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Tuesday, June 26, 1973
EXPORTS OF GARMENTS TO SWIDEN
The Director of Commerce and Industry, Mr. E.P. Ho, and the Swedish
Consul General, Mr. Carl C:son Kjollberg, today signed a Memorandum of
Understanding covering the export of certain garments to Sweden from
July 1, 1973 to June 30, 1974.
The memorandum covers most of the products which are currently
under restraint on export to Sweden.
Some new items have been added to the restraint list including
briefs and undershorts of discontinuous synthetic fibres, slacks and trousers of
discontinuous synthetic fibres and bathing suits and trunks of continuous
synthetic fibres.
Knitted shirts and certain knitted sweaters have been deleted from
the list and are no longer under restraint, The current restraint levels
for most items have been increased by 5 per cent in the new arrangements.
Details of the control arrangements and of the principles governing
such matters as allocation of quotas have already been published in notices
to exporters Series 6, No. 19/73 and 20/73. Copies of these can be obtained
from the Textiles Licensing Branch of the Commerce and Industry Department,
46, Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong.
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