WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/422/Add.1
G/TMB/N/423/Add.1
1 May 2002
(02-2482)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.1
Notification under Article 3.1
TURKEY
Addendum
The Textiles Monitoring Body has received a notification from Turkey pursuant to
Articles 2.1 and 3.1.
The TMB, in accordance with Articles 2.2 and 3.5, is circulating this notification to WTO
Members for their information.G/TMB/N/422/Add.1
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Permanent Mission of Turkey
to the World Trade Organization
Geneva, 24 April 2002
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
With reference to your letter of 27 February 2002 requesting clarification about Turkey’s
notifications, following China's accession to the WTO, of the restrictions it maintained on importsfrom that Member of the products falling under the coverage of the Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (G/TMB/N/422 and G/TMB/N/423), I am pleased to attach herewith our replies.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed)
Oğuz DEMİRALP
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
H.E. Mr. András SZEPESI
AmbassadorChairman of the Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
Rue de Lausanne
1211 Geneva 11G/TMB/N/422/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 the following remarks:
Turkey can confirm that it has notified the restrictions applied on certain textile and clothing products
taken over from its bilateral agreement with China that was in force on the day before the accession
(10 December 2001) pursuant to Article 2.1 of th e ATC (G/TMB/N/422) for the products covered by
MFA Agreement. Turkey made its notification under the Article 2.1, in conjunction with its parallel
implementation with the EU. Within the provisi ons of the Customs Union and the Decision 1/95 of
the Association Council, Turkey was required to apply the quantitative restrictions as part of the
common regulation of commerce of the Turkey-EC Customs Union on imports of certain textile
products which the EC maintained pursuant to the ATC. The quantitative restrictions that werenotified under the Article 2.1, which was in force on the day prior to China's accession to the WTO
have been implemented as of 1 January 1996 with the creation of Customs Union.
Turkey can inform that the categories that were integrated under the Stages 1 and 2 on
11 December 2001 were cat. 19 and 76. The categories that were integrated under the Stage 3 on1 January 2002 were cat. 10, 18, 21, 24, 32, 33, 37, 37A, 68, 73. 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 China
by 25 per cent and then by 27 per cent on 1 January 2002.
As to category 33, Turkey can inform the provision of the validity of the quantitative limits also for
re-export outside the customs area of the Turkey-EC Customs Union is only valid for this category.
Similarly, Turkey confirms that 40 per cent of transfer possible between categories 2 and 3, indicated
in the footnote to category 2 in Annex I Part 1, is correct. But it can be granted following
consultations between the two countries. Therefore, Column 5 of the Table in Annex I to this note is
also correct since 40 per cent is an exceptional condition.
Turkey can inform that the correct wording for the flexibility provisions in force is found in the last
indent under the heading "Direct quantitative limits" in Annex II, as also mentioned in Column 9. The
wording of Group IV in column 7 should therefore be corrected (see Annex II to this Note).
Turkey can inform that the maximum increase in an y category indicated in Column 8 of the Table in
Annex I is rectified within the provisions of ATC Article 2.16 (see Annex II to this Note).G/TMB/N/422/Add.1
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Concerning the Notification of quantitative restrictions maintained  by Turkey under the
Article 3.1 of the ATC, please find below the following remarks:
Turkey can confirm that it has notified the quantitative restrictions taken over from its previous
bilateral agreement with China to the TMB maintained under the non-MFA Agreement at the levels
specified for the year in which China accedes to th e WTO. As a result, Turkey has included in the
notification all restrictions that were in force on 10 December 2001.
On the day of accession, Turkey integrated in total 11 categories (ex 13, ex 24, ex 39, 123, 124, 125A,
126, 127A, 127B, 140 and 151B)  (see Annex III to this letter). On 1 January 2002, another
8 categories (ex 18, 120, 125B, 145, 146A, 146B, 160 and 161) were integrated. These 19 integratedcategories are reflected in the Notification Annex I, Part I, as having been phased-out "following
accession". Turkey intends to "phase-out" the restrictions on all remaining products no later than
1.1.2005.
Finally, Turkey also confirms that the growth ra tes noted in Annex I, Part 1 and 2 apply to the
remaining quantitative restrictions in 2002-2004.G/TMB/N/422/Add.1
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ANNEX I
COUNTRY CATEGORY UNIT 2002 QUOTA
LEVEL
CHINA GROUP IA
1 Tonnes 629
2 Tonnes 7 582
Of which 2A Tonnes 1 612
3 Tonnes 4 820
Of which 3A Tonnes 764
GROUP IB
4 1 000 pieces 821
5 1 000 pieces 320
Of which 5A 1 000 pieces 32
6 1 000 pieces 273
7 1 000 pieces 93
8 1 000 pieces 121
GROUP IIA
9 Tonnes 130
20/39 Tonnes 251
22 Tonnes 5 626
23 Tonnes 1 742
GROUP IIB
12 1 000 pairs 3 431
13 1 000 pieces 1 161
14 1 000 pieces 43
15 1 000 pieces 104
16 1 000 pieces 34
17 1 000 pieces 48
26 1 000 pieces 219
28 1 000 pieces 399
29 1 000 pieces 45
31 1 000 pieces 714
78 Tonnes 110
83 Tonnes 30
GROUP IIIB
97 Tonnes 30
GROUP V
163 Tonnes 43G/TMB/N/422/Add.1
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NON-MFA PRODUCTS
CHINA CATEGORY UNIT 2002 QUOTA
LEVEL
GROUP I
Ex 20 Tonnes 6,2
GROUP IV
115 Tonnes 39,1
117 Tonnes 97,1
118 Tonnes 29
122 Tonnes 5,5
GROUP V
136A Tonnes 25,5
156 Tonnes 16
157 Tonnes 81,6
159 Tonnes 27,6G/TMB/N/422/Add.1
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ANNEX II
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
China 1% 3% 1% 4% 4% 6% Further amounts
may be authorisedby Turkey up to a
maximum of:
Column 2: 5%Column 3: 7%With regard tocolumn 7,transfers from
Groups I, II, and
III may only bemade into GroupsII and III.G/TMB/N/422/Add.1
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ANNEX III
The following table shows the categories for which quotas were removed on 11 December.
Category Phase-out
19 Following accession
76 Following accession
126 Following accession
Ex 13 Following accession
Ex 24 Following accession
Ex 39 Following accession
123 Following accession
124 Following accession
125 A Following accession
127 A Following accession
127 B Following accession
140 Following accessionCHINA
151 B Following accession
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