RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/66
28April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1034)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original: English
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 3.1
United States
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived anotification from theUnited States, pursuant
toparagraph 1ofArticle 3.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 5ofArticle 3,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members fortheirinformation.G/TMB/N/66
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UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Geneva, Switzerland
1March 1995
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Dear Mr.Chairman,
Attached please findthenotifications from theUnited States ofAmerica made pursuant to
Article 2.1*andArticle 3.1oftheUruguay Round Agreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC).
Notifications under Article 2.1*havebeenmade concerning measures applying tothefollowing
members oftheWTO:
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Brazil
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Kenya
Korea
Macau
Malaysia
Mauritius
Pakistan
Philippines
Romania1
Singapore
Slovak Republic
1Theenclosed notification ismade without prejudice totheUnited States 'invocation ofArticle XIII
oftheWTO Agreement withrespect toRomania.
*Details ofthenotification under Article 2.1arecontained inG/TMB/N/63.G/TMB/N/66
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SriLanka
Thailand
Turkey
Uruguay
Inaddition, enclosed arefilings under Article 3.1forthefollowing members oftheWTO:
Kuwait
Mexico
Myanmar
Pakistan2
Furthermore, theUnited States hereby notifies theTMB thatwecurrently havebilateral textile
agreements containing quantitative restrictions maintained under Article 4ornotified under Article 7
or8oftheMFA withthestates orseparate customs territories listed below whoarenotyetmembers
oftheWTO. Although weareenclosing notifications forthese states orseparate customs territories,
theUnited States notes thatthese notifications areforinformation purposes only. These notifications
donotindicate orimply thattheUnited States willaccord thebenefits oftheATC tonon-members.
Atsuchtimeassuchstates orseparate customs territories maybecome members oftheWTO, the
United States willapply therelevant provisions oftheATC tosuchWTO Members andwillsonotify
theTMB.
Thenotifications forinformation purposes fornon-WTO Members under Article 2.1arethose
forthefollowing:*
Bulgaria
China
Chinese Taipei
Colombia
Egypt
ElSalvador
Fiji
Guatemala
Nepal
Oman
Poland
United Arab Emirates
2Thenotification forPakistan under Article 3liststworestrictions thatwere thesubject ofan
agreement between theUnited States andPakistan involving market access commitments onthepart
ofPakistan. Itistheintention oftheUnited States, asnoted inthisnotification, toeliminate the
restrictions contained inthisArticle 3notification assoonasPakistan filesitsnotification tobindits
tariffs inaccordance withtheagreement between theUnited States andPakistan.
*Details ofthenotification under Article 2.1arecontained inG/TMB/N/63.G/TMB/N/66
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Thenotifications forinformation purposes fornon-WTO Members under Article 3.1arethose
forthefollowing. TheUnited States notes thatthese notifications areforinformation purposes only.
These notifications donotindicate orimply thattheUnited States willaccord thebenefits oftheATC
tonon-members.
Haiti
Laos
Former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia
Qatar
Ukraine
Inaddition, wewould liketonotethatthenotifications forSriLanka, Hungary andIndonesia
aswellastheinformational notification forGuatemala incorporate theresults ofconsultations held
during early 1995. While these agreements involve issues raised during 1994 andtheestablishment
of1994levels, thepress ofournegotiating schedule leftusunable tocomplete theseconsultations until
afterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO agreement. Theagreement withSriLanka includes the
results ofourconsultations toconvert an18-month agreement, intoacalendar yearagreement, pursuant
toArticle 2.3oftheATC.
Finally, wewould notethatincluded arenotifications under Article 3regarding theSpecial
Access Programme maintained bytheUnited States fortextile goods imported from participants in
theCaribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act(CBERA). Thisprogramme provides additional access
through theestablishment ofGuaranteed Access Levels (GALs) fortextile goods made withUScut
andformed fabric thataresewn orassembled inaCBERA country andreturned totheUnited States.
Thenotification notes theGAL levels inplace forthefollowing countries:
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
ElSalvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Jamaica
Sincerely,
William Tagliani
AttachéG/TMB/N/66
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SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAMME
TheUnited States maintains adomestic Special Access Programme withtheCaribbean Basin
countries inaccordance withtheprovisions ofparagraph 5,Article 6oftheMultifibre Arrangement
(MFA) andassodirected bythePresident oftheUnited States in1986. These measures havebeen
applied exclusively toCaribbean Basin countries designated bythePresident oftheUnited States as
eligible toreceive suchtreatment under theCaribbean Basin Economic andRecovery Act(CBERA)
of1982. Theprogramme isconducted under aGATT waiver asnoted intheGATT document L/5779,
dated 20February 1985.
