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use the last duty-free facilities to the utmost.
Finally,
without quota enforcement on all 1971 shipments, we could expect
from the first day of 1972 unrestricted arrivals shipped in
anticipation at the end of 1971. Mathematically, this can be
+ X months' arrivals entering
expressed as 3/12 + (say) 13/12
the UK market between about January/February 1971 and January/
February 1972. "X" is unquantifiable but would not have to
exceed a normal two months' supply by March to raise the total
for the period to eighteen months' normal supply or more.