WORLD TRADE WT/DS94/3
5August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3272)
Original: English
INDIA -QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OF
AGRICULTURAL, TEXTILE AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from theUnited States
Thefollowing communication, dated 29July1997, fromthePermanent Mission oftheUnited
States tothePermanent Mission ofSwitzerland, 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), theUnited States Government hereby notifies theDispute Settlement
Body that,inlightofthesubstantial trade interest oftheUnited States, itdesires tobejoined inthe
consultations under Article XXII:1 ofGATT 1994 requested bySwitzerland inacommunication
circulated toWTO Members on23July1997(WT/DS94/1), entitled "India -Quantitative Restrictions
onImports ofAgricultural, Textile andIndustrial Products".
TheUnited States hasasubstantial trade interest intheproducts subject tothequantitative
restrictions referred tointherequest ofSwitzerland. In1996, theUnited States exported toIndia
US$75 million inHSchapters 1-24 andUS$1.187 billion inHSchapters 25-99, foratotalof
US$1.262 billion ofproducts subject tothequantitative restrictions.