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ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/434
14 March 2002
(02-1329)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 3.1
BRAZIL
The Textiles Monitoring Body has received a notification from Brazil pursuant to Article 3.1.
The TMB, in accordance with Article 3.5, is circulating this notification to WTO Members
for their information.G/TMB/N/434
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Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations
Geneva
1 March 2002
From:  Ambassador Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa
To: Ambassador András Szepesi
ChairmanTextiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Fax:  739 5780
Pursuant to Article 3.1 of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, I hereby notify the
Textiles Monitoring Body that Brazil maintains a quantitative restriction on imports from
Chinese Taipei, of the following nature:
Product :  Certain man-made knitted or crocheted fabrics of category 222.  This category
corresponds to HS tariff lines 6002.10.20, 6002.10.90, 6002.20.20, 6002.20.90, 6002.30.20,
6002.30.90, 6002.43.00 and 6002.93.00, excluding cotton fabrics, according to the Mercosul
Common External Tariff classification.
Quantity :  6,799,309 kilograms per year with an annual growth rate of 6 per cent.
This restriction was in force on the date prior to  the date of Chinese Taipei's accession to the
WTO.
The programme to phase out the restriction wi ll be notified to the TMB according to terms
laid down in Article 3.2(b) of the ATC.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed)
Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa
Permanent Representative
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