Swedish-Japanese bilateral trade agreement for the period April 1, 1970, to
March 31, 1971, provides for a ceiling of $2.5 million on Japanese exports of
various textiles including the following wool products.

Item

Yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool, of horsehair or of other

animal hair (fine or coarse), put up for retail sale
Woven fabrics of wool and other animal hair

Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics

Narrow woven fabrics, and narrow fabrics (bolduc)

consisting of warp without weft assembled by means of an
adhesive

Woven labels, badges and the like, not embroidered, in the
piece, in strips or cut to shape or size

Bonded fiber fabrics and articles of bonded fiber fabrics,
whether or not impregnated or coated

Elastic fabrics and trimmings (other than knitted or

crocheted goods) consisting of textile materials combined
with rubber threads

Knitted or crocheted fabric, not elastic nor rubberized
Men's, boys', women's and girls' outergarments and under-
garments, not knitted or crocheted.

Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like
Gloves, mittens, mitts, stockings, socks and sockettes,
not knitted or crocheted goods

Travelling rugs and blankets

Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen;
curtains and other furnishing articles

Other made up textile articles (including dress patterns)
Hats and other headgear (including hair nets), knitted or
crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile
fabric in the piece (but not from strips), whether or
not lined or trimmed

SWEDEN

Swedish-Hong Kong Memorandum of Understanding of July 4, 1968, renewed June 1969, provides ceilings on Hong Kong exports of wool apparel products to Sweden for one-year beginning July 1, 1969.

July 1968 Sweden reintroduced a licensing requirement on certain wool yarn, fabric, knit goods and apparel from Taiwan.

Swedish-Eastern European trade agreements. Sweden has bilateral trade agreements with all Eastern European countries which are usually renewed every 5 years. Separate ceilings for wool products are not available.

Swedish-Yugoslav agreement of June 1968 which applied restraints on Yugoslav exports to Sweden of certain wool house furnishing fabrics, knitwear and apparel remains in force.

Swedish-Korea trade agreement renewed March 1970 for one year includes ceilings on certain wool apparel items.

Swedish-Japanese bilateral trade agreement for the period April 1, 1970, to March 31, 1971, provides for a ceiling of $2.5 million on Japanese exports of certain yarn, fabric and apparel products to Sweden.

Item

wear.

Effective July 25, 1968, Sweden reintroduced a licensing requirement on the following wool products.
Specific ceilings are not in force.

Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics, narrow woven fabrics and other narrow fabrics, woven labels, badges, etc., net fabrics

Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances.
Textile fabrics impregnated or coated with preparations of cellulose

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derivatives or of other artificial plastic materials

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Textile fabrics coated with gum of amylaceous substances
Textile fabrics impregnated or coated with preparations of
cellulose derivatives or of other artificial plastic materials
Textile fabrics coated or impregnated with oil, rubberized fabrics
except rubberized knitted goods, and textile fabrics otherwise.
impregnated or coated

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Knitted goods and knitwear

Outergarments and underwear, including foundation garments, stockings, gloves, mitten, etc.

Miscellaneous manufactured textile products

Above regulations adopted partly to control Hong Kong products shipped from the Republic of China)

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Swedish Board of Trade determines ceilings on goods imported from Communist China, Ceiling levels are not made public.