WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/246
27May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2221)
Original: French Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
Morocco
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived anotification from Morocco pursuant to
paragraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.G/TMB/N/246
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Permanent Mission oftheKingdom ofMorocco
Geneva
Geneva, 25March 1997
Sir,
Pursuant toArticle 2,paragraph 8(a)oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing, Ihavethe
honour totransmit herewith thenotification bytheKingdom ofMorocco concerning thesecond stage
ofintegration.
Yours faithfully,
(signed) Nacer Benjelloun-Touimi
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
TheChairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
WTO
Centre William Rappard
154,ruedeLausanne
1211 -GENEVA 22G/TMB/N/246
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Tariff No. Product Description Imports inkg.
5002 Raw silk 135
5003 Different types ofsilkwaste 933
Man-made filaments
5402510000
5402610000Single yarnofpolyamide withatwist notexceeding
50turns/m
Multiple (folded) orcabled polyamide yarn2,879
237,710
5402420090 Polyester yarnwithatwist exceeding 50turns/m,
>60deniers12,264,376
5402490091 Acrylic yarnwithatwist notexceeding 50turns/m 2,765
5402590091 Acrylic yarnwithatwist exceeding 50turns/m 261
5402690091 Multiple (folded) orcabled acrylic yarn 6,051
5402690092 Non-textured chlorofibre yarn 17,916
5402690093 Non-textured polyethylene orpolypropylene yarn 924,052
5402690099 Other non-textured yarn 16,930
Artificial filaments
5403200011 Textured yarn, over85% acetate 389
5403200090 Textured triacetate yarn 69,990
5403320010 Simple viscose rayon, withatwist exceeding 250turns/m 1,815,340
5403320090 Simple viscose rayon yarn, withatwist notexceeding 250
turns/m118,143
5403410000 Multiple (folded) orcabled viscose rayon yarn 46,984
5403330010 Acetate yarnwithatwist exceeding 250turns/m 1,415,593
5403330090 Acetate yarnwithatwist ofnotmore than250turns/m 21,363
5403390091 Single triacetate yarn 8,606
5403490091 Multiple (folded) triacetate yarn 7,386
5404100010 Elastomeric monofilaments 400
5404100091 Monofilaments excepting elastomeric monofilaments for
brush making147,486
5404100099 Various monofilaments except elastomeric monofilaments 148,515
5404900010 Polyethylene strip 78,421
5404900090 Strip excepting polyethylene strip 202,614
5405000010 Monofilaments ofartificial textile materials 8
5405000090 Strip ofartificial textile materials 8,765G/TMB/N/246
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Tariff No. Product Description Imports inkg.
Ex.5407 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filament yarn bonded to
needleloom feltortoother fabrics, woven ornot,ofakind
used inthemanufacture ofslippers234
Ex.5902 Tyre cordfabric 1,826,772
5903101000 Polyamide fabrics forconveyor belts 96,431
5903201000
5903901000
5407209010 Woven fabric obtained from polyethylene strip 7,377
Textile yarn
5605003010 Gimped withmetal thread orstrip 8,367
5605003090 Gimped without metal thread orstrip 6,522
5605004010 Combined withmetal thread orstrip 68
5605004090 Other 31,128
5106100011 Unbleached single yarn (atleast 85% wool) 5,758
5106100019 Unbleached twisted yarn(atleast 85% wool) 3,832
5106100039 Bleached twisted yarn (atleast 85% wool) 25,338
5106100091 Single yarnofcarded wool (atleast 85% wool) 1,563
5106100099 Twisted yarn ofcarded wool (atleast 85% wool) 14,011
5106200019 Other unbleached twisted yarnofwool 1,623
5106200039 Other bleached twisted yarn ofwool 152,548
5106200091 Other single carded yarnofwool 2,968
5107100019 Yarn ofwool, combed, twisted, unbleached (more than85%
wool)6
5107100031 Bleached single yarn(more than85% combed wool) 1,833
5107200011 Other single yarnofunbleached combed wool 2,139
5107200019 Other twisted yarnofunbleached combed wool 2,170
5107200039 Other cabled bleached yarn ofcombed wool 63
5107200091 Other single yarnofcombed wool 3,834
5107200099 Other cabled yarnofcombed wool 61,613
5108100090 Other cabled yarn 453
510990 Yarn ofwool oranimal hair 93
5111199990 Woven fabric containing 85% ormore byweight ofwool
exceeding 450g/m21,948
5111199910 Woven fabric containing 85% ormore byweight ofwool not
exceeding 450g/m21,358
5111119910 Woven fabric containing 85% ormore byweight ofwool not
exceeding 275g/m22,743
5112199990 Woven fabric containing 85% ormore byweight ofwool
exceeding 375g/m21,791
5112199900 Woven fabric containing 85% ormore byweight ofwool
ranging from 200to375g/m280,875G/TMB/N/246
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Tariff No. Product Description Imports inkg.
