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PRIORITY COLOMBO TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO 153
20 JUNE 1969
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CEYLON
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YOUR TEL NO 714 TO NEW DELHI: TEXTILE COUNCIL REPORT ON UK COTTON
AND ALLIED TEXTILE INDUSTRY.
CEYLON'S COUNTRY QUOTA FOR UNDOUBLED YARN IN 1968 WAS 8160 LBS
AND THERE WERE SOME EXPORTS OF MADE UP GOODS TO BRITISH IMPORTERS
HOLDING GLOBAL QUOTA LICENSES: BUT EXPORTS TO BRITAIN WERE SMALL.
NEVERTHELESS WE WOULD EXPECT CEYLON TO PROTEST AGAINST THE IMPOSITION OF A DUTY ON IMPORTS INTO BRITAIN AT A TIME WHEN CEYLON
IS EXPANDING HER TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND ATTEMPTING TO DIVERSIFY HER
EXPORTS.
MR MACKINTOSH
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