with the practice in most other countries, the increase in
imports of man-made fibre textiles between 1966 and 1968 would
have been reduced from 642 m. to 305 m.sq.yds. The increase in
imports of cotton, wool and man-made textiles would similarly
have been reduced to only 176 m.sq.yds. In other words, the
increase in imports of textile mill products and apparel and
related products between 1966 and 1968 was very little greater
than the increase in U.S. production, with this difference :
that (1) imports of textile mill products declined as production
rapidly increased and (ii) imports of apparel and related
products rose much faster than domestic production of similar
goods. Japan was the principal supplier of man-made fibre
products. Germany was second in importance: her share of the
trade was more than twice as large as that of Hong Kong and the
increase in volume between 1966 and 1967 and between 1967 and
1968 was larger than that of any other country. Japan, Korea,
Taiwan and Hong Kong together only accounted for one-third of
the increase in imports between 1966 and 1968.
17.
Imports of man-made fibre textiles in the first quarter
of 1969 continued to increase, but it appears that the increase
was more than offset by a reduction in imports of cotton textiles:
imports of cotton, wool and man-made fibre textiles were
actually 2 per cent lower than in the corresponding period of
1968.
18.
The increase in imports of man-made fibre textiles
between 1966 and 1968 only accounted for 4.3 per cent of the
increase in domestic consumption. The graph at Appendix D
shows how imports were distributed between yarn, fabric and
/made-ups.