TNAG-0345-FCO40-381-UK-and-Hong-Kong-talks-on-cotton-textiles-1972 — Page 193

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ir Hania konci's REACTIONS TO THE TARIFF DECISION 200 When the Crosland Fariff / liberalization policy

in 1969, Hong Kong

announced

opposed to it

a)

IN 1969

W (^^

was strongly

on the following grounds:

She feared ther the introduction of the

tarift wrived result in loss of the

of the quaten

As thong Kong admistimed the quota itself, her premium, fattored under the quota nestrations

expantens operated in a sillers' matkat and couill of Cand

for the operation of the restraint

Campsxsaction

ded) inflate their prices accordingly. This situation would

end with the diso

to "absorb"

wind

lexappear if guitar

ance of quietas, expenting is new Eduffy receipted

montefuent

one effent.

intain their shancey the manket

we of

reduction

in a profitability;

Tarif

a consequent

witin a

>

in 1971

16) Similarly, if she were deprived of her b) large quota allocation (194 m. sq. yos, ) and of most of her CPA preference, Hong kong

we face

increasing competition from agressive Competitors such as S. Korea and Taiwan,

both of whom

costs

and

much lower labour

have

were limited

schone to very small

under the 1966-71

-1971

quotas CA Comming

་་

quotas of 5.2 m.sq. yds and

respectively).

2.6

M.5q.yo's

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