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THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1976
CONTROL ON CERTAIN TEXTILES EXPORTS TO FINLAND
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CERTAIN HONG KONG TEXTILE PRODUCTS TO FINLAND ARE TO BE PLACED UNDER EXPORT CONTROL STARTING ON THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH.
THESE ARE WOOLLEN SWEATERS, CARDIGANS AND THE LIKE AND WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' KNITTED BRIEFS OF COTTON AND MAN-MADE FIBRE.
AGREEMENT ON THIS CONTROL ARRANGEMENT WAS REACHED TO-DAY (THURSDAY) AT THE END OF THREE DAYS OF TALKS IN HONG KONG BETWEEN A FINNISH DELEGATION LED BY MR. R. MULLER, OF THE FINNISH MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND A HONG KONG DELEGATION LED BY MR. P.K.Y. TSAO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF · COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT OF WHICH BOTH FINLAND AND HONG KONG ARE SIGNATORIES.
HONG KONG HAS ALSO AGREED TO PLACE UNDER EXPORT AUTHORIZATION EXPORTS TO FINLAND OF MEN'S AND BOYS' SHIRTS OF COTTON AND DISCONTINUOUS SYNTHETIC FIBRE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NEW AGREEMENT WOULD BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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