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RESTRAINT OF HONG KONG GARMENT EXPORTS TO SWEDEN
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The Director of Commerce and Industry, Mr. T.D. Sorby, announcod
today (Friday) that following consultations in Goneva botɩmon representatives
of the Hong Kong and Swedish Governments, Hong Kong has decided to restrain
exports to Sweden of knitted woollen sweators, jumpers and cardigans for
mon and boys and of anoraks and similar jackets of synthotic fibre materials
for women and girls.
Mr. Sorby recalled that in May and June last year lengthy consultations
about Hong Kong's garment exports to Swedon had boon hold in Stockholm,
London and Hong Kong.
Tho Hong Kong Government had boon satisfied that tho lovol of
exports of certain garments was causing difficultios for the Swedish industry.
Hong Kong had therefore taken action to limit exports of cortain
cotton garments and of women's and girls' wool and acrylic knitwar and of
mon's and boys anoraks.
At the same time a number of other items on which Hong Kong baliovod
that restraint was not justified were placed under Export Authorisation
schemos.
In Decombor last the Swedish Governmont askod for further consultations
on three of those itoms, that is to say, mon's and boys' woollen sweators
and the like, women's and girls' synthetic fibre anoraks and polyester/cotton
dress shirts.
The issue of export authorisations for these throo itoms was susponded
on December 20 ponding consultations with Sweden.
Mr. Sorby explained that the difficulties which the Swedish garment
industry had experienced with women's knitwear and which had become apparent
last summer, had continued and had extended to the mon's sector.
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