§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement outlining the steps that have been taken to prevent Chinese attempts to circumvent the quota of cashmere goods allowed into the Community under the existing bilateral agreement.
§ Mr. NeedhamFollowing representations from the United Kingdom, the EC has introduced a separate tariff line exclusively for cashmere sweaters. As a result of the completion of the single market the quota for cashmere sweaters has now been established on an EC basis. Both of these measures, which took effect on 1 January 1993, will enable import levels to be monitored more effectively than in previous years.