WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/MA/W/46/Add.16 
21 November 2005 
 (05-5502) 
Negotiating Group on Market Access Original:   Spanish 
  
  
NON-TARIFF BARRIER NOTIFICATIONS 
 
Addendum
 
 
  This notification replaces the non-tariff barri er notifications by Mexico contained in 
document TN/MA/W/46.  
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I. MEXICO......................................................................................................................... ...........2  
 
  
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I. MEXICO 
 
Maintaining 
participant Products 
affected by the 
barrier Nature of the barrier Trade effects of the 
barrier Inventory 
category Relevant WTO 
provision Treatment of 
the barrier 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
 Textiles 
 One Member maintains a loan 
programme for the development of 
export markets. These loans reimburse up 
to 50 per cent of certain 
costs. Part I A Agreement on 
Subsidies and 
Countervailing 
Measures  
 Horizontal One Member imposes import duties, 
which include, inter alia , storage, 
cargo and maritime transport taxes.  Part V B GATT Art. VIII  
 Textiles and 
clothing  One Member has labelling 
requirements for textile and clothing products so as to verify, through 
laboratory tests, whether dry-cleaning 
is really necessary.  Part IV K Agreement on 
Technical Barriers to Trade  
 Horizontal Application of minimum prices.  Part II Agreement on 
Customs Valuation  
 Textiles and 
clothing One Member imposes import quotas 
on textile and clothing products 
through a visa system.  The visas are 
issued through an import licensing mechanism and are not granted to 
foreign marketing companies, only to 
domestic producers and exporters of like products.  Importing is allowed 
with a 70 per cent re-export clause.  Part II G 
Part IV A GATT Art. III 
GATT Art. XI 
Agreement on 
Import Licensing Procedures  
 Horizontal Use of minimum and reference 
prices, rather than transaction prices, 
for customs valuation purposes.  Part II B Agreement on 
Customs Valuation   
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 Page 3Maintaining 
participant Products 
affected by the 
barrier Nature of the barrier Trade effects of the 
barrier Inventory 
category Relevant WTO 
provision Treatment of 
the barrier 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
 Horizontal One Member uses tax refunds and 
applies production and export subsidies.  Part I A GATT Art. VIII  
Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing 
Measures  
 Textiles Export restrictions on textile raw 
materials (cotton). Lowers the price of 
textile inputs. Part IV G GATT Art. XI  
 Horizontal One Member, in addition to the 
normal tariff (generally 30 per cent), 
levies an additional special tax of 4 per cent on the import value (which 
already includes import tax). For textile sector goods, 
the tariff actually paid 
increases by 35 to 55 per cent. Part V B, E GATT Art. VIII 
 
 Textiles and 
clothing One Member maintains a ban on 
imports of textiles and clothing that 
contain certain dyes. Testing requirements 
increase costs and delay 
the release of goods from 
customs. Part III A Agreement on 
Technical Barriers 
to Trade  
 Textiles and clothing One Member grants exemptions on 
export profits, tariff incentives and 
preferential import licensing schemes, providing they meet export 
requirements.  Part I A 
Part IV A Agreement on 
Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures  
 Textiles and clothing One Member places restrictions on 
import of fabrics by producers and 
wholesalers.  The provision stipulates 
that only companies equipped to reprocess the imported fabrics into 
value-added products are eligible to 
receive an import licence.  Part IV A GATT Art. VIII 
 
 
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