Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 82 Thursday,December 09,2004 Posted: 14:54 BJT(0654 GMT) In accordance with relevant terms in Agreement on Textile and Clothing of WTO, quotas on textiles from China are set to disappear as of January 1, 2005 by the countries that conducted the trade restrictions. Matters of concern are listed as follows: 1, From January 1, 2005, EU, US, Canada and Turkey shall completely abolish the quotas on textiles from China. (For details, see the appendix) 2, Chinese textiles listed in the appendix, which reach the original countries with restrictions as of January 1, 2005, shall not be conducted Quota License management; for those reach the original countries with restrictions before January 1, 2005, relevant Quota Licenses are still compulsory. 3, For the Chinese textiles listed in the appendix, which reach EU member countries and Turkey as of January 1, 2005, the exporters shall still provide appropriative Certificate of Origin for textiles. The exports and operators shall apply Certificate of Origin for textiles and silk-linen fabrics exported to EU and Turkey, which the above-mentioned countries will checkout. 4, In view of Quota License management will not terminate until January 1, 2005, all the relevant license issuing and electronic data transmitting institutions, authorized by Ministry of Commerce, shall continue their routine work till March 31, 2005. Appendix: List of Eliminated Quotas I. List of EU and Turkey Category Product Description 1 cotton yarn (not for retail sale) 2 cotton woven fabrics 2A cotton dobby 2N narrow fabrics (less than 115 cm) 2G medical gauze 3 synthetical staple fibre woven cloth 3A synthetical staple fibre woven colored cloth 4 knitted shirts, T-shirt, knitted light weight fine knit roll (kid shirts included) 5 sweater, knit jacket, knitted windcheater 5A cashmere sweater 6 male / female woven trousers 6S male woven shorts 7 female woven knitted shirt 8 male woven shirt 9 cotton towel cloth, towel 12 socks 13 knitted underwear 14 male woven long/ short outer wear, raincoat 15 female woven long/short outer wear .etc 16 male woven suits (skiing suits excluded) 17 male woven business suit style coat 20/39 woven sheets or table cloth 22 synthetical short fibre yarn (not for retail sale) 23 artificial short fibre yarn (not for retail sale) 26 one-piece dress 28 male/female knitted trousers 29 female woven suits 31 corsage 78 male/female woven connected dress, woven gelatinized dress, other woven dress 83 knitted long outer wear, business suit style jacket, skiing suit, other knitted dress 97 fishing net 115 linen/ ramee yarn, 117 linen / ramee woven fabric 118 linen / ramee woven bedding, dining table, bathroom, kitchen fabrics 122 linen goods packing bag 136A designed and colored silk fabric 156 silk female knitted shirt, pullover 157 male/female knitted long/short outer wear, thick jacket, business suit style coat, shirts, bathrobe (not made of cotton, woolen, and polyester) 159 silk woven one-piece dress, female shirt, muffle, tie 163 yarn and yarn products (for medical use) EX20 woven sheet and pillowslip II. List of US Category Production Description 200 sartorial yarn, thread 218 colored weaving 219 canvas 226 cheesecloth/batiste 237 playsuits 239 baby diaper 300/301 plain/fine carding yarn 313 delaine 314 poplin 315 printing and dyeing cloth 317/326 damask satin 326 cotton tribute silk 331 part of gloves 333 male business suit style coat 334 other male coat 335 female coat 336 one-piece dress 338/339 knitted shirt 338/339-S knitted shirt with collar 340 male woven shirt 340-Z male colored woven shirt 341 female woven shirt 341-Y female colored woven shirt 342 skirt 345 cashmere sweater 347/348 trousers 351 pajamas 352 underwear 359-C jumpsuit 359-V vest 360 pillowslip 360-P pillowslip 361 sheet 362 bedspread, bedquilt 363 towel 410 wool spinning and woolen fabrics 410-A slub wool spinning and woolen fabrics 410-B fine wool spinning and woolen fabrics 433 male business suit style outer wear 434 male coat outer wear 435 female coat outer wear 436 one-piece dress 438 knitted shirt 440 woven shirt 440-M male woven shirt 442 dress 443 woolen male suits 444 woolen female suits 445/446 woolen sweater 447 woolen male trousers 448 woolen female trousers 611 artificial cotton 613 calico 614 poplin 615 printing and dyeing cloth 617 diagonal damask 631 chemical fibre gloves 633 chemical fibre male business style outer wear 634 chemical fibre male outer wear 635 chemical fibre female outer wear 636 chemical fibre one-piece dress 638/639 chemical fibre knitted shirt 640 chemical fibre male woven shirt 641 chemical fibre female woven shirt 642 chemical fibre dress 643 chemical fibre male business suits 644 chemical fibre female business suits 645/646 chemical fibre woolen sweater 647 chemical fibre male trousers 648 chemical fibre female trousers 651 chemical fibre pajamas 651-B blanket sleepers, 652 underwear 659-C jumpsuit 659-H chapeau 659-S swimsuit 666 other decorative articles for use 845 vegetable fibre sweater 846 silk blending sweater Group Two 332 socks 359-O other kinds of cotton clothing 459 other kinds of woolen clothing 659-O other kinds of chemical fibre clothing Group Three 201 other yarn 400 wool yarn 603 artificial staple fibre yarn 604-O partly synthetical staple fibre yarn 220 specially weaved cloth 224-V velvet 225 diagonal dungaree 227 oxford 369-O other cotton products 414 other cotton products 618 cellulose filament yarn fabrics 619 polyester filament yarn cloth 620 other filament yarn fabrics 624 chemical fibre blending cloth 625 poplin and wide coverage cloth 626 printing and dyeing cloth 627 calico 628 diagonal damask 629 other kinds of cloth 469 part of the sundries products Group Four 852 underwear III. List of Canada Category Production Description 1A jacket 1B overcoat 2 winter outer wear 2A large checked woolen shirt (for male and kids) 3A business suits, business suit style jacket and coat 3/4A suits, business suit style jacket and coat (for male and kids) 4B one-piece dress, short skirt 5 trousers, work clothes,shorts 5A part of the trousers 7/8A shirts, female shirts, singlet, long-sleeved vest 8C sport suits 9 underwear 10 pajamas, bathing dress 11 woolen sweater 13 close - fitting undergarment 31A combing woolen fabric 32A cotton cloth (managing) 36 mixed polyester cotton fabric 36A mixed polyester cotton fabric (managing) 41A sheet 41B pillowslip 42A cotton towel 43 socks (All information published in this website is authentic in Chinese. English is provided for reference only. )

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