WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/45/Add.1
G/TMB/N/249/Add.1
18December 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5569)
Original: Spanish Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.6and2.7(b)
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
MEXICO
Addendum
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived afurther notification from Mexico pursuant to
paragraphs 6and7(b)aswellasparagraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, pursuant toparagraph 7(b)ofArticle 2,andinaccordance withparagraph 11of
Article 2,iscirculating thisnotification toWTO Members.
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Permanent Mission ofMexico
totheWTO
Geneva, 1December 1997
Irefertoyourletter of30May1997concerning Mexico 'snotifications forthefirstandsecond
integration stages provided forunder theAgreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC).
Inthisconnection, Ishould liketostateonceagain thatthetariff linescontained inthetwo
notifications inquestion amount toatotalof16percentforthefirststageofintegration and17percent
forthesecond stage ofintegration, respectively.
Mexico isaware thatinsome cases (three inthefirstnotification andeight inthesecond),
theHarmonized System subheadings donotcoincide exactly withtheproducts usedintheAnnex to
theATC andthatthismaycause some lackofprecision inthecalculations involved. Inorder toavoid
possible inaccuracies, thefirms directly concerned havebeenconsulted astotheactual situation, but
wehavenotyetmanaged toclarify whether anysuchinaccuracies exist.
Itshould bepointed outthatMexico doesnothavestatistical databreaking down imports in
accordance withtheAnnex totheATC because itnever used restrictions under theMultifibre
Arrangements andhasnotapplied anyunder theATC.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) Alejandro delaPeña
Ambassador
Permanent Representative ofMexico totheWTO
Ambassador András Szepesi
Chairman, Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB)
World Trade Organization