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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1976

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 SEVEN MONTHS ENDING JULY 1976 ARE GIVEN BELOW: -

PERCENTAGE UTILISATION

MEMBER STATE

QUANTITY LICENSED

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

21

55 PER CENT

UNITED KINGDOM

34.3

51 PER CENT

BENELUX

3.5

42 PER CENT

DENMARK

1.8

58 PER CENT

ITALY

1.1

27 PER CENT

FRANCE

1.2

55 PER CENT

IRISH REPUBLIC

0.25

37 PER CENT

NOTE: FIGURES ON QUANTITY LICENSED ARE IN MILLION EQUIVALENT KGS.

OUT OF A TOTAL OF 108 CATEGORIES ON MEMBER STATE/CATEGORY BASIS, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN 29 OF THEM WAS RELATIVELY HIGH. THE POPULAR CATEGORIES INCLUDED CATEGORY 2 (WOVEN FABRICS), CATEGORY 3 (KNIT SHIRTS AND BLOUSES), CATEGORY 8 (WOVEN TROUSERS) AND CATEGORY 10 (WOVEN DRESSES).

NOTE TO EDITORS :

COPIES OF THE RELEVANT NOTICES TO EXPORTERS WHICH GIVE DETAILED FIGURES OF UTILISATION OF QUOTAS FOR EACH RESTRAINED MARKET ON A CATEGORY BY CATEGORY BASIS ARE ATTACHED.

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