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United States imports of textile mill
products and apparel
11. Figures published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
shows that imports increased from 334 m. lbs. in 1961 to
784 m. lbs. in 1968. These figures include basic products,
such as spun yarn and filament yarn with twist, and a wide
variety of miscellaneous textile products. The increase in
domestic production between 1961 and 1968 was more than six
timės greater than the increase in imports.
12. The graph at Annex A, prepared by the Office of Textiles,
U.S. Department of Commerce, shows that imports of cotton
textiles reached a peak in 1966: that imports of wool textiles
in 1968 were only fractionally higher than in 1965; and that,
because of the fall in imports of cotton textiles, total imports
increased by only 17 per cent between 1966 and 1968. The
ex increase in U.S. imports of manufactured goods, including
textiles, over this period was
per cent.
13. The graph at Annex B shows that the increase in imports
between 1960 and 1968 is largely due to increased imports of
apparel, particularly man-made fibre apparel. However, these
are value figures: had the figures been in equivalent square
yards the increase in imports of yarn, particularly man-made
fibro yarn, would have looked very much more significant.
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