WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/214/Add.2
27June1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2664)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
CANADA
Addendum
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived afurther notification from Canada pursuant to
paragraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.G/TMB/N/214/Add.2
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Permanent Mission ofCanada
Geneva
June23,1997
Ambassador András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
154ruedeLausanne
1211 Geneva
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
Thisletter isfurther tomyearlier correspondence concerning theproducts thatCanada will
integrate intoGATT 1994 inStage 2oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC) on
1January 1998.
Pursuant toArticles 2.8(a) and2.15oftheATC, Iampleased toinform youthatCanada will
integrate tailored-collar shirts intoGATT 1994inStage 2.Attached isatableindicating theHSlines
covering thisproduct. Asaresult, thetotalSMEs integrated byCanada inStage 2willbe636,461,933,
representing 18.6142 percent ofCanada 's1990imports ofproducts contained intheAnnex oftheATC.
Quota elimination isbeing carried outforimports fromallsources witheffect from1July1997.
Pending theintegration oftailored-collar shirts intoGATT 1994 on1January 1998, theelimination
ofrestrictions willbeeffected onanex-quota basis.1Thus, fortheremainder of1997, Canada will
notenforce existing restrictions onimports oftailored-collar shirts from restrained WTO Members.
Inthisregard, Canada willnolonger require thatavalid export licence issued bytheauthorities in
thecountry oforigin accompany anapplication foraCanadian import permit forthisproduct. (The
authorities ofexporting countries maychoose, nonetheless, asaninternal measure, tocontinue torequire
thattheirexporters oftailored-collar shirts toCanada obtain export licences inconnection withrelevant
shipments.)ImportsintoCanadaoftailored-collarshirtswill,however,remainsubjecttotherequirement
toobtainaCanadianimportpermitformonitoringpurposesandtopreventthecircumventionofrestraints
onother textile andclothing imports.
Imports oftailored-collar shirts from non-WTO Members willbeliberalized onanex-quota
basis, pending theexpiry ofcurrent bilateral agreements.
Yours sincerely,
(signed) JeanSaint-Jacques
Counsellor
1Note bytheTMB Secretariat: According toinformation available (thenotification byCanada pursuant
toArticle 2.1(G/TMB/N/62)), Canada maintains restrictions onimports oftailored-collar shirts withrespect
tothefollowing Members: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Macau,
Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Pakistan, thePhilippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, South Africa,
SriLanka, Swaziland, Thailand andtheUnited Arab Emirates.G/TMB/N/214/Add.2
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND APPLICABLE HSITEMS LEVEL OF1990
IMPORTS (SME 's)%OF
TOTAL
IMPORTS
APPAREL
6.Shirts, tailored collar
6105.10.00.11 Shirts (tailored collar) Mcotton knitted 2,231,952 0.0653
6105.10.00.12 Shirts (tailored collar) Bcotton knitted 65,638 0.0019
6105.10.00.19 Shirts (tailored collar) Ccotton knitted 44,265 0.0013
6105.20.00.11 Shirts (tailored collar) Mpolyester (>84%) knitted 85,590 0.0025
6105.20.00.12 Shirts (tailored collar) Bpolyester (>84%) knitted 29,097 0.0009
6105.20.00.19 Shirts (tailored collar) Cpolyester (>84%) knitted 1,356 0.0000
6105.20.00.31 Shirts (tailored collar) Mpolyester (<85%) knitted 2,201,145 0.0644
6105.20.00.39 Shirts (tailored collar) Cpolyester (<85%) knitted 3,690 0.0001
6105.20.00.51 Shirts (tailored collar) Macrylic/modacrylic knitted 3,968 0.0001
6105.20.00.59 Shirts (tailored collar) Cacrylic/modacrylic knitted 26 0.0000
6105.20.00.81 Shirts (tailored collar) Mman-made nesknitted 24,927 0.0007
6105.20.00.89 Shirts (tailored collar) Cman-made nesknitted 30 0.0000
6105.90.00.10 Shirts (tailored collar) M/B/C textile nesknitted 45,137 0.0013
6205.10.00.11 Shirts (tailored collar) Mwool woven 79,634 0.0023
6205.10.00.12 Shirts (tailored collar) Bwool woven 61 0.0000
6205.20.00.11 Shirts (tailored collar) Mcotton (>84%) woven 18,471,259 0.5402
6205.20.00.12 Shirts (tailored collar) Bcotton (>84%) woven 996,081 0.0291
6205.20.00.19 Shirts (tailored collar) Ccotton (>84%) woven 76,160 0.0022
6205.20.00.31 Shirts (tailored collar) Mcotton (<85%) woven 5,437,206 0.1590
6205.20.00.32 Shirts (tailored collar) Bcotton (<85%) woven 70,117 0.0021
6205.20.00.39 Shirts (tailored collar) Ccotton (<85%) woven 1,768 0.0001
6205.30.00.11 Shirts (tailored collar) Mpolyester (>84%) woven 249,329 0.0073
6205.30.00.12 Shirts (tailored collar) Bpolyester (>84%) woven 67,038 0.0020
6205.30.00.19 Shirts (tailored collar) Cpolyester (>84%) woven 1,238 0.0000
6205.30.00.31 Shirts (tailored collar) Mpolyester (<85%) woven 13,945,111 0.4078
6205.30.00.32 Shirts (tailored collar) Bpolyester (<85%) woven 243,904 0.0071
6205.30.00.39 Shirts (tailored collar) Cpolyester (<85%) woven 20,158 0.0006
6205.30.00.51 Shirts (tailored collar) Mman-made neswoven 2,608,723 0.0763
6205.30.00.52 Shirts (tailored collar) Bman-made neswoven 19,511 0.0006
6205.30.00.59 Shirts (tailored collar) Cman-made neswoven 1,633 0.0000
6205.90.00.10 Shirts (tailored collar) M/Btextile neswoven 857,807 0.0251
Total 47,883,559 1.4004