WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/191
10October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4164)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification Pursuant toArticle 6.9
Agreed Restraint Measure between theUnited States andJamaica
Imports ofcotton andman-made fibrepyjamas andnightwear
(UScategory 351/651)
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived from theUnited States, pursuant toparagraph 9
ofArticle 6,thenotification ofarestraint measure agreed between theUnited States andJamaica1and
isforwarding thetextofthisnotification toWTO Members fortheirinformation.
1SeealsoG/TMB/R/15, paragraph 10.
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Executive Office ofthePresident
Office oftheUnited States Trade Representative, Geneva
25July1995
TheHonourable
Ambassador András Szepesi
Chairman, Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
RuedeLausanne
1211 Geneva
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
On20June1995, representatives oftheUnited States andJamaica reached agreement, pursuant
totheprovisions ofArticles 6.2and6.9oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing, onarestraint
measure forcategory 351/651 (nightwear). Inrecognition oftheimportance ofoutward processing
trade between ourtwocountries, andasprovided forinArticle 6.6(d) oftheATC, a"special access"
restraint agreement hasbeenestablished forthiscategory inorder toprovide more favourable treatment
forre-imports intotheUnited States fromJamaica ofgoods thatwereexported fromtheUnited States
toJamaica forprocessing andre-importation.
Fortheperiod 27March 1995to31December 1995, atransitional levelhasbeenestablished
of500,000 dozen forcategory 351/651, wellinexcess oftherollback level453,082 dozen provided
forinArticle 6.8oftheATC. In1996, thislimitincreases to1,375,000 dozen. Thislimitisdivided
intotwoparts; aspecific limitof375,000 dozen andaGuaranteed Access Level of1,000,000 dozen.
In1997, thespecific limitincreases to397,000 dozen andtheGAL remains at1,000,000 dozen. For
theperiod 1January 1998 to26March 1998, theprorated specific limitwillbe98,123 dozen and
theprorated GAL willbe235,616 dozen.
Sincerely,
(signed) William Tagliani
Attache