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TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1978

THE CURRENT 12-MONTH RESTRAINT PERIOD ALSO BEGAN ON JANUARY 1 1978. QUOTA UTILISATION POSITION ON A MEMBER STATE BASIS FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS IS GIVEN BELOW:

QUANTITY LICENSED (IN MILLION

MEMBER STATE

EQUIVALENT KGS.)

PERCENTAGE UTILISATION

UNITED KINGDOM

7.86

12.4

DENMARK

0.44

9.4

IRISH REPUBLIC

0.01

1.3

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

5.52

10.3

BENELUX

1.31

11.4

FRANCE

0.13

3.6

ITALY

0.16

5.1

OUT OF A TOTAL OF 288 CATEGORIES ON MEMBER STATE/CATEGORY BASIS, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN 27 OF THEM WAS RELATIVELY HIGH. THESE POPULAR CATEGORIES INCLUDE CATEGORY 4 (KNITTED SHIRTS, ETC.), CATEGORY 6 (WOVEN TROUSERS AND MEN'S SHORTS), CATEGORY 7 (WOVEN/KNITTED BLOUSES), CATEGORY 8 (MEN'S WOVEN SHIRTS), CATEGORY 12 (KNITTED SOCKS AND STOCKINGS), CATEGORY 17 (MEN'S WOVEN JACKETS), CATEGORY 19/89 (COTTON HANDKERCHIEFS), CATEGORY 21 (PARKAS, ANORAKS AND WINDCHEATERS), CATEGORY 31 (BRASSIERES), CATEGORY 61 (NARROW WOVEN FABRICS), CATEGORY 72 (KNITTED SWIMWEAR), CATEGORY 74 (WOMEN'S KNITTED SUITS) AND CATEGORY 76 (WOVEN WORK GARMENTS).

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