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(C)
CANADIAN MARKET FOR COTTON AND MAN-MADE FIBRE WOVEN FABRIC WORK, DRESS AND SPORT SHIRTS.
1966
U
CANADIAN SHIPMENTS
(1)
IMPORTS (2)
1,787 771
1967 1968 THOUSAND DOZEN
1,675 1,072
1969
1,500+ 1,275+ affrox correct if
1,4464
Table II.
100% AMF excluded.
TOTAL MARKET
2,558 2,742
2,996
+ ESTIMATED
SOURCE: (1) DBS QUARTERLY GARMENTS SHIPMENTS SURVEY
MACPHERSON
(2) DBS IMPORTS BY COMMODITIES CLASSES 783-41 TO 43. COMMENT: IN DISCUSSION I SUGGESTED THAT THE 1969 SHIPMENT FIGURE IMPLIED AN IMPORT FORECAST OF SOME 1,800 THOUSAND DOZ. SAID THAT THE SHIPMENTS WERE THE EXPECTATIONS OF CANADIAN MANUFACT- URERS BASED ON THE ORDER SITUATION AND MIGHT BE TOO LOW. WHOLE SITUATION WAS COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A HEAVY STOCK CARRY-OVER FROM 1968.
THE
(D)
CANADA'S IMPORTS OF WOVEN SHIRTS OTHER THAN COTTON AND POLYESTER/COTTON (EXCLUDING WOOL).
JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1968
DOZENS
POLYESTER/POLYNOSIC
HONG KONG
40,917-
JAPAN
1,113
42,027
RAYON/COTTON
HONG KONG
2,517
JAPAN
9,110
TAIWAN
30,601-
42,228
RAYON MALAYSIA
HONG KONG
3,978 28,343 -
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