WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/432/Add.1
24 July 2002
(02-4070)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.1
TURKEY
Addendum
The Textiles Monitoring Body has received an additional notification from Turkey pursuant
to Article 2.1.
The TMB, in accordance with Article 2.2, is circulating this notification to WTO Members
for their information.G/TMB/N/432/Add.1
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Permanent Mission of Turkey
to the World Trade Organization
Geneva, 18 July 2002
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
With reference to your letter of 23 April 2002 requesting clarification about the notification
made by Turkey (G/TMB /N/432), following the accession of the Separate Customs Territory of
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) to the WTO, of the restrictions maintained by
Turkey for the products falling under the coverage of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC),
I am pleased to submit herewith our replies.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed)
Vural ALTAY
Charge d'Affaires a.i
Deputy Permanent Representative
Ambassador András SZEPESI
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
Rue de Lausanne
1211 Geneva 11G/TMB/N/432/Add.1
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Concerning the Notification of quantitativ e restrictions maintained by Turkey under
Article 2(1) of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, please find below our remarks:
Turkey can confirm that it has notified the restrictions applied on certain textile and clothing products
taken over from its bilateral agreement with Chinese Taipei that was in force on the day before theaccession pursuant to Article 2.1 of the ATC (G/TMB/N/432) for the products covered by MFA
Agreement.
Turkey can inform that the categories that were integrated under the Stages 1 and 2 and 3 on
1 January 2002 were cat. 10, 18, 21, 24, 27, 33, 37, 67, 68, 73, 74, 77, 91 and 110. The Table of
Annex I to this letter outlines the quotas that are in force on 1 January 2002.
With respect to the quota "growth-on-growth" prov isions stipulated in paragraphs 13 and 14 of
Article 2 of the ATC, Turkey increased the growth rate on the remaining restraint levels with Chinese
Taipei by 16 per cent, 25 per cent and then by 27 per cent on 1 January 2002.
Turkey can inform that the maximum increase in an y category indicated in Column 8 of the Table in
Annex II is rectified within the provisions of ATC Article 2.16. (See Annex II to this Note).
With regard to the flexibility provisions; Turkey can inform that; group IV in column 7 and wording
of flexibility provisions are rectified.
Turkey confirms that Annex III indicates in general the classification of products into the relevant
categories and does not concern only the categories for which a quantitative restriction is applied to
Chinese Taipei. Nevertheless; the super script (1) in Annex IA (page 21) is rectified.G/TMB/N/432/Add.1
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ANNEX I
COUNTRY CATEGORY UNIT 2002 QUOTA
LEVEL
CHINESETAIPEIGROUP IA
2 Tonnes 575
Of which 2A Tonnes 246
3 Tonnes 589
Of which 3A Tonnes 394
GROUP IB
4 1 000 pieces 107
5 1 000 pieces 49
6 1 000 pieces 49
7 1 000 pieces 32
8 1 000 pieces 44
GROUP IIA
20 Tonnes 49
22 Tonnes 731
23 Tonnes 72
GROUP IIB
12 1 000 pairs 471
13 1 000 pieces 509
14 1 000 pieces 18
15 1 000 pieces 41
16 1 000 pieces 13
17 1 000 pieces 19
26 1 000 pieces 61
28 1 000 pieces 152
78 Tonnes 40
83 Tonnes 12
GROUP IIIA
35 Tonnes 2 775
GROUP IIIB
97 Tonnes 16
97a Tonnes 7G/TMB/N/432/Add.1
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ANNEX II
Flexibility provisions
DIRECT QUANTITATIVE LIMITS
The attached table indicates for Chinese Taipei the maximum amounts which, after advance
notification to the Turkish authorities, it may tran sfer between the corresponding direct quantitative
limits in accordance with the following provisions:
- advance utilisation of the quantitative limit for the particular category established for the
following quota year shall be authorised up to the percentage of the quantitative limit for the
current year indicated in Column 2;  the amounts in question shall be deducted from the
corresponding quantitative limits for the following year;
- carryover of amounts not utilised in a given y ear to the corresponding quantitative limit for the
following year shall be authorised up to the pe rcentage of the quantitative limit for the year of
actual utilisation indicated in Column 3;
- transfers from categories 1 to categories 2 and 3 shall be authorised up to the percentages of the
quantitative limit to which the transfer is made indicated in Column 4;
- transfers between categories 2 and 3 shall be au thorised up to the percentages of the quantitative
limit to which the transfer is made indicated in Column 5;
- transfers between categories 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall be authorised up to the percentages of the
quantitative limit to which the transfer is made indicated in Column 6;
- transfers into any of the categories in Groups II or III from any of the categories in Groups I, II
or III shall be authorised up to the percentages of the quantitative limit to which the transfer is
made indicated in Column 7.
Additional conditions, possibilities for transfers and notes are given in Column 9 of the table.
1.
COUNTRY2.
Advance
utilisation3.
Carry-over4.
Transfers
from
cat 1
to cats
2 and 35.
Transfers
between
cats 2 and
36.
Transfers
between
cats 4, 5,
6, 7, 87.
Transfers
from
Groups I,
II, III to
Groups II,
III8.
Maximum
increase in
any cat.9.
Additional
conditions
Chinese
Taipei5% 7% 0% 4% 4% 5%G/TMB/N/432/Add.1
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ANNEX III
The following table shows the categories for which quotas were removed on 1 January 2002.
CHINESE TAIPEI Category Phase-out
18 1.1.2002
21 1.1.2002
24 1.1.2002
27 1.1.2002
68 1.1.2002
73 1.1.2002
77 1.1.2002
33 1.1.2002
37 1.1.2002
10 1.1.2002
110 1.1.2002
67 1.1.2002
74 1.1.2002
91 1.1.2002
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