Our Corporate & Other segment pretax operating loss excludes net realized gains or losses, the impact of consolidating CIEs and restructuring charges.
Our Corporate & Other segment pretax operating loss was $345 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to $270 million for the prior year.
Operating losses during the year ended December 31, 2013 included a loss of $31 million primarily due to how we offset accretion from an intercompany transfer of former bank assets.
Approximately $23 million of this loss was reflected in net investment loss and approximately $8 million was reflected in general and administrative expense.
The loss of $23 million in the Corporate & Other segment was offset by the associated incremental accretion income, primarily in the Annuities segment, that relates to the transfer of the bank assets and eliminates on a consolidated basis.
Corporate & Other segment results also reflected $29 million of higher interest and debt expense compared to the prior year due to $19 million in costs related to the early retirement of $350 million of our senior notes due 2015, as well as higher interest expense due to the issuance of debt in 2013.
General and administrative expense for the prior year included a $15 million benefit from a settlement with a third-party service provider.
Consolidated Results of Operations Year Ended December 31, 2012 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2011 The following table presents our consolidated results of operations:
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Overall Income from continuing operations before income tax provision decreased $209 million, or 14%, compared to the prior year primarily reflecting the market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits (net of hedges and the related DSIC and DAC amortization) and the negative impact from spread compression in our interest sensitive product lines, partially offset by the impact of market appreciation.
The prior year results included $40 million of additional investment income recognition (net of DAC and DSIC amortization) and a $27 million gain from an interest rate hedge.
The market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits (net of hedges and the related DSIC and DAC amortization) was a decrease to pretax earnings of $265 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, which included a $14 million negative impact associated with unlocking and model changes.
This compares to a decrease of $62 million for the prior year, which included a $4 million negative impact associated with unlocking and model changes.
The negative impact on earnings from spread compression in our interest sensitive product lines was approximately $90 million pretax for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to the prior year.
The market impact on DAC and DSIC was a benefit of $31 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to an expense of $11 million for the prior year.
Our Company markets, manufactures and sells: ?
beverage concentrates, sometimes referred to as “beverage bases,” and syrups, including fountain syrups (we refer to this part of our business as our “concentrate business” or “concentrate operations”); and ?
finished sparkling and still beverages (we refer to this part of our business as our “finished product business” or “finished product operations”).
Generally, finished product operations generate higher net operating revenues but lower gross profit margins than concentrate operations.
In our concentrate operations, we typically generate net operating revenues by selling concentrates and syrups to authorized bottling and canning operations (to which we typically refer as our “bottlers” or our “bottling partners”).
Our bottling partners either combine the concentrates with sweeteners (depending on the product), still water and/or sparkling water, or combine the syrups with sparkling water to produce finished beverages.
The finished beverages are packaged in authorized containers — such as cans and refillable and nonrefillable glass and plastic bottles — bearing our trademarks or trademarks licensed to us and are then sold to retailers directly or, in some cases, through wholesalers or other bottlers.
Outside the United States, we also sell concentrates for fountain beverages to our bottling partners who are typically authorized to manufacture fountain syrups, which they sell to fountain retailers such as restaurants and convenience stores which use the fountain syrups to produce beverages for immediate consumption, or to authorized fountain wholesalers who in turn sell and distribute the fountain syrups to fountain retailers.
Our finished product operations consist primarily of our Company-owned or -controlled bottling, sales and distribution operations, including CCR.
Our finished product operations generate net operating revenues by selling sparkling beverages and a variety of still beverages, such as juices and juice drinks, energy and sports drinks, ready-to-drink teas and coffees, and certain water products, to retailers or to distributors, wholesalers and bottling partners who distribute them to retailers.
In addition, in the United States, we manufacture fountain syrups and sell them to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores who use the fountain syrups to produce beverages for immediate consumption, or to authorized fountain wholesalers or bottling partners who resell the fountain syrups to fountain retailers.
In the United States, we authorize wholesalers to resell our fountain syrups through nonexclusive appointments that neither restrict us in setting the prices at which we sell fountain syrups to the wholesalers nor restrict the territories in which the wholesalers may resell in the United States.
For information about net operating revenues and unit case volume related to our concentrate operations and finished product operations, refer to the heading “Our Business — General” set forth in Part II, “Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this report, which is incorporated herein by reference.
We own numerous valuable nonalcoholic beverage brands, including the following:
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1 Georgia is primarily a coffee brand sold mainly in Japan.2 We manufacture, market and sell juices and juice drinks under the Del Valle trademark primarily in Mexico and Brazil through joint ventures with our bottling partners.3 Schweppes is owned by the Company in certain countries other than the United States.4 Minute Maid Pulpy is a juice drink brand sold primarily in Asia Pacific.5 Simply is a juice and juice drink brand sold in North America.6 Gold Peak is primarily a tea brand sold in North America.7 FUZE TEA is a brand sold outside of North America.8 Glacéau Smartwater is a vapor-distilled water with added electrolytes which is sold mainly in North America and Great Britain.9 Ice Dew is a water brand sold in China.
MASCO CORPORATION NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued) O.
SEGMENT INFORMATION – (Concluded) (1) Included in net sales were export sales from the U. S.  of $246 million, $277 million and $275 million in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
(2) Intra-company sales between segments represented approximately two percent of net sales in 2010, three percent of net sales in 2009 and one percent of net sales in 2008.
(3) Included in net sales were sales to one customer of $1,993 million, $2,053 million and $2,058 million in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Such net sales were included in the following segments: Cabinets and Related Products, Plumbing Products, Decorative Architectural Products and Other Specialty Products.
