WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/217
19February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0673)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
Saint KittsandNevis
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived anotification fromSaint KittsandNevis pursuant
toparagraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.G/TMB/N/217
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Office oftheDeputy Prime Minister
St.Christopher andNevis
19December 1996
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
RuedeLausanne 154
CH-1211 Geneva 21
Switzerland
Dear Mr.Szepesi,
Wehavereceived yourletter informing St.KittsandNevis about notifications foroursecond
stage ofintegration relating totheATC and,clarification ofourfirststage notification.
St.KittsandNevis wishtoretain ourrighttousetheprovisions ofArticle 6oftheATC1and
willintegrate intoGATT 1994theproducts which accounted fornotlessthan16percentofourtotal
volume ofimports intheAnnex in1990.2Theproducts integrated areasfollows: Fabrics (23percent),
Made-up textile products (16.10 percent) and,Clothing (53percent).
Thelinebylinedescription oftheproducts, theirHScodes andvalues areprovided inthe
tables below. Wehavealsoenclosed thesecond stage ofintegration which isintegrating theproducts
which account fornotlessthat17percentofthetotalvolume oftheMembers '1990 imports ofthe
products intheAnnex.
Wehopethatthenotifications areincompliance withtherequirements.
Sincerely,
(Signed)
Kemoy Liburd-Chow
Investment andTrade Officer
1Thisnotification willbeissued inaseparate document asG/TMB/N/216.
2Thefirststage ofintegration willbeissued asaseparate document inG/TMB/N/193/Add.1.G/TMB/N/217
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Theproducts which accounted fornotlessthan17percentofourtotalvolume ofimports
intheAnnex in1990areasfollow: fabrics (23percent)andclothing (53percent). Thetables below
include theHScodes, descriptions andvalue inEC$.
FABRICS 23%
HSCODE DESCRIPTION VALUE
5007.10 Woven fabrics ofnoilsilk 763
5106.10 Yarn ofcarded wool, >/=85% byweight ofwool, notputupforresale 40
5111.11 Woven fabrics ofcarded wool/fine animal hair, >/=85% byweight 82
5113 Woven fabrics ofcoarse animal hairorhorsehair 25
5208.29/.39/
.49/.59Woven fabrics ofcotton, >/=85%, notmore than200g/m2(bleached,
dyed andprinted)88,794
5209.11 Plain weave cotton fabric, unbleached 58,404
5210 Other woven fabrics ofcotton 340,395
5310.10/.90 Woven fabrics ofjuteorother textile fibres 785
5512 Fabrics, woven ofcontinuous synthetic textile materials 660,359
Greige fabrics woven, wholly ofsynthetic fibres 183,543
Greige fabrics, woven ofpolyester fibres mixed withcotton 53,900
Greige fabrics, woven ofsynthetic fibres mixed withother materials 1,506
Other fabrics woven wholly ofsynthetic fibres 22,057
5513/5514-
.13/.23/.33/
.43Other fabrics woven ofpolyester fibres mixed withcotton 21,715
5513/5514-
.19/.29/.39/
.49Other fabrics woven ofother synthetic fibres mixed withcotton 29
5515.91/.92 Other fabrics ofsynthetic fibres mixed withother materials 10,363
5516 Other fabrics, woven, ofdiscontinuous regenerated fibres mixed with
other materials444
5407.73/.93 Woven fabrics ofsynthetic filaments, yarn 660,359
5801.10 Woven pileandchenille fabrics ofwool/fine animal hair 8,790
5801.21 Woven uncut weftpileandchenille fabric softcotton, other thanterry
andnarrow fabrics3,465
5802.11 Terry towelling andsimilar woven terry fabric ofcotton, unbleached 8,297
5804.10 Tulles andother netfabrics, notinclwoven, knitted orcrocheted fabrics 31,151
5806.10 Narrow woven pilefabrics andnarrow chenille fabrics 267,140
5811 Quilted textile products 762,223
5901.10/.90 Textile fabrics coated withgum; tracing cloth 4,863
5903.10/.20/
.90Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered/laminated withprep. Of
cellulose derivatives orofother artificial plastic materials60,823
5906.99 Rubberized textile fabrics 12,515
5911 Textile fabrics andtextile articles commonly used fortechnical purposes 10,532
6001.91 Pile, knitted orcrocheted fabrics, ofcotton 54
6113 Garments made upofimpreg, coated, covered orlaminated textile knitted
fabric12,269G/TMB/N/217
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HSCODE DESCRIPTION VALUE
6203.32 Men's/boys 'jackets andblazers, ofcotton 4,385
7019.20 Woven fabrics offibre glass 34,304
TOTAL 3,324,374
CLOTHING 53%
HSCODE DESCRIPTION VALUE
6105.10 Men's/boys 'shirts, ofcotton, knitted 5,953
