300,316 60,083 -21.88 48.75 Slovenia 121,765 193,685 38,650 10,027 215.05 1831.63 South Africa 318,724 9,018 125,307 5,334 154.35 69.07 Spain 93,443 4,904 100,055 14,314 -6.61 -65.74 Sri Lanka 2,655 30 -100.00 -100.00 Suriname 8,235 1 -100.00 -100.00 Sweden 278,817 10,001 256,537 14,758 8.68 -32.23 Switzerland 58,752 1,368 162,772 5,774 -63.91 -76.31 Taiwan 1,976,126 83,425 1,518,166 65,587 30.17 27.20 Tanzania 13,060 29 -100.00 -100.00 Thailand 135,384 123,590 213,871 98,061 -36.70 26.03 Togo 4,400 12 -100.00 -100.00 Trinidad and Tobago 64,787 3,372 18,046 1,948 259.01 73.10 Turkey 15,728 3,950 40,331 2,662 -61.00 48.38 United Arab Emirates 643,039 32,758 573,718 35,605 12.08 -8.00 United Kingdom 1,091,810 48,091 1,019,199 73,293 7.12 -34.39 Uruguay 7,950 1,055 3,887 338 104.53 212.13 Venezuela 8,779 1 70,938 3,538 -87.62 -99.97 Vietnam 129,409 52,612 27,534 5,692 370.00 824.31 World Total

53,415,631 9,447,814 51,427,465 10,697,946 3.87 -11.69

9603900000 Hand-operated Mechanical Floor Sweeper Etc, Nesoi (no)

June 2019 YTD June 2018 YTD YTD Growth% Country Value Qty Value Qty Value Qty

Afghanistan 42,176 4,667 3,008 148 1302.13 3053.38 Albania 3,408 135 -100.00 -100.00 Angola 6,739 16 Antigua and Barbuda 3,896 1,581 2,525 300 54.30 427.00 Argentina 21,643 1,710 27,598 1,095 -21.58 56.16 Aruba 28,029 1,215 47,363 4,167 -40.82 -70.84 Australia 990,786 171,827 1,248,972 69,404 -20.67 147.58 Austria 3,237 380 16,540 2,398 -80.43 -84.15 Azerbaijan 7,676 430 -100.00 -100.00 Bahamas 102,125 5,507 53,450 4,072 91.07 35.24 Bahrain 8,075 2,556 22,208 1,032 -63.64 147.67 Barbados 5,151 122 10,085 1,326 -48.92 -90.80 Belarus 4,070 518 -100.00 -100.00 Belgium 1,141,229 481,197 627,809 34,677 81.78 1287.65 Belize 3,243 120 3,750 1 -13.52 11900.00 Bermuda 19,562 1,990 11,200 1,998 74.66 -0.40 Bolivia 9,349 136 95,505 3,788 -90.21 -96.41 Brazil 356,135 54,247 316,292 19,997 12.60 171.28 British Virgin Islands 3,177 240 9,188 360 -65.42 -33.33 Bulgaria 23,956 1,571 6,120 170 291.44 824.12 Cambodia 3,095 123 -100.00 -100.00 Cameroon 4,555 80 8,511 2,200 -46.48 -96.36 Canada 24,773,316 7,776,227 25,310,382 5,361,503 -2.12 45.04 Cayman Islands 10,881 1,253 6,974 1,000 56.02 25.30 Chile 262,512 20,443 479,553 26,848 -45.26 -23.86 China 880,330 160,099 1,008,164 35,835 -12.68 346.77 Colombia 70,893 11,196 106,756 10,401 -33.59 7.64 Comoros 303,765 11 Costa Rica 252,850 73,871 226,104 19,121 11.83 286.33 Curacao 3,407 50 4,525 866 -24.71 -94.23 Czech Republic 50,575 1,039 41,742 2,499 21.16 -58.42 Denmark 245,957 9,957 239,898 8,599 2.53 15.79 Djibouti 9,637 124 -100.00 -100.00 Dominica 3,713 1 2,624 104 41.50 -99.04 Dominican Republic 101,550 7,406 109,396 4,143 -7.17 78.76 Ecuador 24,903 7,336 112,252 12,204 -77.82 -39.89 Egypt 32,069 1,272 -100.00 -100.00 El Salvador 109,737 5,552 32,715 2,325 235.43 138.80 Estonia 3,456 3,540 Ethiopia 6,188 850 Fiji 3,000 5 -100.00 -100.00 Finland 89,376 10,791 70,621 5,980 26.56 80.45 France 591,329 24,751 358,368 12,082 65.01 104.86 Georgia 10,171 272 -100.00 -100.00 Germany 2,221,078 188,222 1,548,366 104,949 43.45 79.35 Greece 7,556 3,600 8,809 350 -14.22 928.57 Greenland 7,574 752 4,909 195 54.29 285.64

