CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT STATEMENT ON COTTON TEXTILE IMPORT POLICY
SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS BY COMMODITIES DEPARTMENT, FCC
Paragraph 5, line 13-15
delete the words
"quotas on the other hand... and would not"
insert a comma after "confidence" in line 13 and
insert the words "and would" in substitution for
the deleted passage.
Paragraph 6, line 7
Paragraph 7
delete "unsatisfactory"
For the manuscript amendment, substitute
"Once the tariff comes into affect the renewal
of quantitative restraint on imports would
only be considered in the circumstances envisaged
by the Long Term Arrangement on Cotton Textiles
or any successor arrangement.
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For the words "this decision" at the beginning of
the last sentence of paragraph 6 substitute
"the proposed change".
For the first sentence substitute
"The Government have fully in mind the importance
of textile exports to this country for some of
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