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use the last duty-free facilities to the utmost.

Finally,

without quota enforcement on all 1971 shipments, we could expect

from the first day of 1972 unrestricted arrivals shipped in

anticipation at the end of 1971. Mathematically, this can be

+ X months' arrivals entering

expressed as 3/12 + (say) 13/12

the UK market between about January/February 1971 and January/

February 1972. "X" is unquantifiable but would not have to

exceed a normal two months' supply by March to raise the total

for the period to eighteen months' normal supply or more.