Men's/boys 'shirts, ofcotton, synthetic fibres 12,946
6105.90 Men's/boys 'shirts, ofother textile materials, knitted 424
6106.10 Women 's/girls 'blouses, shirts, ofcotton, knitted 41,219
6106.20 Women 's/girls 'blouses andshirts, ofman-made fibres, knitted 384
6106.90 Women 's/girls 'blouses andshirts, ofother materials, knitted 16,261
6108.31 Women 's/girls 'nightdresses andpyjamas, ofcotton, knitted 1,734
6108.32 Women 's/girls 'nightdresses andpyjamas, ofman-made fibres, knitted 1,446
6108.21 Women 's/girls 'briefs andpanties, ofcotton, knitted 3,264
6108.29 Women 's/girls 'briefs andpanties, ofother fibres, knitted 2,944
6110.10 Pullovers, cardigans andsimilar articles ofwool orfineanimal hair 418
6110.20 Pullovers, cardigans andsimilar articles ofcotton, knitted 5,664
6110.30 Pullovers, cardigans andsimilar articles ofman-made fibres, knitted 6,829
6110.90 Pullovers, cardigans andsimilar articles ofother textile materials, knitted 9,108
6111.20 Babies garments andclothing accessories, ofcotton 238
6112.11 Track suits, ofcotton, knitted 1,912
6112.12 Track suits, ofsynthetic fibres, knitted 945
6112.19 Track suits, ofother textile materials, knitted 162
6206.40 Women 's/girls 'blouses andshirts, ofman-made fibres, notknitted 9,253
6207.29 Men's/boys 'nightshirts andpyjamas, ofother textile materials, not
knitted11,129
6207.22 Men's/boys 'nightshirts andpyjamas, ofman-made fibres, notknitted 3,790
6207.21 Men's/boys 'nightshirts andpyjamas, ofcotton, notknitted 3,674
6208.91 Women 's/girls 'panties, bathrobes, ofcotton, notknitted 11,265
6208.92 Women 's/girls 'panties, bathrobes, ofman-made fibres, notknitted 4,666
6208.99 Women 's/girls 'panties, bathrobes, ofother textile materials 8,955
6208.21 Women 's/girls 'nightdresses andpyjamas, ofcotton, notknitted 2,217
6208.22 Women 's/girls 'nightdresses andpyjamas, ofman-made fibres, not
knitted2,136
6208.29 Women 's/girls 'nightdresses andpyjamas, ofother textile materials 11,249
6209.90 Babies garments andclothing accessories ofother textile materials, not
knitted18,809
6209.10 Babies garments andclothing accessories ofwool/fine animal hair, not
knitted8,904
6209.20 Babies garments andclothing accessories ofcotton, notknitted 130,354
6210.10 Garments made upoftextile feltsandofnon-woven textile fabrics 2,216G/TMB/N/217
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HSCODE DESCRIPTION VALUE
6211.11 Men's/boys 'swimwear, oftextile materials notknitted 23,899
6211.32 Men's/boys 'garments, ofcotton, notknitted 27,102
6214 Shawls, scarves, veils andthelike, oftextile fabrics 11,727
6215 Ties, bows andcravats 20,339
6212.10 Brassieres, oftextile materials 49,498
6212.20/30 Corsets andgirdles 6,322
6113 Garments made upofimpreg, coated, covered orlaminated textile knitted
fabric12,269
6201.11 Men's/boys 'overcoats andsimilar articles ofwool/fine animal hair, not
knitted2,216
6201.19 Men's/boys 'overcoats andsimilar articles ofother fibres 27,002
6202.19 Women 's/girls 'overcoats andsimilar articles ofother textile materials,
notknitted5,395
6203.12 Men's/boys 'suits ofsynthetic fibres 14,005
6203.41 Men's/boys 'trousers andshorts, ofwool orfineanimal hair, notknitted 8,062
6203.42 Men's/boys 'trousers andshorts, ofcotton, notknitted 177,196
6203.43 Men's/boys 'trousers andshorts, ofsynthetic fibres, notknitted 40,291
6203.49 Men's/boys 'trousers andshorts, ofother textile materials, notknitted 85,021
6203.32 Men's/boys 'jackets andblazers, ofcotton, notknitted 9,099
6204.52 Women 's/girls 'skirts, ofcotton, notknitted 30,027
6204.53 Women 's/girls 'skirts, ofsynthetic fibres, notknitted 9,822
6204.59 Women 's/girls 'skirts, ofother textile materials, notknitted 29,810
6204.49 Women 's/girls 'dresses, ofother textile materials, notknitted 51,837
6204.42 Women 's/girls 'dresses, ofcotton, notknitted 71,673
6204.43 Women 's/girls 'dresses, ofsynthetic fibres, notknitted 23,869
6205.30 Men's/boys 'shirts, ofman-made fibres, notknitted 42,335
6205.20 Men's/boys 'shirts, ofcotton 133,743
6205.90 Men's/boys 'shirts, ofother textile materials 211,999
6206.10 Women 's/girls 'blouses andshirts, ofsilkorsilkwaste, notknitted 13,101
6206.30 Women 's/girls 'blouses andshirts, ofcotton, notknitted 15,831
6212.90 Corsets, braces andsimilar articles, oftextile materials 5,951,888
6217.10 Clothing accessories 193,329
6204.61 Women 's/girls 'trousers andshorts ofwool/fine animal hair, notknitted 28,747
TOTAL 7,667,922