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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1976

OF THE CATEGORIES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC LIMIT IN THE HONG KONG/US TEXTILE AGREEMENT, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN 3 OUT OF 21 CATEGORIES COULD BE DESCRIBED AS RELATIVELY HIGH. THESE 3 CATEGORIES WERE CATEGORY 41/42/43/62(2) (COTTON KNIT T-SHIRTS, OTHER KNIT SHIRTS AND BLOUSES, EXCEPT SWEAT-SHIRTS), CATEGORY 48 (COTTON RAINCOATS, 3/4 LENGTH OR LONGER, NOT KNIT) AND CATEGORY 50/51 (COTTON TROUSERS, SLACKS AND SHORTS, NOT KNIT).

EEC

THE CURRENT 12-MONTH RESTRAINT PERIOD BEGAN ON JANUARY 1, 1976. QUOTA UTILISATION POSITIONS ON MEMBER STATE BASIS FOR THE ELEVEN MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1976 ARE GIVEN BELOW 1-

MEMBER STATE

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

UNITED KINGDOM

BENELUX

DENMARK

ITALY

FRANCE

IRISH REPUBLIC

QUANTITY LICENSED

PERCENTAGE

IN MILLION EQUIVALENT KGS.) UTILISATION

38.93

79.0

49.06

72.2

4.93

59.0

2.32

73.5

2.09

50.0

1.37

63.5

0.30

44.5

OUT OF A TOTAL OF 109 CATEGORIES ON MEMBER STATE/CATEGORY BASIS, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN 27 OF THEM WAS RELATIVELY HIGH. THE POPULAR CATEGORIES INCLUDED CATEGORY 4 (KNIT PULLOVERS, ETC), CATEGORY 8 (WOVEN TROUSERS), CATEGORY 10 (WOVEN DRESSES), CATEGORY 11 (WOVEN BLOUSES, WOMEN'S, GIRLS' AND INFANTS') AND CATEGORY 13 (WOVEN NIGHTWEAR).

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF THE RELEVANT NOTICES TO EXPORTERS WHICH GIVE DETAILED FIGURES OF UTILISATION OF QUOTAS FOR EACH RESTRA INED MARKET ON A CATEGORY BY CATEGORY BASIS ARE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN G.I.S. PRESS BOXES.

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