WORLD TRADE WT/DS90/5
5August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3290)
Original: English
INDIA -QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OF
AGRICULTURAL, TEXTILE AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from Australia
Thefollowing communication, dated 30July1997, fromthePermanent Mission ofAustralia
tothePermanent Mission oftheUnited States, thePermanent Mission ofIndia andtotheDispute
Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing
theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU), theAustralian Government hereby notifies theGovernment ofIndia
that,inlightofthesubstantial trade interest ofAustralia, itdesires tobejoined intheconsultations
under Article XXII:1 ofGATT 1994 requested bytheUnited States inacommunication circulated
toWTO Members on22July1997(WT/DS90/1), entitled "India -Quantitative Restrictions onImports
ofAgricultural, Textile andIndustrial Products".
Australia hasasubstantial trade interest intheproducts subject tothequantitative restrictions
referred tointherequest oftheUnited States. Australia exported over$A200 million ofsuchproducts
toIndia in1996/97.