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United States imports of textile mill

products and apparel

11. Figures published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

shows that imports increased from 334 m. lbs. in 1961 to

784 m. lbs. in 1968. These figures include basic products,

such as spun yarn and filament yarn with twist, and a wide

variety of miscellaneous textile products. The increase in

domestic production between 1961 and 1968 was more than six

timės greater than the increase in imports.

12. The graph at Annex A, prepared by the Office of Textiles,

U.S. Department of Commerce, shows that imports of cotton

textiles reached a peak in 1966: that imports of wool textiles

in 1968 were only fractionally higher than in 1965; and that,

because of the fall in imports of cotton textiles, total imports

increased by only 17 per cent between 1966 and 1968. The

ex increase in U.S. imports of manufactured goods, including

textiles, over this period was

per cent.

13. The graph at Annex B shows that the increase in imports

between 1960 and 1968 is largely due to increased imports of

apparel, particularly man-made fibre apparel. However, these

are value figures: had the figures been in equivalent square

yards the increase in imports of yarn, particularly man-made

fibro yarn, would have looked very much more significant.

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