RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS29/6
ORGANIZATION 1March 1996
(96-0750)
Original: English
TURKEY -RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OFTEXTILE
AND CLOTHING PRODUCTS
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from theRepublic ofKorea
Thefollowing communication, dated 22February 1996, from thePermanent Mission ofthe
Republic ofKorea totheHong Kong Economic andTrade Office andthePermanent Mission ofTurkey
andtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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With regard toHong Kong'srequest totheGovernment ofTurkey forconsultations under
Article XXII:1 oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 (GATT 1994) regarding the
unilateral imposition ofquantitative restrictions byTurkey onimports oftextile andclothing products
(WT/DS29/1), theGovernment oftheRepublic ofKorea hereby requests tobejoined inthese
consultations inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 4.11oftheUnderstanding onRules and
Procedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU).
Korea hasasubstantial interest intheseconsultations, given thatTurkey isanimportant market
forKorea textile products, towhich Korean exports totaled 150million USdollars in1995.