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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | IRELAND      |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         | Data through  3/2012 in Million SME |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  3/2012
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2010      2011     3/2011    3/2012  % Change    3/2011    1/2012    2/2012    3/2012  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
       0 Total             5.587     8.936     0.889     1.310     47.36     5.568     9.150     9.068     9.358    68.07    0.02
       1 Apparel           0.533     0.466     0.092     0.093      0.82     0.547     0.469     0.472     0.467   -14.76    0.00
       2 Non-Apparel       5.054     8.471     0.797     1.217     52.74     5.020     8.681     8.596     8.891    77.10    0.03
      11 Yarns             0.016     0.031     0.015     0.003    -83.06     0.029     0.017     0.018     0.018   -37.96    0.00
      12 Fabrics           4.601     7.628     0.587     0.911     55.22     4.414     7.712     7.653     7.952    80.18    0.08
      14 Made Ups / Misc   0.437     0.812     0.195     0.304     55.67     0.577     0.952     0.925     0.921    59.44    0.01
      30 Cotton Products   0.083     0.164     0.017     0.039    123.56     0.094     0.167     0.186     0.185    97.98    0.00
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.071     0.110     0.015     0.033    122.08     0.079     0.113     0.128     0.129    61.98    0.00
      32 Cot Non-Apparel   0.012     0.053     0.002     0.006    132.54     0.014     0.054     0.058     0.056   301.54    0.00
      40 Wool Products     0.817     1.011     0.207     0.205     -0.90     0.879     1.000     1.008     1.009    14.69    0.30
      41 Wool Apparel      0.411     0.310     0.067     0.046    -31.05     0.415     0.310     0.292     0.289   -30.45    0.11
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.406     0.701     0.140     0.159     13.60     0.464     0.689     0.717     0.720    55.05    0.98
      60 MMF Products      4.331     7.510     0.602     1.020     69.40     4.242     7.730     7.672     7.928    86.87    0.02
      61 MMF Apparel       0.034     0.028     0.004     0.004     -2.02     0.033     0.026     0.028     0.027   -17.64    0.00
      62 MMF Non-Apparel   4.297     7.483     0.597     1.015     69.93     4.209     7.704     7.644     7.900    87.70    0.03
      80 S and V Product   0.355     0.252     0.063     0.046    -25.87     0.352     0.253     0.201     0.236   -33.04    0.04
      81 S and V Apparel   0.017     0.018     0.005     0.009     64.81     0.019     0.020     0.023     0.022    11.51    0.01
      82 S and V Non-App   0.339     0.234     0.057     0.037    -34.49     0.333     0.233     0.178     0.214   -35.64    0.07

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     223 Non-Woven Fabri   3.908     7.098     0.451     0.328    -27.33     3.814     7.190     7.190     6.975    82.89    0.25

Wool:
     414 Oth Wool Fabric   0.153     0.231     0.055     0.047    -14.82     0.168     0.224     0.224     0.222    32.43    2.81
     435 W/G Coats, Wool   0.155     0.022     0.011     0.011      1.21     0.131     0.022     0.022     0.022   -83.24    0.03
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.045     0.058     0.018     0.016     -8.61     0.050     0.058     0.057     0.056    12.33    0.21
     445 Wool Sweater,MB   0.022     0.028     0.002     0.000    -73.55     0.023     0.028     0.027     0.027    17.03    0.44
     446 Wool Sweater,WG   0.079     0.100     0.011     0.007    -34.07     0.086     0.100     0.097     0.097    12.09    0.35
     459 Oth.Wool Appare   0.102     0.095     0.025     0.010    -59.28     0.117     0.095     0.083     0.080   -31.75    0.34
     465 Floor Coverings   0.201     0.410     0.066     0.105     58.64     0.230     0.418     0.446     0.449    95.62    2.16