Analysis of Swedish trude in certain textile products
Anoraks
4965
1966 1967
1368
Production:
Cotton
792
728
703
530
Synthetic
449
666
.874
800
1241
291
1577
1330
Imports:
Cotton
151
243
453
630
Synthetic
201
274
681
1011
352
517
1134
1641
Exports:
Cotton
4.5
83
102
106
Synthetic
29
51
108
171
71+
134
210
379
Consumption :
Cotton
898
868
1054
1052
Synthetic
621
991
1663
1640
1519
1879
2717
2692.
Imports from
Hong Kong:
Cotton
11
74
170
137
Synthetic
93
115
Blank
549
104
189
544
586
Imports from
others:
Catton
140
159
293
493
Synthetic
106
159
337
462
24
325
20
955
of which Portugal
Cotton
22'
57
115
191
21
59
22
57
137
250
Total
Hone Kong
Cotton Smithetic Cotton Smithets
Annex A
Portugal
Cotton Smthetic
38
138
14
imports Jan/Feb 1968
120
10
1969.
38
117 136
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1. A year ago we agreed to the imposition of restraint an cotton anoraka at 140,000 pieces and on men's continuous synthetic anoraks at 180,000 pieces. There was a case of forco margin. The cotton item was conceded like all the cotton items without serious discussion. However, in the case of synthetic anoraks, both C.P.E.I. and Industries 1 we agreed throughout that there was no evidence that imports had caused injury to the domestic industry. We conceded the item because both Hong Kong and Sweden, for very differert reasons, insisted on it. Hong Kong was backed by the 7.0.0. There had been a vast increase in Swedish production and the most the Swedes could claim was that an unspecified amount of stock had accumulated in manufacturers' warehouses as a result of the disruption os used by imports.
2.
Swedish production of men's synthetic anoraks fell in 1968 in spite of the imposition of control, However, production of women's synthetic anoraks continued to rise very rapidly, as did imports. The Swedes claimed that the fall in production of men's anoraks was due to (a) the lack of control on imports of men's discontinuous (i.e. spun staple fibre) anoraks and (b) more particularly,
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