DRAFT TELEGRAM
FROM FCO
TO: PORT OF SPAIN
REPEATED TO:
BOGOTA/COLOMBO/MEXICO CITY/BOMBAY/NEW DELHI/
HONG KONG/GIBRALTAR/BANGKOK/BELGRADE/ATHENS/BEIRUT/RABAT/
LAGOS/ALGIERS/NAIROBI/DAKAR/NICOSIA/CAIRO/SEOUL/PRETORIA/TANSUI/
RIO DE JANEIRO/TEL AVIV/MADRID/KAMPALA/KUALA LUMPUR/ANKARA/
FLORIANA/ISLAMABAD/SINGAPORE/TEHRAN/KARACHI/KINGSTON/VALETTA/
GOVERNOR HONG KONG (FOR MACAO)/THE HAGUE (FOR SURINAM)/FOR BELIZE
CITY, BRITISH HONDURAS THROUGH FCO
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION: UKMIS NEW YORK/UKDEL EEC/WASHINGTON/
OTTAWA/CANBERRA/WELLINGTON
ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENDING OF QUOTA RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF
COTTON TEXTILES
My telegram No 3 of 30 October 1970 concerning quota restrictions
for 1971.
A new clause to 1971 Finance Bill tabled June seeks powers to
grant relief from new duty on Commonwealth cotton textiles shipped
under quotas on or before 31 December 1971 but not arriving in
UK until on or after 1 January 1972. The reason for this clause is
as follows.
Present quota restrictions on exports of cotton textiles to UK from
India, Hong Kong and global quota countries will be removed after
31 December 1971. New tariff on imports of cotton yarn and woven
cotton textiles from all Commonwealth Preference Area except Irish
Republic will come into force on 1 January 1972.
restricted CPA countries in transit at end of this year would
therefore be subject to both quotas and tariffs.
Goods from
Under new clause