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TO PRIORITY PORT OF SPAIN TELEGRAM NUMBER 109 OF 29 JUNE AND TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG, HONG KONG (FOR MACAO), THE HAGUE (FOR SURINAM) AND CERTAIN OTHER POSTS INFO UKMIS NEW YORK UKDEL EEC UKMIS GENEVA
UKDEL OECD WASHINGTON BOMBAY OTTAWA CANBERRA WELLINGTON LISBON
KARACHI INFO SAVING TAMSUI.
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO 3 OF 30 OCTOBER 1970 (NOT TO ALL):
ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENDING OF QUOTA RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF COTTON
TEXTILES.
ON 25 JUNE WE TABLED A NEW CLAUSE TO THE 1971 FINANCE BILL GIVING
POWERS TO GRANT RELIEF FROM THE NEW DUTY ON COMMONWEALTH COTTON
TEXTILES FOR GOODS EXPORTED UNDER QUOTAS ON OR BEFORE 31 DECEMBER
1971 BUT NOT ARRIVING IN BRITAIN UNTIL ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY 1972.
TEXT IS IN M.1.F.T.
2. QUOTA RESTRICTIONS WILL BE REMOVED ON COTTON TEXTILES EXPORTED
-REPEAT EXPORTED FROM INDIA, HONG KONG AND THE GLOBAL QUOTA
COUNTRIES AFTER 31 DECEMBER 1971. SOME IMPORTERS IN BRITAIN AND
SOME AUTHORITIES IN EXPORTING COUNTRIES APPEAR TO BE UNDER THE
IMPRESSION THAT GOODS SHIPPED IN 1971 IN EXCESS OF THE 1971 QUOTAS MIGHT, IF THEY ARRIVED IN BRITAIN AFTER 31 DECEMBER, BE ADMITTED
WITHOUT RESTRICTION, THIS WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE TO HMG. IT WOULD BE
TANTAMOUNT TO REMOVING RESTRAINT FROM FAR OFF SOURCES FOR AS LONG
AS 2 TO 3 MONTHS BEFORE THE END OF 1971. GOODS EXPORTED IN 1971
FROM ALL SOURCES SUBJECT TO QUOTA WILL BE LICENSED FOR IMPORTATION
AFTER 31 DECEMBER ONLY IF THEY ARE WITHIN THE QUOTA LIMITS FOR THE
YEAR 1971. AS THERE WILL BE NO QUOTAS FROM 1972 ONWARDS THERE CAN, OF COURSE, BE NO QUESTION OF ALLOWING, AS IN THE PAST, FOR EXCESS SHIPMENTS (OVER THE 1971 QUOTA) IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NEXT YEAR'S
QUOTA. IT ALSO FOLLOWS THAT ANY SHIPMENTS MADE IN 1970 IN
ANTICIPATION OF THE 1971 QUOTA WILL HAVE TO BE COUNTED AGAINST THAT
QUOTA SO THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE SHIPPED IN 1971 WILL BE THE 1971
QUOTA LESS ANY ANTICIPATORY SHIPMENTS MADE IN 1970. IN PRACTICE,
THIS LAST POINT MAINLY AFFECTS PAKISTAN, WHO HAS RECENTLY AGREED
ON THE 1971 QUOTA LEVELS NET OF 1978 ANTICIPATION.
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