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Statistics on Woven Fabric Shirts
Explanatory Notes
Table I and II
In general, it should be noted that data in the attached tables on Canadian shipments (and hence those on Canadian consumption) differ somewhat from the figures provided earlier on an informal basis to Mr. Robin Gray. figures have been adjusted to include several classes of products, particularly work shirts, in respect of which confidential analyses have just been obtained from DBS.
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Information on domestic shipments was requested on a month-by-month basis if possible. Normally, shipment figures are available only by quarter. Due, however, to difficulties experienced by DBS in obtaining information on domestic shirt shipments in 1968, the fibre breakdown givẹn in Table II (which is the most detailed available) could be made only on an annual basis for that year. For purposes' of comparability, figures for 1966 and 1967 have also been presented on an annual basis. Figures on domestic shipments for the first quarter of 1969 are not yet available.
Tables III and IV
The special surveys of the statistics of synthetic shirt imports during the first five months of 1969 have not been concluded as yet. In the interim, advance information has been obtained (see Table IV) on imports of woven polyester/ polynosic shirts from all countries in the first quarter of 1969. Since this information is more detailed than that normally published by DBS, it must be regarded as confidential.
Table V
Data on shirt exports is not available broken down by fibre content. Available information is, however, set out in Table V.
CONFIDENTIAL