HC Deb 14 March 1985 vol 75 cc205-6W
Mr. Gould

asked 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. Channon

The 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