WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/3/Add.2
G/TMB/N/210/Add.3
29August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3512)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.6and2.7(a)
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
NORWAY
Addendum
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived afurther notification from Norway pursuant to
paragraphs 6and7(a)aswellasparagraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, pursuant toparagraph 7(a)ofArticle 2,andinaccordance withparagraph 11of
Article 2,iscirculating thisnotification toWTO Members.G/TMB/N/3/Add.2
G/TMB/N/210/Add.3
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Permanent Mission ofNorway
Geneva
24June1997
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman, Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
RuedeLausanne 154
1202 Geneva
Dear Mr.Szepesi,
Further toyourletter of30May1997 andourtelefax of4June1997, Norway appreciates
thequestions raised inyourletterastheyhavegiven Norway anopportunity tore-examine thestatistical
information provided initsintegration notifications reproduced inG/TMB/N/3/Add.1 aswellasin
G/TMB/N/210.
ThesourceofallstatisticalinformationavailableistheofficialNorwegiantradestatisticscollected
bytheCentral Bureau ofStatistics ofNorway. Aspecial printout ofthese statistics forthepurpose
oftheAnnex totheAgreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC) wasexecuted during theUruguay Round
andsubmitted totheGATT Secretariat, which converted thestatistics from anHSlevel of8-digits
toanHSlevel of6-digits. Thisstatistical information wasmade available bytheSecretariat ina
document dated 29May1991 totheinformal negotiating group ontextiles andclothing. Thesame
statistics wereapplied byNorway inpreparation forthenotifications ofintegration under bothstage 1
andstage2in1994and1996respectively(however,withthedeletionsofHS52.03.00andHS65.05.10,
which nolonger were contained intheAnnex totheATC).
Inlightofthediscussion andtheviews recorded inthereport ofthethirtieth meeting ofthe
TMB (G/TMB/R/29, paragraphs 5to45),Norway hasre-examined thestatistical information available
at8-digit levelforallproducts covered bytheAnnex totheATC. Based onthisNorway hasmade
thefollowing assessment:
(A) Imports under HS42.02.12.02 "executive cases andbriefcases, withouter surface ofplastics
ortextile materials" aregenerally notexpected tohave"anouter surface predominantly of
textile materials" asisrequired bythedefinition oftheATC, evenifexamples canbefound
tothecontrary. Consequently, suchimports atavolume of109,416 kgshould perhaps not
havebeenincluded inthebasis forcalculation ofintegration under stage 1aswellasoftotal
imports in1990 ofATC products.G/TMB/N/3/Add.2
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(B) Imports under HS64.05.20.10 "footwear withuppers oftextile materials andouter soles of
wood" (i.e.252kg)should nothavebeenincluded inthecalculations oftotalimports in1990
ofATC products.
(C) Imports under HS64.06.99.01 "removable insoles, heelcushions andsimilar articles"
(i.e.71,074 kg)should nothavebeenincluded inthecalculation ofintegration under stage 1
aswellasoftotalimports in1990 ofATC products.
(D) Inother cases Norway isnotabletoprovide more precise import dataorcalculations than
those previously given. Accordingly, thegiven levels of1990 imports must besaidto
correspond totherespective product descriptions contained intheAnnex totheATC.
Taking intoconsideration theabove elements, Norway concludes that:
- therevised figure forthevolume imported in1990ofproducts integrated under stage 1should
be18,959,215 kg(instead of19,139,750 kg),
- therevised figure forthevolume oftotal imports in1990 ofATC products should be
117,536,266 kg(inlieuof117,717,008 kg),
- asaconsequence, there-calculated rateofintegration byNorway under stage 1is16.13 percent
oftotalimports in1990ofproducts covered bytheAnnex toATC(against the1994 calculation
of16.26 percent),
- thevolume ofimports in1990 ofproducts integrated during stage 2remains unchanged at
28,563,692 kg,
- therevised stage 2integration percentage should be24.30 (andnot24.26), duetothereduced
figure for1990 totalimport volume.
Again, Norway isgrateful totheTMB fordrawing itsattention tothisissue.
Yours sincerely,
(signed) EvaRygh
Counsellor