WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/213/Add.1
23May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2177)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
United States
Addendum
TheTextilesMonitoringBodyhasreceivedafurthernotificationfromtheUnitedStatespursuant
toparagraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.G/TMB/N/213/Add.1
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Executive Office ofthePresident
Office oftheUnited States Trade Representative
Geneva
14April 1997
TheHonourable
Ambassador András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
154RuedeLausanne
1211 Geneva
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
Irefer toyour letter of24January 1997 which posed several questions concerning the
United States 'second stage integration list.With respect tothequestion whether theUnited States
hasintegrated whole product categories, thefollowing categories were integrated intheirentirety:
Apparel
- Babies 'apparel (439, 839)
- Handkerchiefs (330, 630)
- Hosiery (432, 632,832)
- Brasandbody support garments (349)
- Down apparel (353, 354,653,654)
- Other silkblend andvegetable fibreapparel (859)
- Silkapparel (all"700 series" categories)
- Non-category apparel (913)
Fabric
- Specialty Fabric (229)
Made-ups
- Carpets (465, 665)
- Silkblends andother vegetable fibremisc. made-ups (899)
Thefollowing categories were integrated partially:
Apparel
- Babies 'apparel (239-allexcept fordiapers)
- Footwear (359, 459,659,859)G/TMB/N/213/Add.1
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Made-ups
- Carpets (369, 469)
- Certain wadding andfootwear (369, 469,669)
- Non-category made-ups (914)
Yarn
- Non-category yarns (911)
Withrespecttothequestionconcerningcategoriessubjecttorestriction,theattachedlistspecifies
thecountries currently subject torestriction forcategories contained intheUnited States 'ssecond stage
integration list.
Sincerely,
(Signed for)Ambassador RitaHayes
Chief Textile NegotiatorG/TMB/N/213/Add.1
Page4RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO WTO MEMBERS
AFFECTED BY UNITED STATES /CH SECOND STAGE OF INTEGRATION
Product Grouping Textile Category Brief Description WTO Members
Apparel /n2/n3/n9 Babies /CH apparel/CM except diapers Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM India/CM Indonesia/CM S/CO Korea/CM Malaysia/CM Pakistan/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM Singapore/CM Thailand
Apparel /n4/n3/n9 Babies /CH apparel Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM Macau/CM Malaysia/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Philippines/CM Thailand
Apparel /n8/n3/n9 Babies /CH apparel Bahrain/CM Hong Kong/CM India/CM Indonesia/CM S/CO Korea/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM Thailand
Apparel /n3/n4/n9 Body supporting garments Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM India/CM Indonesia/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM Thailand
Apparel /n3/n5/n3 Down apparel Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Malaysia/CM Thailand
Apparel /n3/n5/n4 Down apparel Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Thailand
Apparel /n6/n5/n3 Down apparel Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Malaysia/CM Thailand
Apparel /n6/n5/n4 Down apparel Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Malaysia/CM Thailand
Apparel /n3/n5/n9 Footwear Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM India/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM S/CO Korea/CM Romania/CM Thailand
Apparel /n4/n5/n9 Footwear Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM Macau/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Thailand
Apparel /n6/n5/n9 Footwear Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM Malaysia/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Philippines/CM Thailand
Apparel /n8/n5/n9 Footwear Bahrain/CM Hong Kong/CM India/CM Indonesia/CM S/CO Korea/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM Thailand
Apparel /n3/n3/n0 Handkerchiefs Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM India/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM Thailand
Apparel /n6/n3/n0 Handkerchiefs Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM India/CM Indonesia/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM Thailand
Apparel /n4/n3/n2 Hosiery Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM Philippines/CM S/CO Korea/CM Macau/CM Malaysia/CM Romania/CM Thailand
Apparel /n6/n3/n2 Hosiery Bahrain/CM Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM India/CM Indonesia/CM Malaysia/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Philippines/CM Thailand
Apparel /n8/n3/n2 Hosiery Bahrain/CM Hong Kong/CM India/CM Indonesia/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea/CM Thailand
Fabric /n2/n2/n9 Specialty fabric Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM India/CM Indonesia/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM S/CO Korea/CM Romania
Made/CNup /n4/n6/n5 Carpets Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM Macau/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM S/CO Korea
Made/CNup /n6/n6/n5 Carpets Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM S/CO Korea/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines
Made/CNup /n4/n6/n9 Carpets/CM certain wadding /CG footwear Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM Macau/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM S/CO Korea
Made/CNup /n3/n6/n9 Carpets/CM certain wadding /CG footwear Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM India/CM Indonesia/CM S/CO Korea/CM Philippines/CM Romania/CM United Arab Emirates
Made/CNup /n6/n6/n9 Certain wadding and footwear Brazil/CM Hong Kong/CM Indonesia/CM India/CM Malaysia/CM Philippines/CM S/CO Korea
Made/CNup /n8/n9/n9 Certain wadding/CM footwear and silk blends and other
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