RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/REG22/7
24November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5157)
Original: English Committee onRegional Trade Agreements
CUSTOMS UNION BETWEEN TURKEY AND
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Communication from theParties totheCustoms Union
Turkey andtheEuropean Communities have thehonour torefer tothestandard format
notification made totheChairman oftheCommittee onRegional Trade Agreements concerning the
Customs Union between thetwoParties (WT/REG22/5) andinparticular Section 8"Sector Specific
Provisions" concerning thetextiles andclothing sector.
Inorder toassist Members intheexamination ofthecustoms union, Turkey andtheEuropean
Communities arepleased toconfirm, intheAnnex hereto1,details ofthequantitative limits applied
byTurkey inrespect ofimports ofcertain textile andclothing products fromcertain WTO Members,
andinconformity withtheprovisions ofArticle XXIV ofGATT 1994.
1English only.WT/REG22/7
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ANNEX
Third Country Category Unit Quantitative Limits
1997
Argentina 1 tonnes 4
2 tonnes 24.8
2a tonnes 22
46 tonnes 404
Brazil 1 tonnes 126
2 tonnes 11
2a tonnes 4
3 tonnes 4
4 1,000 pieces 4
6 1,000 pieces 4
9 tonnes 4
20 tonnes 4
22 tonnes 5
39 tonnes 4
46 tonnes 92
Bulgaria 2 tonnes 217
2a tonnes 71
5 1,000 pieces 261
6 1,000 pieces 263
7 1,000 pieces 201
8 1,000 pieces 216
73 1,000 pieces 92
Czech Republic 2 tonnes 111
2a tonnes 94
3 tonnes 16
4 1,000 pieces 4
5 1,000 pieces 4
6 1,000 pieces 4
7 1,000 pieces 4
8 1,000 pieces 4
9 tonnes 4
20 tonnes 4
32 tonnes 204
39 tonnes 4WT/REG22/7
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Third Country Category Unit Quantitative Limits
1997
12 1,000 pairs 4
15 1,000 pieces 4
16 1,000 pieces 4
17 1,000 pieces 4
24 1,000 pieces 4
26 1,000 pieces 4
76 tonnes 4
36 tonnes 4
90 tonnes 4
110 tonnes 4
117 tonnes 6
118 tonnes 4
Hong Kong 2 tonnes 951
2a tonnes 409
3 tonnes 164
3a tonnes 30
4 1,000 pieces 6
5 1,000 pieces 13
6 1,000 pieces 7
6a 1,000 pieces 6.1
7 1,000 pieces 4
8 1,000 pieces 4
32 tonnes 18
39 tonnes 19
12 1,000 pairs 4
13 1,000 pieces 4
16 1,000 sets 4
18 tonnes 4
21 1,000 pieces 7
24 1,000 pieces 4
26 1,000 pieces 4
27 1,000 pieces 4
29 1,000 sets 4
31 1,000 pieces 67
68 tonnes 4WT/REG22/7
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Third Country Category Unit Quantitative Limits
1997
73 1,000 sets 4
77 tonnes 3
78 tonnes 5
83 tonnes 4
61 tonnes 4
10 1,000 pairs 4
72 1,000 pieces 4
74 1,000 sets 4
Hungary 2 tonnes 175
2a tonnes 54
3 tonnes 73
4 1,000 pieces 540
5 1,000 pieces 217
6 1,000 pieces 236
7 1,000 pieces 161
8 1,000 pieces 213
9 tonnes 115
20 tonnes 181
12 1,000 pairs 1,839
15 1,000 pieces 143
16 1,000 pieces 47
17 1,000 pieces 73
24 1,000 pieces 378
117 tonnes 26
India 1 tonnes 7,372
2 tonnes 752
2a tonnes 104
3 tonnes 16
3a tonnes 15
4 1,000 pieces 8
5 1,000 pieces 4
6 1,000 pieces 4
7 1,000 pieces 4
8 1,000 pieces 4
9 tonnes 4WT/REG22/7
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Third Country Category Unit Quantitative Limits
1997
20 tonnes 4
23 tonnes 480
39 tonnes 4
15 1,000 pieces 4
24 1,000 pieces 4
26 1,000 pieces 4
27 1,000 pieces 4
29 1,000 pieces 4
Indonesia 1 tonnes 440
2 tonnes 941
2a tonnes 174
3 tonnes 370
3a tonnes 53
4 1,000 pieces 539
5 1,000 pieces 332
6 1,000 pieces 251
7 1,000 pieces 172
8 1,000 pieces 235
23 tonnes 1,177
21 1,000 pieces 320
33 tonnes 327
35 tonnes 488
Macao 4 1,000 pieces 98
5 1,000 pieces 39
6 1,000 pieces 42
7 1,000 pieces 29
8 1,000 pieces 40
20 tonnes 42
39 tonnes 18
13 1,000 pieces 453
15 1,000 pieces 33
16 1,000 pieces 10
18 tonnes 17
19 tonnes 92
21 1,000 pieces 62WT/REG22/7
