English GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE. Original: FINLAND

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1 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE RESTRICTED L/3743/Add.1 26 September 1972 Limited Distribution Original: English RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS FROM POLAND Notifications fromcontracting Parties Addendum 1. Fifteen notifications on restrictions on imports from Poland were circulated in document L/3743 dated 19 September The following notifications have subsequently been received from the Governments of Finland and Ireland. FINLAND The following are lists of products which were license free when imported into Finland from countries under multilateral import treatment but subject to licensing when imported from Poland, including imports of these products from Poland in 1967 and The lists reflect the situation on 30 June 1967 and on 1 January LIST OF PRODUCTS WHICH ON 1 JANUARY1972 WERE LICENCE FREE WHEN IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES UNDER MULTILATERAL IMPORT TREATMENT AND SUBJECT TO LICENSING WHEN IMPORTED FROM POLAND DURING 1971 Customs tariff No /229 Commodity Cement Zinc oxide Aluminium sulphate Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles Rubber tyres Travel goods, handbags, etc. Plywood, of birch, pine or fir Imports from Poland during 1971 Fmk'

2 Page 2 Customs tariff No / / / / / / / / / Commodity Reconstituted wood and similar articles Building board Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous) Yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool or of other animal hair Woven fabrics of sheep's or lambs' wool or of other animal hair containing discontinuous synthetic textile fibres Other fabrics of sheep's or lambs' wool or of other animal hair Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair other than horsehair Woven fabrics of flax or of ramie Yarn and woven fabrics of cotton Yarn of man-made fibres Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste) Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics Narrow woven fabrics and similar articles Chenille yarn, braids and similar articles Felt and bonded fibre fabrics Textile fabrics, coated or impregnated similar tubing Textile hosepiping and transmission, conveyor or elevator belts or belting Knitted or crocheted fabrics, not elastic or rubberized; gloves Stockings Imports from Poland Fmk'

3 Page 3 Customs tariff No. Commodity Imports from Poland during 1971 Fmk' / / / / / / / / / / / /17 Undergarments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized Undergarments, handkerchiefs Travelling rugs and blankets, bed linen etc. Sacks and bags, tarpaulins, sails, tents etc. and other made-up textile articles Footwear, of rubber or artificial plastic Tableware and other articles for domestic or toilet purpose, of porcelain or china Illuminating glassware Concrete rounds, of iron or steel Bars and rods, of iron or steel, other; bars and rods, of iron or steel, coldformed or cold-finished Hot-rolled I and U girders, of a height of 80 mm., weighing less than 60 kgs. per metre Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, of a height of less than 80 mm. Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, cold-formed cold-rolled, not clad with metal cold-rolled, not clad with metal Sheets and plates, galvanized Alloy steel and high carbon steel, rails etc., tubes and pipes, of cast iron ,403 2,740 1,308 4, ,

4 Page 4 Customs Imports from Poland tariff No. Commodity during 1971 Fmk' Bolts, steel nuts and screws, of iron or Other articles of iron or steel 1, Stranded wire and cables, aluminium of 2, Generators, motors, converters, transformers, etc Domestic ovens of all types Electrical apparatus for making or breaking, for protection of electrical circuits and for making connexions to or in electrical circuits Insulators of any material Instruments and apparatus for measuring electrical quantities /300 Rifles and shotguns Shot cartridges Other brooms and brushes /03 Dolls and toys 312 Total headings.total 18,131 tariff headings

5 Cusoms is L/3743/Add.1 Page 5 UNDER MULTILATERAL IMPORT POLAND, Imports from Poland during 1967 taken into account) 9 LIST OF PRODUCTS, WHICHON 30 JUNE1967, WERE LICENCE FREEWHEN IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES TREATMENT ANDSUBJECT TO LICENSING WHEN IMPORTED FROM AND OF THEIR IMPORTATION FROM POLAND DURING 1967 tariff No. Commodity Fmk'000(Devaluation / / / Non-alcoholic preparations for the manufacture of beverages Fatty emulsions Cement Zinc oxide Aluminium sulphate Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles Varnishes, paints Articles of plastic materials Transmissions conveyor or elevator belts or belting Rubber tyres Bovine cattle and equine leather, goat and kid skin leather Saddlery and harness, of any material Travel goods, handbags etc. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather Plywood, Reconstituted articles Building board of birch, pine or fir wood and similar

