RESTRICTED
RESERVED OUR POSITIONS BUT OTHER DELEGATIONS SAID THAT THEY COULD
PROBABLY AGREE TO A PROPOSAL WHICH WOULD GIVE THE U.K. A 8.6 P CENT
ANNUAL GROWTH FOR COTTON YARN PLUS A SMALL SHARE OF THE INCREASE
IN THE COMMUNITY'S. CEILING. THIS WOULD BE BALANCED BY FIGURES FOR
COTTON CLOTH WHICH WOULD NOT GIVE THE U.K. CUTBACKS BUT A GROWTH
RATE OF 1 AND A HALF PERCENT FOR 1978 AND 3 PER CENT THEREAFTER. THE
RESULT WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS:
1979
1982
COTTON YARN- EEC
230,555
233,303
U.K.
22,981
23,258
FRG
82,569
83,227
FRANCE
22,718
21,558
ITALY
· 53,028
53,532
BENELUX
38,345
38,532
IRELAND
4,094
4,463
DENMARK
8,828
8,984
1978
1992
COTTON CLOTH EEC
215,150
219,784
U.K.
71,856
71,881
FRG
41.079
43,117
FRANCE
36,90%
37,711
ITALY
30,592
31,009
BENELUX
23,568
24,133
IRELAND
2,978
2,984
DENMARK
8,893
8,949
:
THESE FIGURES INCLUDE COTTON YARN FROM ARGENTINA BUT NOT CERTAIN
TYPES OF COTTON YARN AND CLOTH FROM PERU. IN ADDITION, IT IS.
STILL NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE INCREASED COMMUNITY FIGURES INCLUDE
AMOUNTS ACCEPTED BY SOME MEMBER STATES DURING NEGOTIATIONS WHICH
WERE SAID AT THE TIME TO BE OUTSIDE GLOBAL CEILINGS. WE ARE
MEETING THE COMMISSION AT 09.30 TODAY TO TRY TO RESOLVE THIS.
IT SEEMS CLEAR HOWEVER THAT THE REAL EXCESSES IN 1978 (INCLUDING
ARGENTINE YARN AND SPECIAL QUALITY PERUVIAN COTTON) ARE 12,761 TONNES OF COTTON YARN (CF 7,267 TONNES IN THE COMMISSION'S REPORT) AND A
POSSIBLE 18,361 TONNES OF COTTON CLOTH. (THIS COMPARES WITH THE FIGURES IN THE COMMISSION'S REPORT OF 7,267 AND 13,468 TONNES RESPECTIVELY).
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