TheSpecialAccessProgrammeprovidesadditionalaccesstotheUSmarketforspecificproducts
through theestablishment ofGuaranteed Access Levels (GALs). TheGALs provide access inaddition
totraditional Specific Limits established onsimilar products. Theestablishment andmaintenance of
theGALissubject toagreement bytheUnited States andtheCBIcountry. Inaddition, thisprogramme
isaUSdomestic programme andistherefore subject tothedomestic policies oftheUnited States.
Theproducts andcategories withGuaranteed Access Levels (GALs) arethose which CBERA
designated beneficiary governments intend toexport totheUnited States under theCaribbean Basin
Textile Special Access Programme. GAL qualifying products must be:
- Assembled inthedesignated country ofUS-formed fabrics, cutintheUnited States
forre-export totheUnited States under contracts governed byHTSUSA 9802.00.8015
or
- Assembled inthedesignated country ofUS-formed fabrics, cutintheUnited States
andthensubject tobleaching, acidwashing, stonewashing, garment dyeing, or
permapressing inthatcountry following assembly, forre-export totheUnited States
under contracts governed bythestatistical headnote under chapters 61and62ofthe
Harmonized Tariff Schedule oftheUnited States annotated, asimplemented bythe
Government oftheUnited States requiring theuseofthestatistical prefix "H".
These measures asapplied toCBERA countries are:
Costa Rica
Category GAL Level
340/640 650,000 DOZ
342/642 250,000 DOZ
347/348 1,500,000 DOZ
443 200,000 NO
447 4,000 DOZ
Dominican Republic
Category GAL Level
338/638 1,150,000 DOZ
339/639 1,150,000 DOZ
340/640 1,000,000 DOZ
342/642 1,000,000 DOZ
347/8/647/8 8,050,000 DOZ
351/651 1,000,000 DOZG/TMB/N/66
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433 21,000 DOZ
442 65,000 DOZ
443 50,000 NO
444 30,000 NO
448 40,000 DOZ
633 60,000 DOZ
ElSalvador
Category GAL Level
340/640 1,000,000 DOZ
Guatemala
Category GAL Level
340/640 520,000 DOZ
347/348 1,000,000 DOZ
351/651 200,000 DOZ
443 25,000 NOS
448 42,000 DOZ
Haiti
Category GAL Level
331 500,000 DPR
340/640 440,000 DOZ
341/641 400,000 DOZ
347/348 800,000 DOZ
350 120,000 DOZ
Jamaica
Category GAL Level
331/631 1,320,000 DPR
336/636 125,000 DOZ
338/9/638/9 1,500,000 DOZ
340/640 300,000 DOZ
341/641 375,000 DOZ
342/642 200,000 DOZ
345/845 50,000 DOZ
347/7/647/8 2,000,000 DOZ
352/652 10,500,000 DOZ
447 30,000 DOZG/TMB/N/66
Page7BURMA (MYANMAR)
Notification bytheUnited States under Article 3oftheAgreement onTextiles and Clothing
% % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL %
CATEGORY PART BRIEF DESCRIPTION UNIT 1994 LIMIT GROWTH SWING SHIFT CO** CO CF** CF COCF**
340/640 M&B COTTON &MMF SHIRTS NOT KNIT DOZ 93,975 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
342/642 COTTON &MMF SKIRTS DOZ 25,383 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
347/348 COTTON TROUSERS/SLACKS &SHORTS DOZ 131,659 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
351/651 COT &MMF NIGHTWEAR &PYJAMAS DOZ 39,893 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
448 W&G WOOL SLACKS/BREECHES/SHORTS DOZ 2,316 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
647/648/847 MMF/SBOV TROUSERS/BREECHES/SHORTS DOZ 24,551 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quotas toberemoved attheendof10years with nogrowth between 1995 and 2005G/TMB/N/66
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KUWAIT
Notification bytheUnited States under Article 3oftheAgreement onTextiles and Clothing
% % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL %
CATEGORY PART BRIEF DESCRIPTION UNIT 1994 LIMIT GROWTH SWING SHIFT CO CO CF CF COCF
340/640 M&B COTTON &MMF SHIRTS NOT KNIT DOZ 200,000 6 6 0 11 0 6 0 11
341/641 W&G COT &MMF BLS/SHIRTS NOT KNIT DOZ 110,000 6 6 0 11 0 6 0 11
361 COTTON SHEETS NOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0G/TMB/N/66
Page9MEXICO
Notification bytheUnited States under Article 3oftheAgreement onTextiles and Clothing
% % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL %
CATEGORY PART BRIEF DESCRIPTION UNIT 1994 LIMIT GROWTH SWING SHIFT CO CO CF CF COCF
340/640* M&B COTTON &MMF SHIRTS NOT KNIT DOZ 120,439 6.96 6 0 11 0 6 0 11
443* M&B SUITS, WOOL NO. 150,000 4 6 0 11 0 6 0 11
