§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which multi-fibre arrangement quotas for the United Kingdom in 1983 met the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 of article 5 of the European Community Council Regulation No.3 589/82 of 23 December 1982, which govern the use of the anti-surge mechanism.
§ Mr. ChannonThe MFA quotas — within MFA Group 1, to which Article 5 applies — which in 1983 represented more than 2.5 per cent. of total Community imports in 1980 for that category — more than 1 per cent. in the case of Hong Kong, Macao and South Korea — and in which imports in 1983 represented more than 50 per cent. of the quota in question, were as follows:
follows:
Category 1
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Pakistan
Category 2
- Brazil
- Egypt
- Hong Kong
- Pakistan
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Thailand
Category 3
- Hong Kong
- Malaysia
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Thailand
Category 4
- Hong Kong
- India
- Macao
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Thailand
Category 5
- Hong Kong
- Macao
206 - Romania
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Thailand
Category 6
- Hong Kong
- Macao
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Taiwan
Category 7
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Macao
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
Category 8
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Macao
- Romania
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Taiwan