6 L/3743/Add.1 Page 6 Customs 51.01/ / /10 No / / / / / / /07 09/ / /03 Commodity Yarn of man-madefibres (continuous) Woven fabrics of man-made fibre (continuous) Sheep's or lambs' wool or other animal hair Yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool of other animal hair Woven fabrics of sheep's or lambs' wool or of other animal hair containing discontinuous synthetic textile fibres Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair other than horsehair Flax and ramie; flax and ramie yarn Cotton and cotton waste Yarn and woven fabrics of cotton 79 Man-made fibres (continuous or discontinuous) Yarn of man-made fibres True hemp, jute and other vegetable textile fibres and yarn and woven fabrics made thereof Narrow woven fabrics and similar articles Chenille yarn, articles braids and similar Tulle and other net fabrics Wadding and articles of wadding Felt and bonded fibre fabrics Imports from during 1967 Poland (Devaluation is taken into account)

7 Page 7 tariff No. Commodity 59.04/06 Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, nets and netting and other articles made from yarn or Imports from Poland Customs during 1967 (Devaluation is taken into account) rope etc /13 Textile fabrics, impregnated coated or /16 Textile hosepiping and similar tubing transmission, conveyor or elevator belts or belting Textile articles for use in machinery Stockings /11 Gloves, mittens and similar articles, not being knitted or crocheted goods 62.03/05 Sacks and bags, tarpaulins, sails, tents etc., and other made up textile articles /08 Hearth and wall tiles Tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of other kinds of pottery /109 Illuminating glassware Optical glassware Rolled silver on base metal Rolled gold on base metal Rolled platinum or other platinum group on base metal 72 Coin Pig-iron Wire rod

8 Page 8 Customs / / / / / / / / / / /319 Commodity Imports frompoland during 1967 tariff No. Fmk'000 (Devaluation is of iron or steel Concrete rounds, Bars and rods, of iron or steel; hollow mining drill steel Bars and rods, of iron or steel, other; bars and rods, of iron or steel, cold-formed or coldfinished of iron or steel, Bars and rods, clad with metal Hot-rolled sheet piling, of iron or I and steel, wide-flanged I girders, U girders, of a height of 80 mm. or more, weighing 60 kgs. or more per metre Hot-rolled I and U girders, of a height of 80 mm. weighing less than 60 kgs. per metre Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, of a height of 80 mm.or more Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, of a height of less than 80 mm. Angles, shapes and sections, of cold-formed iron or steel, Hoop and strip, of iron or steel Sheets and plates for the manufactureof dynamos and transformers hot-rolled, not clad with metal hot-rolled, not clad with metal cold-rolled, hot clad with metal taken into account) , , ,

9 Fmk'000 L/3743/Add.1 Page 9 Customs Imports from Poland.customs tariff durinng1967 No. Commodity (Devaluation is taken into account) cold-rolled, not clad with metal cold-rolled, not clad with metal cold-rolled, not clad with metal Sheets and plates, of iron or steels / /790 ' / / / / cold-rolled, not clad withmetal Sheets and plates, tinned Sheets and plates, galvanized Sheets and plates, galvanized Sheets metal and places, clad with other Iron and steel wire Alloy steel and high carbon steel, rails etc. tubes and pipes, of cast iron Tubes and pipes and tube and pipe fittings, of iron or steel Stranded wire and cables, or steel of iron Nails, tacks, hook-nails and similar articles, of iron or steel Bolts, steel nuts and screws, of iron or Boilers Sanitary ware, of iron or steel Other articles of iron or steel Bolts, nuts and screws, of copper Structures, of aluminium Stranded wire and cables, aluminium of ,345 1,045

10 Page 10 Imports from Poland Customs Commodity during / / / / / Hand tools Locks and base metal fittings and mountings Generators, motors, converters, transformers etc. Electrical lighting and signalling equipment Domestic ovens of all types Electrical apparatus for making or breaking, for protection of electrical circuits and for making connexions to or in electrical circuits Insulators of any material Tractors Chassis fitted with engines, for public-service passenger vehicles and for other vehicles Bodies for public-service passenger vehicles and for other vehicles Trucks Instruments and apparatus for measuring the flow, depth and other variables of liquids or gases Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis Instruments and apparatus for measuring electrical Rifles and shotguns Shot cartridges Other brooms and brushes Wheeled toys quantities Fmk'000 (Devaluation is taken into account) Totally 716 Total 20,315 tariff headings

11 IRELAND L/3743/Add Page 11 In reply to GATT/AIR/937 of 3 July regarding restrictions on imports from Poland, I have the honour to inform you that Ireland's position in this matter is as stated in L/3597 of 21 October Enclosed are figures for Irish imports from Poland in 1970 and 1971 as requested. SITC Group Imports frompoland - Year by SITC Group Value , , , , , , , ,532, , , , ,535 3, , , , , , , , , , , ,

12 Page 12 SITC Group Value , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,679 Total 7,591,110

13 L/3743/Add.21 Page 13 SITC Group Imports from Poland - Year by SITC Group Value , , , , ,063, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,198

14 Page 14 Group , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,291 Total 7,496,976