WORLD TRADE WT/DS96/3
5August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3273)
Original: English
INDIA -QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OF
AGRICULTURAL, TEXTILE AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from theUnited States
Thefollowing communication, dated 29July1997, fromthePermanent Mission oftheUnited
States tothePermanent Delegation oftheEuropean Commission, thePermanent Mission ofIndia and
totheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing
theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU), theUnited States Government hereby notifies theDispute Settlement
Body that,inlightofthesubstantial trade interest oftheUnited States, itdesires tobejoined inthe
consultations under Article XXII:1 ofGATT 1994 requested bytheEuropean Communities ina
communicationcirculatedtoWTOMemberson24July1997(WT/DS96/1),entitled"India-Quantitative
Restrictions onImports ofAgricultural, Textile andIndustrial Products".
TheUnited States hasasubstantial trade interest intheproducts subject tothequantitative
restrictions referred tointherequest oftheEuropean Communities. In1996, theUnited States exported
toIndia US$75 million inHSchapters 1-24andUS$1.187 billion inHSchapters 25-99, foratotal
ofUS$1.262 billion ofproducts subject tothequantitative restrictions.