WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/76/Add.2
G/TMB/N/205/Add.1
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3828)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.6and2.7(b)
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
PHILIPPINES
Addendum
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived afurther notification fromthePhilippines pursuant
toparagraphs 6and7(b)aswellasparagraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, pursuant toparagraph 7(b)ofArticle 2andinaccordance withparagraph 11of
Article 2,iscirculating thisnotification toWTO Members.
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G/TMB/N/205/Add.1
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Philippine Mission totheUnited Nations
Geneva
31July1997
Dear Mr.Szepesi,
Irefertoyourletter of2June1997 wherein yourequested an"indication onwhether ornot
thelevels of1990 imports indicated forproducts under suchHSlinescorrespond totherespective
precise product descriptions contained intheAnnex totheATC, andconsequently whether ornotthe
percentages calculated forthefirstandsecond stages ofintegration notified bythePhilippines remain
unchanged".
Withregard toHSlines7019.10 and7019.20 which thePhilippines included initsfirststage
ofintegration, thefollowing reply wasprovided bymyauthorities:
1. OnHS7019.10, there wasonlyoneitemimported under thisHSlinein1990whose
product description is"slivers, rovings yarns &chopped strands." andourstatistical collection
doesnothaveafurther breakdown exclusively fortheproduct contained inex7019.10.
2. OnHS7019.20, there wasalsoonlyoneitemimported under thisHSlinein1990
whose product description is"fabrics, woven, ofglassfiber" which corresponds totheproduct
description contained intheAnnex totheATC.
Giventheabovesituation,myGovernmentispreparedtoexcludefromitsintegrationprogramme
HS7019.10 ifother Members arealsogoing toexclude products thatdonotcorrespond totheproduct
descriptions contained intheAnnex totheATC. Ontheother hand, wedonotneedtoexclude the
imports forHS7019.20 since itcorresponds totheAnnex intheATC.
Excluding the1990imports ofHS7019.10 of43,333 kgs.(368,331 SME) would giveanew
import figure of2,334,995,911 SME instead of2,335,364,242 SME for1990 andthetotalimports
integrated inthefirststagewould change from376,780,233 SME to376,411,902 SME. There would
benochange intheimports integrated inthesecond stage since wedidnotintegrate anyex-positions.
Consequently, thefirstandsecond stages ofourintegration notified totheTMB would change
from 16.13 to16.12 forthefirststage and17.21 to17.22 forthesecond stage. Itshould benoted
thatthese percentages arestillwithin thepercentage requirements oftheATC.
Ihopetheabove clarification willbeacceptable totheTMB.
Very trulyyours,
(Signed) LiliaR.Bautista
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
154ruedeLausanne