WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/233
6February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0437)
Original: Spanish Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
Venezuela
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived anotification from Venezuela pursuant to
paragraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.G/TMB/N/233
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Permanent Mission ofVenezuela
totheUnited Nations Office
andInternational Organizations
atGeneva
Geneva, 30December 1996
No.Notif/941
Dear Sir,
Ihavethepleasure totransmit herewith thelistoftextile andclothing products, accounting
fornotlessthan17percentofthetotalvolume ofVenezuela 'simports ofsuchproducts in1990, which
willbeintegrated intotheWorld Trade Organization (WTO) inasecond stage.
Thisnotification ismade pursuant toArticle 2,paragraph 8(a),oftheAgreement onTextiles
andClothing.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) JuanFrancisco Misle
Minister Counsellor
Mr.A.Szepesi
Chairman, Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
154,ruedeLausanne
1211 Geneva 21G/TMB/N/233
Page3HSNo. Description ofProduct Group Imports in1990
Kg.Percentage of
Total
ANNEX Total
STAGE 1Total43,789,439
7,006,313100.00
16.00
STAGE 2Total 7,400,531 17
5004.00 Silkyarn (other thanyarns spun from silkwaste), notputupforretail sale Tops andyarns 2 0.00
5005.00 Yarn spun from silkwaste, notputforretail sale Tops andyarns 9 0.00
5006.00 Silkyarn andyarnspun from silkwaste, putupforretail sale, silkworm gut Tops andyarns 52 0.00
5105.30 Fine animal hair, carded orcombed Tops andyarns 120 0.00
5108.20 Yarn ofcombed fineanimal hair, notputupforretail sale Tops andyarns 8 0.00
5403.10 High-tenacity yarn(other thansewing thread), ofviscose rayon filament, notputup
forretail saleTops andyarns 67,398 0.15
5504.10 Staple fibres ofviscose, notcarded orcombed Tops andyarns 2,600,597 5.94
5505.20 Waste ofartificial fibres Tops andyarns 225 0.00
5507.00 Artificial staple fibres, carded orcombed Tops andyarns 12,175 0.03
SUBTOTAL TOPS AND YARNS 2,680,586 6.12
5007.10 Woven fabrics ofnoilsilk Fabrics 5 0.00
5007.90 Woven fabrics ofsilk,n.e.s. Fabrics 7,077 0.02
5311.00 Woven fabrics ofother vegetable textile fibres: woven fabric ofpaper yarn Fabrics 363,526 0.83
5407.30 Fabrics specified innote9section XI(layers ofparallel syntexyarn) Fabrics 2,671,062 6.10
5902.10 Tyre cordfabric made ofnylon orother polyamides high-tenacity yarns Fabrics 105,938 0.24
5906.99 Rubberized textile fabrics, n.e.s. Fabrics 124,173 0.28
5911.31 Textile fabrics used inpaper-making orsimilar machines,weighing <630g/m2Fabrics 216,776 0.50
5911.32 Textile fabrics used inpaper-making orsimilar machine, weighing >/0.650 g/m2Fabrics 109,778 0.25
SUBTOTAL FABRICS 3,598,335 8.22G/TMB/N/233
Page4HSNo. Description ofProduct Group Imports in1990
Kg.Percentage of
Total
6110.10 Pullovers, cardigans andsimilar articles ofwool orfineanimal hair, knitted Clothing 4,211 0.01
6110.20 Pullovers, cardigans andsimilar articles ofcotton Clothing 392,254 0.90
6110.30 Pullovers, cardigans andsimilar articles ofman-made fibres Clothing 386,822 0.88
SUBTOTAL CLOTHING 783,287 1.79
5904.91 Floor coverings, other thanlinoleum, withabaseofneedle loom felt/non-woven Made-up textile
products936 0.00
5904.92 Floor coverings, other thanlinoleum, withother textile base Made-up textile
products1,540 0.00
5911.90 Textile products andarticles fortechnical uses, n.e.s. Made-up textile
products300,927 0.69
6307.10 Floor cloths, dishcloths, dusters andsimilar cleaning cloths oftexmat Made-up textile
products17,098 0.04
6307.20 Life-jackets andlife-belts, oftextile materials Made-up textile
products9,931 0.02
6505.90 Hats andother headgear, knitted ormade upfrom lace, orother textile material Made-up textile
products4,567 0.01
9113.90 Watch straps, bands andbracelets oftextile materials Made-up textile
products3,324 0.01
SUBTOTAL MADE-UP TEXTILE PRODUCTS 338,323 0.77