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CONFIDENT I AL
Sood
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
83
PRIORITY
HONG KONG
TO
TELNO 310
20 APRIL 1969
„STRY HJ. S31 22 APR 1969
/NEUTRAL/
HKK6/04/1
CONFIDENTIAL
MR STANS AND TEXTILES: WASHINGTON TELEGRAM 1139 PARAJ (E) TO F CO.
YOU MAY WISH TO BE AWARE THAT IN EACH CASE WHERE HONG KONG CONCEDED RESTRAINTS, IT WAS SATISFIED THAT A CASE OF ACTUAL OR THREATENED DISRUPTION HAD BEEN MADE. THE FOLLOWING BENCHMARKS WERE ESTABLISHED BEFORE HONG KONG CONCEDED RESTRAINTS IN THE FOLLOWING CASES:-
CANADA 1967: POLYESTER AND POLYESTER/COTTON GARMENTS-
(1) SHIRTS: 67% OF IMPORTS SEMICOLON 21% OF PRODUCTION SEMICOLON 16% CONSUMPTION.
(2) BLOUSES: 67% OF IMPORTS SEMICOLON 13% OF PRODUCTION SEMICOLON 11% OF CONSUMPTION.
(3) SLACKS: 60% OF IMPORTS SEMICOLON 15% OF PRODUCTION SEMICOLON 12% OF CONSUMPTION.
WEST GERMANY - 1966: WOOLLEN KNITWEAR 53% OF IMPORTS SEMICOLON 31% OF PRODUCTION SEMICOLON 20% OF CONSUMPTION.
NORWAY - 1967 : (1) MMF BLOUSES AND JUMPERS: 78% OF IMPORTS SEMICOLON 11% OF PRODUCTION SEMICOLON 45% OF CONSUMPTION.
(2) WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' KNITWEAR: 50% OF IMPORTS SEMICOLON
SIC/ 15377OF PRODUCTION SEMICOLON 41% OF CONSUMPTION.
(3) WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' MMF KNITWEAR: 13% OF IMPORTS SEMICOLON 63% OF PRODUCTION SEMICOLON 11% OF CONSUMPTION.
SWEDEN
1967
(1)
GIRLS
1S WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' WOOLLEN SWEATERS: 72% OF IMPORTS SEMICOLON
SLC/ 639% OF PRODUCTION - SEMICOLON 64% OF TOTAL SUPPLY (1.E. PRODUCTION
PLUS TOTAL IMPORTS)
CONFIDENTIAL
/(2) WOMEN'S