WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/3/Add.3
G/TMB/N/210/Add.4
5November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4830)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.6and2.7(a)
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
NORWAY
Addendum
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived afurther notification from Norway pursuant to
paragraphs 6and7(a)aswellas8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, pursuant toparagraph 7(a)ofArticle 2,andinaccordance withparagraph 11of
Article 2,iscirculating thisnotification toWTO Members fortheirinformation.G/TMB/N/3/Add.3
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Permanent Mission ofNorway
Geneva
WTO Secretariat
Textiles Monitoring Body
Centre William Rappard
RuedeLausanne 154
1202 Geneva
Madam/Sir,
Reference ismade toourletter of24June1997regarding Norway 'sintegration programmes
underStages1and2oftheAgreementonTextilesandClothing(ATC),circulatedinG/TMB/N/3/Add.2
andG/TMB/N/210/Add.3.
Norway recognizes theexistence ofanumber oftechnically difficult issues regarding the
calculation ofthevolume ofimports related totheintegrated products andthevolume ofimports in
1990forallproducts covered bytheAnnex oftheATC. Norway stillfindstheinformation provided
initsletter dated 24Junetobecorrect. Furthermore, Norway notes thatnoWTO Member hasso
farcontested thevalidity ofNorway 'sintegration notifications.
Itisnotpossible forNorway toprovide abreak-down ofcertain HSpositions tothe"ex"level
specified intheAnnex oftheATC. Intheabsence ofmore detailed statistics, Norway finds it
unreasonable andcontrary totheATCtodisregard therecorded imports atthenearest aggregated level.
However,inordertoavoidanydoubtsaboutthefulfilmentofitsobligationsundertheAgreement
onTextiles andClothing regardless ofthemethod ofcalculation, Norway hasdecided tomake certain
corrections of,andadditions to,itsintegration notifications.
A. Asmentioned inNorway 'sletterof24June1997, thevolume ofthetotal1990imports
forallATC products is117,536,266 kg. Ofthisquantity "ex" lineimports represent
14,112,967 kg.Thevolume ofimports related toproducts integrated during Stage 1falling
under "ex"lines constituted 12,116,015 kg.(or10.31 percentofthetotal1990 imports).
No"ex"lineproduct hasbeenotified forintegration during Stage 2.
B. Thefollowing HSlinesaretransferred fromthelistofproduct tobeintegrated under
Stage 2andtostand integrated under Stage 1:
5206 Cotton yarn<85% 156,816 kg.
5703 20 Carpets ofnylon orother polyamides, tufted 9,081,676 kg.
6305 Sacks andbags(other thanearlier notified) 2,743,591 kg.
The1990importvolumefortheseHSlinesrepresents11,982,083kg.(or10.19percent
ofthetotalimports). Thevolume ofimports forStage 1integrated products willthenbe
30,941,298 kg.or26.32 percentofthetotal1990 imports.G/TMB/N/3/Add.3
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C. Thefollowing additional HSlinesareincluded inthelistofproducts tobeintegrated
during Stage 2:
5703 10 Carpets ofwool orfineanimal hair,tufted 460,347 kg.
5703 30 Carpets ofother man-made textile materials, tufted 2,097,288 kg.
5703 90 Carpets ofother textile materials, tufted 342,913 kg.
5705 Carpets andother textile floor coverings, nes 519,975 kg.
Theimport volume forthese HSlinesrepresents 3,420,523 kg.(or2.91percentof
thetotalimports). Thevolume ofimports forStage 2integrated products willthenbe
20,002,132 kg.or17.02 percentofthetotal1990 imports.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) OleLundby
Minister Counsellor
Deputy Permanent Representative totheWTO