WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/311
18December 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5581)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.18
UNITED STATES
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived anotification fromtheUnited States pursuant to
paragraph 18ofArticle 2andiscirculating ittoWTO Members fortheirinformation.
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ThePermanent Mission oftheUnited States
totheWorld Trade Organization, Geneva
15December 1997
TheHonourable András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
Thisisinreply totherequest oftheTMB forinformation concerning theapplication of
Article 2.18oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing bytheUnited States.
Thefollowing countries aretreated assmall suppliers under Article 2.18oftheAgreement
bytheUnited States: Bahrain, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic,
Egypt, ElSalvador, Fiji,Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Macau, Mauritius,
Poland, Qatar, Romania, Slovak Republic, United Arab Emirates andUruguay.
Thebenefit bestowed oneligible small supplier countries istheadvancement byonestage of
theaccelerator forquota growth rates. Thus, instead ofthequota growth rateapplicable totheparticular
small supplier 'squotas being increased by25percentforthesecond stage, itwillbeincreased by
27percent. Asanexample, aquota growth rateof6percent,which became 7.5percentinthefirst
stage forsmall suppliers, willbecome 9.525 percentinthesecond stage asaresult oftheapplication
ofArticle 2.18. Bycontrast, aquota growth rateof6percentforacountry which wasnotasmall
supplier would haveincreased to6.96percentinthefirststageandto8.7percentinthesecond stage.
Sincerely,
(Signed) RitaD.Hayes
Ambassador