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for commodity fabrics the UK generally lagged behind Japan for quality. Mr Schoonhoven said that the worst characteristic of British suppliers was their poor delivery performance: from bitter experience, he now catered as a matter of course for a delay of up to a month but even this was exceeded in 40% of cases. Dr Wong said that in his view the quality of British textiles was unquestionable, but the service left much to be desired. After closing courtesies the meeting ended.

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