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WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/66/Add.1
14February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0500)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 3.1
United States
Addendum
TheTextilesMonitoringBodyhasreceivedafurthernotificationfromtheUnitedStates,pursuant
toparagraph 1ofArticle 3.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 5ofArticle 3,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members fortheirinformation.G/TMB/N/66/Add.1
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United States Trade Representative
18December 1995
TheHonourable András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Dear Mr.Chairman,
Ambassador Gardner hasforwarded tomeyour letter of27October concerning further
clarifications onnotifications bytheUnited States under Article 3oftheAgreement onTextiles and
Clothing. Following areourresponses tothequestions inyourletter.
1. Ihaveenclosed acopyofthe1995 Correlation: USTextile andApparel Categories withthe
HarmonizedSystemoftheUnitedStatestoprovidedetailedproductdescriptionsandgenerallyapplicable
conversion factors. However, wealsointend tosupply thisinformation totheTextiles Monitoring
Body inournotifications ofadministrative arrangements, which willalsocontain detailed information
astoanynon-standard conversion factors (such asthose usedformerged orpartcategories) usedto
administer categories under restriction.
2. The"**"onpage7ofG/TMB/N/66 were typing errors.
3. TheSpecial Access Programme fortheCaribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) beneficiary countries
generally defines domestic policies, requirements andregulations governing theestablishment of
Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) onindividual product categories. GALs arequota preference levels,
andwereprimarily negotiated within bilateral agreements maintained under theMultifibre Arrangement,
including Articles 6.5and6.6. GALs benefit from consultation procedures which permit increases
rather thanautomatic growth increments orthrough flexibility. Therefore, itwasconsidered
inappropriate tonotify thelevels under Article 2,because theprovisions ofArticle 2,paragraphs 13
and14(andothers) would notapply.
TheCaribbean Basin Economic Recovery Actof1982 (CBERA), asamended andextended,
initially setouttheframework fortheprovision bytheUnited States ofunilateral trade preferences
forthecountries oftheCBI. TheUnited States received awaiver from theGATT in1986 from the
most-favoured-nation provision ofArticle 1,forcertain ofthese preferences, butdidnotrequire a
waiver forthetextile quota preference programme itself.
4. Therestrictions which wereapplied unilaterally toimports fromBurma willbeeliminated at
thetermination oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing.G/TMB/N/66/Add.1
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Therestriction oncategory 361imports fromKuwait wasagreed tobetween theUnited States
andKuwait, andshould beconsidered acooperative measure between theUnited States andKuwait
toprevent circumvention ofquotas bythirdcountries, which hadbeendemonstrated toexistpreviously.
Suchcooperation issimilar tothatoutlined inArticle 5oftheATC. Thisrestriction willbeeliminated
atthetermination oftheATC.
Sincerely,
RitaD.Hayes
Ambassador-Designate
Chief Textile Negotiator