WORLD TRADE WT/DS91/6
5August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3306)
Original: English
INDIA -QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OF
AGRICULTURAL, TEXTILE AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from Switzerland
Thefollowing communication, dated 31July1997, fromthePermanent Mission ofSwitzerland
tothePermanent Mission ofAustralia, thePermanent Mission ofIndia andtotheDispute Settlement
Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant toArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement
ofDisputes (DSU), Switzerland hereby notifies theGovernment ofIndia thatitconsiders having a
substantial tradeinterest intheconsultations requested byAustralia indocument WT/DS91/1, circulated
on22July1997, andthatitdesires tobejoined inthese consultations.
Switzerland hasasubstantial trade interest intheproducts subject tothequantitative import
restrictions referred tointherequest ofAustralia. Switzerland exported about SwF150million of
suchproducts toIndia in1996.