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For requstration
Summary Note on Consultations on Statistics
Covering the Canadian Case for Restraint on
Non-Cotton Textiles, 11.30 a.m. 4th September, 1969
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PRESENT:
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Board of Trade
Mr. S. Stewart (Industries 1) Miss J.E. Elliott (CRE.1) Miss S. Reid (Industries 1)
Mr. W.S. Carter
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Mr. D.J.C. Jones
Mr. D.M. Sellers
Hong Kong Government
The Statistics on blouses, trousers and shirts were
discussed and agreed.
BLOUSES(i)
Summarised they were as follows:
000 dozen
1966
1967
1968
1968
1969
1st 5 months
1st 5 months
Canadian
Production
883
652
604
Total Imports
439
461
521
188
Imports from H.K.157
191
188
100
58
as % of total
imports
35.7% 41.3%
36.1% 40.2%
30.9%
(1) Figures are woven Houses of cotton and m.m.f.
TROUSERS (1)
000 dozen
1966
1967
1968
1968
1st 5 months
1969
1st 5 months
Production
1,814
1,445
1,352
Total imports
815 1,086
1,464
Imports from H.K. 352
482
497
251
335
as % of total
imports
43.1%
43.1%
31.9% 34.2%
42.5%
(i) Figures are for all trousers of cotton and m.m.f. SHIRTS(1)
Production
Total Imports
000 dozen
1966
1967
1968
1,787 1,670 1,500
765 1,044 1,301
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387
248
26.3%
36.9%
19.0%
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Imports from H.K. 201
as % of total
imports