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WE CLAIMED GROWTH ON (1) AND A HIGHER LEVEL FOR (111

(B) (1) MEN'S AND BOYS' ANORAKS (EXISTING LEVEL)

(11) WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' CONTINUOUS(Y/E 31/8/68)

(111) WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' DISCONTINUOUS (1968 IMPORTS)

180

179

19

378

AGAIN, WE CLAIMED GROWTH ON (1) AND A HIGHER LEVEL FOR (11) AS

ACTUAL EXPORTS OF LATTER FROM 1 JULY TO 20 DECEMBER 1968 WHEN THEY

CALLED US WAS ALREADY 241.

(C) UNDERWEAR ( 1968 IMPORTS)

LESS SLIPS AND VESTS (EXPORTS)

3,470

12

(D) BLOUSES (IMPORTS Y/E 30/11/68)

(E) POLYESTER COTTON SHIRTS (IMPORTS Y/E 33/11/68)

3,458

520

558

ON (D) AND (E) WE CLAIMED THAT SWEDISH NOTE OF 27 MARCH 1969 DID NOT

COVER THESE AND ROLL-BACK SHOULD THEREFORE BE CALENDAR 68 -536 FOR!

BLOUSES, 622 FOR SHIRTS.

9. JORDAN INDICATED THAT THE USE OF THE ROLL-BACK FORMULA WAS

ACCEPTABLE IN PRINCIPLE AS A MEANS OF ESTABLISHING MINIMUM LEVELS.

IF HONG KONG WERE TO CONCEDE SHIRTS, THE LEVEL AT (E) WOULD HOWEVER

BE UNACCEPTABLE :-

(1) AT GENEVA HE HAD GIVEN THE SWEDISH DELEGATION AN ESTIMATE OF

LIKELY IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG IN 1968 AT 646 WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY

CONSIDERED TOLERABLE BY THEM AS THEY DROPPED THEIR REQUEST.

(11) THE CUT ON 1968 PERFORMANCE WAS BASED ON THE FORMULA FOR SOUTH

/KOREA

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