WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/304
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3882)
Original: Spanish Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES MONITORING BODY
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
GUATEMALA
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived anotification from Guatemala pursuant to
paragraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.G/TMB/N/304
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Permanent Mission ofGuatemala
totheUnited Nations
Geneva, 25April 1997
Dear Mr.Chairman,
Ihavethehonour totransmit herewith aletter from theVice-Minister oftheEconomy of
Guatemala, Mr.Eduardo Sperisen-Yurt, towhich isattached alistoftheproducts thattheGovernment
ofGuatemala intends tointegrate intotheGATT 1994 asofthefirstdayofthe37thmonth thatthe
Uruguay Round Agreement onTextiles onClothing isineffect, inaccordance withArticle 2.8(a) of
thatAgreement.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) Federico Urruela Prado
Permanent Representative
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade OrganizationG/TMB/N/304
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Ministry oftheEconomy
Guatemala C.A.
Eduardo Sperisen-Yurt
Vice-Minister
Guatemala, 22April 1997
Dear Mr.Permanent Representative,
Please findattached thelistofproducts thattheGovernment ofGuatemala intends tointegrate
intotheGATT 1994asofthefirstdayofthe37thmonth thattheUruguay Round Agreement onTextiles
andClothing isineffect, inaccordance withArticle 2.8(a) ofthatAgreement.
IshouldthereforebeobligedifyouwouldnotifytheWTOTextilesMonitoringBodyaccordingly.
Iamsending youadiskette containing thisinformation under separate cover.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) Eduardo Ernesto Sperisen-Yurt
Vice-Minister oftheEconomy
Responsible forIntegration Affairs
Mr.Federico Urruela Prado
Permanent Representative ofGuatemala
Geneva, Switzerland
cc. Ms.Josefina Morales
Vice-Minister ofExternal RelationsG/TMB/N/304
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Guatemala -ListofProducts tobeIntegrated intoGATT 1994 asoftheFirstDayofthe
37thMonth thattheAgreement onTextiles andClothing isineffect,
Pursuant toArticle 2:8(a) ofthatAgreement
Second Stage1
12223 4252
NAUCA II Description Weight in
kilosHSline Description
Total tobeintegrated 4,254,871
51.04.01.00 Tyre cordfabric 5407.10 Woven fabrics ofhightenacity
filyarns ofnylon orother
polyamides/polyesters
5408.10 Woven fabrics ofhightenacity
filament yarns ofviscose rayon
5902.10 Ofnylon orother polyamides
5902.20 Ofpolyester
5902.90 Other
55.01.00.00 Cotton, notcarded or
combed73,253 5201.01 Cotton, notcarded orcombed
55.03.00.00 Cotton waste (including
pulled orgarnetted rags)
notcarded orcombed137,730 5202.10 Yarn waste
5202.91 Garnetted stock
5202.99 Other
56.04.00.00 Man-made fibres
(discontinuous orwaste),
carded, combed or
otherwise prepared for
spinning2,705,873 5506.10 Ofnylon orother polyamides
5506.20 Ofpolyester
5506.30 Acrylic ormodacrylic
5506.90 Other
5507.00 Artificial staple fibres, carded,
combed orotherwise processed
forspinning
58.01.00.00 Carpets, carpeting andrugs,
knotted (made-up ornot)121,523 5701.10 Ofwool orfineanimal hair
5701.90 Ofother textile materials
60.02.01.00 Forworkers 76116.10 Gloves impregnated, coated or
covered withplastics orrubber
6116.91 Ofwool orfineanimal hair
6116.92 Ofcotton
6116.93 Ofsynthetic fibres
6116.99 Ofother textile materials
61.04.00.00 Women 's,girls'and
infants 'undergarments165,931 6208.11 Ofman-made fibres
6208.19 Ofother textile materialsG/TMB/N/304
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12223 4252
6208.21 Ofcotton
6208.22 Ofman-made fibres
6208.29 Ofother textile materials
6208.91 Ofcotton
6208.92 Ofman-made fibres
6208.99 Ofother textile materials
6209.10 Ofwool orfineanimal hair
6209.20 Ofcotton
6209.30 Ofsynthetic fibres
6209.90 Ofother textile materials
6210.10 Ofproducts ofheadings 5602
to5603
6217.90 Parts
6210.50 Women 's/girls 'garments n.e.s.
6211.41 Ofwool orfineanimal hair
6211.42 Ofcotton
6211.43 Ofman-made fibres
6211.49 Ofother textile materials
61.05.00.00 Handkerchiefs 1,680 6213.10 Ofsilkorsilkwaste
6213.20 Ofcotton
6213.90 Ofother textile materials
1Total imports oftextiles andclothing for1990 amounted to24,918,940 kilos. Ofthistotal, 4,254,871 kilos willbe
integrated intoGATT 1994. Thisisequivalent to17.07 percent.
2Columns 1and2show NAUCA II(Central American Uniform Tariff Classification) coding anddescriptions, inuse
inGuatemala in1990. Columns 4and5show theHarmonized System (HS) coding anddescriptions derived from the
transposition oftheNAUCA IIintotheHS.