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MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1977

THE CURRENT 12-MONTH RESTRAINT PER 100 BEGAN ON JANUARY 1, 1977. QUCTA UTILISATION POSITIONS ON A MEMBER STATE BASIS FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1977 ARE GIVEN BELOW :

MEMBER STATE

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

UNITED KINGDOM

BENELUX

DENMARK

ITALY

FRANCE

IRISH REPUBLIC

QUANTITY LICENSED (IN MILLION EQUIVALENT KGS.)

6.67

10.16

1.42

0.46

0.39

0.26

0.06

PERCENTAGE UTILISATION

16.30

14.64

14.10

13.64

7.00

7.90

7.66

OUT OF A TOTAL OF 109 CATEGORIES ON MEMBER STATE/CATEGORY BASIS, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN 10 OF THEM WAS RELATIVELY HIGH, THESE POPULAR CATEGORIES ARE CATEGORY 3 (KNIT SHIRTS AND BLOUSES) FOR ALL MEMBER STATES, CATEGORY 8 (MOVEN TROUSERS) FOR BENELUX AND DENMARK AND CATEGORY 11 (WOVEN BLOUSES, WOMEN'S, GIRLS' AND INFANTS') FOR BENELUX AND FRANCE.

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 DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY

IN 6.1.3. PRESS BOXES.

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