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we shall be able to relieve such goods from tariff.

In answering any inquiries about this relief please make following

points:

1. It is only available to goods exported from CPA countries

at present subject to quotas (ie not Canada, Australia and

New Zealand).

2. It will only apply to cotton textiles at present

subject to quota restriction (ie cotton yarn and woven cotton

cloth and made-ups; not knitted cotton). Details of proposed

coverage of new tariff will be published shortly in Trade

and Industry.

3. Goods must have been exported from country of origin

on or before 31 December 1971 within present quota ceilings

for this year. DTI must certify that they are satisfied

of the date of export before relief is granted.

Certification will be based on evidence of the date of export

which has to be submitted in connection with applications to

DTI for import licences under the current quota controls.

4.

Relief will only apply to goods at present free of

duty (eg not to cotton textiles containing silk or man-

made fibre where these already pay duty).

5.

Relief will not apply to goods from any country outside

the CPA since these already pay import duty.

6.

All shipments of cotton textiles subject to quotas

from all restricted countries up to 31 December 1971 must be

within quota ceilings for this year. Import licences will

be required for these goods even though they do not arrive

in UK until 1972. DTI will only issue licences for goods

shipped under country quotas on receipt of export

certificates. Countries concerned should be reminded that

the need for these documents to be issued will continue

up to end of 1971.

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