Grenada 3,747 1 -100.00 -100.00 Guatemala 73,864 2,019 102,935 6,021 -28.24 -66.47 Haiti 3,284 70 -100.00 -100.00 Honduras 78,212 3,420 5,493 109 1323.85 3037.61 Hong Kong 541,732 20,979 226,523 8,302 139.15 152.70 Hungary 4,950 1 4,324 172 14.48 -99.42 Iceland 6,170 25 52,992 5,549 -88.36 -99.55 India 155,509 30,572 264,666 10,519 -41.24 190.64 Indonesia 46,215 10,290 85,760 3,210 -46.11 220.56 Iran 13,777 314 -100.00 -100.00 Iraq 34,260 1,101 -100.00 -100.00 Ireland 589,170 45,375 1,333,017 44,175 -55.80 2.72 Israel 54,069 6,147 99,307 5,605 -45.55 9.67 Italy 368,413 36,883 251,215 15,425 46.65 139.11 Jamaica 56,726 4,501 14,619 800 288.03 462.63 Japan 796,597 92,292 751,609 48,309 5.99 91.05 Jordan 59,665 3,784 20,481 2,614 191.32 44.76 Korea, South 847,062 56,156 429,603 21,899 97.17 156.43 Kuwait 22,218 3,007 51,696 1,489 -57.02 101.95 Latvia 21,321 264 8,747 347 143.75 -23.92 Lebanon 22,924 909 -100.00 -100.00 Liberia 22,262 883 -100.00 -100.00 Libya 7,741 200 Lithuania 6,902 274 -100.00 -100.00 Luxembourg 3,955 100 10,362 517 -61.83 -80.66 Malaysia 83,443 12,320 81,259 5,071 2.69 142.95 Maldives 3,158 59 Malta 2,631 306 -100.00 -100.00 Mexico 5,628,490 1,424,476 6,331,447 446,781 -11.10 218.83 Monaco 14,561 299 Mongolia 5,973 467 11,392 452 -47.57 3.32 Netherlands 532,331 130,377 751,367 33,341 -29.15 291.04 New Zealand 137,101 9,832 114,501 12,609 19.74 -22.02 Nicaragua 32,116 1,629 6,516 416 392.88 291.59 Niger 4,837 802 North Macedonia 4,794 300 Norway 95,196 6,085 162,868 15,979 -41.55 -61.92 Pakistan 3,696 147 -100.00 -100.00 Panama 174,355 33,972 273,201 24,031 -36.18 41.37 Paraguay 13,167 511 Peru 257,135 12,038 157,384 5,509 63.38 118.52 Philippines 466,405 86,547 462,293 42,455 0.89 103.86 Poland 39,174 3,124 16,664 947 135.08 229.88 Portugal 29,476 260 54,786 2,102 -46.20 -87.63 Qatar 19,106 606 12,211 202 56.47 200.00 Romania 6,590 2 4,264 169 54.55 -98.82 Russia 335,320 19,846 118,655 13,472 182.60 47.31 Saudi Arabia 674,811 50,210 547,560 30,157 23.24 66.50 Singapore 425,111 308,444 501,119 24,975 -15.17 1135.01 Sint Maarten 3,566 606 -100.00 -100.00 Slovakia 10,005 1,500 South Africa 127,234 11,345 127,686 12,967 -0.35 -12.51 Spain 121,262 46,494 175,436 10,220 -30.88 354.93 Sri Lanka 8,717 2,221 -100.00 -100.00 St Lucia 7,815 1,537 7,827 1,895 -0.15 -18.89 Suriname 3,957 252 Sweden 132,636 11,730 60,135 3,349 120.56 250.25 Switzerland 51,660 3,082 70,389 2,955 -26.61 4.30 Taiwan 44,600 2,608 43,235 1,515 3.16 72.15 Thailand 103,455 6,640 310,871 17,110 -66.72 -61.19 Togo 8,500 850 Trinidad and Tobago 141,605 17,186 78,475 3,990 80.45 330.73 Turkey 28,661 2,193 9,255 725 209.68 202.48 Uganda 14,936 200 3,800 380 293.05 -47.37 Ukraine 11,854 2,574 22,038 4,309 -46.21 -40.26 United Arab Emirates 165,452 17,933 248,435 25,107 -33.40 -28.57 United Kingdom 2,169,732 239,885 1,391,756 115,547 55.90 107.61 Uruguay 7,845 253 49,818 2,955 -84.25 -91.44 Venezuela 525,085 20,828 -100.00 -100.00 Vietnam 12,441 463 171,586 6,234 -92.75 -92.57 World Total

