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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1976

GROUP IV

WOOL TEXTILE AND APPAREL

NOTE:

29

70 PER CENT

FIGURES ON QUANTITY LICENSED ARE IN MILLION EQUIVALENT SQ. YDS.

DURING THE 1975/76 TEXTILE RESTRAINT PERIOD, OF THE CATEGORIES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC LIMITS IN THE HONG KONG/US TEXTILE AGREEMENT, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN EIGHT OUT OF 21 CATEGORIES COULD BE DESCRIBED AS RELATIVELY HIGH. THESE EIGHT 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 45/46/47 (MEN'S AND BOYS' SHIRTS, DRESS SPORT AND WORK, NOT KNIT), CATEGORY 50/51 (COTTON WOVEN TROUSERS, SLACKS AND SHORTS), CATEGORY 54/63(1) (PLAYSUITS, SUNSUITS, WASHSUITS, CREEPERS AND ROMPERS ETC.), CATÉGORY 218/219/224(5) (M.M.F. KNIT SHIRTS, BLOUSES, TOPS AND VEST), CATEGORY 221 (SWEATERS AND CARDIGANS, KNIT) AND CATEGORY 229 (COATS, NOT KNIT). IN ADDITION, RELATIVELY HIGH UTILISATION WAS ALSO RECORDED IN CATEGORY 116/117 SWEATER PERMITS.

EEC

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

MEMBER STATE

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

QUANTITY LICENSED

25

PERCENTAGE UTILISATION

UNITED KINGDOM

BENELUX

DENMARK

ITALY

FRANCE

IRISH REPUBLIC

NOTE:

65 PER CENT

41

60 PER CENT

3.97

48 PER CENT

2.1

67 PER CENT

1.5

36 PER CENT

1.26

58 PER CENT

0.27

39 PER CENT

FIGURES ON QUANTITY LICENSED ARE IN MILLION EQUIVALENT KGS,

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