WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/227
14February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0539)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
Brazil
TheTextilesMonitoringBodyhasreceivedanotificationfromBrazilpursuanttoparagraphs8(a)
and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.G/TMB/N/227
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Permanent Mission ofBrazil totheUnited Nations Office inGeneva
Geneva, 31December 1996
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman oftheTextiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
RuedeLausanne 154
1211 Genève 21
Dear Sir,
Pursuant toArticle 2.8(a) and2.11oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing, Ihavebeen
instructed tonotify theannexed listofproducts which Brazil willintegrate intoGATT 1994, forthe
purposes ofretaining therighttousetheprovisions ofArticle 6ofsuchAgreement.
Theproducts included intheattached listrepresent notlessthan17percentofthetotalvolume
ofBrazil 's1990 imports oftextile products. Thislistmaybesubject toadjustments orrefinements.
Please accept, Sir,theassurances ofmyhighest consideration.
(Signed) Gilberto Vergne Saboia
Ambassador
Deputy Permanent Representative ofBrazilG/TMB/N/227
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SECOND STAGE INTEGRATION OFPRODUCTS INTO GATT 1994
NOTIFICATION BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFBRAZIL
NCM NBM/SH PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 1990 IMPORTS
INKG.
5402.20.00 5402.20.9900 Other hightenacity yarnofpolyester 177,204
5505.10.00 5505.10.0000 Waste ofsynthetic fibres 349,422
5704.90.00 5704.90.9900 Other tilescarpets having amaxsurface areaof0.3m2123
5801.10.00 5801.10.0200 Impregnated wool velvets 121
5806.32.00 5806.32.0100 Other narrow fabrics ofsynthetic orartificial fibres associated torubber thread 586
5903.20.00 5903.20.9900 Fabrics impregnated withpolyurethane 13,366
5903.90.00 5903.90.9900 Other impregnated fabrics 13,900
5911.90.00 5911.90.0000 Other fabrics fortechnical uses 18,218
6116.10.00 6116.10.0000 Gloves impregnated, coated orcovered withplastics orrubber 380
6116.93.00 6116.93.0000 Gloves impregnated withsynthetic fibres 1,101
6116.99.00 6116.99.0000 Gloves impregnated withother textile materials 1
6307.10.00 6307.10.9900 Other made uptextile articles 3,354
7019.1 7019.10.9900 Slivers offibreglass (notincluded inSection XI) 2,172,531
TOTAL 2,750,307
Observations: (a)NCM -Common Mercosur Nomenclature; (b)NBM/SH -Brazilian Merchandise Nomenclature based ontheHarmonized System;
(c)In1990, Brazil imported 11,820,460 kg.