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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | IRELAND      |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         | Data through  9/2012 in Million SME |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  9/2012
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2010      2011     9/2011    9/2012  % Change    9/2011    7/2012    8/2012    9/2012  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
       0 Total             5.587     8.936     7.638     3.556    -53.44     9.105     6.005     4.441     4.855   -46.68    0.01
       1 Apparel           0.533     0.466     0.295     0.341     15.28     0.414     0.494     0.484     0.511    23.52    0.00
       2 Non-Apparel       5.054     8.471     7.342     3.216    -56.20     8.691     5.511     3.957     4.344   -50.02    0.01
      11 Yarns             0.016     0.031     0.020     0.007    -65.27     0.023     0.019     0.019     0.018   -22.57    0.00
      12 Fabrics           4.601     7.628     6.772     2.656    -60.78     8.023     4.632     3.140     3.512   -56.22    0.04
      14 Made Ups / Misc   0.437     0.812     0.550     0.552      0.37     0.645     0.860     0.798     0.814    26.07    0.00
      30 Cotton Products   0.083     0.164     0.107     0.110      3.12     0.145     0.192     0.162     0.167    15.32    0.00
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.071     0.110     0.061     0.068     12.68     0.093     0.112     0.116     0.118    27.57    0.00
      32 Cot Non-Apparel   0.012     0.053     0.046     0.042     -9.46     0.052     0.080     0.046     0.049    -6.44    0.00
      40 Wool Products     0.817     1.011     0.641     0.686      6.95     0.860     1.021     1.015     1.055    22.67    0.34
      41 Wool Apparel      0.411     0.310     0.205     0.190     -7.33     0.282     0.300     0.272     0.295     4.56    0.13
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.406     0.701     0.436     0.496     13.66     0.578     0.721     0.743     0.761    31.49    0.99
      60 MMF Products      4.331     7.510     6.707     2.634    -60.73     7.803     4.551     3.015     3.437   -55.95    0.01
      61 MMF Apparel       0.034     0.028     0.015     0.065    333.62     0.022     0.065     0.077     0.078   250.25    0.00
      62 MMF Non-Apparel   4.297     7.483     6.692     2.569    -61.61     7.781     4.486     2.938     3.360   -56.82    0.01
      80 S and V Product   0.355     0.252     0.183     0.126    -30.96     0.297     0.242     0.248     0.195   -34.12    0.03
      81 S and V Apparel   0.017     0.018     0.015     0.017     16.90     0.017     0.018     0.019     0.021    20.40    0.01
      82 S and V Non-App   0.339     0.234     0.168     0.109    -35.09     0.280     0.224     0.229     0.175   -37.46    0.05

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     223 Non-Woven Fabri   3.908     7.098     6.386     1.784    -72.06     7.441     3.626     2.123     2.497   -66.44    0.09

Wool:
     414 Oth Wool Fabric   0.153     0.231     0.154     0.165      6.83     0.210     0.230     0.234     0.241    14.82    2.96
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.045     0.058     0.055     0.023    -58.59     0.070     0.059     0.026     0.026   -63.19    0.10
     445 Wool Sweater,MB   0.022     0.028     0.015     0.014     -5.90     0.025     0.027     0.027     0.027     8.74    0.46
     446 Wool Sweater,WG   0.079     0.100     0.050     0.080     60.30     0.074     0.101     0.111     0.131    75.88    0.54
     459 Oth.Wool Appare   0.102     0.095     0.063     0.043    -32.37     0.085     0.078     0.074     0.074   -12.88    0.37
     465 Floor Coverings   0.201     0.410     0.237     0.302     27.45     0.304     0.450     0.466     0.475    56.36    2.24