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TO IMMEDIATE KABUL TELNO. 222 OF 29/11 AND TO BUENOS AIRES BAHRAIN
EMBASSY GUATEMALA JEDDA ADEN TUNIS BAGHDAD ABIDJAN AMMAN KUWAIT
TRIPOLI THE HAGUE LIMA CARACAS SANA’A.
COTTON TEXTILES:
FOLLOWING IS DRAFT OF AIDE MEMOIRE REFERRED TO IN FCO TELNO. 1687
TO NEW DELHI.
YOU SHOULD TAKE NO, REPEAT NO, ACTION PENDING RECEIPT OF
INSTRUCTIONS.
TIONS.
2. AS THE
.. COVERNMENT WILL BE AWARE, THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IN JULY 1969 THAT ON 1 JANUARY 1972 A
O FOR C
TARIFF WOULD BE INTRODUCED FOR COTTON TEXTILES IMPORTED FROM THE /
COMMONWEALTH PREFERENCE AREA. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTION OF ENDING AT THE SAME TIME THE EXISTING GENERAL QUOTA
SYSTEM WHICH RESTRICTS IMPORTS OF COTTON YARN AND WOVEN COTTON
TEXTILES FROM INDIA, HONG KONG AND THE COMMONWEALTH AND NON -
COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN THE 'GLOBAL' SCHEME: AND OF CONFINING THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF QUOTAS AFTER 1 JANUARY 1972 TO
SPECIFIC CASES WHERE TOTAL IMPORTS ROSE ABOVE PRESENT LEVELS AND
CAUSED DISRUPTION TO THE MARKET FOR THE PARTICULAR PRODUCTS CONCERNED. IT WAS MADE CLEAR THAT THESE DECISIONS WOULD BE
SUBJECT TO ANY HODIFICATION REQUIRED IF WE JOINED THE EEC.
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