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(iv)

Singapore is classified as a Newly Industrialising Country

and is sufficiently competitive in radios and some electronic

components to merit restrictive quota treatment under the GSP

for these products in addition to plywood. Total imports to

the UK in 1980 were £178.9m (excluding bullion imports) and

of these 21.5% (£38.4m) were admitted under the GSP. All but

5% of the GSP imports were of industrial products.

(v) Thailand of all the ASEAN countries, Thailand sends the

highest proportion of textile products (17.6%) in her GSP imports to the UK. Total imports to the UK in 1980 were £52.Om

and of these 40.2% (£20.9m) were under the GSP. Just over

half of the GSP imports were of industrial products (gas

containers, some leather products and hardwoods) and most of

the agricultural products (31% of GSP imports) were of fish

products and tobacco. As one of the poorer GSP beneficiaries,

Thailand is not subject to the more restrictive tariff quotas

under the GSP.

Department of Trade

October 1982