./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BOP/N/59
17 December 2001
(01-6350)
Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 9 OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE
BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE
Communication from Pakistan
The following communication, dated 12 December 2001, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Pakistan.
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The Government of Pakistan has removed the import restrictions from the following items
which were being maintained under Article XVIII:B of GATT 1994:
Main HS Heading Nos. Description
5208.0000 to 5212.0000 Woven fabrics of cotton
5512.0000 to 5516.0000 Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres and artificial staple
fibres.
5802.0000 to 5811.0000 Special woven fabrics, tufted textiles, lace, tapestries,
trimmings, embroidery.
6302.1000
6302.29006302.3900
6302.4000
6302.5200
6302.5900
6302.92006302.9300
6302.9900Bed linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen.
Items under tariff line 6302.1000 onwards were to be phased out in the fiscal year 2001 i.e. by
June 2002. Pakistan has now implemented its phase out plan in full, in advance of the timeframe
agreed to by the Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions.WT/BOP/N/59
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ANNEX 1
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
Islamabad, the 1st September 2001
NOTIFICATION
SRO (I) /2001 – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (I) of section 3 of the
Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1950 (XXXIX of 1950), the Federal Government is pleased to
direct that the following further amendment shall be made in the Import Trade and Procedures Order,
2000, namely:-
In the aforesaid Order, in Appendix-A, in table A-1, in the first column, serial numbers 18,
19, 21 and 26 and the entries relating thereto in the second and third columns shall be omitted.
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(Nasir A. Khan)
Assistant Chief
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