WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/229
19February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0649)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
Malta
TheTextilesMonitoringBodyhasreceivedanotificationfromMaltapursuanttoparagraphs8(a)
and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.G/TMB/N/229
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Permanent Mission ofMalta
Geneva
Geneva, 30December 1996
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
1211 Geneva 21
Dear Sir,
Ihavethehonour toenclose Malta 'snotification pursuant toArticle 2,paragraphs 8(a)and
11oftheAgreementonTextilesandClothingconcerningthesecondstageoftheintegrationprogramme.
Please accept, Sir,theassurances ofmyhighest consideration.
(Signed) Michael Bartolo
Ambassador
Permanent RepresentativeG/TMB/N/229
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Malta
ListofProducts tobeIntegrated under Article 2.8ofthe
Agreement onTextiles andClothing
Second Integration
NOTE
Total imports oftextile andclothing products, byvolume, for1990: 116,413,944 square metres
Second Stage Integration: 19,938,675 square metres
Proportion of1990 imports covered bysecond stage integration: 17.1percentG/TMB/N/229
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MALTA
ListofProducts tobeIntegrated Under Article 2.8oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing
Second Integration: FABRICS
HS NUMBER DESCRIPTION VOLUME/CIm/n2/CJ
5212 1100 Other woven cotton fabric, unbleached, wt<200g/m2 2,271
5212 1200 Other woven cotton fabric, bleached, wt<200g/m2 55,335
5212 1300 Other woven cotton fabric, dyed, wt<200g/m2 53,842
5212 1400 Other woven cotton fabric ofyarns ofdifferent colours, wt<200g/m2 48,396
5212 1500 Other woven cotton fabric, printed, wt<200g/m2 14,511
5212 2100 Other woven cotton fabric, unbleached, wt>200g/m2 42
5212 2300 Other woven cotton fabric, dyed, wt>200g/m2 25,686
5212 2400 Other woven cotton fabric ofyarns ofdifferent colours, wt>200g/m2 50,251
5212 2500 Other woven cotton fabric, printed, wt>200g/m2 278,777
5309 2100 Woven fabrics offlaxcontaining lessthan85%flax,unbleached orbleached 6,979
5309 2900 Other woven fabrics offlaxcontaining lessthan85%offlax 44,667
5310 1000 Woven fabrics ofjuteorofother textile bastfibres ofheading 5303, unbleached 13,534
5310 9000 Other woven fabrics ofjuteorofother textile bastfibres ofheading 5303 8,179
5311 0010 Woven fabrics oframie 1,266
5311 0090 Woven fabrics ofother vegetable textile fibres, including ofpaper yarn 5,462
5407 1000 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filament hightenacity yarn, nylon/other polyamides/polyester 2,236,646
5407 2000 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filament yarnobtained from striporthelike 4,090
5407 4100 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing 85%ormore bywt.
ofnylon/other polyamides, bleached/unbleached 2,647
5407 4200 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing 85%ormore bywt.
ofnylon/other polyamides, dyed 37,378
5407 4300 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing 85%ormore bywt.
ofnylon/other polyamides, ofyarns ofdifferent colours 1,726
5407 4400 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing 85%ormore bywt.
ofnylon/other polyamides, printed 21,546
5407 5100 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing 85%ormore bywt.
oftextured polyester filaments, unbleached orbleached 226,860
5407 5200 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing 85%ormore bywt.
oftextured polyester filaments, dyed 14,070
5407 5300 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing 85%ormore bywt.
oftextured polyester filaments, ofyarns ofdifferent colours 20,356
5407 5400 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing 85%ormore bywt.
oftextured polyester filaments, printed 15,821
5407 6000 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nescontaining 85%ormore bywt.
ofnon-textured polyester filaments 943,342G/TMB/N/229
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FABRICS (CONT 'D)
5407 7100 Other woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nescontaining 85%ormore bywt.
ofsynthetic filaments, bleached/unbleached 2,270
5407 7200 Other woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nescontaining 85%ormore bywt.
ofsynthetic filament, dyed 36,378
5407 7300 Other woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nescontaining 85%ormore bywt.
ofsynthetic filament, ofdifferent coloured yarns 16,776
5407 7400 Other woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nescontaining 85%ormore bywt.
ofsynthetic filaments, printed 81,491
5407 8100 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing lessthan85%bywt.
ofsynthetic filaments mixed mainly/solely withcotton, bleached/unbleached 748
5407 8200 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing lessthan85%bywt.
ofsynthetic filaments mixed mainly/solely withcotton, dyed 2,673,516
5407 8300 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing lessthan85%bywt.
ofsynthetic filaments mixed mainly/solely withcotton, ofdiff.coloured yarns 62,567
5407 8400 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,containing lessthan85%bywt.
ofsynthetic filaments mixed mainly/solely withcotton, printed 67,196
5407 9100 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,other woven fabrics, bleached/unbleached 5,257
5407 9200 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,other woven fabrics, dyed 225
5407 9300 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,other woven fabrics, ofdifferent coloured yarns 1,050
5407 9400 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments nes,other woven fabrics, printed 56,774
5408 1000 Woven fabrics ofartificial filament yarnobtained from hightenacity yarnofviscose rayon 93,437
5408 2100 Woven fabrics ofartificial filament yarn, containing 85%ormore bywt.