5113009900 Woven fabric ofhorse hair 1
5309119011 18
5309119019 107
5309119099 217
5309119091 1,047
5309199090 Woven fabrics offlax 719
5309219011 8
5309219091 138
5309219099 187
5309299010 15,845
5309299090 681
Ex.5208 Tyre cordfabrics 488
Ex.5209
Ex.5210
Ex.5211
Ex.5212
Ex5512/Ex 5513 Woven fabric ofsynthetic filament yarnbonded tofelt 15,819
Ex5514/Ex 5515
Ex5516
5803902090 Gauze, ofman-made filaments 19
530820 True hemp yarn 450
5311009911/19 Other woven fabrics ofhemp yarn 216
56061010 Chenille yarn 250
56061992 51
56061099 211
5606009920 Gimped yarn ofcotton orartificial fibre 250
5606009990 Gimped yarn 96,597
5808909092 Various articles containing gold, platinum, silver 2,500
5808909099 Various articles ofother textile materials 4,955
5804109010 Tulles ofsilk,ofnoilsilk 247
5804109021 Tulles ofsynthetic orartificial fibres 2,026
5804109041 Cotton net 7
5804109049 Netfabrics ofother textile materials 5,837
5804109091 Made-up tulles ofcotton 4
5804109099 Made-up tulles ofother textile materials 67
5810910010 Hand embroidery ofcotton 33
5810990010 Hand embroidery ofother textile materials 18
56022111 Untreated roofing felt 10,853
56022911
56029011G/TMB/N/246
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Tariff No. Product Description Imports inkg.
5602901100 Coated roofing felt 497
5802100031 Tar-coated felt 608
5602100039 Feltcoated withother textile materials 1,051
5802100051 Various articles ofuncoated feltofwool 2,059
5602100059 Various articles ofuncoated felt,inother articles 6,925
5602100090 Various articles ofcoated felt 7,752
5906999030 Textile fabrics combined withsponge rubber 16,734
5906999020 Rubberized textile fabrics fortyres 227
5906999090 Rubberized textile fabrics other thanfortyres 15,968
5907009020 Textile fabrics coated withtar 545
5911200090 Gauzes ofother textile materials 2,183
6001109100 Knitted crocheted fabrics forslippers 150
6001219100
6001229100
6001299100
6001919100
6001929100
6001999100
6002109100
6002209100
6002309100
6002419100
6002429100
6002439100
6002499100
6002919100
6002929100
6002939190
6002999100
6002209939 Knitted orcrocheted fabrics ofsynthetic filament yarn,
Rachel lace2
6002939919
61161000 Gloves impregnated, coated withplastics 5,747
61169300 Gloves ofsynthetic fibres 1,048
61113020
61169200 Gloves ofcotton 6,659
61112020
61169900 Gloves ofother textile materials 4
61119020G/TMB/N/246
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Tariff No. Product Description Imports inkg.
6117100090 Clothing accessories ofother textile materials 276
6117200090
6117801019
6117809990
5906910011 Textile fabrics inthepiece, ofsynthetic filament yarn 4,354
5906910013 Textile fabrics inthepiece, ofcotton 3
5906910019 Textile fabrics inthepiece, ofother textile materials 490
6202110000 Raincoats 81
6201110000 Raincoats 111
6204490010 Dresses ofsilk 1
6213100091 Machine made handkerchiefs ofsilk 109
6213900091 Machine made handkerchiefs ofother textile materials 23
6213900099
621410 Shawls ofsilk,noilsilk 650
6215900010 Tiesofwool 108
6217100019 Women 'scollars, ruffles, machine made underwear 9
5212100011 Clothing accessories 653
5212900010 Life-belts, corsets 38
521220 Girdles 63
6307909010 Strips forreinforcing thelining oflife-belts 208
6307109010 Floor cloths, dishcloths anddusters 222
6307909091 Dress patterns 290
6608902100 String bags 274
6307909099 Other made-up articles oftextile materials 66,574
6310101090
6010109090
6310901090Rags ofother textile materials 7,497,771
TOTAL: 27,707,096 kg.
or17.07% oftextile imports for1990 (162,276,586 kg.)