. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/R/65
21 June 2000
(00-2484)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OF THE SIXTY-SIXTH MEETING
1. The Textiles Monitoring Body held its sixty-sixth meeting on 24 and 25 May 2000.
2. Present at this meeting were the following members and/or alternates: Messrs. Chung/Ahn;
Karapinar; Khalil; Kobayashi; Moroz; Nayyar/Miss Loi; Messrs. Richards; Tadpitakkul; Tagliani;
Valencia.
3. The TMB adopted the report of its sixty-fifth meeting (G/TMB/R/64).
Notification under Article 8 of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC)
Pakistan/United States
4. On 6 April 2000, the TMB received a communication from Pakistan under Article 8.  This
followed the review by the TMB, on 19-21 January, 11-13 March, 26-27 May, 16-17 June, and 13-14 July 1998, of two communications made by Pakistan and the United States
1, of a mutually
satisfactory solution reached between those two Members on 22 March 1996 with respect to matters
related to transshipment charges for US category 361 (cotton bedsheets).  The United States had
charged Pakistan's quota for these products on 11 August 1995, on account of alleged circumvention
by Pakistani companies.  Whereas the United States had made its communication pursuant toArticle 5, the communication by Pakistan ha d been made pursuant to Article 2.17.
5. In the present communication, Pakistan reported that "following careful and detailed re-
examination of the matter relating to the ‘introduction of a limit on man-made fibre bedsheets and
pillowcases (category 666-S and –P)’ in light of the Body’s comments and considerations, [the]
Government of Pakistan agrees that the subject restrictions did not conform to the provisions of the
ATC.  Consequently it requested consultations with the Government of the United States.
Regrettably, during consultations held between [t he] two governments, it had not been possible to
arrive at a mutually agreed solution conforming to the provisions of the ATC."  In view of that,
Pakistan requested the TMB to "consider the matter pursuant to Article 8 (in particular to paragraph 5
thereof) and recommend that the United States withdraw the limits on Pakistan’s exports of
category 666-S and –P".
6. The TMB invited representatives of both Pakistan and the United States, pursuant to
Article 8.7, to participate in the examination of this matter.  Both Pakistan and the United States sent
representatives to the meeting.
7. At the very beginning of the consideration of this matter, the representative of the
United States requested that the consideration by the TMB be suspended to allow for further
consultations between the two Members.  Pakistan agreed to this request and the TMB, therefore,suspended its consideration.  Subsequently, the representatives of both Pakistan and the United States
informed the Body that the renewed consultations had been productive and requested the TMB to
                                                     
1  For the TMB’s review of these communications, see G/TMB/R/45, paragraphs 5 to 52.G/TMB/R/65
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postpone its further consideration of this matter, si nce they expected that this would allow them to
finalize a mutually agreed solution.  They also in dicated that they would report back to the TMB in
due course on the outcome of their consultations.  The TMB agreed to this request.
Notification under Article 3.1 of the ATC
8. The TMB considered the notification made under Article 3.1 by Mongolia.  In this
notification, Mongolia stated that, with reference to Article 3.1, it did not maintain restrictions ontextile and clothing products.  The TMB took note of this notification (G/TMB/N/351).
Notification under Article 3.3 of the ATC
9. The TMB received a joint communication from the European Community and Turkey
consisting of a copy, for the TMB’s information pursuant to Article 3.3, of a joint communication
from the parties to the European Community/Tur key Customs Union to the Chairman of the
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements, "concerning details of changes for the year 2000 in
respect of the quantitative limits applied by Turkey on its imports of certain textiles and clothingproducts from certain WTO Members in conformity w ith its commitments arising out of the customs
union and with the provisions of Article XXIV of GATT 1994".  The TMB took note of this
information.  This taking note was without prejudice to the rights and obligations of Members under
the WTO (G/TMB/N/352).
Notification under Article 6.1 of the ATC
10. The TMB took note of the notification made pursuant to Article 6.1 by Mongolia that it did
not retain the right to use the provisions of Article 6 (G/TMB/N/350).
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