WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988
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NORWAY LIBERALISES TEXTILE QUOTAS
AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN HONG KONG AND NORWAY то LIBERALISE CERTAIN CATEGORIES IN THE CURRENT HONG KONG/NORWAY TEXTILES AGREEMENT (WHICH RUNS FROM JULY 1, 1987 TO' JUNE 30, 1990), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WITH EFFECT FROM NOVEMBER 1, 1988, THREE CATEGORIES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY UNDER QUOTA RESTRAINT WILL BE FULLY LIBERALISED. THE EXPORT AUTHORISATION ARRANGEMENT WHICH AT PRESENT COVERS FOUR OTHER CATEGORIES WILL ALSO BE REMOVED.
THE EXPORT AUTHORISATION ARRANGEMENT USED TO ENABLE NORWAY TO MONITOR THE LEVEL OF IMPORTS OF THE RELEVANT HONG KONG TEXTILE PRODUCTS.
THE THREE RESTRAINT CATEGORIES ARE 12 (KNITTED OR CROCHETED COSTUMES, DRESSES, SUITS, SKIRTS AND TROUSERS, MEN'S AND BOYS', WOMEN'S AND GIRLS'); 13 (GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS); AND 15 (WOVEN ULSTERS, OVERCOATS, CAPES AND COATS, MEN'S AND BOYS', WOMEN'S AND GIRLS').
THE FOUR CATEGORIES UNDER THE EXPORT AUTHORISATION ARRANGEMENT ARE 9 (KNITTED OR CROCHETED STOCKINGS, UNDER STOCKINGS, ANKLE-SOCKS, SOCKETTES AND THE LIKE, NOT ELASTIC NOR RUBBERISED, EXCEPT WOMEN'S STOCKINGS, SPORT STOCKINGS AND THICK WOOLLEN SOCKS }; 10 (WOVEN DRESSES, HOUSECOATS, FROCKS AND GOWNS, WOMEN'S AND GIRLS') (GIRLS' WITH HEIGHT ABOVE 110 CM); 11 (WOVEN SKIRTS, INCLUDING DIVIDED SKIRTS, WOMEN'S AND GIRLS') (GIRLS' WITH HEIGHT ABOVE 110 CM); AND 18 (KNITTED OR CROCHETED NIGHTWEAR, MEN'S AND BOYS', WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' AS WELL AS INFANTS').
THE AGREEMENT WAS REACHED THIS MORNING AFTER THREE DAYS OF CONSULTATION HELD IN HONG KONG.
MR
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WAS LED BY MR STUART HARBINSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TRADE. THE NORWEGIAN DELEGATION WAS *LED BY JOHAN IVERSEN, HEAD OF IMPORT DIVISION, ROYAL NORWEGIAN MINISTRY FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
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