RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS29/1
G/L/64
ORGANIZATION 15February 1996
(96-0565)
Original: English
TURKEY -RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OFTEXTILE
AND CLOTHING PRODUCTS
Request forConsultations byHong Kong
Thefollowing communication, dated 12February 1996, fromtheHong Kong Economic and
Trade Office tothePermanent Mission ofTurkey andtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated
inaccordance withArticle 4.4oftheDSU.
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Myauthorities haveinstructed metorequest consultations withtheGovernment ofTurkey
under Article XXII:1 oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994("GATT 1994") andpursuant
toArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes
("DSU"), regarding theunilateral imposition ofquantitative restrictions byTurkey onimports ofa
broad range oftextile andclothing products from Hong Kong asfrom 1January 1996.
Hong Kong considers thatthese restrictions areinconsistent withTurkey 'sobligations under
Articles XIandXIIIofGATT 1994 andarenotjustified under Article XXIV ofGATT 1994, which
doesnotprovidefortheimpositionofdiscriminatoryquantitativerestrictions.HongKongalsoconsiders
thattherestrictions areinconsistent withTurkey 'sobligations under Article 2oftheWorld Trade
Organization Agreement onTextiles andClothing.
Iamaddressing acopyofthisrequest totheChairpersons oftheDispute Settlement Body,
theCouncil forTrade inGoods andtheTextiles Monitoring Body fornotification inaccordance with
Article 4.4oftheDSU.
Ilookforward toreceiving thereaction ofyourauthorities tothisrequest sothatwecanarrange
amutually convenient dateandplacefortheconsultations, which Hong Kong suggests beheldinGeneva
intheweek beginning 11March 1996.