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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1981
HR MILLS ADDED THAT DETAILS OF THE ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN RELEASED TO THE TRADE SEPARATELY.
NOTE TO EDITORS
FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE MODIFICATIONS:
THE ACTUAL EFFECT OF THE REVISION IS EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHT. THE REVISION AFFECTS THE SO-CALLED FLEXIBILITY PROVISIONS (I.E. SWING, CARRYOVER AND CARRYFORWARD) OF A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES. ON THE OTHER HAND THE BASIC LIMITS OF TWO OTHER CATEGORIES WILL BE INCREASED IN 1981.
AS PART OF THE ARRANGEMENT, THE RESTRAINT LIMIT ON CATEGORY 640 (SHIRTS, NOT KNIT, MMF) HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE ITEM HAS BEEN DROPPED INTO THE APPAREL BASKET.
IN RESPECT OF CATEGORIES NAMELY 331 (GLOVES, COTTON) 333/4/5 (COATS, COTTON), 338/9 (SHIRTS AND BLOUSES, KNIT, COTTON) 338/9(1) (TANK TOPS, KNIT, COTTON)
COTTON), 340 (SHIRTS,
340 (SHIRTS, NOT KNIT, COTTON), 31 (BLOUSES, NOT KNIT, COTTON), 347/8 (TROUSERS, SLACKS AND SHORTS, COTTON), 630/9 (SHIRTS AND BLOUSES, KNIT, MMF) AND 641 (BLOUSES, NOT KNIT, MMF), SWING IS TO BE REDUCED FROM THE PRESENT LEVEL RANGING BETWEEN 6 PER CENT-7 PER CENT TO 5 PER CENT AND THERE IS TO BE NO CARRYOVER FROM 1980 INTO 1981 OR CARRYFORWARD FROM 1982 FOR THESE CATEGORIES.
THERE IS TO BE NO CARRYOVER FROM 1980 INTO 1981 FOR CATEGORIES 337 (PLAYSUITS, ETC, COTTON), 342 (SKIRTS, COTTON) AND 635 (COATS, WOMEN'S, GIRLS' AND INFANTS', MMF) AND NO CARRYFORWARD FROM 1982 FOR CATEGORIES 345 (SWEATERS, COTTON) AND 648 (TROUSERS, SLACKS AND SHORTS, WOMEN'S GIRLS' AND INFANTS', MMF) BUT THE OTHER FLEXIBILITY PROVISIONS FOR THESE CATEGORIES WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.
THE FLEXIBILITY PROVISIONS FOR THE APPAREL GROUP AS A WHOLE WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
FURTHERMORE, THERE WILL BE INCREASES, FOR 1981 ONLY, OF 2.834 MILLION SQUARE YARDS AND 13 894 DOZENS IN CATEGORIES 317 (TWILLS AND SATEENS, COTTON) AND 336 (DRESSES, COTTON) RESPECTIVELY. THE 1981 SUB-LIMIT FOR CATEGORY 333/4 (COATS, MEN'S AND BOYS", COTTON) WILL ALSO BE INCREASED BY 10 269 DOZENS.
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