TNAG-0165-FCO40-201-Export-of-textiles-to-Norway-and-Sweden-1969 — Page 12

7/31/8/68 were

Hong Kong experts in

155 only

(111) we settled at Geneva at 615 on the basis of

outstanding S/A on 20/12/681 but we have

been applying restraint at the corrected

figure of 605.

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(iv) Swedish imports for 1968 were 239:

1968 exports were 353.

(v) Following the n.b. woollen knitwear

our

approach, we should base our clais on the

E/A level at 30/11/68 - 611, but this figure

is higher than our present effective

restraint of 60% for w.g. continuous. If

this item can be listinguished from a.b.

woollen knitwear, it would seem that the

E A lavel at 15/11/68 (531) or even 31/10/68

(453) would be acceptable.

(c) The roll-back reference period for v.g. discontinuous

being a new item, should be y/e 31/12/68 as the

Swedes did not make their roquest clear until after

their arrival in Hong Kong in April. The Swedish

inport figure for 1968 is 20: the Hong Kong export

figure is 21

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(d) South Corem now has a quota of 80,000 (presumably

again.

excluding import licences already issued)