WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/247
26May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2186)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
Slovak Republic
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived anotification fromtheSlovak Republic pursuant
toparagraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.G/TMB/N/247
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Permanent Mission oftheSlovak Republic
totheUnited Nations Office andother International Organizations
Geneva
Geneva, 7April 1997
Dear Sir,
Pursuant toArticles 2.8(a) and2.11oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing Iampleased
tosubmit herewith thelistoftheproducts tobeintegrated intoGATT 1994on1January 1998. The
listofproducts, being annexed, isbased onimport datafortheyear1993 asfrom thefirstyearof
existence oftheSlovak Republic. Theproducts listed therein account for17percentofthetotalimport
volume oftheSlovak Republic 1993 imports oftheproducts specified intheAnnex totherespective
Agreement.
Onthisoccasion Iwould liketoexpress, DearSir,myassurances ofthehighest consideration.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) Peter Brno
Permanent Representative totheWTO
Annex
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
GenevaG/TMB/N/247
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SLOVAK REPUBLIC
ListofTextile andClothing Products tobeIntegrated intoGATT 1994
HSLine Product Description 1993 Imports
Kilograms
I.TOPS AND YARNS
5004 00 Silkyarn(other thanyarnspun from silkwaste) notputupforretail
sale90000
5005 00 Yarn spun from silkwaste, notputupforretail sale 50000
5006 00 Silkyarnandyarn spun from silkwaste, putupforretail sale,
silk-worm gut70000
5108 10 Yarn offineanimals hair, notputupforretail salecarded 140000
5108 20 Yarn offineanimal hair, notputupforretail sale, combed 135000
5110 00 Yarn ofcoarse animal hairorofhorsehair (including gimped
horsehair yarn) whether ornotputupforretail sale90000
5204 11 Cotton sewing thread, whether ornotputupforretail sale, notput
upforretail sale, containing 85% ormore byweight ofcotton40000
5204 19 Other cotton sewing thread, whether ornotputupforretail sale, not
putforretail sale, containing 85% ormore byweight ofcotton85000
5204 20 Cotton sewing thread, whether orputupforretail sale, notputup
forretail sale95000
5303 10 Juteandother textile bastfibres, raworretted 100000
5303 90 Juteandother textile bastfibres (excluding flax, truehemp and
ramie), raworprocessed butnotspun, towandwaste ofthese
fibres (including yarnwaste andgarnetted stock) -other90000
5304 10 Sisal andother textile fibres ofthegenus Agave, raw 100000
5304 90 Sisal andother textile fibres ofthegenus Agave, raworprocessed
butnotspun, towandwaste ofthese fibres (including yarn waste
andgarnetted stock) -other80000
5305 11 Coconut (Manila hemp orMusa textilis Nee), ramie andother
vegetable textile fibres, notelsewhere specified orincluded, rawor
processed butnotspun, tow, noils andwaste ofthese fibres
(including yarnwaste ofthese fibres (including yarnwaste and
garnetted stock)120000
5305 19 Other coconut (Manila hemp orMusa textilis Nee), ramie andother
vegetable textile fibres, notelsewhere specified orincluded, rawor
processed butnotspun, tow, noils andwaste ofthese fibres
(including yarnwaste andgarnetted stock)100000G/TMB/N/247
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5305 21 Abaca (Manila hemp orMusa textilis Nee),ramie andother
vegetable textile fibres, notelsewhere specified orincluded, rawor
processed butnotspun, tow, noils andwaste ofthese fibres
(including yarnwaste andgarnetted stock) -raw120000
5305 29 Other abaca (Manila hemp orMusa textilis Nee), ramie andother
