WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/422/Add.2
24 July 2002
(02-4076)
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/422/Add.2
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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 17 May 2002 requesting additional comments or information
on the observations, contained in the notification from the People's Republic of China
(G/TMB/N/447), on the notification made by Turk ey pursuant to Article 2.1 of the ATC following
China's accession to the WTO (G/TMB/N/422), 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 Lausanne1211 Geneva 11G/TMB/N/422/Add.2
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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:
1. Application of growth -on-growth provisions
Within the provisions of the paragraphs 13 and 14 of Article 2 of the ATC, Turkey increased the
growth rates on the remaining restraint levels with China by 16 per cent, 25 per cent and then
27 per cent in order to calculate the quota levels of 2002.
2. Growth rates notified to the TMB
With respect to the growth rates included in the notification of Turkey (Annex I), Turkey can inform
that the rates are the original growth rates wh ich were annexed to the Turkey-China bilateral
agreement and neither reflects the rates after the application of "growth-on-growth" provisions nor
embodies the growth rates of 2001. The quota levels in Turkey's notification (Annex I) were 2001
quota levels but the growth rates were the original growth rates. The annex of the bilateral agreement
showing the growth rates is herewith enclosed for further clarification.
3. Ceiling on flexibility provisions
The necessary rectification in accordance with this observation was already submitted in Turkey's
additional notification (G/TMB/N/422/Add.1), page 3.G/TMB/N/422/Add.2
Page 4COUNTRY GRP CAT UNIT TURKISH
IMPORTS
(IMP)GDP CALCULATION
(GDP)HIGHER AMOUNT
IMPORTS OR GDP
CALCULATIONTURKISH QUANTITATIVE LIMITS
Average
1992-1994Imports 93
EUR-15%
Basket Exit[2] x [3] x
2.5%GDP (GDP)
or imports
(IMP)[1] or [4] Growth
Rate 1994Limit 1995
[6] x [7]Growth Rate
1995Limit 1996
[8] x [9]
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
China IA 1 tonnes 524 235,120 1.00% 59 IMP 524 2.00% 535 2.00% 545
China IA 2 tonnes 4,416 330,635 1.00% 83 IMP 4,416 2.00% 4,504 2.00% 4,594
China IA 2a tonnes 821 102,114 1.00% 26 IMP 821 2.00% 837 2.00% 854
China IA 3 tonnes 2,863 124,868 1.00% 31 IMP 2,863 3.00% 2,949 3.00% 3,037
China IA 3a tonnes 428 44,563 1.00% 11 IMP 428 3.00% 440 3.00% 454
China IB 4 1000 pcs 145 946,500 1.00% 237 GDP 237 5.00% 248 5.00% 261
China IB 5 1000 pcs 20 380,862 1.00% 95 GDP 95 4.00% 99 4.00% 103
China IB 5a 1000 pcs 1 3,264 1.00% 1 IMP 1 3.00% 1 3.00% 1
China IB 6 1000 pcs 13 414,456 1.00% 104 GDP 104 4.00% 108 4.00% 112
China IB 7 1000 pcs 7 282,878 1.00% 71 GDP 71 4.00% 74 4.00% 76
China IB 8 1000 pcs 10 389,874 1.00% 97 GDP 97 3.00% 100 3.00% 103
China IIA 9 tonnes 0 49,794 5.00% 62 GDP 62 6.00% 66 6.00% 70
China IIA 20/39 tonnes 61 99,434 5.00% 124 GDP 124 5.00% 131 5.00% 137
China IIA 22 tonnes 2,190 99,434 5.00% 124 IMP 2,190 6.00% 2,321 6.00% 2.460
China IIA 23 tonnes 353 49,846 5.00% 62 IMP 353 5.00% 371 5.00% 389
China IIA 32 tonnes 476 7,813 5.00% 10 IMP 476 4.00% 495 4.00% 515
China IIB 12 1000 pcs 22 783,031 5.00% 979 GDP 979 5.00% 1,028 5.00% 1,079
China IIB 13 1000 pcs 0 846,045 5.00% 1,058 GDP 1,058 1.00% 1,068 1.00% 1,079
China IIB 14 1000 pcs 1 25,198 5.00% 31 GDP 31 3.50% 33 3.50% 34
China IIB 15 1000 pcs 0 59,996 5.00% 75 GDP 75 4.00% 78 4.00% 81
China IIB 16 1000 pcs 3 19,679 5.00% 25 GDP 25 3.75% 26 3.75% 26
China IIB 17 1000 pcs 2 30,830 5.00% 39 GDP 39 2.00% 39 2.00% 40
China IIB 18 tonnes 13 32,268 5.00% 40 GDP 40 5.00% 42 5.00% 44
China IIB 19 1000 pcs 192 167,011 5.00% 209 GDP 209 4.00% 217 4.00% 226
China IIB 21 1000 pcs 13 115,614 5.00% 145 GDP 145 5.00% 152 5.00% 159
China IIB 24 1000 pcs 1 158,853 5.00% 199 GDP 199 3.50% 206 3.50% 213
China IIB 26 1000 pcs 0 106,023 5.00% 133 GDP 133 5.00% 139 5.00% 146
China IIB 28 1000 pcs 0 242,090 5.00% 303 GDP 303 3.00% 312 3.00% 321
China IIB 29 1000 pcs 0 26,714 5.00% 33 GDP 33 3.00% 34 3.00% 35
China IIB 31 1000 pcs 186 189,035 5.00% 236 GDP 236 3.00% 243 3.00% 251
China IIB 68 tonnes 1 41,144 5.00% 51 GDP 51 3.50% 53 3.50% 55
China IIB 73 1000 pcs 1 38,645 5.00% 48 GDP 48 5.00% 51 5.00% 53
China IIB 76 tonnes 5 37,323 5.00% 47 GDP 47 5.00% 49 5.00% 51
China IIB 78 tonnes 0 57,926 5.00% 72 GDP 72 3.00% 75 3.00% 77
China IIB 83 tonnes 0 17,091 5.00% 21 GDP 21 3.00% 22 3.00% 23
China IIIA 33 tonnes 31 55,668 10.00% 139 GDP 139 4.50% 145 4.50% 152
China IIIA 37 tonnes 7,585 54,723 10.00% 137 IMP 7,585 6.00% 8,040 6.00% 8,523
China IIIA 37a tonnes 68 11,177 10.00% 28 IMP 68 6.00% 72 6.00% 76
China IIIB 10 1000 pcs 14 250,498 10.00% 626 GDP 626 4.00% 651 4.00% 677
China IIIB 97 tonnes 2 5,874 10.000% 15 GDP 15 3.50% 15 3.50% 16
China V 163 tonnes 0 7,693 10.00% 19 GDP 19 5.00% 20 5.00% 21
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