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THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1976
OF THE CATEGORIES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC LIMITS IN THE HONG KONG/US TEXTILE AGREEMENT, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN FIVE OUT OF 21 CATEGORIES COULD BE DESCRIBED AS RELATIVELY HIGH. THESE FIVE CATEGORIES WERE CATEGORY 22/23 (TWILL AND SATEEN), CATEGORY 41/42/43/62(2) (COTTON KNIT T-SHIRTS AND OTHER KNIT SHIRTS AND BLOUSES EXCEPT SWEAT-SHIRTS), CATEGORY 50/51 (COTTON WOVEN TROUSERS), CATEGORY 218/219/224(5) (M.M.F. KNIT SHIRTS, BLOUSES, TOPS AND VESTS) AND CATEGORY 221 (M.M.F. KNIT SWEATERS). IN ADDITION, RELATIVELY HIGH UTILISATION WAS ALSO RECORDED IN CATEGORY 116/117 SWEATER PERMITS. THE UTILISATION FOR THE REST OF THE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES WAS RELATIVELY LOW.
EEC
THE CURRENT 12-MONTH EEC TEXTILE RESTRAINT PERIOD BEGAN ON JANUARY 1, 1976. QUOTA UTILISATION POSITIONS ON MEMBER STATE BASIS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS ENDING JUNE 1976 ARE GIVEN BELOW:-
MEMBER STATE
QUANTITY LICENSED
PERCENTAGE UTILISATION
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
13
46%
UNITED KINGDOM
30.4
45%
BENELUX
DENMARK
ITALY
FRANCE
IRISH REPUBLIC
KGS.
2.7
32%
1.6
50%
1
24%
0.9
42%
0.2
32%
NOTE: FIGURES ON QUANTITY LICENSED ARE IN MILLION EQUIVALENT
OUT OF A TOTAL OF 108 CATEGORIES ON MEMBER STATE/CATEGORY BASIS, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN 24 OF THEM WAS RELATIVELY HIGH. THE POPULAR CATEGORIES INCLUDED CATEGORY 3 (KNIT SHIRTS AND BLOUSES), CATEGORY 4 (KNIT SWEATERS), CATEGORY 8 (WOVEN TROUSERS) CATEGORY 10 (WOVEN DRESSES), CATEGORY 11 (WOVEN BLOUSES), CATEGORY 12 WOVEN SHIRTS) AND CATEGORY 13 (WOVEN PYJAMAS).
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