WORLD TRADE WT/DS58/2
30October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4541)
Original: English
UNITED STATES -IMPORT PROHIBITION OFCERTAIN SHRIMP
AND SHRIMP PRODUCTS
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from Hong Kong
Thefollowing communication, dated 23October 1996, from theHong Kong Economic and
Trade Office tothePermanent Missions oftheUnited States, India, Malaysia, Pakistan andThailand
andtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant totheprocedures laiddown inArticle 4.11oftheUnderstanding onRules and
Procedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes, Hong Kong wishes tobejoined intheconsultations
under Article XXII:1 oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, regarding thebanimposed
bytheUnited States uponimportation ofshrimp andshrimp products under Section 609ofUSPublic
Law101-162 (codified at16U.S.C.S1537note)andtheguidelines issued thereunder for"Determining
[the] Comparability ofForeign Programs fortheProtection ofTurtles inShrimp Trawl Fishing
Operations".
Hong Kong considers thatithasasubstantial trade interest intheconsultations requested by
India, Malaysia, Pakistan andThailand, ascirculated inWTO document WT/DS58/1 -G/L/116 dated
14October 1996.