Cairo, Dec. 2.
The Cabinet has approved the system of rationing imports of textile fabrics, which was submitted to it, on November 3, in an agreement by which Lancashire's proportion of Egyptian textile imports will be increased.
The agreement provides:
1. That the total output of Egypt's national textile industry i5 to be deducted from the total national consumption. The remainder will be divided among all countries proportionate to their imports of Egyptian raw cotton, on a basis of the average for the last three years; 2. That this proportion will be revised pearly, according to the increase in the Egyptian national output:
3. That the share of each country which increases its purchases of Egyptian cotton after one year, is to be increased accordingly.—Reuter.
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