WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/189
30October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4560)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 6.9
Agreed Restraint Measure between theUnited States andElSalvador
Imports ofcotton andman-made fibrepyjamas andnightwear
(UScategory 351/651)
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived from theUnited States, pursuant toparagraph 9
ofArticle 6,thenotification ofarestraint measure agreed between theUnited States andElSalvador1
andisforwarding thetextofthisnotification toWTO Members fortheirinformation.
1SeealsoG/TMB/R/15, paragraph 10.
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Office oftheUnited States Trade Representative, Geneva
27November 1995
TheHonourable
Ambassador András Szepesi
Chairman, Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
RuedeLausanne
1211 Geneva
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
Pursuant totheprovisions ofArticle 6.9oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing,
representatives oftheUnited States andElSalvador reached agreement onarestraint measure for
category 351/651 (cotton andman-made fibresleepwear) and352/652 (cotton andman-made fibre
underwear).2
With regard to351/651, fortheperiod 27March 1995 -31December 1995, atransitional
limitof500,000 dozen hasbeenestablished forthiscategory. In1996, thespecific limitportion of
thisrestraint totals 366,000 dozen. Inaddition, fortheremainder ofthethree-year restraint period,
aGuaranteed Access Level of500,000 dozen isalsoestablished which canthereafter beincreased upon
request from ElSalvador. In1997, thespecific limit increases to387,960 dozen. Fortheperiod
1January 1998 -26March 1998, thespecific limitincreases to95,768 dozen, theprorated amount
forthethree-month period subject torestraint.
Sincerely,
(signed) William Tagliani
Attache
2Thenotification oftheagreement oftherestraint measure forcategory 352/652 hasbeen circulated in
G/TMB/N/141.