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EX 754
TOTAL SWEDISH PRODUCTION OF ALL SHIRTS FELL FROM 7,419 IN 1965 TO 5,375 IN 1967, BUT THE DECLINE IS IN THE KNITTED SHIRTS WHICH WENT DOWN FROM 4,678 TO 2,114. HONG KONG'S COTTON KNIT SHIRTS ARE ALREADY UNDER RESTRAINT AND OUR EXPORTS
SWEDISH PRODUCTION OF ALL OF SYNTHETIC ARE NEGLIGIBLE.
WOVEN SHIRTS INCREASED FROM 2,382 IN 1965 TO 2,837 IN 1967, BUT IMPORTS ROSE FASTER FROM 3,175 TO 4,617. SHIRTS ARE ALREADY UNDER RESTRAINT.
OUR WOVEN COTTON
PRODUCTION OF WOVEN
SHIRTS OF DISCONTINUOUS SYNTHETIC FIBRES CONSTITUTES ONLY 11 PER CENT OF TOTAL PRODUCTION OF WOVEN SHIRTS, AND WAS FAIRLY STEADY 1965 TO 1967 AROUND 253 BUT INCREASED CONSIDER-
IMPORTS HAVE INCREASED ABLY IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1968.
FROM 199 IN 1965 TO 518 IN 1967 ( H.K.'S SHARE RISING FROM 63 TO 438) AND INCREASED STILL FURTHER IN 1968, BUT THE 1968 INCREASE IN TOTAL IMPORTS IS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO SOUTH KOREA,
TOTAL OCTOBER 1968. UP FROM 14
297 JANUARY IN 1967 TO IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG IN 1963 ARE ESTIMATED AT
617.
SHIPMENTS WHICH HAVE LEFT HONG KONG AND WHICH WILL ARRIVE IN SWEDEN IN 1969 TOTAL 157. BY 15/1/69 E/AS FOR 193 HAD ALREADY LAPSED, BUT OUTSTANDING E/AS TOTAL 197.
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ASSESSMENT
IN THIS SECTOR IT IS DIFFICULT TO ARGUE THAT IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG ARE NOT A MAJOR CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR TO THE INDUSTRY'S DIFFICULTIES. HOWEVER, THIS IS A SEASONAL TRADE WHICH FALLS OFF IN THE SPRING. THERE MIGHT ACCORDINGLY BE A CASE FOR DROPPING THIS ITEM NOW ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THERE ARE TO BE FRESH CONSULTATIONS IN A FEW MONTHS TIME ON THE POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF EXISTING RESTRAINTS WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO CONSIDER ITS INCLUSION.
EX 751.
IT IS PROBABLY THE GOODS LIKELY TO ARRIVE IN SWEDEN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THAT ARE CAUSING CONCERN. THE E/AS WHICH HAVE ALREADY
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