WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/425/Add.1
14 June 2002
(02-3305)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 3.1 and 3.2(b)
JAPAN
Addendum
The Textiles Monitoring Body has received a further notification from Japan pursuant to
Articles 3.1 and 3.2(b)
The TMB, in accordance with Article 3.5, is circulating this notification to WTO Members
for their information.G/TMB/N/425/Add.1
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Permanent Mission of Japan
Geneva
Geneva, 5 April 2002
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
Attached please find the information our mission has received from our capital in response to
your letter addressed to Ambassador Haraguchi of 6 March, which requested further information
regarding Japan's notification of quantitative restrictions on imports of certain textile and apparel
products originating in China that were in force on the date prior to the date of China's accession
(G/TMB/SPEC/468).1
The attached information provides additional info rmation with regard to the said notification
pursuant to Article 3.1 of the ATC as well as the phase-out program pursuant to Article 3.2 of the
ATC.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed)
Shingo Yamagami
Counsellor
Encl.
H.E. Mr. András SZEPESI
AmbassadorChairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organisation /WTO
Rue de Lausanne 154
1211 Genève 21
                                                     
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Notification by Japan pursuant to Articles 3.1 and 3.2(b)
of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC)
Since 1976, the Government of Japan (GOJ) and the Government of People's Republic of
China (PRC) have held governmental consultations every fiscal year to determine quota level of silk
yarn and silk fabric imported from PRC.  Through the consultations, both Members have determined
the quota levels of silk yarn and silk fabric, based on the level of the preceding fiscal year,
considering supply-demand of silk products in the Japanese market as well as Japanese economic
situation.  The quota levels are administered by GOJ, the importing Member, based on an import
approval system pursuant to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.
Phase-out Program
Country Products HS tariff lines Unit2001 Fiscal
Year
Quota LevelGrowth rate Period
Silk yarn 5004.00.000
5006.00.010Bale
(1 bale is
60 kg)18,431
(1,106 tons)See Annex
China
Silk
fabric5007.20.031
5007.20.0325007.20.033
5007.20.034
5007.20.035
5007.20.039
5007.20.0915007.20.092
5007.20.093
5007.20.094
5007.20.095
5007.20.0995803.90.019Million
square
meters7.814 See AnnexNo later than
1.1.2005
(See Annex)
[Note] 5006.00.010: Only silk yarn is subject to the quota.
5803.90.019: Only gauze of pure silk is subject to the quota.All above described products are not integrated into GATT 1994.G/TMB/N/425/Add.1
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Annex
Explanation of the phase-out programme
• The quota levels of silk yarn and silk fabric imported from PRC shall be annually increased from
the levels of the preceding fiscal year.  The quota levels will be determined annually based on
above-mentioned principle, through the consultations between GOJ and PRC which will be held
annually.
• The measures on silk yarn and silk fabric imported from PRC shall be removed no later than
1 January 2005.
• The GOJ will report annually to the TMB the quota levels of silk yarn and silk fabric determined
through the bilateral consultations with PRC.
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