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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | IRELAND      |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         |  Data through  3/2012 in Million $  |
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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            23.468    32.598     5.529     6.859     24.05    25.410    33.447    34.086    33.928     33.52    0.03
       1 Apparel           7.025     8.146     1.200     0.956    -20.33     7.441     8.181     7.990     7.902      6.20    0.01
       2 Non-Apparel      16.443    24.452     4.329     5.903     36.35    17.969    25.266    26.097    26.026     44.84    0.11
      11 Yarns             0.153     0.164     0.077     0.015    -80.97     0.222     0.094     0.101     0.102    -54.15    0.01
      12 Fabrics           9.472    10.882     2.097     2.213      5.53    10.059    11.224    10.997    10.998      9.33    0.20
      14 Made Ups / Mis    6.818    13.406     2.155     3.675     70.55     7.689    13.948    14.999    14.926     94.14    0.09
      30 Cotton Product    0.509     1.158     0.175     0.474    170.89     0.626     1.180     1.473     1.457    132.59    0.00
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.438     0.869     0.155     0.243     56.94     0.539     0.875     0.963     0.957     77.67    0.00
      32 Cot Non-Appare    0.071     0.289     0.020     0.231   1061.45     0.087     0.305     0.510     0.499    470.88    0.01
      40 Wool Products    15.478    23.800     4.041     4.702     16.35    17.086    24.090    24.535    24.461     43.16    0.50
      41 Wool Apparel      6.281     6.982     0.973     0.621    -36.17     6.591     6.990     6.690     6.630      0.60    0.17
      42 Wool Non-Appar    9.198    16.818     3.068     4.081     33.02    10.495    17.100    17.846    17.831     69.89    1.81
      60 MMF Products      6.115     6.508     1.065     1.464     37.49     6.326     7.023     7.100     6.907      9.19    0.02
      61 MMF Apparel       0.172     0.127     0.031     0.027    -12.71     0.183     0.125     0.131     0.123    -33.10    0.00
      62 MMF Non-Appare    5.943     6.381     1.034     1.437     39.01     6.142     6.898     6.969     6.784     10.45    0.05
      80 S and V Produc    1.367     1.133     0.248     0.218    -11.93     1.372     1.154     0.978     1.103    -19.60    0.06
      81 S and V Appare    0.134     0.168     0.040     0.064     59.39     0.128     0.191     0.206     0.192     49.52    0.01
      82 S and V Non-Ap    1.232     0.964     0.208     0.155    -25.62     1.244     0.963     0.773     0.911    -26.74    0.21

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     223 Non-Woven Fabr    5.152     4.315     0.724     0.905     25.06     5.230     4.697     4.697     4.496    -14.03    0.47

Wool:
     414 Oth Wool Fabri    2.021     3.856     0.864     0.826     -4.37     2.429     3.873     3.814     3.819     57.21    5.24
     435 W/G Coats, Woo    0.678     0.226     0.077     0.083      7.58     0.707     0.225     0.231     0.232    -67.14    0.04
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.779     1.276     0.374     0.199    -46.86     0.913     1.276     1.109     1.100     20.54    0.28
     445 Wool Sweater,M    0.834     1.109     0.044     0.011    -74.70     0.863     1.107     1.080     1.077     24.77    0.55
     446 Wool Sweater,W    2.046     2.499     0.215     0.162    -24.53     2.143     2.494     2.476     2.446     14.14    0.41
     459 Oth.Wool Appar    1.798     1.752     0.254     0.158    -37.86     1.834     1.768     1.676     1.656     -9.69    0.46
     465 Floor Covering    6.334    12.113     2.029     3.111     53.31     7.136    12.430    13.245    13.195     84.91    2.04