Sales In the U.S. rose steadily between 2001 and 2003. There was dramatic decrease in 2004 when our main distributor went out of business. Sales rose sharply in 2005, and the slightly improvement in 2006 brought us back to the 2001 level.There was a sharp rise in exports in 2002. They went up slightly in 2093 when we began to break into the Chinese market. They rose dramatically in 2094 when we signed the new distributor agreements and there was a steady increase in 2005 and 2006.