in the E.E.C. fell by ....
per cent. In the case of woollen and worsted fabrics production in the U.K. declined by nearly ag. much as production in the U.S.A., but mainly because of the fall in exports.
29.
The graph at Annex J shows the effect those changes have had on capacity in the cotton and allied textile industry in recent years.
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31. The graphs at Annex K show that U.S. imports of broad woven cotton and man-made fibre cloth increased more rapidly than U.K. imports between 1961 and 1968, but that in 1968 the volume of imports was nevertheless lower in the U.S. than it
was in the U.K. On the other hand, U.S. imports of woollen and worsted cloth rose sharply in 1968 after a period of spasmodic but relatively slow growth. U.K. imports, though substantial, have fallen slightly in recent years, and more noticeably since devaluation.
31.
32. Import penetration has been with very few exceptions much greater in the U.K. than it has been in the U.S.A. The U.K. figure for cotton is well-known, but needs repeating because it cannot be looked at in isolation: retained imports
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F.
of broad woven cotton cloth and made-ups, excluding cotton yarn and cotton knitwear, accounted for no less than 53 per cent
in 1968. of U.K. consumption of broad woven cotton products The percentage in the case of broad woven man-made products is also considerable: imports of cloth alone accounted for 11 per cent
of apparent consumption in 1967 and 21 per cent in 1968. The
corresponding fi, ure in the United States was to per cent in
/1967
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