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HỒNG KÔNG

TELEGRAM NUVEER 83

CONFIDENTIAL

TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON 24 NOVEMBER 1978

CONFIDENTIAL 24/292CZ

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CODEL BRUSSELS TELEGRAM 229: E.E.C. G.F.S.

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MY TELEGRAM 92 CONTAINS STATISTICAL CATA IN RESPECT OF HONG

KUNG'S SUPPLIER PCSITION IN THE E.E.C. IN 1968 OF THE VARIOUS

ITEMS MENTIONED IN TELEGRAM 229. MY INITIAL COMMENTS ARE:-

GROUP 1

2. CHAPTERS 52 TC 63 COVER ALL FIBRES (INCLUDING RAW CCTTON AND VOOL), YARNS, FABRICS AND APLAPEL. HONG KONG'S PERFORMANCE OF US DOLLARS 78.9 MILLION (8.9% OF L.D.C. IMPORTS) WAS LARGELY

IN APPAREL: BY THE SELVES THE 7 APPAREL ITEMS (841.11, 841.12, 841.13, 841.14, 841.41, 841.43 AND 841.44) SET CUT IN TABLE 3 OF PART THREE OF THE G.P.S. BRIEF ACCOUNTED FOR US DOLLARS 72

MILLION. I AM AS YET UNABLE TO DETERMINE HONG KONG'S L.D.C. SUPPLIER STATUS FOR ALL TEXTILES (1.E. IF CHAPTERS 52 TO £3 HERE TREATED AS ONE ITEM), BUT AT 8.99 OF L.D.C. IMPORTS THIS COULD HARDLY HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT.

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3. HONG KONG WAS THE PRINCIPAL UNDERLINE THE NEXT WORD L.D.C. SUPPLIER OF ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 46.23 (BASKET: ORK), WHERE IT TOOK THIRD PLACE TO YUGOSLAVIA (17.15) AND SPAIN (12.5%) AND PRINCIPAL UNDERLINE NEXT WORD OVERALL SUPPLIER ON 48.03 (LEATHER APPAREL, ETC.), 67.04 (WIGS) AND 85.10B (PORTABLE ELECTRIC LAMPS).

4. A CUT OFF AT 22% CR ANY SIMILARLY LOW FICURE WOULD THEREFORE ONLY BE TOLERABLE ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CALCULATION OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA WOULD NOT INCLUDE FULL HONG KONG PERFORMANCE.

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