WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/39/Add.1
15September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3634)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original: English
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification Under Articles 2.6and2.7(b)
JAPAN
Addendum
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived afurther notification from Japan, pursuant to
paragraphs 6and7(b)ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 7(b)ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members fortheirinformation.G/TMB/N/39/Add.1
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Permanent Mission ofJapan
totheInternational Organizations
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, 23June1997
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
Re:Notification byJapan ofFirstStage Integration Programme
With reference toyourletter dated 2June1997 withregard toJapan'sfirststage integration
programme oftextiles andclothing products notified under Article 2,paragraphs 6and7(b)ofthe
ATC, upon theinstruction from myauthorities, Ihavethepleasure ofinforming theTMB ofthe
following:
Forthe11HS6-digit linesreferred toinyourletter dated 2June1997, wesubclassified the
productstoHS9-digitlineswherepossible(exceptforHSlines6405.20,7019.20and9612.10)
andnotified totheTMB ourintegration programme. With these subclassifications, those
products which were notconsidered tocorrespond totheproduct descriptions contained in
theAnnex totheATC were notincluded inourintegration programme (seeAttachment 1).
However, inourfirstintegration programme therewereseveral HSlinesfromwhich wecould
notperfectly exclude products thatwerenotcovered bytheATC. Thisisduetothefact(i)that
wecannotfurthersubclassifytheseinourdomestictariffclassificationsystem(HSlines6405.20,
7019.20 and9612.10) or(ii)thatdetailed classification inourdomestic tariffsystem doesnot
correspond totheprecise product descriptions intheAnnex totheATC (HSlines3921.90),
or(iii)thatthepercentage ofproducts covered bytheATC wasnotsosignificant (HSlines
7019.10010, 7019.10090).
Asstated above, Japan hasmade sincere andevery possible effort toensure thattheproducts
initsintegration programme correspond totheproduct descriptions contained intheAnnex
totheATC. However, ifother Member countries aregoing toexclude products thatdonot
correspondtotheproductdescriptions,containedintheAnnextotheATC,fromtheirintegration
programme, Japan isready toexclude from itsintegration programme theproducts under
HSlines3921.90,6405.20,7019.10010,7019.10090,7019.20and9612.10(seeAttachment2).
Inthatcase, thepercentages calculated forthefirstandsecond stages ofintegration notified
byJapan willchange to14.9764 percentand17.2075 percentrespectively. Wewould then
submit additions toourintegration programme.
Yours sincerely
(signed) Hidetaka Saeki
Counsellor
H.E. Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
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Page3ATTACHMENT 1
LEVEL OF
1990 IMPORTS
(KG)%OF
TOTAL
IMPORTS
ANNEX TOTAL
STAGE 1TOTAL1,042,748,442
166,843,852100.0000
16.0004
HSLINE BRIEF PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
392190010 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OFPOLYMERS OF
ETHYLENE2,103,169 0.2017
392190020 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OFPOLYMERS OF
PROPYLENE619,167 0.0594
392190030 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OFPOLYMERS OF
VINYL CHLORIDE1,576,869 0.1512
392190040 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OFFLUORINE RESINS 87,790 0.0084
392190050 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, POLYVINYL BUTYRAL 1,867 0.0002
392190060 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OFPOLYESTERS 1,315,972 0.1262
392190070 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, REGENERATED
CELLULOSE198 0.0000
392190090 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OTHER 2,092,713 0.2007
420212219 LUGGAGE, HANDBAGS AND FLATGOODS WITH ANOUTER SURFACE PREDOMINANTLY OFTEXTILE MATERIALS 829,664 0.0796
420222290 LUGGAGE, HANDBAGS AND FLATGOODS WITH ANOUTER SURFACE PREDOMINANTLY OFTEXTILE MATERIALS 405,480 0.0389
420232290 LUGGAGE, HANDBAGS AND FLATGOODS WITH ANOUTER SURFACE PREDOMINANTLY OFTEXTILE MATERIALS 179,323 0.0172
420292090 LUGGAGE, HANDBAGS AND FLATGOODS WITH ANOUTER SURFACE PREDOMINANTLY OFTEXTILE MATERIALS 11,230,528 1.0770
640520000 FOOTWEAR WITH SOLES AND UPPERS OFWOOL FELT 824,776 0.0791
640610200 FOOTWEAR UPPERS OFWHICH 50%ORMORE OFTHE EXTERNAL SURFACE AREA ISTEXTILE MATERIAL 572,188 0.0549
640699210 LEG WARMERS AND GAITERS OFTEXTILE MATERIAL 40,784 0.0039
640699290 LEG WARMERS AND GAITERS OFTEXTILE MATERIAL 810,356 0.0777
701910010 YARNS OFFIBRE GLASS, SLIVERS AND ROVINGS 349,900 0.0336
701910020 YARNS OFFIBRE GLASS, YARN 653,717 0.0627
701910090 YARNS OFFIBRE GLASS, CHOPPED STRANDS 1,964,533 0.1884
701920000 WOVEN FABRICS OFFIBRE GLASS 1,523,302 0.1461
961210000 WOVEN RIBBONS, OFMAN-MADE FIBRES, OTHER THAN THOSE MEASURING LESS THAN 30mmINWIDTH AND
PERMANENTLY PUT UPINCARTRIDGES97,938 0.0094G/TMB/N/39/Add.1
Page4ATTACHMENT 2
LEVEL OF
1990 IMPORTS
(KG)%OF
TOTAL
IMPORTS
ANNEX TOTAL (EXCLUD UNDER SUBJECT)
STAGE 1TOTAL
STAGE 2TOTAL1,030,190,248
154,285,658
177,269,89914.9764
17.2075
HSLINE BRIEF PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
392190010 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OFPOLYMERS OF
ETHYLENE2,103,169 0.2017
392190020 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OFPOLYMERS OF
PROPYLENE619,167 0.0594
392190030 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OFPOLYMERS OF
VINYL CHLORIDE1,576,869 0.1512
392190040 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OFFLUORINE RESINS 87,790 0.0084
392190050 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, POLYVINYL BUTYRAL 1,867 0.0002
392190060 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OFPOLYESTERS 1,315,972 0.1262
392190070 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, REGENERATED
CELLULOSE198 0.0000
392190090 WOVEN, KNITTED ORNON-WOVEN FABRICS COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED WITH PLASTICS, OTHER 2,092,713 0.2007
640520000 FOOTWEAR UPPERS OFTEXTILE MATERIALS 824,776 0.0791
701910010 YARNS OFFIBRE GLASS, SLIVERS AND ROVINGS 349,900 0.0336
701910090 YARNS OFFIBRE GLASS, CHOPPED STRANDS 1,964,533 0.1884
701920000 WOVEN FABRICS OFFIBRE GLASS 1,523,302 0.1461
961210000 WOVEN RIBBONS, OFMAN-MADE FIBRES, OTHER THAN THOSE MEASURING LESS THAN 30mmINWIDTH AND
PERMANENTLY PUT UPINCARTRIDGES97,938 0.0094
TOTAL 12,558,194 1.2043