WORLD TRADE WT/DS94/7
8August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3343)
Original: English
INDIA -QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OF
AGRICULTURAL, TEXTILE AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from NewZealand
Thefollowing communication, dated 1August 1997, from thePermanent Mission of
NewZealand tothePermanent Mission ofSwitzerland, thePermanent Mission ofIndia andtothe
Dispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing
theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU), theNewZealand Government hereby notifies theDispute Settlement
Body that,inlightofthesubstantial trade interest ofNew Zealand, itdesires tobejoined inthe
consultations under Article XXII:1 ofGATT 1994 requested bySwitzerland inacommunication
circulated toWTO Members on23July1997(WT/DS94/1), entitled “India-Quantitative restrictions
onimports ofagricultural, textile andindustrial products ”.
NewZealandhasasubstantialtradeinterestintheproductssubjecttothequantitativerestrictions
referred tointherequest ofSwitzerland. NewZealand exported overNZ$4.6 million ofsuchproducts
toIndia in1996. Intheabsence ofquantitative restrictions, NewZealand ’sexports ofsuchproducts
toIndia would havebeenconsiderably higher.