WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1976
GROUP IV
WOOL TEXTILE AND APPAREL
NOTE:
29
70 PER CENT
FIGURES ON QUANTITY LICENSED ARE IN MILLION EQUIVALENT SQ. YDS.
DURING THE 1975/76 TEXTILE RESTRAINT PERIOD, OF THE CATEGORIES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC LIMITS IN THE HONG KONG/US TEXTILE AGREEMENT, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN EIGHT OUT OF 21 CATEGORIES COULD BE DESCRIBED AS RELATIVELY HIGH. THESE EIGHT 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 45/46/47 (MEN'S AND BOYS' SHIRTS, DRESS SPORT AND WORK, NOT KNIT), CATEGORY 50/51 (COTTON WOVEN TROUSERS, SLACKS AND SHORTS), CATEGORY 54/63(1) (PLAYSUITS, SUNSUITS, WASHSUITS, CREEPERS AND ROMPERS ETC.), CATÉGORY 218/219/224(5) (M.M.F. KNIT SHIRTS, BLOUSES, TOPS AND VEST), CATEGORY 221 (SWEATERS AND CARDIGANS, KNIT) AND CATEGORY 229 (COATS, NOT KNIT). IN ADDITION, RELATIVELY HIGH UTILISATION WAS ALSO RECORDED IN CATEGORY 116/117 SWEATER PERMITS.
EEC
THE CURRENT 12-MONTH EEC TEXTILE RESTRAINT PERIOD BEGAN ON JANUARY 1, 1976. QUOTA UTILISATION POSITIONS ON MEMBER STATE BASIS FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS ENDING SEPTEMBER 1976 ARE GIVEN BELOW :-
MEMBER STATE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
QUANTITY LICENSED
25
PERCENTAGE UTILISATION
UNITED KINGDOM
BENELUX
DENMARK
ITALY
FRANCE
IRISH REPUBLIC
NOTE:
65 PER CENT
41
60 PER CENT
3.97
48 PER CENT
2.1
67 PER CENT
1.5
36 PER CENT
1.26
58 PER CENT
0.27
39 PER CENT
FIGURES ON QUANTITY LICENSED ARE IN MILLION EQUIVALENT KGS,
/OUT OF