WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/238/Corr.1
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3817)
Original: French Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
TUNISIA
Corrigendum
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived afurther notification from Tunisia containing
corrections tothenotification made pursuant toparagraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.
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Permanent Mission ofTunisia
totheUnited Nations Office andSpecialized Agencies inGeneva
ThePermanent Mission ofTunisia inGeneva presents itscompliments totheSecretariat of
theWorld Trade Organization (Textiles Monitoring Body) andhasthehonour totransmit herewith
thereplies andcorrections below concerning thenotification submitted byTunisia pursuant to
Article 2.8(a) and2.11oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing:
Rawsilk(notthrown) (50020000005) comes under thescope oftheAgreement onAgriculture
andshould therefore bewithdrawn from thesecond stage listnotified.
Likewise, lines50.01, 50.02, 50.03, 51.01, 51.02, 51.03, 52.01, 52.02, 52.03, 53.01 and
53.02 oftheHarmonized System (HS), alsocome under theAgreement onAgriculture andhavebeen
withdrawn from theglobal listoftextile products.
Accordingly, in1990 total imports oftextile products change from D120,861,012 to
D101,780,790 andfrom 42,384,092 kg.to31,376,411 kg.Moreover, imports inthesecond stage
change from D22,119,823 toD21,871,302 andfrom 11,448,555 kg.to11,441,728 kg.
Following these corrections, thepercentages forthefirstandsecond stages notified in
January 1996 andJanuary 1997 respectively aremodified asfollows:
Value Quantity
Notified Corrected Notified Corrected
Firststage 17.94% 21.30% 17.34% 23.42%
Second stage 18.30% 21.49% 27.01% 36.47%
ThePermanent Mission ofTunisia takes theopportunity torenew totheSecretariat ofthe
World Trade Organization theassurances ofitshighconsideration.
(stamp) Geneva, 25July1997
World Trade Organization Secretariat
Textiles Monitoring Body
154ruedeLausanne
1211 Geneva 10