48,673,898 11,821,055 48,997,837 6,829,664 -0.66 73.08

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ISM’s July PMI Continues Downward Trend

Nine manufacturing industries report growth and nine report contraction

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he Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) reported a PMI of 52.1 percent for July, which is the lowest figure since August 2016. It was the fourth straight month of decline and the PMI has now fallen 5.6 percent from the January number of 56.6 percent.

In the report, Timothy R. Fiore, Chair of the Institute for Manufacturing Business Survey Committee notes consumption (measured by the Production and Employment indexes) continues to expand, but at lower levels. That resulted in a combined decrease of 6.1 percentage points to the PMI® calculation due to minimal new-order growth, backlog contraction and customer-inventory gains.

The report also says inputs—expressed as supplier deliveries, inventories and imports—were lower in July due to inventory tightening for the second straight month and continued slower supplier deliveries, resulting in a combined 3.0-percentage-point improvement in the Supplier Deliveries and Inventories indexes. Imports and new export orders contracted. Overall, inputs indicate that (1) supply chains are responding marginally slower and (2) supply managers are closely matching inventories to new orders. In addition, prices contracted for the second consecutive month, indicating lower overall systemic demand.

From a broader perspective, Fiore says, “Respondents expressed less concern about US-China trade turbulence, but trade remains a significant issue. More respondents noted supply chain adjustments as a result of moving manufacturing from China. Overall, sentiment this month is evenly mixed.”

GROWTH INDUSTRIES Nine industries reported growth in July: Wood Products; Printing and Related Support Activities; Furniture and Related Products; Food, Beverage and Tobacco Products; Plastics and Rubber Products; Computer and Electronic Products; Textile Mills; Petroleum and Coal Products; and Chemical Products.

CONTRACTION INDUSTRIES The nine industries that reported contraction in July: Apparel, Leather and Allied Products; Fabricated Metal Products; Primary Metals; Nonmetallic Mineral Products; Transportation Equipment; Paper Products; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliances and Components; and Machinery.

Source: Institute for Supply Management®, ISM®, PMI®, Report On Business®. For more information, visit the ISM® website at www.ismrob.org.

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SURVEY RESPONDER COMMENTS “General business trends are continuing to show signs of weakness resulting from tariffs and cost impacts of importing and exporting.” (Electrical Equipment, Appliances and Components) “Business is strong mostly due to seasonality. Tariffs surcharges are now being passed through to all customers.

