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r

Million sq. 700

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

Jan/June

1971

Production of Woven

Cotton Cloth

1,071

887

884

897

879

416

Rained Imports of Woven

Cotton Cloth and Made-ups Retained Imports as a age

of Apparent Consumption Retained Imports from the

Developing Countries As age of Quota Levels

UK IMPORTS OF COTTON YARN

734

783

853

+

702

661

402*

41.6

46.8

51.2

43.8

43.5

51.2

481

492

93.5 94.7 102.

540

406

379.

235*

76.6

70.8

Million 1lbs.

1966 1967 1968

Jan/June

1969

1970

1971

Production of Cotton Yarn**

368.1

307.8 303.9

292.3.

277.4

125.8

Retained Imports

of Cotton Yarn Retained Imports as a %age

of Apparent Consumption Retained Imports from the

Developing Countries d As age of Quota Levels

UK IMPORTS OF WOVEN MAN-MADE FIBRE FABRICS

34.3

39.3

36.6

·36.2

36.0

16.5*

8.9

11.9

11.3

11.7

12.1

12.3

22.5

24.3

23.2 26.5

25.7

9.4*

85.6, 91.4 86.9 97.8

93.8

Source:-

Million so. mis.

1965

1968

1969

1970

1971+

WORLD o/w EEC

++

87.8

146.8

154.9

163.9

217

44.3

46.6

42.2

51.0

62

EFTA

7.4

51.4

49.3

47.6

66

Hong Kong

0.2

3.1

12.8

16.2

26

•

USA

13.6

13.3

13.0

11.5

18

NOTES: Comprises India, Hong Kong and

**

the Global Quota Countries

Excludes production of Cotton waste Estimated

Apparent over issue due to Anticipation of 1969 Quotas

+ Estimated on the basis of the figures

for the six months ended June 1971

++Detailed figures for EFTA available only

for Austria, Switzerland, Portugal.