FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1974
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NEW TEXTILE ARRANGEMENTS WITH AUSTRALIA EXPORT LICENSING SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY
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NEW ARRANGEMENTS COVERING THE EXPORT OF CERTAIN TEXTILES FROM HONG KONG TO AUSTRALIA ARE TO BE INTRODUCED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE HONG KONG AND AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS IN HONG KONG THIS WEEK.
ANNOUNCING THIS, TODAY MR. LAWRENCE MILLS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SAID THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MULTI-FIBRE TEXTILE AGREEMENT WHICH HAD COME INTO FORCE ON JANUARY 1, 1974.
CONSULTATIONS WITH HONG KONG WERE REQUESTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING FINDINGS BY THE AUSTRALIAN TEXTILES AUTHORITY THAT IMPORTS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES VERE CAUSING DAHAGE TO CERTAIN SECTORS OF THE AUSTRALIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY.
THE AUTHORITY RECOMMENDED THAT LIMITATIONS ON EXPORTS OF
CERTAIN KNITTED AND WOVEN TEXTILES SHOULD BE NEGOTIATED WITH HONG KONG AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES.
THE CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND AUSTRALIA BEGAN ON AUGUST 1, AND CONTINUED UNTIL LATE LAST NIGHT.
MR. MILLS SAID THAT TODAY HAD BEEN TAKEN UP BY SORTING OUT THE DETAILS OF THE ARRANGEMENTS AND THAT HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION TO THE LENGTHY NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE..
FULL DETAILS OF THE ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED AS SOON AS THEY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD.
MEANWHILE THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR. DAV ID JORDAN, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT EXPORT LICENSING OF CERTAIN TEXTILES FOR SHIPMENT TO AUSTRALIA WAS SUSPENDED WITH EFFECTED FROM 9 A.M. ON AUGUST 8, 1974.
THE ITEMS CONCERNED ARE:
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KNITWEAR (COATS, CARDIGANS, JUMPERS, SWEATERS, BLOUSES, SHIRTS AND THE LIKE= DRESSES TRACKSUITS, PLAYSUITS AND ROMPERSUITS)
WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' DRESSES, BLOUSES AND SHIRTS OF LOVEN FABRIC= AND
WOMEN'S, GIRLS' AND INFANTS' COATS OF NOVEN FABRIC.
MR. JORDAN SAID THAT THE SUSPENSION OF THE ISSUE OF EXPORT LICENCES WAS TO ENABLE THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT TO INTRODUCE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS ARISING FROM THE CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND HONG KONG, AND TO CALCULATE AND ALLOCATE QUOTAS TO COMPANIES IN THE TRADE FOR THOSE ITEMS WHERE QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS WERE TO BE APPLIED.
FULL DETAILS OF THE BASIS ON WHICH THESE QUOTAS ARE ALLOCATED WILL DE PUBLISHED SHORTLY THROUGH THE USUAL NOTICE TO EXPORTERS CIRCULAR LETTERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO INTERESTED COMPANIES AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS.
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