ofartificial filament/strip etc,unbleached/bleached 1,631
5408 2200 Woven fabrics ofartificial filament yarn, containing 85%ormore bywt.
ofartificial filament/strip etc,dyed 406,617
5408 2300 Woven fabrics ofartificial filament yarn, containing 85%ormore bywt.
ofartificial filament/strip etc.,ofdifferent coloured yarns 18,963
5408 2400 Woven fabrics ofartificial filament yarn, containing 85%ormore bywt.
ofartificial filament/strip etc,printed 66,920
5408 3100 Woven fabrics ofartificial filament yarn, other woven fabrics, unbleached/bleached 1,464
5408 3200 Woven fabrics ofartificial filament yarn, other woven fabrics, dyed 37,590
5408 3300 Woven fabrics ofartificial filament yarn, other woven fabrics, ofdifferent coloured yarns 9,965
5408 3400 Woven fabrics ofartificial filament yarn, other woven fabrics, printed 1,639,551G/TMB/N/229
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ListofProducts tobeIntegrated Under Article 2.8oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing
Second Integration: MADE-UP ARTICLES
HS NUMBER DESCRIPTION VOLUME /CIm/n2/CJ
6302 3292 Pillow-cases ofsynthetic fibres 695
6302 3920 Other pillow-cases ofother textile materials 3,162
6302 6011 Knitted towels 427
ListofProducts tobeIntegrated Under Article 2.8oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing
Second Integration: WEARING APPAREL
HS NUMBER DESCRIPTION VOLUME /CIm/n2/CJ
6103 1200 Men's/boys 'suitsofsynthetic fibres, knitted/crocheted 18,232
6103 1900 Men's/boys 'suitsofother textile materials, knitted 43,417
6104 1300 Women 's/girls 'suitsofsynthetic fibres, knitted/crocheted 10,731
6112 2000 Skisuits, knit/crocheted 2,160
6112 1200 Track suitsofsynthetic fibres, knitted/crocheted 1,136G/TMB/N/229
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ListofProducts tobeIntegrated Under Article 2.8oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing
Second Integration: TOPS AND YARNS
HS NUMBER DESCRIPTION VOLUME /CIm/n2/CJ
5306 1090 Flaxyarn, single, other 2,839
5306 2090 Flaxyarn, multi (folded) orcabled, other 4,743
5308 2000 True hemp yarn 731
5308 9010 Ramie yarn, notputupforretail sale 1,096
5308 9090 Yarn ofother vegetable textile fibres, nes 28,475
5401 1090 Other sewing thread ofsynthetic filaments, notforretail sale 1,510,073
5401 2090 Sewing thread artificial filaments, notputupforretail sale 27,443
5402 1000 High tenacity nylon/other polyamides yarn(notsewing thread), notforretail sale 7,656,412
5402 2000 High tenacity polyester yarn(notsewing thread), notforretail sale 3,015
5402 3100 Nylon andother polyamides textured yarn(notsewing thread), notexceeding 50tex
persingle yarn, notforretail sale 198,341
5402 3200 Nylon andother polyamides textured yarn(notsewing thread), exceeding 50tex
persingle yarn, notforretail sale 5,993
5402 3300 Polyester textured yarn(notsewing thread), notforretail sale 30,868
5402 3900 Other textured yarn(notsewing thread), notforretail sale 79,209
5402 4100 Other synthetic filament yarn(notsewing thread) ofnylon/other polyamides, single,
untwisted/twist upto50turns permetre, notforretail sale 8,362
5402 4900 Other synthetic filament yarn(notsewing thread), single untwisted/twist upto50turns permetre,
notforretail sale 121
5402 6100 Other synthetic filament yarn(notsewing thread), ofnylon/other polyamides multiple/cabled,
notforretail sale 1,286
5402 6200 Other synthetic filament yarn(notsewing thread), polyester multiple/cabled, notforretail sale 110,630
5402 6900 Other synthetic filament yarn(notsewing thread), multiple/cabled, notforretail sale 193,844
5403 2000 Artificial filament yarn(notsewing thread), textured yarn, notforretail sale 13,182
5403 3100 Artificial filament yarn(notsewing thread) ofother viscose rayon, single, untwisted/twist,
notexceeding 120turns p/m, notforretail sale 81,767
5403 3300 Artificial filament yarn(notsewing thread) ofcellulose acetate, single, notforretail sale 253,541
5403 3900 Artificial filament yarn(notsewing thread), single yarnnes,notforretail sale 22,070
5403 4200 Artificial filament yarn(notsewing thread), other yarnofcellulose acetate,
multiple/cabled, notputupforretail sale 7,437
5403 4900 Artificial filament yarn(notsewing thread), other yarncabled/multiple, notforretail sale 12,723
5404 1000 Synthetic monofilament of67decitex ormore andofwhich nocross-sectional dimension
exceeds 1mm 190,448