that the Government should be prepared to

so-imposo quotas on particuler coctors under the

Long Term Cotton Textile Arrangement of tho

C.A.2.T. C any successor arrangement in proved

cases of market disruption.

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6. U.K. imports of cotton textiles have

reached as much as 53 per cent of total domostic

consumption, tho major part being importa freIA

the developing countries.

This is a far higher

proportion than in any other major developed

country. In these circumstances, faced with the alternative of continuing the (unsatisfactory quota arrangements and of relying for permanent

protoction on a tariff which would be broadly in line with those of other developed countries,

the Government have decided that the sensible

course would be to replace the quotas by a

tariff on imports from the Commonwealth on the

lines proposed by the Textilo Council. And to

hold quotas on particular soctors under the

Long Toxm Arrangement in resorvez

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considered

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