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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