CONFIDENTIAL
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DRAFT SUBMISSION TO MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY
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Minister for Trade
JPS(I
JPS(T)
Secretary
Secretary (T)
(Mr Bullock
Mr Denman. Dep Sec
Dep Sec
Mr Preston Dep Sec
Mr Lam CRE1
Mr Sanders CRE2
Mr Lanchin Tr..bramson CRES. Central Secretariat Bellan
Mr Moon ID Miss Lowne CT1
Mr McEnery
CT2
Mr Edwards
CRES
:
COTTON TEXTILE QUOTAS
A decision has to be taken on whether
to allow the import of the large quantity
of cotton textiles ordered before 8 December
1971 (when the Secretary of State announced HMC's decision to retain quantitative restrictions on cotton textile imports in 1972) which cannot be accommodated within the 1972 quotas.
2 We always expected that this would be
a problem but had no means of knowing in
advance how big it would be. At the time
of the announcement, we were careful not to
commit ourselves on how excess advance orders
would be handled.
3 We now know that excess ordering was
/particularly
:
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.