RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON W.?/IBO/AM.I TARIFFS AND TRADE 30 0otobST ^52 Special Distribution

ACCESSION OF JAPAN

Requests to the Representative of Japan for information on the prices of Japanese Products

1. List submitted by the French delegation

Enamelled household ware in general, and basins in particular Hurricane lamps Domestic sewing machines Finished electric bulbs, and small bulbs for pocket torches and bicycles in particular Pocket torches and torch cases Bicycles (especially sports bicycles) and spare parts Unbleached fabrics and artificial fibre fabrics and hosiery articles made from them Shot fabrics Matt rayon cloth for printed underwear Semi-matt rayon crêpe de chine Rayon crêpe de chine Glossy rayon cloth printed in 4 or 5 colours Rayon crêpe printed in 5 colours Bayadere weave in 6 eolours Rayon crêpe printed in 2 colours Mother-of-pearl buttons Cotton fabric umbrellas Primary materials for hat-making; plaits and laizes, and especially woven sparterie backed with paper or fabric Rubber boots

The French delegation would also like to have price data in respeet of certain articles for which it would be more difficult to list specific prices: toys, ball-bearings and heavy equipment for power stations. It should, however, be possible to compare prices, even in the case of such articles,if comparable items can be supplied by Japan and by other countries.

2. List submitted by the Italian delegation (also requesting the same information as given in Document W.7/29/Add.4. Table A)

Rayon Staple fibre Silk fabrics Fabrics made of artificial fibres Woollen fabrics Fabrics made from mixed cotton and artificial textile fibres Sewing machines Microscopes