(4) Net sales from the Company’s operations in the U. S.  were $5,618 million, $5,952 million and $7,150 million in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
(5) Net sales, operating (loss) profit, property additions and depreciation and amortization expense for 2010, 2009 and 2008 excluded the results of businesses reported as discontinued operations in 2010, 2009 and 2008.
(6) Included in segment operating (loss) profit for 2010 were impairment charges for goodwill and other intangible assets as follows: Plumbing Products – $1 million; and Installation and Other Services – $720 million.
Included in segment operating profit (loss) for 2009 were impairment charges for goodwill as follows: Plumbing Products – $39 million; Other Specialty Products – $223 million.
Included in segment operating profit (loss) for 2008 were impairment charges for goodwill and other intangible assets as follows: Cabinets and Related Products – $59 million; Plumbing Products – $203 million; Installation and Other Services – $52 million; and Other Specialty Products – $153 million.
(7) General corporate expense, net included those expenses not specifically attributable to the Company’s segments.
(8) During 2009, the Company recognized a curtailment loss related to the plan to freeze all future benefit accruals beginning January 1, 2010 under substantially all of the Company’s domestic qualified and non-qualified defined-benefit pension plans.
See Note M to the consolidated financial statements.
(9) The charge for litigation settlement in 2009 relates to a business unit in the Cabinets and Related Products segment.
The charge for litigation settlement in 2008 relates to a business unit in the Installation and Other Services segment.
(10) See Note L to the consolidated financial statements.
(11) Long-lived assets of the Company’s operations in the U. S.  and Europe were $3,684 million and $617 million, $4,628 million and $690 million, and $4,887 million and $770 million at December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
(12) Segment assets for 2009 and 2008 excluded the assets of businesses reported as discontinued operations.
P.  OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET Other, net, which is included in other income (expense), net, was as follows, in millions:
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<table><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">Years Ended December 31,</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>2012</td><td>2011</td><td colspan="2">Change</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3">(in millions)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Revenues</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Management and financial advice fees</td><td>$4,692</td><td>$4,537</td><td>$155</td><td>3%</td></tr><tr><td>Distribution fees</td><td>1,616</td><td>1,573</td><td>43</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Net investment income</td><td>1,933</td><td>2,046</td><td>-113</td><td>-6</td></tr><tr><td>Premiums</td><td>1,223</td><td>1,220</td><td>3</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Other revenues</td><td>795</td><td>863</td><td>-68</td><td>-8</td></tr><tr><td>Total revenues</td><td>10,259</td><td>10,239</td><td>20</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Banking and deposit interest expense</td><td>42</td><td>47</td><td>-5</td><td>-11</td></tr><tr><td>Total net revenues</td><td>10,217</td><td>10,192</td><td>25</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Expenses</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Distribution expenses</td><td>2,698</td><td>2,559</td><td>139</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Interest credited to fixed accounts</td><td>831</td><td>856</td><td>-25</td><td>-3</td></tr><tr><td>Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses</td><td>1,899</td><td>1,606</td><td>293</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Amortization of deferred acquisition costs</td><td>286</td><td>397</td><td>-111</td><td>-28</td></tr><tr><td>Interest and debt expense</td><td>276</td><td>317</td><td>-41</td><td>-13</td></tr><tr><td>General and administrative expense</td><td>2,989</td><td>3,010</td><td>-21</td><td>-1</td></tr><tr><td>Total expenses</td><td>8,979</td><td>8,745</td><td>234</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Income from continuing operations before income tax provision</td><td>1,238</td><td>1,447</td><td>-209</td><td>-14</td></tr><tr><td>Income tax provision</td><td>335</td><td>377</td><td>-42</td><td>-11</td></tr><tr><td>Income from continuing operations</td><td>903</td><td>1,070</td><td>-167</td><td>-16</td></tr><tr><td>Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax</td><td>-2</td><td>-60</td><td>58</td><td>97</td></tr><tr><td>Net income</td><td>901</td><td>1,010</td><td>-109</td><td>-11</td></tr><tr><td>Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests</td><td>-128</td><td>-106</td><td>-22</td><td>-21</td></tr><tr><td>Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial</td><td>$1,029</td><td>$1,116</td><td>$-87</td><td>-8%</td></tr></table>
<table><tr><td>Coca-Cola</td><td>Minute Maid</td><td>Aquarius</td><td>Bonaqua/Bonaqa</td></tr><tr><td>Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light</td><td>Georgia<sup>1</sup></td><td>Minute Maid Pulpy<sup>4</sup></td><td>Gold Peak<sup>6</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Coca-Cola Zero</td><td>Powerade</td><td>Dasani</td><td>FUZE TEA<sup>7</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Fanta</td><td>Del Valle<sup>2</sup></td><td>Simply<sup>5</sup></td><td>Glacéau Smartwater<sup>8</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Sprite</td><td>Schweppes<sup>3</sup></td><td>Glacéau Vitaminwater</td><td>Ice Dew<sup>9</sup></td></tr></table>
<table><tr><td></td><td>2010</td><td>2009</td><td>2008</td></tr><tr><td>Income from cash and cash investments</td><td>$6</td><td>$7</td><td>$22</td></tr><tr><td>Other interest income</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Income from financial investments, net (Note E)</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Other items, net</td><td>-9</td><td>17</td><td>-22</td></tr><tr><td>Total other, net</td><td>$7</td><td>$29</td><td>$3</td></tr></table>

Question: what was the increase observed in the export sales among net sales during 2008 and 2009?