WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/16/COL/1/Suppl.1 
21 March 2006 
 (06-1272) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16.1 OF THE PROTOCOL ON THE ACCESSION OF 
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO THE WTO 
 
Supplement
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 14 March 2006, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Colombia.  
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  Pursuant to the provisions concerning the notif ication of safeguard actions under Article 16 of 
the Protocol on the Accession of the People's Rep ublic of China to the WTO, Colombia hereby 
notifies that its competent authorities, under Resolution No. 0046 of 6 March 2006 of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, have ordered the closure of the investigation initiated by 
Resolutions 0223 and 0227 of 2005 of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, concerning 
the textile products originating from the People's Republic of China listed below: 
 Resolution 0223
: 
 
1. Product subject to investigation :  Textile products classified under the following Colombian 
Harmonized Customs Tariff subheadings:  54.07.52;  54.07.54;  54.07.51;  54.07.61;  58.02.19;  58.04.21;  59.03.10;  59.03.90;  60.02.40;  60.04.10;  60.05.32;  60.05.34;  60.06.22;  60.06.24;  63.02.40;  63.02.60;  63.03.12.  Resolution 0227
: 
 
1. Product subject to investigation :  Textile products classified under the following Colombian 
Harmonized Customs Tariff subheadings:  
52.09.42 52.11.42 52.12.24 52.08.12 52.08.22 52.08.23 52.08.32 52.08.33 52.08.39 
52.08.52 52.09.21 52.09.22 52.09.31 52.09.32 52.09.51 52.11.31 52.11.32 52.11.52 
52.11.59 52.08.42 52.08.49 52.10.41 52.10.49 54.07.42 54.07.44 54.07.61 55.13.11 55.13.21 55.13.31 55.13.41 55.14.22 55.15.11 55.15.12 60.04.10 60.06.22 60.06.23 60.06.31 60.06.32 56.03.91 56.03.92 56.03.93 56.03.94 59.03.90 63.02.22 63.02.32 63.02.51 63.02.53 94.04.90 62.01.12 62.05.20 62.05.30 62.03.42 62.03.43 62.03.32 
62.03.33 63.06.22 63.07.90.90           
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  MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND TOURISM 
 
RESOLUTION NUMBER 0046 OF 6 MARCH 2006 
  
Ordering the Closure of the Administrative Investigations Initiated 
by Resolutions 0223 and 0227 of 2005 
  
THE DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN TRADE 
 
 
 In exercise of the authority conferred by law and particularly by Article 18.5 of Decree 210 of 
2003, further to the provisions of Decree 1480 of 2005, and  
 
WHEREAS 
 
  Further to requests made by ASCOLTEX on behalf of PROTELA and LAFAYETTE, 
COLTEJER and FABRICATO-TEJICOND OR and supported by other companies belonging to that 
association, which were received by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism on 15 and 
27 July 2005, the Foreign Trade Directorate issued Resolutions 0223 of 26 July 2005 and 0227 of 1 August 2005 ordering the initiation of administrative  investigations with a view to determining the 
imposition of safeguards on imports of textile products of Chinese origin. 
 
 On the basis of Decree 1480 of 11 May 2005 regulating the procedure for the application of 
transitional safeguard measures to specific products, s tipulated in Article 16 of the Protocol on the 
Accession of the People's Republic of China to the WTO, by Decree 2839 of 17 August 2005, published on 18 August 2005 in the Official Journa l, the National Government adopted temporary 
safeguard measures for imports of certain textile products  originating in that country, in the form of an 
additional tariff, which remained in force for 200 calendar days. 
 
 The requesting party referred to in the prea mbular paragraph of this resolution, in a 
communication of 2 March 2006 personally delivered  to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and 
Tourism by a representative, formally withdrew  the requests for the application of safeguards 
contained in Files SA-215-01-37 and SA-215-03-39 , referred to in Resolutions 0223 and 0227 of 
2005. 
  The domestic producers of the products subj ect to the provisional safeguard base their 
withdrawal on the following considerations:  (i) th e Colombian textile industry has suffered serious 
prejudice as a consequence of the importation of textiles from the People's Republic of China, leaving domestic producers with structural problems that require measures of longer standing than the 
safeguards;  (ii) the protection conferred by the safegua rd requested is limited in time;  (iii) the nature 
and causes of the requests for safeguards have made the proceedings difficult for Colombia to handle 
through diplomatic channe ls with the Chinese Government;  (iv)  the characteristics set forth in the 
relevant rules and the injury caused to this domes tic industry have different origins warranting an 
application to impose anti-dumping measures, whic h will be submitted shortly;  and (v) given the 
various options contained in the material rules. 
  Article 8 of the Administrative Disputes Code allows requests to be withdrawn at any time, 
although the authorities are free to pursue the acti on should they consider it necessary in the public 
interest.  G/SG/N/16/COL/1/Suppl.1 
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 In its notice of withdrawal, the party for whom Decree 1480 of 2005 established a trade defence procedure, stated that it has decided to  present an application for the imposition of anti-
dumping measures to replace the safeguard measure.  
 
RESOLVES 
 
  Article 1 .  To order the closure of the administrative investigations initiated by 
Resolutions 0223 of 26 July 2005 and 0227 of 1 August 2005, issued by the Foreign Trade 
Directorate, concerning imports of textile products  originating from the People's Republic of China, 
and as a consequence, end the investigations.   Article 2 .  To notify this resolution to the im porters, exporters a nd known domestic and 
foreign producers of the product under investigati on, and to the Government of China through its 
diplomatic representative in Colombia.   Article 3 .  To send a copy of the present resolution to the National Customs and Excise 
Directorate in the interest of matters falling within the latter's competence.  
 Article 4 .  In accordance with the provisions of Article 49 of the Administrative Disputes 
Code, the present resolution is not open to appeal.   Article 5 .  This Resolution shall enter into effect from the date of its publication in the 
Official Journal. 
 
FOR PUBLICATION, COMMUNICATION AND EXECUTION 
 
Done at Bogotá, D.C., 6 March 2006.  
RAFAEL ANTONIO TORRES MARTÍN 
 
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