It is of course pœ ɛiblo that these
overall figures mask situations of disruption in particular Member States but even if they do, the existence of disruption cannot be established merely by measuring changes in the import penetration ratio, which must in any case for individual Member States take account of imports from all sources. including intra-EEC trade
When we look at the situation in parti- cular Member States, it is clear that the situation of the various sectors of the industry has indeed. been a ffeated by intra-EEC trade; and that imports from other Member States must have caused some of the factory closures and loss of jobs on which the EEO représentative laid such emphasis in the Textiles Committee in July.
For instance, in the case of woven dis- continuous synthetic fabrica, in 1976 intra-EEC,
trade was 41% higher than imports from third
countries and was decreasing at a slower rate than thị
country imports, while in the case of knitted sweaters, intra-EEC trade was 52% higher than imports "from third countries in 1976, and faster than third country inporte
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increasing
At the Member State level, in 1976-UK
imports of woven synthetic fabrics from other EEC countries camounted to 40% of total imports and had increased by 9% over 1975 while imports from non- EBC countries had declined by 19%. In the case of woven trousers, UK imports from EEC countries in 1976 increased one-and-a-half times as rapidly as imports from non-EEC countries and reached over 10% of total UK imports.
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