Aust, threat irks clothes trade
PA Auckland New Zealand clothing manufacturers are furious about an Australian threat to block exports to Australia.
The New Zealanders have been warned by their Australian counterparts that clothing exports will be blocked if Government trade negotiations are not satisfactory. The New Zealand manufacturers’ initial response has been one of anger, and the Australian industry has been accused of distorting the facts. The Australian Clothing Export Council wants greater access to the New
Zealand market, or New Zealand’s import quota into Australia ended. . This means Australians would buy instead from cheap Asian sources with which New Zealand could not compete. The Australian council says the New Zealand Government took steps against Australian clothing imports without consulting the Australian Government, which it was required to do under the Tasman agreements. The council accused the New Zealand Customs Department of deliberately delaying • Australian imports to help the New Zealand clothing industry,
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Press, 14 April 1980, Page 14
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