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24 April 2019  
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  Original: English  
 
 
 INDIA – TARIFF TREATM ENT ON CERTAIN GOODS  IN THE INFORMATION AND 
COMMUNICATIONS TECHN OLOGY SECTOR  
REQUEST TO JOIN CONS ULTATIONS  
Communication from Thailand  
The following communication, dated 18 April 2019 , from the delegation of Thailand  to the delegation 
of India, and the delegation of the European Union,  is circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body in 
accordance with Article 4.11 of the DSU.  
 
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My authorities have instructed me to notify the consulting Members and the Di spute Settlement 
Body of Thailand’s desire, pursuant to Article 4.11 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures 
Governing the Settlement of Disputes, to be joined in the consultations  requested by the European 
Union in a communication circulated to WTO M embers on 9 April 2019, in document WT/DS582/1 
entitled India – Tariff Treatment on Certain Goods in the Information and Communications 
Technology Sector.  
Thailand has a substantial trade interest in these consultations. In 2018, India imported the product s 
presented in the attached table of the document WT/DS582/1 from Thailand in the amount of 
US$ 318.2 million.  In particular, from 2015 to 2017 Thailand was India ’s largest supplying market 
for digital cameras (HS2017  code 8525.80.20), with imports from Th ailand accounting for 34.5 
percent of India’s total imports. The measures at issue identified in the request for consultations 
may substantially affect Thailand ’s sales and exports of these products . As a result of this substantial 
trade interest, Thailand requests that it be permitted to join the consultations in this dispute.  
Thailand looks forward to acceptance of this request and advice regarding the date and venue of the 
consultations.  
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