WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/232/Add.1
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3827)
Original: Spanish Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
COLOMBIA
Addendum
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived afurther notification fromColombia pursuant to
paragraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification toWTO
Members.
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Permanent Mission ofColombia totheWTO
Geneva
Geneva, 23July1997
Dear Mr.Szepesi,
With reference toyourletter of30May1997 concerning clarification oflines70.19.10 and
70.19.20, theColombian Government authorities haveasked metoinform youofthefollowing in
order tospecify theproducts notified byColombia forstage 2ofintegration under theATC:
- Line70.19.10.00.00 Yarns offibreglass
- Line70.19.20.00.00 Woven fabrics offibreglass
- In1990, Colombia didnotapply theHarmonized System Nomenclature. Thisiswhy
stages 1and2oftheintegration programme wereimplemented using thetariffheading
ineffect under theNABANDINA Nomenclature (Brussels Tariff Nomenclature for
theAndean Group). Inthecaseofthe"ex"headings intheATC, theproducts identified
correspond tothose setoutintheAnnex totheATC.
- Forline70.19.10.00.00 -Yarns offibreglass -thecorresponding linewas70.20.03.01
(Fibreglass textiles, endless, wicks -thread orcord) andin1990totalimports ofthese
products amounted to745.736 kg.,corresponding to2.53percentoftotalimports
oftheproducts listed intheAnnex totheATC.
- Forline70.19.20.00.00 -woven fabrics offibreglass -thecorresponding linewas
70.20.03.11 (woven fabrics andnarrow woven fabrics offibreglass) andin1990total
imports ofthese products amounted to251,763 kg.,corresponding to0.85percent
oftotalimports oftheproducts listed intheAnnex totheATC.
- Consequently, theproducts andvolumes notified byColombia inthesecond stage of
integration allcorrespond toproducts covered bytheATC.
Itakethisopportunity torenew theassurances ofmyhighest consideration.
[Signed] Nestor Osorio Londoño
Ambassador
Mission ofColombia totheWTO
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman oftheTextiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization