WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/R/52
29 April 1999
(99-1730)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OF THE FIFTY-THIRD MEETING
1. The Textiles Monitoring Body held its fifty-third meeting on 9 February 1999.
2. Mr. Kumar appointed Mr. Khalil (Egypt) as his alternate.
3. Present at this meeting were the following members and/or alternates:
Messrs. Chung/Mannan; Grané/Ehlers; Kumar; Kobayashi; Moroz/Wentzel; Nayyar/Ms. Loi;
Messrs. Richards; Tadpitakkul/Hastjarjo; Tagliani;  Urkan.
4. The TMB adopted the report of its fifty-second meeting (G/TMB/R/51).
Notification under Articles 2.6 and 2.7(b)
5. The TMB reviewed, pursuant to Article 2.21, the notification made under Articles 2.6 and
2.7(b) by Myanmar (G/TMB/N/177/A dd.1).  During this review, the TMB noted that the volume of
products integrated amounted to 16.24 per cent of the total volume of imports into Myanmar in
1992-93 of textile and clothing products.  The TMB also noted that, in accordance with Article 2.6,the products integrated included products from each of the four groups: tops and yarns, fabrics,
made-up textile products, and clothing.  With respect to the fact that the calculation of the share of the
products integrated had been made on the basis of data for 1992-93, the TMB was informed by
Myanmar that this was the first period for which data were available under the Harmonized System
(HS) categorization system.  The TMB also noted that the notification contained no "ex HS lines".
The TMB further noted that two products included in the notification (HS 5101.29.00.00 and
5101.30.00.00) did not fall within the coverage of the ATC.  In this respect the TMB observed thatsuch products could not form part of an integration programme.  It further observed that even if the
imports of these two products were not counted the volume of products integrated by Myanmar would
amount to not less than 16 per cent of the volume of Myanmar's total imports in 1992-93 of the
products falling under the coverage of the ATC.  The TMB, therefore, took note of the notification by
Myanmar under Articles 2.6 and 2.7(b) with the observations mentioned above.
Observations with Respect to Late Notifications
6. With respect to notifications addressed to the TMB after the relevant deadlines, the TMB
reiterated that its taking note of late notifications was without prejudice to the legal status of such
notifications.
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