WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/224
14February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0556)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
India
TheTextiles Monitoring Bodyhasreceived anotification fromIndiapursuant toparagraphs 8(a)
and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.G/TMB/N/224
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Permanent Mission ofIndia totheWorld Trade Organization
Geneva
S.Narayanan
Ambassador
Permanent Representative toWTO
31December 1996
No.GEN/PM1/WTO/204/37/96
Dear Chairman,
Inpursuance ofArticle 2.11oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC), Ienclose
herewith thenecessary notification regarding theproducts tobeintegrated on1January 1998. These
products accounted fornotlessthan17percentofthetotalvolume ofIndia's1990 imports ofthe
products contained intheAnnex totheATCandencompass eachofthefourgroups: TopsandYarns,
Fabrics, Made-up Textile Products andClothing, thusfulfilling therequirement ofArticle 2.8(a) of
theATC.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) S.Narayanan
Mr.A.Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
WTO Secretariat
GenevaG/TMB/N/224
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Brief Product Description Group HSLine
No.1990* Import
(inKgs.) %ofTotal
High tenacity yarn(other thansewing
thread), nylon/other polyamides fil,notput
upTops &Yarn 5402.10 3,889,294 5.16
Yarn ofpolyester filaments, single,
untwisted, nes,notputupTops &Yarn 5402.43 8,492,342 11.26
Synthetic staple fibres, notcarded or
combed, nesTops &Yarn 5503.90 491,130 0.65
Textile fabrics used inpaper making or
similar machines,<650g/m2Fabrics 5911.31 6,130 0.008
Lifejackets andlifebelts, oftextile
materialsMade-ups 6307.20 -- --
Gloves, mittens andmitts, nes,ofsynthetic
fibres, knittedApparel 6116.93 -- --
TOTAL 12,878,896 kgs. 17.08%
*InIndiatheofficialimport-exportstatisticsaremaintainedfinancialyearwise,namelyApril-March.Thefigures
arebased ontheofficially published statistics fortheperiod April 1990 toMarch 1991. Thetotalimports, during
theperiod, ofalltheproducts covered bytheAnnex totheAgreement onTextiles andClothing amounted to
75,410,565 kgs.