Labor is tight, putting pressure on wages costs.” (Furniture and Related Products) “All aspects of business remain strong, but we’re starting to see the frictional effect of tariffs on exports.” (Plastics and Rubber Products) “We are a third-tier supplier to [a major aircraft manufacturer], and it appears its production slowdown of [an aircraft] is having a direct effect on our slowing orders.”

(Miscellaneous Manufacturing) “Business has slowed, but it is still steady and expected to pick up next month.” (Machinery) “There is a drop in demand for steel products, which has had a major impact on steel prices and the domestic scrap market.” (Fabricated Metal Products) “The economy is holding steady. All the uncertainty seems to be priced in accordingly, and supply plans are consistent throughout 2019. Business conditions improving yet still facing headwinds in foreign exchange, commodities and certain direct materials.” (Food, Beverage and Tobacco Products) “[Automotive] sales continue to decline, and forecasts have been reduced due to softer predicted demand.

Attention to product cost—not sales price—is increasing.”

(Transportation Equipment) “Weakness in end markets accelerating rapidly. Continuing to reduce production based on weakening demand and declining current orders.” (Chemical Products) “China tariffs continue to be a concern. The uncertainty of future tariffs involving China, Canada and Mexico is also a concern. China tariffs for electronic parts are averaging 17 percent.” (Computer and Electronic Products)

36-MONTH PMI® HISTORY MOVING AVERAGE: SIX MONTHS

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Source: Institute for Supply Management®, ISM®, PMI®, Report On Business®.

ISM® MANUFACTURING AT A GLANCE JULY 2019

Index PMI® New Orders Production Employment Supplier Deliveries Inventories Customers’ Inventories Prices Backlog of Orders New Export Orders Imports

Series Index May

Series Index Apr

PCT PT Change Direction

Rate of Change

Trend* (Months)

51.2 51.7 -0.5 Growing Slower 50.8 50.0 +0.8 Growing From Unchanged 50.8 54.1 -3.3 Growing Slower 51.7 54.5 -2.8 Growing Slower 53.3 50.7 +2.6 Slowing Faster 49.5 49.1 +0.4 Contracting Slower 45.7 44.6 +1.1 Too Low Slower 45.1 47.9 -2.8 Decreasing Faster 43.1 47.4 -4.3 Contracting Faster 48.1 50.5 -2.4 Contracting From Growing 47.0 50.0 -3.0 Contracting From Unchanged OVERALL ECONOMY Manufacturing Sector

Growing Growing

Slower Slower

35 1 35 34 41 2 34 2 3 1 1 123 35

*Number of months moving in current direction.

Source: Institute for Supply Management®, ISM®, PMI®, Report On Business®.

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49 Annual Arcola Broomcorn Festival Arcola, Illinois

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61 FEIBP Annual Congress Lucerne, Switzerland

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2019 WCBMA Convention Santa Fe, New Mexico

The 2019 West Coast Brush Manufacturers Association Annual Convention held at the Inn and Spa at Lorretto.

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National Broom, Mop & Brush Meeting St. Louis, Missouri

Annual meeting held at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel. Registration and networking is 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday with dinner at 6:00 p.m. Breakfast is at 7:30 a.m. on Friday followed by a keynote on business innovation and the supplier reports.

November 18-21, 2019

ISSA Show North America 2019 Las Vegas, Nevada

The ISSA Show brings together all the best that the professional cleaning industry has to offer – cutting-edge products and resources, proven strategies and solutions and the latest trends and professional development, The event expects to host 16,000 attendees from around the world. www.issa.com/trade-shows/issa-show-north-america-lasvegas-2019.html

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Interbrush 2020 Freiburg, Germany

The world’s leading trade fair for machines, materials and accessories for the broom, brush, paint roller and mop industry. The 2016 trade fair drew in 7,500 visitors from 90 countries with more than 200 exhibitors. www.interbrush.de/en/profil.html March 4-7, 2020 rd

103 ABMA Annual Convention Renaissance Vinoy, St Petersburg, Florida

The American Brush Manufacturer Association’s 2020 Annual Convention is planned for St. Petersburg, Fla. www.abma.org/abma-annual-convention

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