Major Shippers Country: IRELAND
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  ___________                             |                                     |                             September 8, 2008
 |           |                            |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 |  IRELAND  |                            |              By Country             |
 |___________|                            | Data through  7/2008 in Million SME |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  7/2008
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2006      2007     7/2007    7/2008  % Change    7/2007    5/2008    6/2008    7/2008  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
 O     0 Total             5.099     5.800     3.275     4.795     46.43     5.845     7.156     7.204     7.321    25.24    0.01
 O     1 Apparel           0.941     1.433     1.016     0.248    -75.62     1.540     0.963     0.686     0.665   -56.81    0.00
 O     2 Non-Apparel       4.159     4.367     2.259     4.547    101.34     4.306     6.193     6.518     6.655    54.58    0.02
 O    11 Yarns             0.057     0.040     0.023     0.017    -28.74     0.057     0.036     0.031     0.033   -41.60    0.00
 O    12 Fabrics           3.027     3.263     1.715     2.541     48.23     3.245     3.698     3.975     4.090    26.04    0.05
 O    14 Made Ups / Misc   1.075     1.064     0.521     1.989    281.94     1.004     2.458     2.512     2.532   152.30    0.01
 O    30 Cotton Products   0.211     0.185     0.089     0.060    -32.56     0.233     0.163     0.165     0.156   -32.89    0.00
 O    31 Cotton Apparel    0.150     0.122     0.039     0.021    -44.47     0.145     0.108     0.106     0.105   -27.48    0.00
 O    32 Cot Non-Apparel   0.062     0.063     0.050     0.039    -23.44     0.088     0.055     0.059     0.051   -41.80    0.00
 O    40 Wool Products     1.511     1.267     0.721     0.687     -4.82     1.517     1.214     1.190     1.232   -18.76    0.32
 O    41 Wool Apparel      0.567     0.415     0.200     0.181     -9.68     0.509     0.372     0.373     0.396   -22.30    0.14
 O    42 Wool Non-Appare   0.944     0.852     0.521     0.505     -2.95     1.007     0.842     0.817     0.836   -16.97    0.90
 O    60 MMF Products      3.189     4.198     2.352     3.606     53.34     3.898     5.481     5.466     5.453    39.87    0.02
 O    61 MMF Apparel       0.110     0.851     0.753     0.020    -97.41     0.817     0.440     0.171     0.118   -85.59    0.00
 O    62 MMF Non-Apparel   3.079     3.347     1.598     3.586    124.37     3.081     5.041     5.295     5.335    73.15    0.03
 O    80 S and V Product   0.188     0.150     0.113     0.443    292.12     0.198     0.298     0.383     0.480   142.61    0.06
 O    81 S and V Apparel   0.114     0.045     0.024     0.026      7.58     0.068     0.043     0.036     0.046   -31.85    0.01
 O    82 S and V Non-App   0.074     0.105     0.089     0.417    368.65     0.130     0.255     0.348     0.433   234.25    0.12

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 O   223 Non-Woven Fabri   1.610     2.781     1.415     1.823     28.84     1.853     2.951     3.150     3.189    72.04    0.12
 O   229 Special Fabric    1.056     0.057     0.039     0.024    -39.59     0.986     0.042     0.042     0.042   -95.79    0.00

Wool:
 O   414 Oth Wool Fabric   0.199     0.306     0.184     0.173     -5.50     0.292     0.304     0.300     0.296     1.17    2.74
 O   435 W/G Coats, Wool   0.199     0.060     0.030     0.020    -34.08     0.149     0.056     0.056     0.050   -66.60    0.06
 O   438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.002     0.036     0.032     0.009    -70.29     0.033     0.016     0.013     0.014   -56.51    0.06
 O   445 Wool Sweater,MB   0.035     0.039     0.003     0.003      8.73     0.035     0.038     0.038     0.039    12.75    0.45
 O   446 Wool Sweater,WG   0.209     0.169     0.083     0.083     -0.49     0.197     0.162     0.168     0.169   -14.24    0.49
 O   459 Oth.Wool Appare   0.103     0.096     0.042     0.057     36.08     0.082     0.089     0.087     0.111    36.10    0.57
 O   465 Floor Coverings   0.627     0.465     0.287     0.289      0.53     0.591     0.458     0.448     0.467   -21.02    1.63

Man-Made Fiber:
 O   652 M-MF Underwear    0.001     0.805     0.735     0.000   -100.00     0.735     0.391     0.124     0.071   -90.37    0.01
 O   669 Other MMF Manuf   0.295     0.406     0.081     1.570   1844.39     0.173     1.837     1.886     1.895   993.02    0.05

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 O   810 S/V Woven Fabri   0.024     0.014     0.006     0.412   6612.13     0.019     0.241     0.334     0.420  2083.11    0.31