Summary of the Main Provisions of the New E/UC Textile Agreement
Duration
The new agreement has a duration of five years
beginning on 1 January 1978.
Coverage
The new agreement covers Hong Kong's exports of
all cotton, man-made fibre and wool textiles to the United
Ctates. (This coverage is the same as that of the current
agreement.)
Structure and Categorisation
Textile products are divided into 106 categories
under four main Groups, namely:
Group I
Yarn and fabrics of cotton and/or
man-made fibre (27 categories).
Group II
Apparel of cotton and/or man-made
fibre (47 categories).
Group III
Other made-ups and miscellaneous
products of cotton and/or man-made
fibre not included in Group I or II
(8 categories).
Group IV
Wool textiles and textile products (24 categories).
(Details of the categorisation system are set out at Enclosure
I.)
(The basic four-group structure is the same as that in the current agreement, but the system of categorisation is
/different