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(v.g. and m.b.) also increased from 1,025 in 1967

to 1,038 in 1968, while discontinuous synthetic w..

fell from 5,609 to 3,650. Nowever Hong Kong's

14.

share of discontinuous synthetic market is small

(less than 1/3rd of Korea's and 1/6th of total).

You might try for Πgrowth on woollen figures.

(a)

On above basis you should als for i

w.g. wool and discontinuous mut b/t

1,648

+ growth (on wool 1300)

25

m.b. wool (E/A at 30/11/68)

481

Total : --2,142

(

(●) TEXTAB has authorised you to settle betwean 1,981 and

2,200.

(1) The Swedes may bring up the question of "shella"

once again. Henriksson first raised it in Geneva

and the Department replied to him in March 1968.

Our reasons for considering this outside the scope

of restraint are that these gurzents are

(1) manufactured from knitted fabrics which have

been dyed and fini had in the same manner as

ordinary piecegoods

(11) not knitted into parscnts on the traditional

flat or circular mit ing machines but out

and made up in the sane manner as garments

made from woven fabráos;