WTO ATC QUOTAS
December 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTEXTILE exporters loading products onto a ship before January 1 may have to secure import authorisations from the European Union (EU), even if the goods arrive after that date, the deadline for abolishing quotas for World Trade Organisation member countries. The European Commission said such approval is required if the goods were controlled by textile quotas in 2004 and will enter the EU before April 1. Anything arriving after that date will need no authorisation, except Chinese goods. Here textile products have to be accompanied by an import ...
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