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TO ROUTINE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 5499 OF 21 SEPTEMBER.

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ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE (TEXTILES), 20 SEPTEMBER 1978

F. HONG KONG

CLASSIFICATION PROBLEMS

IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE LONG STANDING CLASSIFICATION

PROBLEMS WITH HONG KONG OVER BLOUSONS, THE COMMISSION SUGGESTED AN ARITHMETICAL ADJUSTMENT TO CERTAIN QUOTAS. BLOUSONS WOULD

NOW BE CLASSIFIED UNDER CATEGORY 21 AND THIS WOULD INVOLVE

INCREASING THE UK QUOTA FOR HONG KONG FOR THIS CATEGORY BY

1.517,660 PIECES, THIS QUANTITY WOULD BE FOUND BY EXTRACTING CORRESPONDING AMOUNTS FROM CATEGORIES 14A, 15A AND 17. THE

COMMISSION WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHETHER

THE UK FOR ITS PART CAN ACCEPT THIS ADJUSTMENT. (IT IS LIKELY

TO CAUSE MOPE ACUTE PROBLEMS IN, FOR INSTANCE, BENELUX THAN FOR US.) THE PRECISE AMOUNTS TO BE EXTRACTED FROM THE THREE OTHER

QUOTAS WHERE NOT STATED.

FCC COPY TO:-

FCO

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MCCLUVEY, JENKINS (EID(E))

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CROMPTON, FARRY, MISS LOWNE (CT), HUDSON, RIDLEY DOT MURRAY, SPENCER (CRE 1), GRAY

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