WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/84/Corr.1
G/TMB/N/209/Corr.1
18December 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5558)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.6and2.7(b)
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
HUNGARY
Corrigendum
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived afurther notification from Hungary containing
corrections tothenotifications made pursuant toparagraphs 6and7(b)aswellasparagraphs 8(a)and11
ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, pursuant toparagraph 7(b)ofArticle 2andinaccordance withparagraph 11of
Article 2,iscirculating thisnotification toWTO Members.G/TMB/N/84/Corr.1
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Permanent Mission oftheRepublic ofHungary
totheWTO
Geneva, 1December 1997
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
RuedeLausanne 154
1211 Genève 21
Dear Mr.Szepesi,
With reference totherequest oftheTMB forfurther clarification onHungary 'snotification
under Articles 2.6and2.7(b), aswellasunder Articles 2.8(a) and2.11, Iwould liketocommunicate
thefollowing.
Asithasbeenalready explained inmyletter dated 16June1997 (G/TMB/N/84/Add.2), in
certain cases therelevant import statistics werenotdetailed enough toallow making acleardistinction
between theATC covered andnotcovered products.
Therefore theHungarian authorities decided topropose minor corrections toboththefirstand
second stage ofintegration programmes covered bytheATC.
Stage I
1. Products inquestion intheAnnex oftheATC areex64.06.10 andex64.06.99 .Therelated
productsintheHungarianprogrammeoffirststageintegration(G/TMB/N/84)arethefollowing:
2. Imports under 64.06.10 -012and64.06.99 -026(...offerrous metals) should nothavebeen
included intheintegration programme aswellasinthecalculation oftotalimports in1992
ofATC products.
3. Based oninformation received from therelevant customs authorities, imports under
64.06.10 -997(uppers andpartsthereof, otherthanferrous metals) consist oftextiles, therefore
imports under thisHSlinequalified forintegration.
4. Onthebasis ofthedetailed descriptions contained intheHungarian tariff nomenclature, it
canbeestablished thatimports under 64.06.99 -017(parts offootwear, other thanparts of
64.06.99 -026subheading) clearly refer totextiles, soitwillremain intheintegration
programme.
5. Asfaras64.06.99 -992isconcerned, although, itwasnotpossible toestablish therequired
statistical breakdown, according tocustoms information under thisitemmainly gaiters and
legwarmers wereimported in1992. Consequently, wethought itwould befairtoreduce by
50percentofthequantity integrated inthisHSlineinprogramme Stage I.
Thecorrected totalvolume ofimports in1992reflecting theobservations andproposals above
is136,352 tons[136,729-(7+26+344)], while thetotalvolume ofintegrated products is21,511 tons
(21,888-377),whichamountsto15.77percentofthetotalimportsofproductsintheAnnexoftheATC.G/TMB/N/84/Corr.1
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Inorder tomeettherequirements ofArticles 2.6(a) and2.7(b), thefollowing additional HSlines
aretobeintegrated under Stage I.
HSLine Description Tons
51.11.11 -008 Woven fabrics ofcarded wool/fine animal hair,>/=85%
byweight,</=300 g/m2306
51.11.20 -006 Woven fabric ofcarded wool/fine animal hair,<85% by
weight, mixed withm-mfilament102
Asaresult, Hungary integrated 21,919 tonsofproducts (16.075 percent)forthepurpose
ofStage I.
Stage II
Therelated products intheAnnex oftheATCareex39.21.12 ,ex39.21.13 ,ex39.21.90 and
ex96.12.10 .Theproducts intheHungarian second stageofintegration programme are39.21.12 -019,
-994,39.21.13 -003,39.21.90 -011,-020,-039,-048,-996and96.12.10 -003.
Theproduct descriptions contained intheHungarian notification regarding ex39.21.12,
ex39.21.13,ex39.21.90andex96.12.10aremisleadinginthesensethattheyalsoincludetherespective
products defined intheAnnex oftheATC.
Onthebasisofthestatistics available atthattime, nodistinction canbemade between products
covered andnotcovered bytheATC. Therefore Hungary isready towithdraw these items fromthe
second stage ofintegration andreintroduce them onlyattheverylaststage.
Consequently, thetotalvolume ofintegrated products inthesecond stageofintegration would
be20,015.4 tons(instead of23,565.4 tons) which is14.68 percentofthetotalimports ofproducts
covered bytheAnnex ofATC.
Inorder tomeet therequirement ofArticle 2.8(a) thefollowing additional HSlineistobe
integrated inthesecond stage:
HSLine Description Tons
55.03.20-009 Staple fibres ofpolyesters, notcarded orcombed 4,045.8
Asaresult, Hungary willintegrate 24,061.2 tonswhich amounts to17.65 percentofits
totalATC imports under thesecond stage ofitsintegration programme.
Ihopethattheabove proposals ofHungary willmeettheconcern ofthedistinguished Members
oftheTMB.
Please, accept, Mr.Chairman, theassurances ofmyhighest consideration.
(Signed) István Major