vegetable textile fibres, notelsewhere specified orincluded, rawor
processed butnotspun, tow, noils andwaste ofthese fibres
(including yarnwaste andgarnetted stock)110000
5306 91 Other raw 100000
5305 99 Other 100000
5406 10 Synthetic filament yarn 100000
5406 20 Artificial filament yarn 100000
5505 10 Waste ofsynthetic fibres 115000
5505 20 Waste ofartificial fibres 110000
II.FABRICS
5113 00 Woven fabrics ofcoarse animal hairorofhorsehair 120000
5405 00 Artificial monofilament of67decitex ormore andofwhich no
cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm, stripandthelike/for
example, artificial straw /ofartificial textile materials ofan
apparent width notexceeding 5mm.80000
5408 10 Woven fabrics obtained from hightenacity yarn ofviscose rayon
Other woven fabrics, containing 85% ormore byweight ofartificial
filament orstriporthelike106000
5408 21 Unbleached orbleached 50000
5408 22 Ofawidth exceeding 135cmbutnotexceeding 155cm,plain
weave, twill weave, cross twill weave orsatin weave-dyed75000
5408 23 Jacquards fabrics ofawidth ofmore than115cmbutlessthan
140cmofaweight exceeding 250g/m2ofyarns ofdifferent colours60000
5408 24 Other woven fabrics printed 40000
5408 31 Unbleached andbleached 90000
5408 32 Dyed 50000
5408 33 Ofyarns ofdifferent colours 140000
5408 34 Printed 90000G/TMB/N/247
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6213 10 Handkerchiefs ofsilkorsilkwaste 130000
6213 20 Ofcotton 150000
6213 90 Ofother textile materials 80000
6214 10 Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils andthelikeofsilkorsilk
waste60000
6214 20 Ofwool orfineanimal hair 45000
6214 30 Ofsynthetic fibres 95000
6214 40 Ofartificial fibres 85000
6214 90 Ofother textile materials ofcotton 90000
6215 10 Ties, bowtiesandcravats ofsilkorsilkwaste 60000
6215 20 Ofman-made fibres 50000
6215 90 Ofother textile materials 90000
6216 00 Gloves, mittens andmitts 80000
6217 10 Other made upclothing accessories, parts ofgarments orofclothing
accessories, other thanthose ofheading No.6212-accessories109000
6217 90 Other made upclothing accessories, parts ofgarments orofclothing
accessories, other thanthose ofheading No.6212-parts60000
III. MADE-UP TEXTILES
5607 10 Twine, cordage, ropes andcables, whether ornotplaited orbraided
andwhether ornotimpregnated, coated, covered orsheathed with
rubber orplastics
Ofjuteorother textile bastfibres ofheading No5303460000
5607 21 Ofsisalorother textile fibres ofthegenus Agave Binder orbaler
twine325000
5607 29 Other 290000
5609 00 Articles ofyarn, striporthelikeofheading No5404 or5405,
twine, cordage, ropeorcables, notelsewhere specified orincluded175000
6307 10 Floor-cloth, dish-cloths, dusters andsimilar cleaning cloths knitted
orcrocheted270000
6307 20 Life-jackets andlife-belts 230000G/TMB/N/247
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IV.CLOTHING
5502 00 Artificial filament towofviscose rayon andother
80000
5508 10 Sewing thread ofman-made staple fibres, whether ornotputupfor
retail saleofsynthetic staple fibres45000
5508 20 Ofartificial staple fibres 60000
5511 10 Yarn (other thansewing thread) ofman-made staple fibres, putup
forretail sale
Ofsynthetic staple fibres, containing 85% ormore byweight of
such fibres90000
5511 20 Ofsynthetic staple fibres, containing lessthan85% byweight of
such fibres70000
5511 30 Ofartificial staple fibres 56500
6117 10 Other made upclothing accessories, knitted orcrocheted, knitted or
crocheted parts ofgarments orofclothing accessories
Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils andthelike43000
6117 20 Ties, bowtiesandcravats 30000
6117 80 Other accessories 60000
6117 90 Parts 35000
Total integrated 6644500
Per-cent oftotal import 1993 17,00