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Third Country Category Unit Quantitative Limits
1997
24 1,000 pieces 85
26 1,000 pieces 56
27 1,000 pieces 97
31 1,000 pieces 105
73 1,000 pieces 20
78 tonnes 31
83 tonnes 9
Malaysia 2 tonnes 621
2a tonnes 414
3 tonnes 828
3a tonnes 621
4 1,000 pieces 529
5 1,000 pieces 423
6 1,000 pieces 265
7 1,000 pieces 155
8 1,000 pieces 207
22 tonnes 321
Mongolia 5 1,000 pieces 107
5a 1,000 pieces 14
Pakistan 1 tonnes 25,005
2 tonnes 9,518
2a tonnes 2,888
3 tonnes 1,203
4 1,000 pieces 741
5 1,000 pieces 428
6 1,000 pieces 291
7 1,000 pieces 214
8 1,000 pieces 275
9 tonnes 278
20 tonnes 393
39 tonnes 116
18 tonnes 118
26 1,000 pieces 406
28 1,000 pieces 936WT/REG22/7
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Third Country Category Unit Quantitative Limits
1997
Peru 1 tonnes 9
2 tonnes 4
Philippines 4 1,000 pieces 4
5 1,000 pieces 4
6 1,000 pieces 4
7 1,000 pieces 4
8 1,000 pieces 4
13 1,000 pieces 4
15 1,000 pieces 4
21 1,000 pieces 4
26 1,000 pieces 4
31 1,000 pieces 5
73 1,000 pieces 4
10 1,000 pairs 4
Poland 2 tonnes 175
2a tonnes 54
3 tonnes 104
4 1,000 pieces 532
5 1,000 pieces 217
6 1,000 pieces 239
8 1,000 pieces 216
9 tonnes 116
20 tonnes 179
15 1,000 pieces 143
26 1,000 pieces 252
90 tonnes 76
117 tonnes 64
Romania 2 tonnes 175
2a tonnes 54
3 tonnes 72
4 1,000 pieces 532
5 1,000 pieces 230
6 1,000 pieces 236
7 1,000 pieces 209
8 1,000 pieces 213WT/REG22/7
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Third Country Category Unit Quantitative Limits
1997
20 tonnes 201
12 1,000 pairs 1,813
14 1,000 pieces 60
15 1,000 pieces 159
17 1,000 pieces 73
24 1,000 pieces 378
118 tonnes 32
Singapore 2 tonnes 4
2a tonnes 3.5
3 tonnes 4
4 1,000 pieces 4
5 1,000 pieces 4
6 1,000 pieces 4
7 1,000 pieces 4
8 1,000 pieces 7
Slovak Republic 2 tonnes 175
2a tonnes 54
3 tonnes 71
4 1,000 pieces 533
5 1,000 pieces 214
6 1,000 pieces 233
7 1,000 pieces 159
8 1,000 pieces 213
20 tonnes 183
39 tonnes 74
12 1,000 pairs 1,813
15 1,000 pieces 139
16 1,000 pieces 45
17 1,000 pieces 73
24 1,000 pieces 368
76 tonnes 89
36 tonnes 86
90 tonnes 78
117 tonnes 27
118 tonnes 20WT/REG22/7
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Third Country Category Unit Quantitative Limits
1997
South Korea 1 tonnes 129
2 tonnes 140
2a tonnes 21
3 tonnes 212
3a tonnes 159
4 1,000 pieces 98
5 1,000 pieces 39
6 1,000 pieces 44
7 1,000 pieces 29
8 1,000 pieces 40
9 tonnes 27
22 tonnes 285
32 tonnes 214
12 1,000 pairs 1,064
13 1,000 pieces 1,137
14 1,000 pieces 13
15 1,000 pieces 33
16 1,000 pieces 10
17 1,000 pieces 16
18 tonnes 18
21 1,000 pieces 61
24 1,000 pieces 88
26 1,000 pieces 55
27 1,000 pieces 98
28 1,000 pieces 133
29 1,000 pieces 14
31 1,000 pieces 103
68 tonnes 24
73 1,000 pieces 20
77 tonnes 3
78 tonnes 32
83 tonnes 9
33 tonnes 97
35 tonnes 11,109
36 tonnes 1,619WT/REG22/7
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Third Country Category Unit Quantitative Limits
1997
37 tonnes 1,284
50 tonnes 12
10 1,000 pairs 428
67 tonnes 139
70 1,000 pairs 510
86 1,000 pieces 48
91 tonnes 32
97 tonnes 11
97a tonnes 4
100 tonnes 1,853
111 tonnes 3
SriLanka 6 1,000 pieces 169
7 1,000 pieces 115
8 1,000 pieces 159
21 1,000 pieces 243
Thailand 1 tonnes 8
2 tonnes 16
2a tonnes 6
3 tonnes 12
3a tonnes 4
4 1,000 pieces 4
5 1,000 pieces 4
6 1,000 pieces 4
7 1,000 pieces 4
8 1,000 pieces 4
20 tonnes 4
22 tonnes 253
12 1,000 pairs 4
21 1,000 pieces 4
24 1,000 pieces 4
26 1,000 pieces 4
73 1,000 pieces 4
10 1,000 pairs 4
97 tonnes 4
97a tonnes 2WT/REG22/7
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Third Country Category Unit Quantitative Limits
1997
Egypt 1 tonnes 5,020
2 tonnes 1,055
Malta 6 1,000 pieces 4
Morocco 6 1,000 pieces 4
Tunisia 2 tonnes 16
6 1,000 pieces 4