219** DUCK FABRIC M2 9,438,000
313** COTTON SHEETING FABRIC M2 16,854,000
314** COTTON POPLIN &BROADCLOTH FABRIC M2 6,966,904
315** COTTON PRINTCLOTH FABRIC M2 6,966,904
317** COTTON TWILL FABRIC M2 8,427,000
338/339/638/639** COT &MMF KNIT SHIRTS DOZ 650,000
347/348/647/648** COT &MMF TROUSERS/SLACKS &SHORTS DOZ 650,000
410** WOOL WOVEN FABRIC M2 397,160
433** M&B SUIT-TYPE COATS, WOOL DOZ 11,000
611** WOVEN FABRIC >/85% ARTIF STPLE M2 1,267,710
633** M&B MMF SUIT-TYPE COATS DOZ 10,000
643** M&B MMF SUITS NO. 155,556
*Specific Limits toremain ineffect and beeliminated under thefollowing schedule according totheNorth American Free Trade Agreement
Category 340/640: Restrictions toberemoved by1January 2001
Category 443: Restrictions toberemoved by1January 2004
**Designated Consultation Levels forthese categories will remain inplace pursuant totheNAFTA Annex 300-B, Section 1,Paragraph 2
These restrictions tobeeliminated under thefollowing schedule according totheNAFTA
Categories 219,313,314,315,317, 338/339/638/639, 347/348/647/648, 633 and 643: Restrictions toberemoved by1January 2001
Categories 410, 433, 611: Restrictions toberemoved by1January 2004G/TMB/N/66
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PAKISTAN
Notification bytheUnited States under Article 3oftheAgreement onTextiles and Clothing
% % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL %
CATEGORY PART BRIEF DESCRIPTION UNIT 1994 LIMIT GROWTH SWING SHIFT CO CO CF CF COCF
GROUP II COT YARN, FABRIC, CERT APPAREL M2 81,000,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
666 MMF OTHER FURNISHINGS KG. 1,133,981 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
These limits shall beeliminated upon Pakistan 'snotification totheWTO oftariff provisions
asspecified intheUnited States-Pakistan Agreement ofOctober 1994G/TMB/N/66
Page11HAITI
NON-APPLICATION; NON-WTO MEMBER
United States notification under Article 3oftheAgreement onTextiles and Clothing
% % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL %
CATEGORY PART BRIEF DESCRIPTION UNIT 1994 LIMIT GROWTH SWING SHIFT CO CO CF CF COCF
331 COTTON GLOVES AND MITTENS DPR 504,990 6 6 0 11 0 6 0 11
340/640 M&B COTTON &MMF SHIRTS NOT KNIT DOZ 504,990 6 6 0 11 0 6 0 11
341/641 W&G COT &MMF BLS/SHIRT NOT KNIT DOZ 484,791 6 6 0 11 0 6 0 11
347/348 COTTON TROUSERS/SLACKS &SHORTS DOZ 568,114 6 6 0 11 0 6 0 11
350 COTTON DRESSING GOWNS, ROBES ETC. DOZ 69,436 6 6 0 11 0 6 0 11G/TMB/N/66
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LAOS
NON-APPLICATION; NON-WTO MEMBER
United States notification under Article 3oftheAgreement onTextiles and Clothing
% % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL %
CATEGORY PART BRIEF DESCRIPTION UNIT 1994 LIMIT GROWTH SWING SHIFT CO CO CF CF COCF
340/640 M&B COTTON &MMF SHIRTS NOT KNIT DOZ 131,250 5 6 0 11 0 6 0 11G/TMB/N/66
Page13FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OFMACEDONIA
NON-APPLICATION; NON-WTO MEMBER
United States notification under Article 3oftheAgreement onTextiles and Clothing
% % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL %
CATEGORY PART BRIEF DESCRIPTION UNIT 1994 LIMIT GROWTH SWING SHIFT CO CO CF CF COCF
443 M&B WOOL SUITS NOS 80,456 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0G/TMB/N/66
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UKRAINE
NON-APPLICATION; NON-WTO MEMBER
United States notification under Article 3oftheAgreement onTextiles and Clothing
% % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL %
CATEGORY PART BRIEF DESCRIPTION UNIT 1994 LIMIT GROWTH SWING SHIFT CO CO CF CF COCF
435 W&G WOOL COATS DOZ 84,158 1 0 0 11 0 6 0 11G/TMB/N/66
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NON-APPLICATION; NON-WTO MEMBER
United States notification under Article 3oftheAgreement onTextiles and Clothing
% % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL % %SPECIAL %
CATEGORY PART BRIEF DESCRIPTION UNIT 1994 LIMIT GROWTH SWING SHIFT CO CO CF CF COCF
340/640 M&B COTTON &MMF SHIRTS NOT KNIT DOZ 325,000 6 7 0 11 0 6 0 11
341/641 W&G COT &MMF BLS/SHIRTS NOT KNIT DOZ 150,000 6 7 0 11 0 6 0 11
347/348 COTTON TROUSERS/SLACKS &SHORTS DOZ 370,000 6 7 0 11 0 6 0 11