MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1984
US IMPOSES RESTRAINT LIMITS ON TWO GARMENT CATEGORIES
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THE UNITED STATES, FOLLOWING INCONCLUSIVE CONSULTATIONS WITH HONG KONG IN WASHINGTON LAST WEEK, HAS IMPOSED RESTRAINT LIMITS ON TWO GARMENT CATEGORIES (CAT 652 AND 637) CALLED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (MONDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT DURING THE CONSULTATIONS THE HONG KONG DELEGATION, LED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR NICHOLAS YEK, REQUESTED THE UNITED STATES TO LIFT THE TWO CALLS AS HONG KONG DID NOT AGREE THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD AN ACCEPTABLE CASE FOR IMPOSING RESTRAINT ON THE TWO CATEGORIES.
THE UNITED STATES ADMINISTRATION DISAGREED WITH HONG KONG'S ARGUMENT AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT HK-US TEXTILES AGREEMENT, IMPOSED THE FOLLOWING RESTRAINT LIMITS:
1984 RESTRAINT LIMIT
CAT. NO.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
652 637
MAN-MADE FIBRE UNDERWEAR MAN-MADE FIBRE PLAYSUITS,
ETC.
3 513 103 DOZEN 45 502 DOZEN
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION ACCORDINGLY RESERVED HONG KONG'S RIGHTS OF APPEAL UNDER THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT AND THE HK-US BILATERAL AGREEMENT.
THESE RIGHTS INCLUDE POSSIBLE REFERRAL TO THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY IN GENEVA.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT IN 1984 EXPORTS IN THESE TWO CATEGORIES HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO THE EXPORT AUTHORISATION SYSTEM.
UNDER THIS SYSTEM THERE IS NO SPECIFIC RESTRAINT LIMIT.
HOWEVER, THE LEVEL OF EXPORTS IS MONITORED, AND THE UNITED STATES MAY AT ANY TIME SEEK CONSULTATIONS WITH A VIEW TO REACHING AGREEMENT ON A LEVEL OF RESTRAINT IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
+ IN THE EVENT OF DISAGREEMENT DURING THE CONSULTATIONS, THE UNITED STATES MAY IMPOSE A RESTRAINT LIMIT WITH REFERENCE TO A SET OF FORMULAS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT THE IMPOSED LIMIT MUST HAVE REGARD TO THE TRADE IN RECENT YEARS, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE TWO CALLS ARE THE ONLY CALLS MADE BY THE UNITED STATES SO FAR THIS YEAR.
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