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WE CLAIMED GROWTH ON (1) AND A HIGHER LEVEL FOR (111
(B) (1) MEN'S AND BOYS' ANORAKS (EXISTING LEVEL)
(11) WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' CONTINUOUS(Y/E 31/8/68)
(111) WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' DISCONTINUOUS (1968 IMPORTS)
180
179
19
378
AGAIN, WE CLAIMED GROWTH ON (1) AND A HIGHER LEVEL FOR (11) AS
ACTUAL EXPORTS OF LATTER FROM 1 JULY TO 20 DECEMBER 1968 WHEN THEY
CALLED US WAS ALREADY 241.
(C) UNDERWEAR ( 1968 IMPORTS)
LESS SLIPS AND VESTS (EXPORTS)
3,470
12
(D) BLOUSES (IMPORTS Y/E 30/11/68)
(E) POLYESTER COTTON SHIRTS (IMPORTS Y/E 33/11/68)
3,458
520
558
ON (D) AND (E) WE CLAIMED THAT SWEDISH NOTE OF 27 MARCH 1969 DID NOT
COVER THESE AND ROLL-BACK SHOULD THEREFORE BE CALENDAR 68 -536 FOR!
BLOUSES, 622 FOR SHIRTS.
9. JORDAN INDICATED THAT THE USE OF THE ROLL-BACK FORMULA WAS
ACCEPTABLE IN PRINCIPLE AS A MEANS OF ESTABLISHING MINIMUM LEVELS.
IF HONG KONG WERE TO CONCEDE SHIRTS, THE LEVEL AT (E) WOULD HOWEVER
BE UNACCEPTABLE :-
(1) AT GENEVA HE HAD GIVEN THE SWEDISH DELEGATION AN ESTIMATE OF
LIKELY IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG IN 1968 AT 646 WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY
CONSIDERED TOLERABLE BY THEM AS THEY DROPPED THEIR REQUEST.
(11) THE CUT ON 1968 PERFORMANCE WAS BASED ON THE FORMULA FOR SOUTH
/KOREA
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