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THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1976

OF THE CATEGORIES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC LIMITS IN THE HONG KONG/US TEXTILE AGREEMENT, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN FIVE OUT OF 21 CATEGORIES COULD BE DESCRIBED AS RELATIVELY HIGH. THESE FIVE 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 50/51 (COTTON WOVEN TROUSERS), CATEGORY 218/219/224(5) (M.M.F. KNIT SHIRTS, BLOUSES, TOPS AND VESTS) AND CATEGORY 221 (M.M.F. KNIT SWEATERS). IN ADDITION, RELATIVELY HIGH UTILISATION WAS ALSO RECORDED IN CATEGORY 116/117 SWEATER PERMITS. THE UTILISATION FOR THE REST OF THE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES WAS RELATIVELY LOW.

EEC

THE CURRENT 12-MONTH EEC TEXTILE RESTRAINT PERIOD BEGAN ON JANUARY 1, 1976. QUOTA UTILISATION POSITIONS ON MEMBER STATE BASIS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS ENDING JUNE 1976 ARE GIVEN BELOW:-

MEMBER STATE

QUANTITY LICENSED

PERCENTAGE UTILISATION

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

13

46%

UNITED KINGDOM

30.4

45%

BENELUX

DENMARK

ITALY

FRANCE

IRISH REPUBLIC

KGS.

2.7

32%

1.6

50%

1

24%

0.9

42%

0.2

32%

NOTE: FIGURES ON QUANTITY LICENSED ARE IN MILLION EQUIVALENT

OUT OF A TOTAL OF 108 CATEGORIES ON MEMBER STATE/CATEGORY BASIS, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN 24 OF THEM WAS RELATIVELY HIGH. THE POPULAR CATEGORIES INCLUDED CATEGORY 3 (KNIT SHIRTS AND BLOUSES), CATEGORY 4 (KNIT SWEATERS), CATEGORY 8 (WOVEN TROUSERS) CATEGORY 10 (WOVEN DRESSES), CATEGORY 11 (WOVEN BLOUSES), CATEGORY 12 WOVEN SHIRTS) AND CATEGORY 13 (WOVEN PYJAMAS).

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