WORLD TRADE G/TMB/R/34
17September 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3724)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OFTHE THIRTY-FIFTH MEETING
1. TheTextiles Monitoring Body helditsthirty-fifth meeting on21to24July1997.
2. Present atthismeeting were thefollowing members and/or alternates: Mrs. Berrig/
Mr.Tadpitakkul;Mrs.Canabady;Messrs.DaCosta;Kim/Tong;Kobayashi;Malik;Mukerji/Shahin;
Richards/Babajide; Tagliani; Urkan/Varga; Wentzel/Saint-Jacques.
3. TheTMB adopted thereport ofitsthirty-fourth meeting (G/TMB/R/33).
Honduras/United States: Imports ofWomen 'sWool Coats andJackets (USCategory 435)
4. TheTMB reverted tothematter raised byHonduras initscommunication under Articles 8.6
and8.7,asagreed atitsthirty-fourth meeting (G/TMB/R/33, paragraph 11).TheTMB hadinvited
theparticipation ofbothHonduras andtheUnited States toitsreview. Honduras decided toparticipate
inthemeeting.
5. TheTMB considered afurther communication fromtheUnited States according towhich the
UnitedStates,havingreceivedandrevieweddatarelatedtocategory435alongwithallotherinformation
related tothiscase, haddecided torescind therestraint onimports ofproducts ofUScategory 435
fromHonduras, thesubject ofanArticle 6agreement withHonduras, on30September 1997. The
TMB heard astatement byHonduras according towhich itwelcomed thisdecision bytheUnited States.
Atthesametime,Honduras alsonoted thecommercial lossithadexperienced inthisproduct since 1995.
6. TheTMB,recallingitsreviewduringitstwenty-ninthmeetingofthecommunicationofHonduras
(G/TMB/R/28, inparticular paragraph 12),tooknoteoftheUS'communication andofthestatement
byHonduras.
Verification oftheStatistical Information Provided bytheMembers Pursuant toArticles 2.6,2.7(a)
and(b),2.8(a) and2.11, Following theReview bytheTMB oftheSystemic Problem Identified by
Colombia (G/TMB/R/29, Paragraphs 43to45).
7. TheTMB hadafollow-up discussion onthismatter which ledtoaconclusion according to
which, inprinciple, alltheMembers which hadnotified integration programmes maybeaffected by
technical problems resulting essentially fromthenon-availability ofstatistical information corresponding
totheprecise product descriptions contained intheAnnex totheATC, independently ofwhether or
nottheyhadincluded "exHSitems" intheirrespective integration programmes forStage 1and/or
Stage 2.Thisresulted fromthefactthatinquantifying andnotifying thetotalvolume of1990 imports
eachMember concerned hadtoinclude therelevant datarelated tothe"exHSlines" defined inthe
Annex totheATC. Therefore, theTMB decided torequest thatallMembers which hadsubmitted
integration programmes, including those which hadnotasyetincluded insuchprogrammes "exHS
items", ascertain whether thestatistical datacounted incalculating thetotalvolume oftheMember ’s
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1990 imports oftheproducts intheAnnex referred tothewhole HSlines, oronlytothatportion of
those HSlineswhich wascovered bytheATC. TheTMB expected thatMembers would report to
itontheoutcome ofsuchverification.
1997 Comprehensive Report under Article 8.11oftheATC
8. TheTMB finalized andadopted itsComprehensive Report ontheimplementation oftheATC
during itsfirststage, tobetransmitted totheCouncil forTrade inGoods inthecontext ofthemajor
review envisaged inArticle 8.11oftheATC(G/L/179). Itconsidered inthiscontext communications
received fromtheEuropean Community andtheUnited States inresponse toquestions putbytheTMB
inthecontext ofthepreparation forthereport.