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Group

Item

Hong Kong Claim

Swedish Offer

Level Agreed

(exports)

(imports)

I

Shirts and women's and

-girls' underwear

}

1,890

1,800

1,854

Men's and boys' under-

wear

}

1,106

860

860

Night garments

N.A. (281)

345

345

Sweaters etc.

N.A.

(63)

271

271

3,366

3,276

3,330

II

Shirts

Blouses

1,207

1,150

1,160

387

339

350

1,594

1,489

1,510

III

Men's and boys'.....

trousers, etc.

}

1,365

1,300

1,401

Women's and girls'

slacks, etc.

N.A. (175)

1,700

259

1,559

259

1,660

IV

Towels

N.A.

251 m. t.

250 m.t.

Cotton IV and V

100.

In the course of discussing Group II, Mr. Ho said that the restraint limit agreed in Stockholm in 1968 for shirts and night garments was 2,000 which was based on the 1967 Hong Kong export figure. That figure comprised 1,150 shirts and 850 night garments.

101.

Mr. Jordan said that in order to avoid operational difficulties and possible distortions to the normal trade pattern, in case there should be a leak of information to the commercial world, the new restraint arrangements should be put into effect as early as possible. In fact, Hong Kong had that afternoon already stopped the issue of export licences in respect of the new items being brought under restraint. If the new items could be licensed under restraint from 1st May, 1969 for 13 month period the quota limits for such items should be increased by 1/12, to which could then be added the annual levels agreed

for the old items.

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