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TO ROUTINE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 5499 OF 21 SEPTEMBER.
MY 3 IP T'S
ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE (TEXTILES), 20 SEPTEMBER 1978
F. HONG KONG
CLASSIFICATION PROBLEMS
IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE LONG STANDING CLASSIFICATION
PROBLEMS WITH HONG KONG OVER BLOUSONS, THE COMMISSION SUGGESTED AN ARITHMETICAL ADJUSTMENT TO CERTAIN QUOTAS. BLOUSONS WOULD
NOW BE CLASSIFIED UNDER CATEGORY 21 AND THIS WOULD INVOLVE
INCREASING THE UK QUOTA FOR HONG KONG FOR THIS CATEGORY BY
1.517,660 PIECES, THIS QUANTITY WOULD BE FOUND BY EXTRACTING CORRESPONDING AMOUNTS FROM CATEGORIES 14A, 15A AND 17. THE
COMMISSION WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHETHER
THE UK FOR ITS PART CAN ACCEPT THIS ADJUSTMENT. (IT IS LIKELY
TO CAUSE MOPE ACUTE PROBLEMS IN, FOR INSTANCE, BENELUX THAN FOR US.) THE PRECISE AMOUNTS TO BE EXTRACTED FROM THE THREE OTHER
QUOTAS WHERE NOT STATED.
FCC COPY TO:-
FCO
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MCCLUVEY, JENKINS (EID(E))
BIRCH
CROMPTON, FARRY, MISS LOWNE (CT), HUDSON, RIDLEY DOT MURRAY, SPENCER (CRE 1), GRAY
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