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G.F. 323

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Fourth Session (Statistical Sub-Committee)

10 a.m. Wednesday, 29th April, 1970

126.

Resuming the discussion on shirts, Baron de Geer called upon Mr. Henriksson to report his findings on the apparent dis- crepancies in production statistics mentioned by the Hong Kong Delegation. According to Mr. Henriksson, the cause of the discrepancies was the inclusion of "ladies' shirts" produced for the Swedish defence forces. He then presented the following revised figures :

Cotton shirts, knitted or crocheted (Cotton Group

item 1)

1968

158

1969

381

Cotton shirts, not knitted or crocheted (Cotton Group IT-item 2)

Non-cotton shirts, not knitted or

crocheted, wholly or mainly of discontinuous synthetic fibres

2,270

2,015

(as per original

table)

400

736

(as per original

table)

(Von-cotton Group III)

Non-cotton shirts, knitted or

1,054

crocheted, wholly or mainly of

synthetic fibres

654 (as per original

table)

(Non-cotton Mor Item 1)

All shirts, knitted or crocheted

and woven,

3,882

3,786

127.

Baron de Ceer added that he had been unable to obtain information on the export prices of wedish shirts but if such information was essential to Tong Kong, he would endeavour to acquire this on his return to Sweden.

128.

Mr. To pointed out that there were also some slight variations in trade figures :

Experts

Imports

Figures arrived at from the 4 individual tables

1967: 1,308 1968 : 954 1969 : 1,021

1967: 6,446 1968: 6,927

1969 : 8,872

Overall figures

1.321

978

1,034

6,414

6,883

8,791

Mr. Henriksson said this might be due to some slight classification variations in the computation by the Swedish Customs authorities.

129. Commenting on the revised production statistics, Mr. Ho said that he had a few points to make. He observed that, prior to the rvision, the figures shoved a rise in production between 1968 to 1969 of about 1,000 pieces whercas the revised figures, having excluded women's shirts, vent slightly the other way; but certain shirts did not appear to have been included in the table. said that the revised figures covered all men's shirts.

MI

Baron de Geer

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